Do you celebrate Christmas?

[MrSealedEternal]

Hey sealed:

I'd be interested in knowing the point you're trying to make but I'm 73 years old and may not have enough time left to read something that long.

Jeremiah 10:2-4"Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them; For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. "They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter. 8 But they are altogether stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood!

I Corinthians 10:19 What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we? 23 All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.

2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. 18 "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.

Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. 8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

Ezekiel 44:23 "Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Ezekiel 20: 39, "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD, "Go, serve everyone his idols; but later you will surely listen to Me, and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols.

[Catsmeow]

Do I celebrate Christmas?

Yes and no. I celebrate the birth of the Lord and exhibit decor and food in our home but no gifts, (except to charitable organizations).

I am thoroughly disgusted that people insist on marketing for our dollars but want to exclude Christ from Christmas. What's the point of a gift exchange then?

Take Jesus out of Christmas and what do you have? A shopping frenzy for nothing....

[RGR]

Hey sealed:

I'd be interested in knowing the point you're trying to make but I'm 73 years old and may not have enough time left to read something that long.

Bob,

He's already posted the same exact thing in another thread as well! Me thinks he is copying and pasting!

[Gerioke]

Hey sealed:

I'd be interested in knowing the point you're trying to make but I'm 73 years old and may not have enough time left to read something that long.

Bob,

He's already posted the same exact thing in another thread as well! Me thinks he is copying and pasting!

Is that against the rules?

[RGR]

Hey sealed:

I'd be interested in knowing the point you're trying to make but I'm 73 years old and may not have enough time left to read something that long.

Bob,

He's already posted the same exact thing in another thread as well! Me thinks he is copying and pasting!

Is that against the rules?

Not exactly but if he keeps making a habit of posting the same thing in various threads, the extras will be yanked and he'll be warned! I don't guess there is anything explicitly wrong with making your point twice but if it's as I suspect and he's cutting/pasting, he does need to cite his source.

[Gerioke]

Looks like his source is the bible to me.

[RGR]

Looks like his source is the bible to me.

NVM! I just saw that he cited his source! I guess this is my way of figuring out I'm too tired to be posting!

[Avidan]

But I am just so weary of compromising my beliefs to accompany feelings and tradition.

I admit that I am not clear on this subject and will continue to pray for guidance on this issue by the Holy Ghost.

LOVED IT, Halifax!!! WE are NOT TO COMPROMISE and/or CONFORM to the traditions of man!!!

YAHWEH DETESTS THE TRADITIONS OF MEN. IT IS ALL IN VAIN!!!!!

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ALSO......M45510G1C is boldly speaking the TRUTH!!!!!He said:

It isn't about getting people to church, its about getting people to the Truth. We shouldn't water down our faith to make it more palatable for unbelievers.

How can every day be holy? It means set apart, what is it being set apart from?

WOOHOO!!!! Sing it M45!!!! Ya got the MEAT vs. gagging on babies milk!

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Remember the song" Celebrate Jesus celebrate...celebrrate Jesus celebrate""....

Well every day we "Celebrate Jesus celebrate...celebrrate Jesus celebrate""....

Not restricted to one day.

I guess Christmeas is "OK" if done in HIS Love and passion, but it also can lead to "One day" a year.

[RustyAngeL]

Santa Claus isn't real.

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Shut yo' mouth!

Thank you Ovedya. And as for Christmas yes we celebrate it. But we also celebrate the truth of what it's is.

[EricH]

Yes