Putting Christ in Christmas?
It has already begun for this holiday season. Bumper stickers are emerging with the words, “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Church signs are also now reminding the commuters that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” I find it astonishing that “Christian” churches continue to perpetuate this lie.
Where in the scriptures can we find the date of Jesus’ birth? Please show me in Matthew 2 or Luke 2 where the scriptures teach when Jesus was born? If you didn’t know, it is not there. Two gospels do not even mention the birth of Jesus. Yet churches have already begun their seasonal lying to the world that this is when Jesus was born.
There is only a 1 in 365 chance that December 25 is the day Jesus was born (365 days in a year). That is a 0.2% chance. There is only a 1 in 12 chance that Jesus was even born in December. That is a 8.3% chance.
Let’s be real. Christmas has its roots in paganism. The Christmas tree, ornaments, and wreath do not come from the examples of the apostles. Yet the same churches that preach the evils of Halloween proclaim the glory of Christmas. This is inconsistent. Pagan beliefs are where all of these things begin.
I have heard some say, “We know that it is not Christ’s birthday, but this is the day we want to celebrate it.” The problem is that you are lying to the world. The average, non-Bible reading person thinks that December 25 is Jesus’ birthday. One of the houses on our block has lights that read, “Happy Birthday, Jesus.” Can we really claim to be God’s people when we choose to knowing lie to the uninformed?
Churches should be the place where the truth about God is disseminated, not where error is perpetuated.
So enjoy the holiday season. Put up your tree, decorate your house, and open presents on Christmas day. We do at our house every year. But please do not think that you are doing this in honor of Jesus. Please do not think that it is Jesus’ birthday. Celebrate because it is great for the children and a great time for families to be united together.
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Laron
December 11, 2008 at 8:38 pm
My daughters birthday is Dec 3rd. But, the opportunity to celebrate her birthday on that date was not feasible. Therefore, we decided to celebrate it 2 weeks earlier. Although, it was not the date she was born…do you not think that she was the reason we celebrated?
Although Christmas is buried in paganism, it has emersed in honor of the Messiah. And we should praise God for that.
I used to think the same way you do…but after careful study and observation…I think we should think God that man, in all his ignorance, has decided to observe a day…any day (Rom 14:5-6,Col 3:17)… to honor the Messiah.
Would you still rather have it remain under the influence of paganism? We could even name our own idol to honor: “Beelzebul is the Reason for the Season”.
I don’t believe in lying (I would declare that nobody knows when Jesus was born), but I also don’t believe in belittling someone for holding Dec 25 in honor of our Lord. Even though people really don’t know when He was born…they are honoring Him. Just stand back, smile and be thankful they are not honoring Beelzebul.
Joe
December 12, 2008 at 9:10 am
Generally people start to act different this time of the year, maybe not in a bad way, but certainly not how they have acted for the last 11 months. Why is that?
The attitude that many start to have and show; should our attitude not be this way everyday of the year? How many folks only go to “church” this time of the year? Or how many only do things for others this time of the year?
I am also not sure how we honor Jesus by giving each other gifts (and spend great amounts of money in doing so), if you want to honor Jesus with physical things, take all that money and put it in the collection plate.
Vain worship is vain worship after all isn’t it?