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 12/25/18 12:12 PM |
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Unprofitable...I do not see where Christians celebrated christmas before the Roman Catholics coined the term.
I do agree that people celebrated saturnalia,yule, and other pagan festivals on this day. Rome "christianized" the day by adding "christ" to the mix.
We do know that the Puritans never celebrated it as they saw it for what it was...the pope's massing day and heathen revelry.
Most important,we never see anyone in the Bible celebrating it past the event on a regular basis. Doesn't it strike you as peculiar that God would omit the date if He wanted us to observe it? We are told to not observe days based on Gal. 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. We are told how to remember Him specifically and setting a time aside to reflect on his birth is not it. The Word has no beginning. He is God.
Going along with man's decisions and vain traditions are futile. He is not honored by partial truth.
Man does not have the authority to add to Scripture. Going along with 12/25 is a lie. |
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| 12/25/18 11:23 AM |
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The Saviour was born.Yes, John UK,
discernment is good. I just wonder how one discerns what "merry christmas" means when it is so subjective.
Pagans say it. Roman Catholics say it.
I'm not even sure what it means when a Christian says it now. It's spoken for about a month prior to the 25th and on the 25th, sometimes after the 25th.
I know for the RCs, the mass part of it is at the crux of it. Pass by any RC church on the eve of the 25th and it will be jam packed.
No good comes from compromise which is why God warned us of following after the heathen. Even though we may not worship exactly as the heathen,the confusion and allowance for establishing our own twist to things opens the door to relativism.
No absolutes. No standards. Man decides. |
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| 12/21/18 1:42 PM |
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"Best Unwrapped"
-S CHark! The angels aren't singing
"Glory to the new-born King. That is
history past. Presently, they are adoring a
King who didn't come to give peace but to
bring a sword. Matthew 10:34.
Many,who observe christmas, including Christians,
will be dragging a fir tree into the mix because it is
a symbol of that which is eternal. They do this,ironically,
by killing it,stringing lights on it
and weighing down the branches that hang over
the "goodies" below-an apropo representation,albeit,
gaudy depiction,of what christmas is really all about-
a dead work during a time whereby most are lit,
lighting up,strung out,hungover and weighed down
in debt over their "goodies" to which those who are
spiritual some how want to attach the name of Christ.
So...the message conveyed would appear to be that the
tree isn't appealing enough to begin with much
like the unadulterated Gospel message.
The reality of the matter,however,is that the
Gospel is more than sufficient on its own
without the glitzy,decorative and weighty veneer.
Frankly,trees are too;They serve nature better that way.
Maybe Christians would better serve the world
during this season by keeping Christ out
the mess and sticking with the simple truth of the
message of Christ-a message |
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