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The Truth About "Christ-Mass"
"... But the hour is coming, and NOW is when the TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL worship the Father in spirit and truth. For the Father is seeking such to worship Him.”
“GOD IS SPIRIT, and those who worship Him, MUST WORSHIP in spirit and truth.”
Grace and peace to you, the saints, from our Lord Jesus and God our Father.
You just read John 4:23 and 24...
Because during this HIGH time of PAGAN REVELRY… Most people who celebrate Christmas... believe they are HONORING "God The Father" and His Son "Jesus Christ!!!"
But the truth is... THEY ARE NOT!!!
The pagan celebration of Christmas, is a practice that worships FALSE gods!
So you need to ask yourself...
“Do we want to worship the GOD of creation, or the gods that MEN HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES?”
Do we want to be justified by GOD through the shed blood of Jesus Christ... or do we want to justify our own carnal ways and thoughts???
So... in order to put this Christmas "foolishness" to rest, once and for all...
We will do as the Scriptures say the Bereans did in Acts 17:10 and 11.
They “…searched the Scriptures daily, to see if what Paul had said was true.”
We too, will search the Scriptures today... to see if what most of Christendom teaches is true.
And... IF we desire to FOLLOW and HONOR GOD… we MUST BE WILLING to follow the example of JESUS CHRIST and the Apostles!!!
And Jesus said...
"'The Father has NOT left Me alone, for I ALWAYS do those things that please HIM.' As HE spoke these words, MANY believed in HIM..."
"Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in HIM, 'If you continue in MY Word, you are MY disciples in deed; and you shall know the Truth and The TRUTH shall make you free.'"
John 8: 29-32
We must be WILLING to search the Scriptures... AND history (secular as well as biblical)... to find out, the Truth about Christmas and WHO we say we serve.
You will see… that according to the Scriptures, the celebration of Christmas IS NOT PLEASING TO GOD!!!
In this TEMPORAL world we live in... which is under the control of satan…
Too many saints believe that, as long as they have "GOOD INTENTIONS" in whatever they are doing... then in their OWN MIND... EVERYTHING IS RIGHT!!!
You’ve heard the religious folks say...
"What’s really important is what’s in MY HEART..."
Then you have those who claim that...
"The origin of the Christmas celebration on December 25th… IS INSIGNIFICANT!!!"
And have you heard those who claim they are MAKING IT ACCEPTABLE to God... As long as they put "Christ" in it... with a deeper, renewed SPIRITIUAL meaning???
Well... just so we are NO LONGER deceived by our own FEELINGS...
Let’s take a look at what God says about the human heart.
In Genesis 8:21 we read...
That "...the imagination of man’s heart IS EVIL FROM HIS YOUTH..."
And human, carnal reasoning is SO deceptive, because it SEEMS so right.
Proverbs 14:12 says...
"There is a way, that SEEMS right to a man, but he end thereof, IS the way of death."
Jeremiah 17:9 says...
"The heart is deceitful, ABOVE ALL, and DESPERATELY WICKED, who can know it?"
Now… we may “THINK…” that our hearts are PURE… and that our intentions are RIGHT…
However, we MUST NOT rely on our own deceitful reasonings!!!
We MUST rely SOLELY on the Truth of the Scriptures.
In addition... Jesus Christ CLEARLY denounced the RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS of men as VAIN...
Mark 7:7 says...
"And IN VAIN, do they worship ME, TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES, the commandments of men!!!"
Jesus ALSO said...
"All to well, you reject the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY KEEP YOUR OWN TRADITIONS."
Mark 7:7
Ask yourself this question...
Am I REJECTING GOD, by observing the tradition of Christmas?
And I encourage you... look up the Scriptures FOR YOURSELF!!! And do as the Bereans did.
They "... searched the Scriptures DAILY, to see whether these things were so."
Also, I believe we MUST dispel the misconception that the Old Testament is "old news" and NOT applicable to us TODAY!!!
