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Dec. 25, 2025 - Jim Bakker Show
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Merry Christmas from the Bakker Family!
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I'm Glad 00:09:28
Welcome to a very special Christmas edition of the Jim Baker Family Show.
Join us as we celebrate the greatest gift ever given, the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Our co-hosts today are Pastor Ricky Baker and Reverend Mondo De la Vega.
And now here is your host, Pastor Jim Baker.
Thank you so very much, and I want to wish everyone a Merry, Merry Christmas.
Yay!
And the biggest gift we have is Jesus is coming soon.
That's right.
And we want to be ready for him because he is the Savior of the world.
Amen.
Ricky, it's great to be with you, Janine.
I'm glad to have you back.
Come on.
Anytime Jim Baker can be on the Jim Baker show.
We like that.
Thank you.
Amen.
And it's so good to be here and wish you a very Merry Christmas.
And I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.
Yes.
You know, I'm reminded of a time a few years ago, probably about a decade ago now, there was a mass movement trying to change Christmas to Xmas.
That's right.
Everybody was doing it.
We were seeing corporate offices doing it.
And we even saw some churches trying to be inclusive, calling it Xmas.
But friends, we were never ashamed of the name of Jesus Christ back then and will not be ashamed of the name of Jesus now.
I don't know if you remember what you did back then.
He was so passionate about it.
He said, no, it's Christmas.
You can't take Christ out of Christmas.
So we made these little yard signs and we sent them to our partners and it says, keep Christ in Christmas.
And that's what it's all about.
And so we've always championed that.
And I think it's important that we don't take Jesus out of the holiday that is quite literally all about him.
That's right.
It's his birthday.
That's right.
Nothing else.
That's right.
Amen.
It's not Santa Claus's birthday.
It's Jesus' birthday.
That's right.
You know, you have your history buffs to go back to.
Even if you look back at the original person that they modeled this figure that we call Saint Nick after, there was actually a real man that went and they called him Saint Nicholas.
And he actually was part of the Council of Nicaea, gave us, you know, our text that we have today, the 66 books.
But he was a defender of Jesus Christ as well.
So even if you say, well, you know what?
We like having Santa Claus in our house, just know the original Santa Claus loved Jesus.
Yeah.
There you go.
Amen.
I think it's important, Mondo.
Listen, it's so good to see.
You are the Christmas miracle.
He's so good.
You came out of bed and you wanted to be here.
And listen, you're making Ricky a nice job a little hard when you don't show up.
Yeah, you are.
You know that?
So your invitation to show up is granted.
You're welcome to come back anytime, but you have been dealing with some health issues and keep praying for your friend, pastor, or father, because we need you in the fight.
So don't give up.
On the brink of a miracle.
You ever heard that?
Yes.
All right now.
But I remember celebrating our first Christmas with Ricky as a kid.
And now Ricky has his own kids.
And Ricky, introduce your kids because there's a little boy back there that is one of the most handsome kids.
Very smart kid.
And then Jacqueline is going to be doing something special today.
That's right.
Evangeline has to learn her name.
That's right.
Right before the tribe, correct that.
We're not promoing this, but our kids love Cardio Miracle.
As you can tell, they're fiending for it.
So we call it their special drink.
That's what they drink.
At the very end, Luke, can you wave at everyone?
Say hello.
Say hi.
Hello.
That's Luke.
His middle name is Orson.
That's Luke Orson Baker, named after James Orson Baker.
So the name Legacy of Mary.
There's a very rare name.
A lot of people are constantly saying, what does Orson mean?
It actually means little bear.
Little bear.
And it fits him very well because he's always acting like a little bear.
Yeah, there he is.
And then right here we have Jacqueline.
Jacqueline, you want to wave at everyone?
Say hello.
Hello.
Jacqueline, tell him how old you are.
Luke is three, and Jacqueline is five.
Five years old, that's right.
Jacqueline recently just lost her first tooth, and she has made sure everyone in the world knows about it.
It doesn't matter if you are a children at a children's church in our church or if you're a stranger at a grocery store, Jacqueline's going to let you know she just lost her first.
I owe her a dollar, by the way.
Oh, do you?
Oh, yeah.
I'll take that.
Yeah, absolutely.
No problem with that at all.
I don't need to introduce Brooke, but I'd love to.
This is Brooke Baker.
This is my wife, an incredible woman of God.
Thank you.
And this is our youngest baby.
This is Evangeline Jean.
There we go.
Say hello.
She's chewing on a pen right now, so she's a little preoccupied.
