Mike Jeshurun

My Christianity and Christmas! Mike Jeshurun So I claim to be a

Hi JCISGD! I am not trying to convince anyone, Sir. As the Master once said,

What does celebrating birthdays have to do with the Book of Life? Read on. Firstly, should a Christian celebrate Birthdays? What saith the Scripture? There is no law which forbids a Christian from celebrating Birthdays. But then if all that happened unto the Old Testament Jews are for ensamples: and are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. [1Cor 10:11] and if the Most High has commanded us not to learn the way of the heathen, for the customs of the people are vain. [Jer 10:2,3] then we cannot justify Birthday celebrations from Scripture. Only three recorded birthday celebrations in Scripture and two are marked with murder and the third with revelry ending in destruction! The first account is in Genesis. Pharaoh, the Egyptian king, celebrated his birthday by executing his chief baker [Gen. 40:1-23]. In the second account, the New Testament figure Herod the tetrarch reluctantly ordered the beheading of John the Baptist [Matt. 14:3-11]. The final account is found in the book of Job. The Bible says that Job

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Dear Brethren, I am glad to be a member of your Forum and am eager to share with you what little I have learnt and am learning in the course of my earthly pilgrimage and study of God

Psalm 14 opens with the statement