We need to really understand that MOST OF THE SCRIPTURES the Apostles directly QUOTED AND WROTE about... ARE the VERY ONES we call the "Old Testament!"
Notice what the Apostle Paul wrote about the Scriptures, we NOW call the Old Testament.
Paul considered them "THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD" that we are to use today.
2 Timothy 3:16 and 17 says...
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for rebuke, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
And remember this...
Neither GOD NOR JESUS referred to "The Scriptures" as Old Testament. These labels were given later BY MEN.
Haven’t you ever wanted to know...
- How Christmas traditions celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ?
- Or… Where IS the observance of Christ’s birthday taught in the Scriptures?
- Or… How did Santa Claus get involved with the birth of Jesus?
- Or… Where did we get Christmas trees, Yule logs, wreathes and mistletoe?
- And where in the Scriptures… Do we get the idea that Christmas is for the children?
Christmas is for the PAGANS... the HEATHENS...
Those who DO NOT KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!
The world we live in… is filled with traditions and customs, that most of us grew up practicing... because that’s what we have been taught!!!
The MAJORITY of those who participate in the observance of Christmas... believe that it is ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL TEACHINGS of the New Testament!!!
However… IT IS NOT!
The story of Jesus Christ’s miraculous birth... is one of THE most popular and WELL-KNOWN EMBELLISHED stories from the bible.
FEW people realize (or care) that “Christmas” is NEVER mentioned in the Scriptures!!!
And ... there is not ONE WORD in the Old or New Testament... teaching us that we should OBSERVE "Christmas."
The first century believers, under the INSPIRED teachings of Paul and the other Apostles NEVER observed "Christmas."
In fact... THE NAME "Christmas" comes from the "Mass of Christ"... which was instituted by the Catholic church...
And the "Mass of Christ" came about as an attempt to remake an old heathen custom into a "church" celebration, when the Catholic church failed to get rid of the pagan practices!!!
Truth is... in the Holy Scriptures... only SINNERS celebrated their birthdays… the saints DID NOT!!!
There are three Scriptural accounts of birthday celebrations... and on each occasion something TERRIBLE happened!!!
If you can... go to Genesis 40:20... where it says...
"And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.
Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. But he hanged the chief baker… as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him."
And then Matthew 14:6-11 and Mark 6:21-28 are both... accounts of the same event.
Matthew’s account reads...
"But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod. Therefore he promised with an oathe, to give her whatever she might ask.
So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, ‘Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the baptist,’ and the king was sorry. But because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him… he commanded it to be given to her.
So he sent, and had John beheaded in prison. And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother..."
And Mark’s account says...
"... Then an opportune day came, when Herod, on his birthday, gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers and chief men of Galilee.
And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod, and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, 'Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.'
He also swore to her, 'Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.' So she went out and said to her mother, 'What shall I ask?' And she said... 'The head of John the baptist!'
Immediately, she came in with haste to the king and asked... saying 'I want you to give me at once, the head of John the baptist on a platter...'
And the king was exceedingly sorry. Yet because of the oaths, and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her. So immediately, the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought.
And he went and beheaded him in prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother..."
Then we have the third account in Job chapter 1.
The Scriptures say that Job’s seven sons "... went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them."
Job 1:4.
It is obvious that these parties were not centered around any kind of celebration related to God! If they were... Job would not have been worried that his children may have sinned during these celebration feasts.
Of course he couldn’t be sure what was going on in their minds, but the very celebration of their birthdays triggered great concern in Job, according to verse 5.
Apparently, during the birthday party of Job’s oldest son, God allowed satan to kill all ten of Job’s children through what appears to be a tornado verses 6-13 and 18-19.
More evidence that these birthday celebrations displeased God is found in Job 3. If you will take time to read the entire chapter carefully. You will see that, Job spends much time cursing every aspect of the day of his birth. The loss of all of his children, due to a birthday celebration, stunned and sobered him. His words make it clear that there is nothing good about the day of a man’s birth.
And in Ecclesiastes 7:1, the Scriptures clearly tell us this about the day of one’s birth...
