Why Are People Offended by Christmas?

➡ The speaker, Michael Francis, is expressing gratitude to his followers and discussing the importance of Christmas. He emphasizes that Christmas is based on the birth of Jesus Christ and encourages everyone to celebrate it without feeling offended. He also shares his belief that the United States was founded on Christian principles, quoting several past presidents to support his point. He respects all faiths and invites open dialogue about religious beliefs.
➡ The text is about a man’s journey from being a mobster to becoming a devout Christian. He was skeptical at first, but after being imprisoned and feeling desperate, he started reading the Bible. His study led him to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, which he found to be the most profound and wise. He now feels a responsibility to share the message of Christianity and plans to start a ministry platform.
➡ The speaker emphasizes the importance of Christian values and holidays, urging listeners not to be offended by them and to respect others’ celebrations. He also stresses the need for forgiveness, even for those who commit terrible crimes, and encourages spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ. Lastly, he expresses gratitude for the support he’s received for his business ventures, including his wine and clothing line.
➡ The speaker is expressing gratitude for the support they’ve received, wishing everyone a joyful Christmas and a blessed New Year. They encourage everyone to celebrate the love of Jesus Christ, regardless of whether they are followers or not. They also mention having a great Christmas meal and looking forward to another one, ending with a promise to reconnect online around New Year’s.

Foreign. As I sit here this morning, I feel a responsibility and obligation for my followers who have been so loyal. Give me a chance. I don’t get mad when people celebrate Hanukkah. I wish people happy Hanukkah. I don’t get mad when people celebrate Ramdan. If I’m saying it, I don’t get mad. We don’t want to cancel that. We don’t want to take it away. Why not hurting anybody. Nobody should be offended by that. We don’t get offended. When you celebrate Halloween, you know, why are we offended? We should be celebrating it. This holiday season was based upon the birth of Jesus Christ.

That’s it. It’s a fact. Our forefathers said it. I read you their quotes. There’s no denying it. We should never deny celebrating Christmas Day. Hey, everyone. Welcome to another sit down with Michael Francis. Hope everybody is doing well. Everything is good, Very blessed on this end. And as always, my friends, I give all the praise, honor, glory and Thanksgiving to our God for that, especially on this very special day, Christmas Day. You know, I wanted to take just a few moments with you today. I know everybody is busy doing their Christmas cheering and their Christmas celebrations, and hopefully you’re all with family and friends and the people that mean the most to you.

But I wanted to share a couple of my thoughts. I just think it’s important God put it in my heart to do that and to take a few moments with all of you. First, I want to thank all of my supporters over the years, all of my followers, all of my viewers. Even if you’re not a follower, I want to thank you for helping me build this channel. I never thought. I really had no idea what it was going to turn out to be. When I started this back in 2020, the year of the pandemic, I was actually reluctant to get on YouTube or to get on social media at all.

But my team told me, listen, you know, you’re not doing anything through the pandemic, so let’s go on social media. They finally convinced me and the rest is what you’ve created for me out of this. And I’m always mindful of that and very thankful for all of you and that have supported me throughout the years and continue to support me. So thank you for that. I also want to, you know, take some time to talk about the significance of this day. Now, people. I know there are people of other faiths out there that don’t necessarily believe in the Christian faith, and I understand that.

I don’t knock anybody else’s faith. It’s not. As Christians, we’re not supposed to do that. We do believe that Christianity is the one true faith, that that the only way to get to heaven, and there is a heaven and a hell, the only way to get to heaven is through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. We believe that with all our heart. And we’re obligated to share that with you. Not to impose our faith on you, not to try to force you into becoming a Christian, but to share what we believe to be the one true faith.

But if you’re a Muslim, if you’re a Jew, if you’re a Hindu, whatever other faith you are, I don’t knock you at all. You. And I accept that. And I would love to have, you know, some constructive dialogue with you about what I believe and why I believe it. And so I want to. I just want to bring people back to understand that we are celebrating Christmas Day. And I know there have been people out there, you know, in government and everywhere else that are reluctant to say that this is Christmas, you know, Merry Christmas. That we have Christmas trees are people out there now that are reluctant to say that.

And I don’t understand why. This holiday season was based upon the birth of Jesus Christ. That’s it. It’s a fact. So the fact that you may not celebrate Christmas, you’re celebrating the Christmas season because of the birth of Jesus. That’s a fact. So people should not be offended when Merry Christmas comes up. Shouldn’t be offended. You know, this is the only birthday of somebody where everybody else gets the gifts, everybody else gets to celebrate. And the greatest gift we have is Jesus giving the. The gift of salvation and forgiveness to all of us. Now, some of us are not mindful of that.