And her middle name is Jean.
It's actually named after Brooke's grandmother, who is Anna Jean Price.
And that, I don't know if you noticed, but Anna Jean Price, she traveled the world with the ministers who were doing the voice of healing, the healing evangelisms, the tent revivals, and she'd play the piano for them.
And people would say, she played at heritage as well.
That's right.
She would play the piano, and before the minister would even go up to preach, people were saying that there was miraculous healings because she was so anointed to play the piano.
What an incredible.
So she's named after, she's named after her.
So we got that.
Amen.
So that's our little family right here.
I call it little.
It's a very big family, and I appreciate it.
So we're ever, ever growing.
So, yeah, I love our family here.
Our kids are drinking that drink over that.
I just, my brain's thinking.
Yeah, they're supposed to make that last the whole show, but here we are.
I got mine over here.
Jacqueline had a special request, though.
I mean, I don't know if you saw our staff Christmas party last year.
Jaclyn sang happy birthday, Jesus.
And so she was wondering if she could do it again for our studio audience and for the partners at home.
Absolutely.
Well, I think it'd be cool.
Jacqueline, do you want to go ahead and try and sing that?
All right.
Now, granted, we're not at home practicing this stuff.
This is just quite literally off the cuff.
She's going to come up here and just sing it.
So if she, you know, if the words aren't right, just smile and wave, you know?
Oh, do you want to go down there?
Oh, Luke's going to join.
Okay.
Luke has definitely done no practice.
Oh, she's pulling.
Okay.
Thank you.
It's like she's done this before or something.
I'm so glad it's Christmas.
All the carols and doubts make the holiday swell.
But it's all about you.
Happy birthday, Jesus.
Jesus, I love you.
All the tinsels and lights make the holiday flex.
But it's all about you.
Happy birthday, Jesus.
Jesus, I love you.
Happy birthday, Jesus.
I'm so glad it's Christmas.
All the carols and best make the holidays.
Well, I'm
gonna be honest with you.
Completely frank, they practiced that like one time this morning, and that was it.
So I was gonna see how that was gonna go.
Oh, she said two times this morning.
You gotta keep me honest.
They practiced it two times this morning.
Are you guys gonna come sit back down?
What do you think, Dad?
Ever since we were little, I don't know if you guys know this, but my dad has been trying to get members of the Baker family to sing.
We tried one time, we lost about half of our viewership with me.
So we were, we said, never again.
We're not singing again.
So hopefully the next generation, because of Brooks' side of the family, they're able to sing.
So you want to go down there?
Oh, you want to go down there too?
What did you think?
Your grandkids.
They're great.
Amazing.
You got your singer over there.
Yeah, there we go.
Unbelievable.
Luke 2:1-7 00:15:39
That was beautiful.
It's funny.
You know, it's a fun little song, but I think it's important to constantly be reminded that it's the reason for the season is Jesus.
We can't champion that enough that it's all about Jesus.
I don't know if you have your Bible at home, but I want you guys to open up.
We're doing our Christmas show right now.
It's our Baker family Christmas show.
But if you have a Bible out there, you have your phone, turn it on to the Bible app to Luke chapter 2.
I want to read the birth of Jesus, Mondo.
Is that okay?
Is that okay if I read a little bit of the Bible?
Very much.
Is it okay if I read a little bit of the Bible on a Christian television show?
We'll put it up on the screen for you guys at home as well.
But watch and listen to this.
This is Luke chapter 2.
I'm going to be reading out of the MEV version.
It says, In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the entire inhabited earth should be taxed.
This taxation was first made when Canarius, the governor of Syria, and everyone went to their own city to be taxed.
So Joseph also departed from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem in Judea, because he was of the house and the lineage of David to be taxed with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was also with child.
So when they were there, it came for her to give birth, and she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
And this is verse eight right here.
And in the same area, there were shepherds living in a field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And then the angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were very afraid.
But the angel says to them, Listen, do not fear, for I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people.
For unto you, this day in the city of David, a child is born, who is Christ the Lord.
And this baby will be assigned to you.
You will find the baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.
And suddenly, there was an angel and a company of heavenly hosts praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest on earth, peace and goodwill towards men.
Verse 15 says, When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to each other, Let us now go to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.
So they came hurrying and found Mary and Joseph and the baby lying in a manger.
When they had seen him, they made widely known the word which was told to them concerning this child.
All of those who heard it marveled at what the shepherds had told them, but Mary kept all of these things and pondered them in her heart.
The shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all things they had heard and seen and that had been told to them.
I say this often and I love it.
Jesus made a sacrifice very clear.
He could have stayed God.
He could have been in heaven and been God for forever.
But he said, I'm going to go.
I'm going to suffer as man suffers.
I'm going to be tempted as man is tempted, but yet without sin.
And I'm going to die on that cross, have never committed one sin, fulfilling every prophecy about myself so that Ricky Baker, Jim Baker, the people in the studio audience, so that you and home can have a shot at heaven.
And friends, all that this season is about is what your life needs to be about.
It's all about Jesus Christ and what he has done for us.
Yes, he came here to earth, as we see in Luke chapter 2, but he lived a perfect life so that you and I could have a model and an example of what we're to do.
And Dad, I know every single year at Christmas, at Christmas Eve, we'll be going over to your house this year, Mondo, his family, my wife, our family.
And you're going to read Luke chapter 2 once again to our children.
I grew up when you brought me in at four years old.
I've heard the Christmas story every single year.
And when I was a kid, you know, it was just one of those things that had to happen before we went and tore open the presents.
But as I grew older, I realized the importance of reading this to our children.
Grandma, grandpa, mom, dad, aunt, uncle, even if you're not in a religious household and you're going to spend the holidays with someone who maybe they don't know Jesus, just ask them.
Say, hey, you know what?
I know your family doesn't believe in Jesus, or maybe you guys aren't professing Christians, but it's a little tradition that I like to do.
Would you be okay with me reading Luke chapter 2, just the story of Jesus?
And I guarantee you, a lot of people probably won't deny you doing that.
But start the seeds planting.
What you did for us is you planted seeds.
And now what we're doing for our children is we're planting seeds of Jesus.
And how important is it that we continue to sow the name of Jesus into the next generation?
Very, very important.
Most important thing we do is put Jesus on the throne that he belongs on.
Amen.
That's a good quote.
We didn't quote that.
Put Jesus on the throne that he belongs on.
Mondo, I know you've been with dad now, what, 27 plus years?
I mean, you've probably heard the Christmas story 27 plus times now because of it.
It's a tradition.
I think it should be in every household.
You know, when you look back at Bible prophecy, you have to go back to Isaiah.
The spirit of prophecy is Jesus, the Bible says.
And we have seen prophecy be fulfilled all the way up to a second ago.
You watching, you're part of that Bible prophecy.
But if you want to look back at Isaiah and realize, this is what it said, for a child is born to us.
A son is given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulder.
And he will be called wonderful counselor.
Mighty God, everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Prophecy was being fulfilled, Dad, even in Isaiah.
And we still see prophecy being fulfilled today.
And when you look at where we are in the timeframe of Bible prophecy, you cannot take away that Jesus has, always will be prophetic.
That's right.
And anytime they attack the name of Jesus, anytime they come against his birth, anytime they come against Christmas, it is Bible prophecy being fulfilled.
That's right.
It's not a cultural event that they're messing with.
It's not a name that just happens to be messed with.
It is prophetic fulfillment of scripture that a virgin was chosen to birth the king of kings.
And we still wonder why is Bible prophecy still being attacked today?
Christmas is not just something that we celebrate to give gifts.
It's a reminder that a prophetic fulfillment that God gave us through his word has to go down the generations.
That's right.
When I think about Brooke and I think about what your family lineage and the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, not only through the family's ministry and Christmas, but what does it mean for you to see now your children adopting, accepting, being part of Bible prophecy when it comes to celebrating Christmas?
You know, to me, it speaks of the kingdom.
We can sow seeds here in the world, you know, in the earth.
We can sow financially and we might reap them, but it doesn't last.
We're called to sow seeds in the kingdom of God.
And what better way to do that than with our kids and with our grandkids?
So if you think, you know, I don't have anything that I can give anymore, I've given everything.
God has more for you.
There's kids around.
You can pour into them.
That's right.
So, yeah, that's what I think.
Wow.
Drew, Luke is over there.
He drew a very convincing stick figure while she was talking.
He's saying, Mama, this is you.
That's a very good.
I don't know where she is on the picture.
You're going to see it.
She's somewhere there.
There's a very convincing stick figure.
You know what?
Over a thousand prophecies from Genesis chapter one to Revelation chapter 22, over thousands of prophecies, and Christ has fulfilled every single one of them.
You know, I love math.
I love going back to the numbers of it.
You know, they'd say, well, there's a one in 10 chance that someone could fulfill a prophecy if they're eight times, a one in a thousand chance if it's maybe 30 times.