"A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth."
So, we have established that the Bible records negative examples of birthday celebrations, while it is silent on celebrating, or even identifying, the birthdays of all of God’s faithful servants—including Jesus Christ!!!
And "Christmas" was NOT celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian church...
As a matter-of-fact, in general, the early Christians celebrated the DEATH of remarkable people, rather than their BIRTH.
And… the "New Testament Passover..." was PERSONALLY instituted by Jesus Christ, Himself... as a Memorial of HIS DEATH... NOT HIS BIRTH!!!
Luke 22:14, says... "... And when the hour had come, Jesus sat down, and the twelve Apostles with Him. Then He said to them, 'With desire, I have desired to eat this Passover with You, before I suffer. For I say to you, I will not eat it again, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'
Then HE took the cup and gave thanks, and said... 'Take this and divide it among yourselves. For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes.'
And HE took bread, gave thanks, and broke it. And gave it to them saying, 'This is MY Body, which is given for you. Do this, in remembrance of ME.'
Likewise HE also took the cup after supper, saying ‘This cup is the NEW COVENANT in MY BLOOD, which is shed for you.'"
The Encyclopedia America states this...
"A feast was established in memory of the birth of Christ, in the fourth century. And in the fifth century, the western church, ordered it to be celebrated forever on the day of the old Roman Feast, of the birth of 'Sol,' because no CERTAIN knowledge of the day of Christ’s birth existed."
Alright... now since the name "Christmas" originated from the Catholic Church "Mass of Christ," let’s take a look at the Catholic Encyclopedia, published by the Catholic Church.
Because under the name "Christmas,' we find the following:
“Christmas was NOT among the earliest festivals of the Church. The first evidence of the feast is from Egypt."
The Catholic Encyclopedia also acknowledges, that in the Scriptures, ONLY SINNERS celebrate their birthdays... NOT saints.
And, saints! We can learn QUITE A BIT about “Christ Mass” in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
It tells us, that the date of the "Nativity of the Unconquered SUN" was well known.
That it was ALREADY being celebrated, as the feast honoring the "sun god," "Mithra," or "Baal" when the PAGAN priest would announce "the virgin has brought forth," during the MIDNIGHT MASS, on the eve of December 25th.
The Catholic Encyclopedia goes on to say...
That the pagans who were devoted to "Mithraism" called their celebration "Dies Natalis Solis INVICTI..."
The Catholic Church even kept part of the name... "Natalis or Nativity..."
The HEATHEN celebration of this "birthday of the invincible SUN" was very strong in Rome...
And in order to win the ACCEPTANCE and "so-called" CONVERSION of the people to Christianity, by the beginning of the third century, the catholic church fathers, were referring to The Lord Jesus Christ as "the sun of justice."
As more and more pagans started coming into the Church with all of their idols and traditions, the roman catholic church ordered the celebration of the "Nativity of the Sun."
So it is clear, that the origin of "The Nativity" is steeped in Baal worship or the "sun god" Mithra.
And even though the catholic church could not allow the OPEN worship of the pagan sun-god...
At the same time...
It did not want to OFFEND their new "so-called" converts.
So the single solution for this APOSTATE church… was to SUBSTITUTE the "Birth of Jesus Christ" with that of the pagan sun-god.
In other words...
COMPROMISE THE TRUTH OF GOD!!! This APOSTATE church had ALREADY decided it was okay to accept ANY OLD PAGAN festival.
Just RENAME it and make it APPEAR to be Christian!!!
This way... the HEATHENS can be "CONVERTED" in droves...
WITHOUT THE AGGRAVATION and INCONVENIENCE of "TEACHING THEM THE TRUE WORD OF GOD..."
Which COMMANDS and DEMANDS, that they REPENT and GIVE UP ALL their false idols!!!
The "GREAT WHORE" church was interested in GAINING NUMBERS then...
And its ONLY interest is GAINING NUMBERS NOW!!!
Selah...