What does this sound like to you?

[Repent1]

Greetings to all,

God's blessings

Happy Holidays

What does this description in Jeremiah sound like to you?

[Jeremiah 10]

1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the Axe.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Your brethren in Christ,

Repent1....

Edited December 16, 2004 by Repent1

[nebula]

Back then, people looked to the configurations of the constellations and the planets to tell them of the future. Comets, especially, were signs of doom.

We know of this now as astrology. (Not to be confused with astronomy.)

Idols were made from wood, and wood came from chopped down trees.

That is all that was being referred to.

(Goodness, gravy - nobody bows down to a Christmas tree or expects it to cause them "good or evil"!)

[Catsmeow]

Proverbs 11:27b but evil comes to him who searches for it.

Titis 1:15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

1 Sam 16:17b for God {sees} not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

*To one man, the tree is an idol and an object of evil.

*To another man, the tree is a symbol of the sacrificial curse Jesus bore on the tree at Calvary.

You decide.

[Ovedya]

Ah yes......the good old "Christmas tree verses."

No big deal. I don't worship pagan gods.

[Catsmeow]

Godman, I think people are more inclined to worship the idols UNDER the tree, don't you?

We're consumed with materialism, rather than feeding a hungry family or giving a homeless man a warm blanket.

[Ovedya]

Godman, I think people are more inclined to worship the idols UNDER the tree, don't you?

We're consumed with materialism, rather than feeding a hungry family or giving a homeless man a warm blanket.

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Yes. Even to idolize the day itself is not too far out o the ballpark. We need to remember that an idol is anything that replaces Christ as the center in our lives - no matter how temporary. And idol can even be religious in nature!

[Catsmeow]

[Ovedya]

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What about the nativity? Don't you think that that can be an idol as well?

Do you think that what that wax museum in France did was blasphemy? I personally really didn't care a whole heck of a lot. But some guy felt it was his solemn duty to "preserve Christmas" by attacking the display. What's that about? It's just a bunch of wax statues.

The reality of Christmas is not in a nativiy scene. It's not in a tabletop display of the manger. The reality of Christmas is Christ. No statue or representation of His birth coul ever compare the reality of Christ's wonderful and mysterious incarnation!

[Catsmeow]

Proverbs 11:27b  but evil comes to him who searches for it.

Titis 1:15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

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Beau, this is really what it's all about. Some people's minds are so dark, everything is evil. This is why some people could discern Jesus was holy and righteous, while others said he had a devil in him.

Some have ears to hear and eyes to see, while others are deaf and blind.

[apothanein kerdos]

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What about the nativity? Don't you think that that can be an idol as well?

Do you think that what that wax museum in France did was blasphemy? I personally really didn't care a whole heck of a lot. But some guy felt it was his solemn duty to "preserve Christmas" by attacking the display. What's that about? It's just a bunch of wax statues.

The reality of Christmas is not in a nativiy scene. It's not in a tabletop display of the manger. The reality of Christmas is Christ. No statue or representation of His birth coul ever compare the reality of Christ's wonderful and mysterious incarnation!

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I agree greatly with what you have said.