Some of us don’t understand that. Some of us may not necessarily believe that, but because you don’t believe something, it doesn’t mean that it’s not true. And, you know, I want people to understand, too, that the United States, this country, America, was born out of Christian biblical principles. There’s no question about that. And I want to read something to you. And it’s. It’s from my book, People Blood Covenant. And I’m not trying to sell the book. This book has been out over 20 years. It sells itself at this point in time. But I’ve never really sat down and read anything from my book.

But I want to. I want to give you some indication of why we celebrate Christmas Day and Christmas season. And it’s basically because of what our founders here in America brought to this country. And again, the United States of America was founded on Christian principles. And please don’t forget. And I want to read some things for you that I think are very significant. And please, this is not meant to offend anyone that is not of the Christian faith. I just want to bring out what we know to be true. Consider what some of our great leaders say about the Bible.

And this is the Christian Bible. It is not possible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. You know who said that? George Washington, our first president. A Bible in every home is the principal support of virtue, morality and civil liberty. Another great founder, Benjamin Franklin. Now, mind you, these are the founders of our country. There is a book worth more than all other books which were ever printed. Patrick Henry, another founder of our country, I say to you, search the Scriptures. The Bible is the book of all others to be read at all ages and in all conditions of human life.

Not to be read once, twice or three times and then laid aside, but to be read in small portions of one or two chapters every day and never to be intermitted unless by some overruling necessity. John Quincy Adams, another present. These are the founders of our country. When people say the United States was not founded on biblical principles, that’s just not true. These principles are what our founding fathers established this country on. Another one. The Bible is the rock on which our republic rests. Andrew Jackson, by the way, check me out on this. I don’t put anything out there that I don’t believe or know to be true people.

And again, I’m not trying to persuade anybody to do anything. That’s up to you. Our gracious and loving God has given us a free will. We can choose any faith we want or we don’t have to choose a faith if we choose not to have one. So it’s never. We’re trying to impose anything on you, but I’m trying to make you understand the truth because there are a lot of people out there today that are saying we can’t celebrate Christmas because it’s offensive to people. Well, it shouldn’t be. Hanukkah is not offensive to me. Muslim holidays are not offensive to me.

Because I don’t practice them doesn’t mean that they’re offensive to me. And, and Christianity and biblical principles should not be offensive to anyone. Another, I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all of this book upon reason that you can and the balance by faith, and you will live and die a better man. I believe that the Bible is the best gift God has given to man. All the good from the savior of the world is communicated to us through, through the Bible. You know who said that? Abraham Lincoln. Now what I’m reading to you, how could you say that the Bible is not the founding principle that this country was built upon? These are our founding fathers saying this.

I’m not making it up. Let’s continue. The best religion the world has ever known is the religion of the Bible. It builds up all that is good, right? Rutherford B. Hayes, another President. The more profoundly we study this wonderful book and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation. William McKinley, another president. I plead for a closer and wider and deeper study of the Bible so that our people may be in fact as well as theory doers of the word and not hearers only.

Theodore Roosevelt. The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teaching of Jesus Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for those fundamentals is a necessity of American life. Herbert Hoover, another President. Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face. The Bible can touch hearts, order minds and refresh souls. Ronald Reagan the world doesn’t need another wine. It really needs a reason to raise a glass again. A reason that’s real. A reason that means something. Because most people, they drink to forget. We drink to remember where we came from, what we stand for and who we still fight to become.

We don’t follow trends, we break them. Our bottles don’t look like anyone else’s because our story, it isn’t like anyone else’s. It’s about freedom, about redemption, about family. That’s what’s inside every bottle. So to the ones who think different, who live different, who drink different. So. People, the teachings of Jesus Christ are without a doubt the most profound and the wisest teachings ever, ever given to anyone in all of civilization and all of humanity. You know, I am right now working on a book and it’s called A Man’s Man. There was only one true man that ever walked the face of the earth.

And his name was Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth. You know when I came to Christ, I didn’t come easily. I didn’t all of a sudden say, you know what Lord? You’re going to get me out of all my mess. I’m going to pray to you. I’m going to believe in you. My wife was a Christian. My mother in law was a devout Christian. I respected their beliefs, but I wasn’t buying into them right away. I was a mob guy. That was my mentality. When I got locked up the second time and I was thrown in the hole and I was kind of desperate because the feds were upset with me.

