Marlin wrote: > If Hitler was a "Christian," then > HOW CAN i BE?
Because of the doctrine of the remnant. Surely you know this doctrine, do you not? Marlin wrote: > There is nothing wrong with pretty lights, gifts, > food, family, Jesus, colors, flowers, smiles, > music, unless they are used to sell Satan. The implication in your statement here is that if they are used to glorify Jesus, then it is good. Do we agree? Marlin wrote: > Jesus was never in it. He never said to celebrate > anybody's day of birth, and did not use the Solar > Calendar. If anything, he was born in the fall. Neither Jesus nor any of the prophets of God ever condemned celebrating the day of someone's birth, did they? Nor did any of them condemn using a Solar Calendar, did they? Do we live by the law of liberty or the law of bondage? Are we freed or are we bound by silence? Marlin wrote: > Christmas is a mockery that dishonors God. Doesn't this depend on what you do with it? During Christmas time, I love to give gifts to my children and wife. I enjoy remembering the birth of Christ and reading the Scriptures concerning his birth. I enjoy receiving gifts from others and seeing their love toward my family. Christmas is a lovely time of year. Now I grant you that there are a lot of bad things about Christmas too. I think Santa Claus is the anti-christ, because he takes eyes off of Jesus. But one can celebrate Christmas without Santa Claus and without many of the things that dishonor Christ. Christmas is a time when people start talking about Jesus a whole lot more. Jesus is on the tongues of everyone, and it becomes very acceptable to talk about him among the secular people. I know there are some out there trying to ban Christmas and block anything to do with Christmas because of religious connotations, but still, the door is opened unto many. We don't really know when Jesus was born. You say the fall because of the moedim, and I can understand that, but we really don't know when. If we want to celebrate his coming into the world, what is wrong with using a tradition which has found acceptance in our culture? Celebrate his conception if you consider that more technically accurate. Does it really matter? I like that it is celebrated at the end of the calendar year because we date our years from the year of his birth. It gives us opportunity to recognize him as Lord of history, Lord of time, Lord of creation, and Lord of all. As we see one year pass and another year come, we do so thinking about the Lord of all creation who created the sun and stars, the moon, and all the seasons and years. I think this is very fitting. The Scriptures teach us that in whatever we do, do all to the glory of God. Christmas has many pagan elements associated with it, but it certainly is not a holiday like Halloween which is very centered on an occultic theme. Christmas has a lot of good elements to it, elements like good will, love, celebration of Yeshua, giving to one another, Scripture reading, etc. What could possibly be wrong with joining in the good and excluding the bad? If one celebrates the Lord at this time, does he not do it unto the Lord? Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida USA ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
