“The Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.” 1 Chronicles 15:13
Suggested Further Reading: 1 Samuel 13:8-14
When we come before God, it will be no excuse for us to say, “My Lord, I did wrong, but I thought I was doing right.” “Yes, but I gave you my law, but you did not read it; or, if you read it, you read it so carelessly that you did not understand it, and then you did wrong, and you tell me you did it with a right motive. Yes, but it is of no avail whatever.” Just as in Uzzah’s case, did it not seem the rightest thing in the world to put out his hand to prevent the ark from slipping off? Who could blame the man? But God had commanded that no unpriestly hand should ever touch it, and inasmuch as he did touch it, though it was with a right motive, yet Uzzah must die. God will have his laws kept. Besides, my dear brethren, I am not sure about the rightness of your motives after all. The State has issued a proclamation, it is engraven, according to the old Roman fashion, in brass. A man goes up with his file, and he begins working away upon the brass; erases here, and amends there. Says he, “I did that with a right motive; I didn’t think the law a good one, I thought it was too old-fashioned for these times, and so I thought I would alter it a little, and make it better for the people.” Ah, how many have there been who have said, “The old puritanic principles are too rough for these times; we’ll alter them, we’ll tone them down a little.” What are you at, sir? Who are you that dares to touch a single letter of God’s Book?
For meditation: Sincerity needs to be allied to truth (Joshua 24:14). It is possible to be sincerely wrong (John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Romans 10:2).
C.H. Spurgeon
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The X Mass Blog 
X Mass worshipers love to spout Christian liberty where celebrating pagan/papist hellidays like Easter and X mass are concerned. They change the meaning of “Mass” to make themseves feel comfortable about celebrating Christ’s birth with their pagan traditions and indoor decorated trees. The bunny and colored eggs are too cute to be thought of as satanic so they give Christian meanings to these things. Martin Luther is said to have christianized the meanings of the X Mass tree and wreath and etc. But, it does no good for it makes their worship vain since they have refused God’s Word in how to worship Him:
Deuteronomy 12:29 “When the Lord your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, 30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ 31 You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity”
One who loves X Mass and Easter needs to have a heart to heart with God. God knows your true heart’s motive and He needs to be asked to reveal it. Is it because the helliday that is so much fun for the children makes it hard for you to let it go? Then, ask yourself, do I truly love God more than my children…? Or, as was my case, did you craft every ornament for the tree? Did you make the hellidays’ decorations a beloved part of your worship to God? Was the hellidays too beautiful to be thought of as evil in God’s sight? Then make it as nothing in your own sight since it is worshiped and not God.
And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. ~Luke 16:15 NKJV
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