They told me, you’ll never see the street again. I figured I was going to lose my wife, lose my kids, die in jail. That’s what I thought. They gave me all these threats that they were going to do to me and so on and so forth. And at the worst night of my life. And some of you have heard this, many of you, because I’ve been preaching this for over 30 years now, both in person, online, writing books in every way I can, because that’s my responsibility, to share the word of Jesus Christ, the word of salvation, the word of forgiveness, the word of mercy and grace.

That’s my responsibility to share it. Not to impose it upon you, but to share it. And I feel strongly enough about this that starting in January, I am going to have a sister platform to my YouTube channel that’s going to be strictly ministry. Because I feel I’m not doing enough online with all my people that follow me and with all the people that turn on every single day, all my new viewers. I have an obligation and a responsibility. I don’t want anything for it. All I want is to spread the word of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

But when I sat in the hole that night in that correctional officer pass me a Bible. I threw it against the wall. I was so upset that night. I thought I lost everything. But then I picked the Bible up because I did believe in God. I looked around, I said, all of this could not have come from nothing. There must be a creator. I don’t understand how God always was, always will be, always remains the same. I can’t understand that. It’s beyond my human comprehension. It’s beyond all of our human comprehensions. Maybe those of us that get to heaven, God will explain it to us, maybe he won’t.

He’s God. He can do what he wants in that regard. But I knew there had to be a creator. So I believed in God and I picked up the book and I started my journey that night. Without getting into the whole testimony. I’m not sharing that. But as I started to read and I started to get sources that would support what I was reading in the Bible, the trueness of it, you know, is the Christian faith for real? What evidence do we have to support that the Bible is truly the word of God? What evidence do we have to support that the apostles, the people that wrote the book, the disciples that wrote the, the epistles, that wrote the Gospels.

What evidence do I have that I can rely on what they said? What evidence do I have that Jesus really lived, that Jesus really died, that Jesus really rose again? So for 29 months and seven days I did my work. I searched. My wife sent me in books supporting what I was reading. I had books sent in on every faith. And again, I’m not knocking other faiths, but the only one that rang true to me was Christianity and Jesus. And then when I started to study Jesus of Nazareth, I started to look at his teachings as it relate in the Gospels and the way those people that were around him wrote about him.

I started to really focus on that. I separated the fact that he might be the Son of God. I didn’t want to read that for a moment. I wanted to know what kind of man he was. Because I was always brought up to be. My father used to tell me, you got to be a man’s man. You got to have integrity. You got to walk down the street, hold your head high, you got to be honest, you got to be loyal. He used to teach me that you got to be a man’s man. I heard that a million times.

I heard it in the life a million times. So I wanted to see what kind of guy Jesus was and what he taught my friends. Look, there was nobody like Jesus of Nazareth that ever walked the face of the earth. He was perfect. His teachings were perfect in every way, shape or form. You can’t knock anything that he said. Nothing. And remember this, what I love about Jesus, there’s no compromise with him. What do I mean by that? Oh, he was a good person, he was a prophet. But he wasn’t the Son of God. No, you can’t say that.

Jesus doesn’t allow you to say that. Jesus writes, puts a mark in the sand, draws a line in the sand and he says straight out, you’re either for me or against me. You either believe I’m the Son of God or you don’t. I’m not just a nice person. I’m not just a prophet. You either believe in Jesus or you don’t. You believe that he’s the Son of God or you don’t. Why? Because he said he was the Son of God. He said no one gets to the Father unless he comes through me. So if he was misleading us, he was evil.

That makes him a bad person, doesn’t make him a prophet, it makes him a bad guy. Because he said Straight out, nobody gets to the Father unless it’s through me. He made himself out to be the Son of God. He declared that he owned it. He took it. So there’s no compromise with him. You can’t say, oh, he was just a good person or a prophet. No, that’s false teaching. He’s either the Son of God or he’s a demon. When you read the Bible, you cannot see Jesus as being anything but a good man, a holy man, a wise man, a loving man, a just man.

You can’t see him any other way. Now, people can try to delude you and try to put other thoughts in your mind for whatever reason they have. Maybe they’re led by the devil, the demon, whatever. But you cannot honestly read about Jesus and learn about him and think of him as being anyone but a good, moral, just, loving, fair person. So I came away with these thoughts. I believed everything because I believe the eyewitnesses. I believe the people that went to their death refusing, refusing to give up. Jesus, refusing to deny that he was the Son of God, gave it up willingly.

You don’t do that for something you don’t believe in. These men were around Jesus. They saw him perform miracles. They heard him talk, and they went back to prophecy. In the Old Testament, you know how many times Jesus was prophesied that he would be born, that he would die and raise again? This is in the book. This is what America was founded upon, biblical principles. So I came away saying, listen, if I follow this man, Jesus, I’m going to be a better person. No question. I’m going to be a better father, a better husband, a better person in my community.

