O you who love the Lord, hate evil! – Ps. 97:10 ~ There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. – Pro. 14:12
Most Christians are willingly blind to the fact that Christmas is a pagan ritual of witchcraft that was adopted into Catholicism by wicked men who cared nothing for Biblical authority.
I was listening to VCY and they defended the Christ Mass with the scripture verse: Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good. – Romans 12:21 Well, they almost had me there! It sure sounds like a good way to validate the Mass of Christ. Does it apply, though? Does it cancel out other scriptures that tell us not to worship God as the heathen do in worship of their gods? Does it override these scriptures? –
Deuteronomy 12:30-32 …and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.” You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
Jeremiah 10:1,2 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. Thus says the Lord: “Do not learn the way of the Gentiles…”
Leviticus 10:10 “And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean.”
Isaiah 5:20 “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
Ephesians 5:11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness but rather expose them.
That’s just a few scriptures that would have to be ignored for the Romans 12:21 verse to apply. Scripture never contradicts itself. There must be a rightly interpreted scripture verse, passage or teaching based on scripture (the whole of the Holy Bible), to show that Romans 12:21 can be used to validate the observance of the Mass of Christ. I haven’t found it yet..
The following quote, from Kevin Reed’s, The Canterbury Tales:
In a Lutheran/Anglican posture, Mr. Jordan is asserting that the church has been granted broad discretionary power to establish means of worship. This is similar to the Anabaptist notions, which allow the ‘moving of the Spirit’ to govern the present activities of the church, without any direct appeal to the law of God. In both cases, the church has the power to worship God according to the devices of men. However, the Anabaptist opts for subjectivism (due to an emphasis on individualism); the other opts for traditionalism (with an emphasis on the corporate consensus). Yet, the law of God rejects both a subjective appeal (Deut. 12:8), and an appeal to the consensus (Deut. 12:30-31). Rather, the biblical admonition directs men to the scriptural pattern of worship (Deut. 12:32).
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. – Job 14:4
You cannot put a mask of Christianity on the mother/child goddess worship of the pagans and think it pleases God. He knows what is under that mask.
Why would any pastor teach scriptures unlawfully to make the Apostles agree that paganism can be christianized (Romans 14:5-6) except that they love these “holy” days of X Mass and Easter, and/or their children above God? Perhaps they have a fear of man or their wives. I have yet to hear a pastor or teacher who can show, with correct interpretation, scriptures that truly mean we have liberty to celebrate christianized pagan (an oxymoron) “holy” days. Why didn’t the Apostles agree to such a wicked thing when the converted former pagans of their day were burning to ashes all the books of their ungodly pagan worship (Acts 19:19)? Isn’t it adding to God’s Word to say it’s OK to christianize pagan holidays? Isn’t it subtracting from the Word to ignore scriptures warning us not to partake in pagan practices to worship God with (Deuteronomy 12; Jeremiah 10)? And isn’t it outright disobedience to God’s Word when we are told not to combine the holy with the unholy (Leviticus 10:10; Job 14:4); to touch not the unclean things (2 Corinthians 6:17); to have nothing to do with the things of idols (1 John 5:21)?
I find it quite interesting that pastors will, rightly so, condemn idolatry in the lives of Christians yet this time of year the tree goes up and is decorated to honor God just as it was done by pagans to honor their sun god though God clearly tells us not to do such a wicked thing in our worship of Him (Deuteronomy 12). And then there are apologetics ministries that wish everyone a “Merry Christmas” yet correctly condemns the ministry of Youth With a Mission’s mission of telling the indigenous peoples that the god they worship is actually the true God (supposedly following Paul’s example on Mars Hill). And they are vehemently against the seeker friendly tactics of increasing the numbers of mega churches yet that is what the Church of Rome did with the pagans’ gods to build up the numbers of converts beginning in the days of Constantine when they started to christianize their idols and feast days. They condemn yoga exercises by their congregants, as they should, but see nothing amiss in their Christ Mass celebrations with the pagan tree set up next to the pulpit where God’s holy Word is preached (Exodus 20:3).
Has anyone actually pondered why they are bringing into their house a tree to decorate? Why are they practicing all of these pagan traditions this time of year? Does it truly enhance the Gospel? Are they not telling God, the Holy Spirit, He needs the help of the Christmas spirit this time of year to make His Gospel known to the World? Do they truly believe that God will reward them and/or be pleased with their efforts? How does one worship the most holy God with disobedience? Even the Wiccans and most unbelievers know this is a pagan “holy” day and they laugh at the Christians with their syncretic worship of God. Is it any wonder that unregenerate people believe that Christianity came from paganism? That Jesus is just another god? That He is one of many ways to eternal life?
Christians who celebrate the Christ Mass are far from being set apart from the world at this time of year…
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged
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