Over thousands of prophecies about who Jesus would be, about what he would accomplish while he was here on earth, and about what is going to happen upon his return.
And Mondo, he hasn't missed one of them.
That is a trillion to the second degree power ability for someone to be able to do that.
That's impossible mathematically for someone to be able to accomplish all what he did.
But why can you do that?
Well, friends, he wrote the book.
From the beginning of time, from the beginning of the foundations of the earth, he knew what was going to be in here.
Why that should be encouraging to you today during this Christmas season, friends, if you're going through it, if you are going through a hard time, if you're going through a trial, a tribulation, if you're sitting at home alone this Christmas, you're saying, Lord, where's my family?
From the beginning of time, God has seen this moment.
He cares for you.
If you're sitting there, man, I need family today.
Just know you have family.
We may be on the other side of a screen, but we truly do count everyone who watches the PTL television network as our family.
All the Christmas letters that you write us, we read every single one of them.
All the emails you send us, we read every single one of them.
We're in constant communication on all the different social media platforms with our partners who say, hey, I'm going to be spending Thanksgiving.
I had a gentleman in Florida.
He said, hey, I'm going to be spending Thanksgiving alone this year.
My family won't be able to make it.
He's in a nursing home.
So what do we do?
We sent food down for him.
It's a, you know, there's a service you can do and you can have food delivered.
So we had a hot Thanksgiving meal delivered to this gentleman to make sure that he at least knew, hey, I'm not able to get down to Florida and get you back up here or else I would.
But we want to at least eat a hot meal on Thanksgiving Day.
And friends, we want to continue to do that kind of things because, Mondo, this is our family.
This is what it boils down to.
I don't think I've had a conversation with you, Dad, where, you know, you'll ask me how I'm doing.
You'll ask how my kids are doing.
You probably spend more time on the kids than me.
And then your next question is always, how are the partners doing?
You always want to know how are my, you actually, really, most of the time, you don't even call them partners, Mondo.
We call them friends.
You know, how are my friends doing?
Are you taking care of them?
Are you calling them back?
Are you emailing them back?
And, you know, we do our best to strive to do that.
But it's been incredible to see this journey of Mondo, our family.
You know, I think it's important to know that God has accomplished everything and he takes care of even us.
He knows the hairs on our head, even if they seem to be going away.
He knows the birds in the sky, how many there are, how many feathers.
He clothes the flower of the field.
How much more is he going to take care of us?
And you've seen it over your lifetime, haven't you, Dad?
That the Lord is taking care of you in every situation.
That's right.
And this is the most important Christmas ever.
Celebrating the imminent return of Jesus Christ.
That's right.
And every Christian needs to look for the return of Jesus because he is coming back.
And that is the great promise from Jesus Christ, our Savior.
He is coming back.
You know, we're in this Christmas season right now.
Some people maybe have had a hard 2025.
What would you say to somebody as they're clapping this year off?
They're capping it off.
Maybe it's Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, whichever one you're watching this out on.
But maybe a word of encouragement for our partners.
You're saying, I hope there's a better 2026, but I know that, you know, the Lord's still faithful.
And the Lord is coming.
That's the big thing.
Amen.
Yeah.
That's the most encouraging.
The thing is the fact that Jesus is coming back.
Amen.
As he promised he would.
Amen.
And he has died on the cross, rose from the grave, and he is returning to earth very, very soon.
Amen.
And it's time to get people ready to receive Christ and be ready to be able to go to heaven.
Amen.
Salvation for us and our families.
I know typically, you know, there's a couple of things you're not supposed to talk about around the Thanksgiving or Christmas table.
It's politics and religion.
I said, I didn't realize that you were allowed to talk about anything else.
That's all we ever talked about at our house was politics and religion.
But it's important because, you know, we always had Jesus at the forefront of everything we do.
This Christmas that we're going to be doing, you're watching this on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, whatever it is.
And we're at the Baker household right now.
We're celebrating Christmas.
We're reading Luke chapter 2.
And we're going to spend an evening of laughter and talking about Jesus because, like you said, that's the most important thing we can do, isn't it?
And one of the things that this man, you have done the last year, every time Ricky and I come around, you always ask us, or even not even ask us, you tell us, make sure that you are right with God.
Make sure you're going to heaven.
Make sure that you're going to heaven.
Why are you concerned about heaven?
Because there's so much false doctrine in the world.
That's right.
And I don't want people to believe the Antichrist because he's come to fool people, deceive them.