I’m going to screw up at times because I’m not Jesus. But if I’m going to try to emulate him, I’ll be much better. And when I die, if he’s not the Savior of the world, well, what did I have to lose? I’m dead anyway. But throughout my life, I strove to be a better man, a better person. But Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that with all my heart, people. And I would not mislead you. Do you realize if I was misleading you in any way, that I have to believe that I stand in front of Jesus one day and he’s going to look at me and say, who are you kidding? I never knew you.

You did this for yourself. You didn’t do it for me. You wanted the accolades, Michael. You wanted the praise. You wanted the glory. You weren’t directing people to me. I never Knew you four words I don’t ever want to hear. So listen, as I sit here this morning, I feel a responsibility and obligation for my followers who have been so loyal. Give me a chance. When I launch this sister platform, just give me a chance. Listen to me. Listen to what I have to say. Because it’s going to be biblically, it’s going to be in biblical foundation that I’m going to talk about.

Because this country, America, was formed on biblical foundation. Our forefathers said it. I read you their quotes. There’s no denying it. We should never deny celebrating Christmas Day. We should never deny celebrating Christmas Eve. And to take it a step further, we should never deny celebrating Easter Sunday, Resurrection Sunday. We shouldn’t. These are Christian holidays. And our country was built on biblical Christian principles. No denying that. And that should not be offensive to anyone. I don’t get mad when people celebrate Hanukkah. I wish people happy Hanukkah. I don’t get mad when people celebrate Ramdan. I might say Ramadan.

If I’m saying I don’t get mad. I congratulate people. And if I can celebrate, you know, along with you and, and, and great doesn’t mean that I have to aspire to your faith. And yes, I would wish that you would listen to me, because I don’t want to see anybody go to hell. I get angry with people. There’s people I don’t like. When I think of how horrible hell is and how people can do wrong things for. Wrong for. For reasons that maybe I don’t understand. I don’t know that I want them to go to hell.

I don’t. Because that’s eternal. Does anybody on earth deserve eternal damnation? I don’t know. I don’t have it in my heart to say that. And there’s people that I don’t like that I believe deserve to be held accountable for their actions. But accountability on earth is one thing. Accountability in hell for all of eternity is totally another thing. I don’t want to see anybody do that. Nobody even, even bad people here. I don’t want to see anybody do that. As a Christian, I can’t make that eternal condemnation. And I see people say, you should rot in hell and all that.

No, I can’t. And I understand that your emotions get high. God forbid, you know, somebody inflicts such damage on you or somebody that you love. I understand those emotions. Don’t get me wrong. But as a Christian, I have to catch myself. You know, some of the greatest words ever said, greatest words ever said were by Jesus when he was hanging on the cross. He was innocent, he was condemned, he was envied, he was put to death because of envy and jealousy. And he looked up at heaven and he looked down at the people that persecuted him in the most horrible way that ever existed on the earth.

And he looked up in heaven and he said, father, forgive them for they know not what they do. And you know what? That can apply to a lot of people here on earth? Even the most heinous crimes. And they are disgusting and horrible and we have an emotion of hate. But the way Jesus said, father, forgive them for they know not what they do. And those people committing those heinous crimes, they may know what they’re doing at the moment, but they don’t understand the magnitude of what they’re bringing upon themselves. I don’t think they get it because they’re not believers.

They don’t understand there is a heaven and there is a hell. They don’t get it. And as Christians, our responsibility is to dissuade people from going to hell. Jesus last command before he rose on Easter Sunday. His last command, go out and preach. Teach the good word to all of creation. And the good word is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Go out and teach it to all of creation. We’re obligated to do that because Jesus did not want anyone to go to hell. No. Why? He said, father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

And you know what I’m wondering? Did those people, because of those words, that was Jesus last prayer, did those people that condemned him and persecuted him, did they come to Christ? Because that’s a powerful prayer from Jesus himself. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And that’s the kind of attitude we as Christians have to have. So I want to wrap this up. You know, I don’t know how many people are able to break away and watch it today, tomorrow, whatever. But again, don’t ever, don’t ever be offended by Christmas Day. Don’t ever be offended by a Christmas tree.

Our leaders like Gavin Newsom, you know, all he’s concerned about, and I don’t want to get political, but it’s, it’s really disgusting. You’re worried about turning off your base because you say Merry Christmas because you can’t come up with a follow up message to say, listen, Jesus was born on this day for everybody. The present he gave everybody today was his birth. So everybody go out and celebrate that. Whether you believe it or not, this is Christmas Day and we do Celebrate this season because of the birth of Christ. We don’t want to cancel that. We don’t want to take it away.

