There is a season of the year during which there is more drunkenness and revelry, and voluntary indebtedness is more prevalent, than any other time of the year. What I am referring to is the Christmas season.
Many well-meaning Christians display slogans such as "Let's Put Christ Back Into Christmas" or "Jesus Is The Reason For The Season." But the truth is that Christ never was in Christmas and it is not Jesus, but Satan who is the reason for the season.
Should anyone question my devotion to, or love for, Jesus because of my attack on the widely accepted tradition of celebrating Christmas, let it be known that I love Jesus Christ with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength. And the question that should be asked regarding the subject at hand should not only be what is wrong with celebrating Christmas, but also what is right with it?
Jesus never said to remember His birth until He comes---quite the contrary, our Lord said to remember His death until He comes (1 Cor. 11:24-26). God's people in the Old Testament never did celebrate birthdays. This was a pagan practice, that the Jews did not do. In all of Scripture there are only two birthday celebrations mentioned; and both were by ungodly men. And it is interesting that on these two occasions, the Holy Spirit inspired the recording in Holy Writ of murders by these heathen men. One was when Pharaoh celebrated his birthday; he hanged the chief baker (Gen. 40:20-22). The other was when King Herod celebrated his birthday that he had John the Baptizer's head chopped off (Mt. 14:6-10).
Because celebrating birthdays is a pagan, heathen practice, it is not honoring, but rather dishonoring to our Lord. Celebrating Jesus' birthday is a subtle trick of Satan to get God's people to focus on Jesus' humanity rather than His deity.
Jesus is God incarnate; that is, He left heaven and came to earth (miraculously born of a virgin), but He did this to die for your sins and mine, that we might be given eternal life and saved from our sins which includes coming out of the Babylonian world system and not participating in her pagan, heathen practices! (Please see 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 and Revelation 18:4). Jesus is not 2000 years old, He is eternal, without beginning or end; He was not created, He is the Creator!
Beloved brother, if you have been dishonoring our Lord and our God by participating in the pagan, heathen practice of celebrating His birthday (so-called Christmas), then I implore you to repent, stop doing it, and ask God to forgive you.
In Jeremiah 10:2-4 the Word of God says, "Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen....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. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." This was written several hundred years before our Lord Jesus condescended and was born of a virgin. And the demonic idea of Christmas (Christ-Mass) originated in the pagan cult of Roman Catholicism, hundreds of years after the birth of Christ.
The apostles and early Christians did not celebrate Christ's birth. But Satan, who perverts God's Word and tricks God's people into violating God's commands, has been very successful in getting true Christians to participate in the abominable, pagan practice of decorating "Christmas" trees, and doubtless, Satan and his minions, the enemy of our souls, has spent many a Christmas season and mocking God for what His people are doing in the name of Christ! This is only one way in which Christians have "given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme" God (2 Sam. 12:14).
This says nothing of lying to children about Santa Claus, and instilling in them a spirit of covetousness. This says nothing of the pagan art of drama and all the plays to entertain people concerning the birth of Jesus. And there are many other things that could be said about the abominable practice of celebrating Jesus' birthday, but it is not necessary for those who have ears to hear.
If you have led astray other Christians concerning celebrating Christmas, will you repent and ask God to forgive you? And do you have the backbone to confess your sin to your congregation, and require of them, as the overseer of their souls, to abandon this demon-inspired practice in these last days?
If you are a parent, do you have the humility to ask God and your children to forgive you for leading them into pagan, diabolical practices?
Dear brother, do not let the peer pressure from carnal friends and relatives who do not have the discernment nor the courage to admit the error of their ways keep you from taking a stand for truth.
Remember our Lord's death until He comes, but do not dishonor Him by celebrating Christmas.
Dom, I asked you previously to explain how you have come to accept “Harry Bethel’s” theology.
I must remind you that it is your biblical duty to test the spirits to see whether they are of God! I’ll ask once more, have you tested the teaching of Harry Bethel??
I don’t want to judge you before you present your case, (even though you’ve had sufficient time to do so), but it’s becoming more apparent that you can’t defend your devotion to Harry—is this true? Most importantly you have yet to demonstrate your obedience to scripture (not to Harry) in this regard.
There is no case I need to present Little David, the articles speak for themselves as coming from the Holy Spirit because they are irrefutable.
You’re right Dom, you don’t need to make a case when you’re more devoted to a human leader more than you are to God.
And yes, the articles really do speak for themselves because they expose their author as an incompetent abuser of scripture.
I disagree the articles written by Harry are “irrefutable”.
In fact, Harry’s nonsense is hardly compelling must less irrefutable. I don’t know why you would want to blame Harry’s reckless teaching on the Holy Spirt. That’s absurd!
Just scratching the surface of Harry’s multiple errors, let’s look at Harry’s less than amateurish interpretation of scripture quotes. Harry appears to be making the same error that is common among false teachers. It’s entirely possible that Harry either rejects or is ignorant of the Grammatical-Historical Hermeneutic for literary interpretation. Case in point, Harry’s interpretation of the word “brethren”.
Here’s an assignment for you Dom.
BTW ANother chance to further promote your leader!!! imagine that!!!
Why not post an article proving Harry is at least casually aquatinted with and competent enough to discuss the historical analysis of the texts he quotes.
Let’s see if Harry can actually explain from a historical vantage point the actual meaning of the word that the original authors assigned to a given word
Let’s see if Harry even understands the importance that context plays in determining the meanings of a particular word!!!
WHEW‼️ I haven’t even gotten into Harry’s abuse of logic, or theology‼️
Dom, IF your not afraid, why not type out Harry’s website⁉️⁉️⁉️😂😂😂
Do you believe that Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by Satin in Matthew 4 or Luke 4? If Jesus was God then he would be contradicting himself as James 1:13 God can not be tempted for evil. If God can not be tempted with evil, who or what was being tempted by Satin? The Son of God. God and Father of Jesus can not be tempted, but the Son of God sure was. He knew where he came from, he came from heaven by God speaking words into Mary's womb Luke 8:11. Jesus obeyed his Father he sinned not with the temptation.
Jesus was a weakling without the spirit of God his Father in him John 5:19-31 as God was not Superman to come in the flesh to become human, he sent his Son Jesus John 3:16. What you have is a perverted Superman Hollywood gospel God in the flesh via the pit of hell. Nice line from Superman "The Father becomes the Son and the Son becomes the Father."
James 1:13] Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Hebrews 4:14] Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
[15] For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
2nd Cor 10:3] For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
[4] (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
[5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
[6] And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
John 5:19] Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
[20] For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
[21] For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
[22] For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
[23] That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
[25] Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
[26] For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
[27] And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
[28] Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
[29] And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
[30] I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
[31] If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
and mocking God for what His people are doing in the name of Christ! This is only one way in which Christians have "given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme" God (2 Sam. 12:14).