Written by Bro. Bernie Hance
You are going to run into those in the "mid Acts" "grace" circles who will not celebrate Christmas/Easter.
You will also run into those in Mid-Acts/grace circles who WILL celebrate Christmas/Easter.
If you want to put up a Christmas tree (or color eggs) and decorate your house you go right ahead, knock yourself out. If anyone puts you down for doing such a thing, they are not worth having as a friend.
If you are AGAINST celebrating Christmas/Easter/putting up decorations etc etc, then you shouldn't go around condemning someone who does.
Colossians 2:16 KJV: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:” ~apostle Paul
It says holyday:
HOL'YDAY, noun A day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare of a nation; particularly an anniversary festival, devoted to religious solemnities; as Christmas holydays.
(1) A day of joy and gayety.
(2) A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement.
What is Christmas? It is a "holyday"
What is 4th of July? It is a "holyday"
What is your birthday? It is a "holyday"
We are NOT to let any man JUDGE US in these things.
Easter and Christmas are pagan holidays. But this nation celebrates those holidays.
Was Jesus born on Christmas day? NOPE!
Did Jesus resurrect from the dead on Easter Sunday? NOPE!
But we can still celebrate these days, and give praise in glory to our Lord Jesus Christ. It's an excellent witnessing tool.
Nothing like posting on Christmas morning on Facebook that "Jesus wasn't born today folks" talk about getting people mad, well it's the TRUTH, He wasn't born on Christmas day, but it is the day we celebrate His birthday.
If you want to celebrate Christmas/Easter, go celebrate Christmas/Easter. If someone doesn't want to celebrate Christmas/Easter, we shouldn't ridicule them or make fun of them for not celebrating.
~Written by Bernie Hance
Member Dispensationalism 101
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THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD ARE BESIDE THE POINT
We should be thanking God constantly every moment of our lives for what Jesus Christ did for us on the Cross, and that should compel us to tell others about it, whether it’s a holiday or not. The holidays of this world are all pagan, but that really shouldn't surprise us since the god of this world IS satan, after all.
As believers of the gospel of Christ (1Cor 15:1-4 KJV) we have LIBERTY in Christ. We must live in this world and keep peace with others, while watching for opportunities to witness, so that some might be saved. Keep in memory that God took the sin issue out of the way, forever, and nailed it to the Cross. God is not judging us today; He's simply holding open the door of grace for all who will enter by believing the gospel of our salvation (1Cor 15:1-4 KJV).
1Co 3:19 KJV: "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God."
Ga 5:1 KJV: "Stand fast therefore in the LIBERTY wherewith Christ hath MADE US FREE, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
1Co 6:12 KJV: "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any."
1Co 10:23 KJV: "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not."
Let us stay focused on our jobs
AS AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST:
To use every opportunity to preach the gospel of Christ according to the revelation of the mystery; to minister the word of reconciliation to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (Ro 1:16; Ro 10:15; Ro 16:25; Eph 6:15; Phm 1:27; Eph 3:8-9; 2Co 5:17-21; 2Ti 4:2; Eph 4:12).
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