Why not? Hurting anybody. Nobody should be offended by that. We don’t get offended when you celebrate Halloween, you know, you know, why are we offended? We should be celebrating it. He was a good man. He was a good person. Even if you don’t believe he’s the savior of the world, today is a celebration for the entire world. We should look at it that way and enjoy it. And don’t ever lose sight of what this Christmas Day means. It is the birth of Jesus Christ, plain and simple. That’s why we celebrate this season. And for the Jewish people out there that celebrate Hanukkah, congratulations.

Celebrated. This is what you believe. Celebrated. But give a thought to Jesus and just know that this country, the greatest country ever on the face of the earth. Many people believe that. I love America. I don’t like what’s going on here, but I love the way this country was founded. I love what it was founded upon. And if we can bring that back, it’ll be a much better place. If we can bring the teachings of Jesus Christ into our homes and into our government, into our education system, into corporate America, it’ll be a much better place.

Read what Jesus taught. You can’t deny that. Read what he taught, and I guarantee you’ll come to the same conclusion. Whether you believe it or not. What he taught was right and just and moral and good and fair. Christmas Day, that’s what we’re celebrating, people. So I want to leave you with a toast. You know, I’m not here to push my wine today. A lot of people, I have to thank everybody. Over the last two months, we’ve had such a surge in sales. Our fruit, wines, people are just loving them. It’s so gratifying to see that, you know, when you put your name on a product, you want to make sure people enjoy it.

They like it, and it’s been so satisfying. We’ve had our best quarter, you know, only third year in business, but our best quarter because people are enjoying the wine. We make it available at a price that people can afford. And, and that’s important to me, people. I’m a guy for everybody. I, I, I’m not an elitist guy. You know, people say to me, michael, why don’t you wear a watch? What for? I don’t need a watch. I got my phone. I can see what time it is now. I might buy a watch for Christmas. My wife said, you know, you should wear a watch every.

I haven’t won a watch in 20 years. You know, people have these beautiful watches. I’m not knocking that. Hey, that’s great. I love them, I admire them, but it was never important to me. People, you know, just, I don’t know, never that important. But I want to make again, I want to thank everybody for just enjoying the wine. I. Pretty soon I’m going to have some pizza out there that people are going to enjoy very much also. And, and I’m very excited. You know, when I put my name on something, I want it to be the best possible item product that it can be.

You know, we have a clothing line, you know, people, I enjoy it and I hope that you’re going to really love it too. A lot of people have indulged in it, engaged in our products and they’re enjoying it. So why am I saying this? It’s the end of the year and it’s really just a thank you for all of you for supporting not only me, but the products that I put out there with my name on it. You know, it’s, it’s very special and very encouraging and I appreciate it very much. So let me end with this, you know, just a little prayer and I don’t have to get too deep on this, but I really mean this to all of you who have supported me.

I wish you a very merry, merry, merry and blessed Christmas to you, to your families, to the loved ones that hopefully you’re going to be surrounded by this Christmas day, this Christmas season. You know, we’re entering a new year. We’re going to be back online here probably on New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve, just to communicate with everybody. At the end of the year I have a platform with people, members involved. We had a great kind of Christmas celebration yesterday. So listen, you know, God bless each and every one of you. Have a great day.

Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ because he sheds his love on all of us. Whether we accept it or not, he still gives it. You know, that’s an important concept. You know, whether people accept what you have to give them, your well wishes or not, the fact that you’re giving it to them should be satisfying to you. I have people out there that maybe don’t talk nice about me, still knock me from my former life. I get it. I understand all that. You put yourself out there, you open yourself up, that’s it. I don’t dislike or hate those people because of it.

And I only wish that they come to their senses if they’re not a follower of Jesus and that’s what I pray for and I really mean that. So all of you watching today, whether you’re a supporter of mine, you’re not supportive of me whether you believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ whether you celebrate Christmas Day or not. Salute to all of you. God bless each and every one of you. Have a wonderful day. Enjoy it, you know, soak it up. Enjoy the presence. Enjoy giving them, enjoy receiving them a great meal. I’m about to go in and enjoy the leftover meatballs that we had from last night lasagna.

People loved it they really got into it and, and we had, we had a great meal I have to say we had a great meal. People always have a great meal. Today we’re going to have another great meal so God bless each and every one of you. Salud and yeah, I’ll see you next time. Take. It’s good people. It’s good. Sa.
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