- Christmas, its origin found nowhere in scripture and surrounded by pagan worship and rites, has no place in the congregation of our Master. We cannot separate a religious holiday with its past or its origins. We can’t say, “Well, that was then, and this is now.” We are told in Deuteronomy 12:29-30 – “When Yahweh your Elohim cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, beware that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?,’ and 18:9 – “When you enter the land which Yahweh your Elohim gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations."
We cannot “Christianize” something that was theirs first, just like they can’t “Paganize” something that was ours first. They can’t take Passover and dance around snakes and sacrifice children and it be pleasing to Yahweh, so how can we imitate the rites of those pagan celebrations and honor Yahweh or Yahshua? If they offered gifts to a tree representing their god (by putting them under the tree), how can we do the same and separate the paganism from that? That is the same as playing with a wee gee board and asking Yahshua to guide our hands. We cannot bring Yahshua into that pagan practice. Is it a sin to give gifts to one another? No. But when it is done in the same manner, at the same time of the year as the ancient pagans did it, we should run away from it to avoid association with the world in it. We have had this in our past for so many hundreds of years that it seems normal. But normal doesn’t always mean right. Did Yahshua observe it? Did Yahshua instruct it to be observed? Did any of the apostles teach or observe it? Did the early church fathers observe it? The answers to these are obvious. Why should we unite our festivities with those rooted in or imitative of pagan rites and rituals? Source link
- Did the Catholic church of the 4th century, in adapting ("Christianizing" ) the pagan practices of their day, obey the following commands of God? No, they did not:
1 Corinthians 10:14 & 19-20: ". . . flee from idolatry." "What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons."
1 Thessalonians 1:8-10 (they turned from idols); 5:22: "Abstain from every form of evil." See also Acts 14:8-15.
1 John 5:21: ". . . keep yourselves from idols."
Romans 12:9: "Abhor what is evil."
Ephesians 5:8-11: "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them."
1 Peter 3:11: (Turn away from evil.)
3 John 11: ". . . do not imitate what is evil"
The Catholic church of the 4th century did not oppose the evil idolatry of its day, but they actually participated in it by giving them new names. Was this pleasing in the sight of God? Not at all! What about today? Should Christians participate in Christmas? Should they do as the 4th century Catholic church did (take a pagan holiday and "Christianize" it)? Source link
- ...the reader can visit any reference library and trace the origins of Christmas and Easter back to paganism. The facts are legion.
The question now is: Should a true believer in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel celebrate Christmas and Easter? Is it acceptable to enter into these festivities and keep these pagan feasts now that their heathen origins have become widely known? And will the Holy One of Israel object to one of His followers, say, attending a Christmas dinner or party?
The Bible answer is absolutely clear on this point and if you have the courage to read it turn to 1 Corinthians 10 and study verses 16-22 you will find this question, answered and it amounts to this:
- That those who eat festival sacrifices become united with the God to whom those sacrifices are made. (v16-18)
- That though the food partaken of is itself not intrinsically changed (v19), when a person partakes of and shares in a pagan feast or celebration, he/she becomes partner with the spirits of evil, the demon host who daily defy the dictates of the Almighty. (20-21)
In other words when a person celebrates Christmas, which was and still is motivated by the forces of evil, he/she is honouring the demons who conceived that pagan festival in the first place; demons who are totally opposed to the Holy Spirit of God; and who go out of their way too prompt mankind into committing all kinds of evil at their winter festival. You may be sure that the so-called "spirit of Xmas" is not the Holy Spirit of the LORD God of the Bible. Greed, drunkenness, violence and debauchery are hallmarks of the Xmas season. Everyone is now aware of this. Source link1 Cor. 10: "20: But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21: Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22: Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?"
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