Notice how easy it is to transform "Satan" from "Santa"?
Mark 9:42: And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
A powerful, rebellious, subtle, evil being called the Devil, or Satan exists.
Revelation 12:9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Satan rebelled against God. Satan rebelled because he desires to be like God. His mission is to de-throne God and persuade mankind to rebel against God.
Isaiah 14:12-14: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Satan's primary attack is the most vulnerable. In Luke 10:19, Jesus Christ compares Satan to lightning, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven".
Lightning, like Satan, always travels the path of least resistance. The Bible also likens the devil to a "roaring lion" The lion is a predator of opportunity. The lion looks for the injured, the youngest, the smallest, or the weakest - the one with the least ability to run or fight. So it is with Satan. He is actively "seeking" those "whom he may devour".
1 Peter 5:8: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
The most vulnerable and least resistance are our children. The Lord Jesus Christ distinctively warns several times against harming or offending these "little ones".
The Lord Jesus invites, and encourages little children to come unto him.
Where does Santa Claus fit in the life of a young child? What about the teaching of Santa Claus in the psyche of a child?
There is more to jolly old St. Nick than meets the eye. Santa is a clever, seemingly harmless, subtle (see Genesis 3:1) attempt to question the truthfulness of God. Santa is the handiwork of Satan.
Remember the question the subtle serpent asks Eve in the garden? "Yea, hath God said,. . .?" He subtly planted the seed of doubt.
And yet so deadly. . .
Not only that but Satan's attacks are not necessarily evil, or bad. They can appear good, or even pleasant. The subtle temptation of Genesis reveals Satan's clever "good and pleasant" message.
Genesis 3:6: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
As Eve saw the forbidden fruit, it was good and it was pleasant and yet it was deadly.
The Devil is a master of disguise. He can make it appear good, pleasant, and seemingly so innocent and yet it is deadly! The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 11:14, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light"
Satan does not appear with horns and a pitch fork breathing fire. He might just appear as a pleasant, friendly, fellow, with "a broad face and a round little belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. . ."
Santa Claus is a subtle, clever attack on our children to confuse, doubt and rob their God-ordained "child like" faith.
Satan knows, if he can somehow get that child through those fruitful early years without trusting the Lord Jesus Christ his goal of eternal damnation in hell increases substantially.
Santa Claus originated from a character identified as the devil or Satan – “Satan's Clause” or Claws. It is a falsehood based on lies.
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