A World without Christmas Part 2
This is part 2 in our Christmas series, “A World without Christmas” or in the case of Narnia, “Always winter, never Christmas.”
We are weaving together three different sources to determine what a Christless world would look like today.
The three sources are “It's a Wonderful Life,” Chronicles of Narnia, and D James Kennedy's book, "What if Jesus had not been born?"
This episode covers three more areas. They are education, government, and freedom.
Before Christ, education was for elites only. The masses were intentionally kept ignorant. Men are much easier to control when minds cannot critically think.
Christ brought a revolution in education.
Without words and language spoken first by God, there would be no creation and no way to know our Creator.
Armed with this knowledge the church pursued literacy for men and nations.
Christianity also helped shape modern representative governments.
The biblical idea that all people are equal before God undermined the oppressive rule of tyrants.
Without Christ, rulers believed themselves to be gods. With Christ, rulers became servants.
Without Christ, power is concentrated and centralized. The weak are crushed under the heel of the strong and justice bends to the powerful.
Kennedy shows how Christ completely reshaped the world’s concept of freedom. First, Christ came to bring spiritual freedom.
This led to political and economic freedom.
Christian ethics fueled justness, honesty, and responsibility in civil affairs.
Because Christianity introduced the idea of human dignity and personal responsibility, the free-market system came into existence.
Individuals are seen as morally responsible that have inherent worth and are accountable for their actions. These ideas came straight from Scripture, not ancient pagan thought or economics.
In education, Jesus brings light to vanquish ignorance. In government, He brings justice and in society, He brings freedom. Without Christmas, none of this would have been possible. “Let earth receive her King.”