And they need to look to Jesus for truth.
Yeah.
And to stand in his word because he is coming.
And I believe he's coming very soon.
Ask yourself this question.
Is your heart ready?
Amen.
Evaluate your heart.
We have tried to convince ourselves that we're good.
We convince ourselves that we've done so many great things.
We've fed the poor.
We clothed the naked.
But yet at the end of the day, check your heart.
I know Ricky and I talk about a lot of times, I check my heart all the time.
I got to make sure that there's nothing that will prevent me from being in heaven.
That's right.
So you're reminding us, because I want to tell you something.
And I know we got to go, but you have to understand the deception of Bible theology is in the church.
The idea that there's no hell, the idea that you're not going to spend eternity there, there's not going to be any consequences.
Then what did you say yesterday to me?
Then what was the purpose of Jesus dying on the cross for us?
That's right.
That's right.
It was to pull us away from the grips of the enemy, pull us away from eternal separation from him.
That is the point of the cross is that we can have union with God once again.
I said, you know, these modern day, I wouldn't, I don't even know if I should call them preachers, but people who minister the gospel and then say, well, it doesn't matter, live whatever lifestyle you want.
Let it be contrary to the word of God.
Blaspheme the name of the Holy Spirit your entire life.
It doesn't matter because when you die, God is all loving.
He's all gracious.
He's all good.
So he's going to let you go to heaven.
Friends, God is just.
He's righteous.
He's pure.
He's holy.
And there is this thing called justice.
And friends, when we stand in front of him one day, I believe if you're watching this and you've given your life to Jesus and you strive not in effort to be holy, but you strive in relationship of constantly saying, God, I want to know you better than I knew yesterday.
Then you'll hear, well done, my good and my faithful servant.
But if you live a life that is contrary to the word of God, disrespecting the word of God, if you're going and saying, you know what, I don't care about anything biblical, well, friends, he's just, he's righteous, he's holy, he's pure, and he's going to do what is right.
I've always said this, it doesn't matter what happens in my life, if God has laid something in front of me, then I believe it is the right thing because he is just and he's holy.
This idea that there is no punishment for evil means that there is no such thing as true justice.
Jesus paid the price on the cross so that we wouldn't have to pay the price here on earth and pay the price eternally.
You have the opportunity at heaven, not because you're so good and you're so perfect and you've done so many great things.
You have the opportunity for heaven today because Christ is so good, he's so perfect, and he did this incredible thing called the cross.
One Million Souls 00:01:42
Friends, does this mean you're never going to fall?
No, but it means you're going to get back up because you're covered in the blood of Jesus.
Does this ever mean you're never going to make a mistake?
No, we all make mistakes, but this means you're going to be able to get back up confidently, keep running this race.
This means with the blood of Jesus, you're going to be able to cross that finish line and you're going to be able to hear, well done, my good and faithful servant.
I'm believing for that for you today.
If today is the first time you're hearing the gospel message or the first time you're saying, you know what, I want to accept the gospel message, call our number.
It's 1-888-988-1588 and say, I want to give my life to Jesus today.
What a more incredible, I couldn't think of a more incredible day than Christmas Day or Christmas Eve to give your life to Jesus Christ.
And that's the most important thing, friends.
Continue to build a relationship with Jesus.
That's what you've taught us our whole life, isn't it?
I mean, how incredible would it be today if a million people watching this show today said, you know what?
I'm going to give my life to Jesus on Christmas.
I would be so thrilled.
That's right.
Well, what's one of your goals?
You said, I have another goal before I go home to be in heaven with my Lord and Savior Jesus.
But what do you say one of your goals was?
You told me the other day.
One of my goals is to take another million people with me to heaven.
Amen.
That's a good goal, isn't it?
He said, I want to tell another million people about Jesus and have them accept their, you know, and what we're doing is we're robbing hell of its occupancy.
We want there to be no people in hell.
That was meant for the devil and his demons.
It wasn't meant for us.
We want that to be empty.
Dulsa: Sweetness Without the Crash 00:02:10
We want heaven to be vacated.
Friends, give your life to Jesus today.
It'll be the best decision you've ever made in your life.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Amen.
Well, I think we're out of time for today.
And no, I try to say it when you're not here.
I don't know if I do a good job, but it's your turn now that you're back on the Jim Baker show.
God loves you.
Amen.
He really does.
Don't ever let anybody tell you that God doesn't love you because they're lying.
God loves you.
He really does.
Thank you for supporting our network.
God bless you.
Love you, Dad.
Come on, that was great.
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