O you who love the Lord, hate evil! – Psalm 97:10 ~ There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. – Proverbs 14:12
By Daniel Kok.
It is difficult for people to understand why some Christians do not celebrate Christmas. I offer the following as an explanation and defense of that position so that you can understand why that is:
25 Protestations against Christmas
1. The scriptures do not inform us of the date or season of our Lord’s birth.
2. Thus all attempts to date the birth of Christ are conjecture and cannot be substantiated from scripture.
3. Although many Christians celebrate Jesus’ birth on December 25, many Eastern Christians commemorate it on January 7 instead. Yet neither date has scriptural backing. The difference between the two dates is such as the apostle Paul would say “cause(s) disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith” (1 Timothy 1:4).
4. Therefore to say, as some do, that “Christ was born this day” or “today is Jesus’ birthday” is a bearing of false witness.
5. There is no record of the subsequent celebration or commemoration of His birth in the New Testament.
6. The scriptures do not command us to observe or otherwise commend to us the celebration of Christ’s birth.
7. Most importantly, the scriptures do not give the church the authority to institute holy days, days of custom or observance for the purpose of commemorating various events in scripture. For Christ’s church is only required and allowed to do as He directs her (Matthew 28:18ff.).
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Today’s Update:
What Submission Doesn’t Mean
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ” does not mean that you accommodate yourself to wrong teaching and doctrine, that you say nothing when falsehood is being propagated. No! For that is a denial of all the New Testament. Not only that, it is a denial of some of the most glorious epochs and eras in the Christian Church.
— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) was a Welsh Protestant minister and medical doctor)
Paganism in the Church must be removed-its a worldly, unholy system of worship to another god and is un-redeemable and it has no place even near the wall of separation…
“And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.”-Nehemiah 3:8
Cities well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, in like manner, be surrounded and preserved by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world, and separation from its customs and spirit. The tendency of these days break down the holy barrier, and make the distinction between the church and the world merely nominal. Professors are no longer strict and Puritanical, questionable literature is read on all hands, frivolous pastimes are currently indulged, and a general laxity threatens to deprive the Lord’s peculiar people of those sacred singularities which separate them from sinners. It will be an ill day for the church and the world when the proposed amalgamation shall be complete, and the sons of God and the daughters of men shall be as one: then shall another deluge of wrath be…
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Form the book, Bible Readings for the Home, 1943, a family devotional and study book:
Does it matter what one believes, so long as he is sincere?
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. – 2 Thessalonians 2:13
“…and belief of the truth.”
Doctrine affects the life. Truth leads to life and to God; error to death and destruction. No one would think of saying it matters not what god one worships, so long as he is sincere, any more than he would think of saying it matters not what one eats and drinks, so long as he relishes what he eats and drinks; or what road he travels, so long as he thinks he is on the right road. Sincerity is a virtue; but it is not the test of sound doctrine. God wills that we shall know the truth, and He has made provision whereby we may know what is truth.
The influence of all idolatrous worship is degrading.
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It is idolatry, not only to worship a false god, but the true God in a false manner. – Thomas Watson
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