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There are many reasons not to celebrate Xmas. These are mine:
• Christmas is steeped in lies (Santa myth, Yule log tradition, not the actual
time of Christ’s birth!, the wise men are not numbered in Scripture and did not
appear that night, etc.) Satan is the Father of Lies. Lies originate with him.
Therefore I suspect that the Christmas holiday is of satanic origin.
• We are to be people of TRUTH. Jesus is the way, the TRUTH, and the life. God
is looking for those who will worship Him in Spirit and in TRUTH. We are to walk
in truth, and be a light of truth to the world. We cannot do this while
partaking of a holiday that is not 100% truthful. We would not bend this rule in
any other area of life. Why do so many bend it to take part in Christmas?
• The foundation of this holiday was pagan celebrations of the ‘rebirth’ of the
‘sun god’. Around the world, the ‘sun god’ is called by many names. His rebirth
is celebrated every year at the winter solstice (3rd week in December). The
winter solstice is one of the main holidays on the calendar of witches, even
today.
• Catholicism is a counterfeit of the Bride of Christ. Catholicism has
persecuted the true Bride. Catholicism, in its quest to obtain converts, allowed
the heathen to keep their pagan festivals, and gave them a Christian veneer.
Catholicism invented ‘Christmas’. We should have no association with the
wickedness, false doctrines, and practices of Catholicism. Why do we link arms
with them and celebrate their holiday every December?
• The Pope is a usurper and has no authority from God. There is no Scriptural
record of ANY man EVER being given authority by God to institute any holy days
on His behalf. In regards to worship, Deuteronomy 12:32 says: ‘What thing soever
I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from
it.’ ** God has always given very specific instructions for how He is to be
worshiped. No man has the authority to add to or diminish from them. When Nadab
and Abihu offered incense with ‘strange fire’ before the Lord, He consumed them
with fire and they died. This is an area where God has shown zero tolerance for
man’s innovation.
• God tells us that we are NOT to model our worship of Him after the ways that
the heathen worship their gods. ‘Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by
following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou
enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods?
even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God . . . ‘
• Along the lines of not changing . . . God specified that He wanted no trees
near His altar (Deut. 16:21). How would He feel about a decorated evergreen tree
being an integral part of remembering Him in December? (There is more to the
symbology of the Christmas tree that I will not explain here.)
• When godly men are faced with decisions regarding faith and practice, there
are two opposing schools of thought. The ‘Regulative Principle’ says that God
commands churches to worship using certain distinct elements and practices found
in Scripture, and conversely, that God prohibits any and all other practices in
public worship.. The ‘Normative Principle’ says whatever is not prohibited in
Scripture is permitted in worship, as long as it is agreeable to the peace and
unity of the Church. I would lean towards the Regulative Principle, having come
out of mainstream Protestant Evangelicalism where 'anything goes' and seeing
where that has led.
• Scripture does not teach celebration of Jesus’ birth. His birth was heralded
by angelic messengers, but never again was any celebration of His birth
mentioned. Jesus instituted a new practice, in remembrance of Him: Communion.
This is the means by which God wants us to celebrate and reflect on Christ.
• A major focus of Christmas is gift giving. By linking Jesus with Christmas, He
has been reduced from His biblical position of ‘Lamb of God’ (sacrifice of God)
to a mere ‘gift’ from God. There is a world of difference between a bloody
sacrifice of someone or something that is precious to you (thus very costly) vs.
a gift that you give easily out of your abundance. Scripture never calls Jesus a
gift. (Eternal life is the ‘gift’.)
• Scripture gives no example of the Apostles celebrating Christ’s birth, or
taking part in any celebration similar to Christmas. In fact, the only mention
of a similar celebration is in Rev. 11, where God’s two final prophets are
murdered and left to lie in the street, unburied.: ‘And they that dwell upon the
earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to
another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.’
(Rev. 11:10). (Perhaps they too were ‘anti-Christmas’ . . . ?)
• The early church did not celebrate Jesus birth or the new holiday of
‘Christmas’, nor presumably did early Anabaptists. In fact, the celebration of
Christmas was illegal in America until the 1800s. (Wording from a public notice:
‘PUBLICK NOTICE The Observation of CHRISTMAS having been deemed a Sacrilege, the
exchanging of Gifts and Greetings, dressing in Fine Clothing, Feasting and
similar Satanical Practices are hereby FORBIDDEN with the Offender liable to a
Fine of FIVE SHILLINGS’ )
• The whole world, which Scripture tells us is under Satan’s influence, rejects
Christ but loves Christmas. It is a very popular, worldly holiday. We are not
being set apart when we jump on the bandwagon and join in the festivities and
traditions.
• It weakens our testimony when we wrangle with non-Christians to ‘keep Christ
in Christmas’, which was a pagan holiday to begin with, and remains so to this
day, with its full complement of pagan traditions. The truth is, Catholicism
co-opted a pagan holiday and added Jesus to it. And now ‘Christians’ are suing
cities and non-believers to retain their ‘right’ to keep Christ in Christmas. We
should be backing out gracefully and allowing them to have their pagan holiday
without trying to add religious significance to it. Instead, we are mocked over
the foolishness of it, because all the info presented here is widely accessible
on the internet. While most Christians seem to turn a blind eye and not want to
know, nonbelievers are well aware of the pagan roots and ownership of this
holiday.
• Tacking Jesus onto a holiday that is not about Him cheapens Him and makes Him
seem mythical. Many see Him as just a different version of the world renowned
‘sun god’, and consider His resurrection to be just another variation of the
rebirth of the ‘sun god’ myth.
• God’s 7 Feast Days, given in the Old Testament, are laid out very explicitly,
because they were to be living prophecies, repeated every year, foreshadowing
the role of Christ in mankind’s story. Some have been fulfilled by Christ,
others will not be fulfilled until His return. Christmas completely breaks this
pattern and has superseded God’s Feasts in most people’s awareness. [Note: We do
not believe God requires Christians to observe Old Testament feast days.]
• Christmas involves a counterfeit God. (See ‘Attributes of Santa Claus’).
Although Christians may be celebrating a different way than unbelievers, the
fact remains that the date and the name of the holiday are the same, and many of
the traditions are shared. Christmas is an unholy partnership where both Jesus
and Santa Claus compete for center stage. At best, this leads to confusion. God
is not the author of confusion.
* ‘Christmas’ = ‘mass of Christ’. The Catholic mass is a blasphemous imitation
of Christian communion. In the mass, the priest believes he crucifies Christ
anew, and the wafer becomes the literal body of Christ (and the wine becomes His
literal blood).
** Some people balk at the use of any Old Testament Scriptures to inform us on
Christian conduct. But the Scriptures tell us that God does not change. What He
despised 4,000 ago, He still despises today. His character is unchanged with
time. If God hated something in the past, He does not ‘get used to it’ and learn
to tolerate it with the passing of time.
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