The bible forbids religious similitudes

[Nick1939]

It amazes me why the so called Christians don’t know this, and yet they claim they study their bible. So I would like to challenge their study for the answers to the questions of those verses.

Exodus 32:7-8 v. 7 and the Lord said unto Moses go get thee down; for thy peoples, whom though broughtest out of the Land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. V. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a melted calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. More specifically, Deuteronomy 4:15-16 and 23. v. 15 take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'-reb out of the midst of the fire. V. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc. Isaiah 40:18-21 is right along with the above verses. v. 18 to whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, etc.

When I look to my bible to see where the Christmas tree and the baby Jesus as the birth of the Savior of the World for remembrance is, I cannot find a scripture anywhere that Jesus commanded us to do this. What I do see is 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 where the communion is done in remembrance of our Savior.

Corrections are welcome with scriptures please. God bless

 

[ForthAngel]

It amazes me why the so called Christians don’t know this, and yet they claim they study their bible. So I would like to challenge their study for the answers to the questions of those verses.

Exodus 32:7-8 v. 7 and the Lord said unto Moses go get thee down; for thy peoples, whom though broughtest out of the Land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. V. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a melted calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. More specifically, Deuteronomy 4:15-16 and 23. v. 15 take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'-reb out of the midst of the fire. V. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc. Isaiah 40:18-21 is right along with the above verses. v. 18 to whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, etc.

When I look to my bible to see where the Christmas tree and the baby Jesus as the birth of the Savior of the World for remembrance is, I cannot find a scripture anywhere that Jesus commanded us to do this. What I do see is 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 where the communion is done in remembrance of our Savior.

Corrections are welcome with scriptures please. God bless

I think this kinda goes along with the whole christmas debate:

Romans 12
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

 

[Richie_2uk]

It amazes me why the so called Christians don’t know this, and yet they claim they study their bible. So I would like to challenge their study for the answers to the questions of those verses.

Exodus 32:7-8 v. 7 and the Lord said unto Moses go get thee down; for thy peoples, whom though broughtest out of the Land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. V. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a melted calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. More specifically, Deuteronomy 4:15-16 and 23. v. 15 take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'-reb out of the midst of the fire. V. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc. Isaiah 40:18-21 is right along with the above verses. v. 18 to whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, etc.

When I look to my bible to see where the Christmas tree and the baby Jesus as the birth of the Savior of the World for remembrance is, I cannot find a scripture anywhere that Jesus commanded us to do this. What I do see is 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 where the communion is done in remembrance of our Savior.

Corrections are welcome with scriptures please. God bless

The christmas tree became the household emblem of christmas through the pagans. it all stemmed from the pagans rituals and celebrations. Where does it say to celebrate Christmas on the 25th of dec? Again, the pagans has alot to do with alot of confusing true remembrance of Christ. 25th was the day of the sun, as you may know that pagans were sun worshipers. and there calender date of 25th is a celebration day of the sun. and while they do there rituals and celebrations they would have some one dressed in a red costume, hence were santa clause came into being. again nothing to do with true remembrance of Christ. the catholics took upon the idea from the pagans and made Christmas there own, hence mas, hence tree, angels on trees, and so on. There is nothing in the bible that we have to set a date to celebrate Christ birht, but the bible says to remember

Luke 1:35
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God

Jesus was not even born in the winter season! When the Christ-child was born "there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night" (Luke 2:8). This never could have occurred in Palestine in the month of December. The shepherds always brought their flocks from the mountainsides and fields and corralled them not later than October 15, to protect them from the cold, rainy season that followed that date. Notice that the Bible itself proves in Song of Solomon 2:11, and Ezra 10:9, and 13, that winter was a rainy season not permitting shepherds to abide in open fields at night.

If God had wished us to observe and celebrate Christ's birthday, He would not have so completely hidden the exact date. So the pagans had a field day with starting all this celebrations on the 25th. The catholics jamp on the bandwagon and started there own thing about Christmas.

Here is a good site you may find interesting read. The Plain Truth about Christmas

 

[Chopper]

...Deuteronomy 4:15-16 and 23. v. 15 take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'-reb out of the midst of the fire. V. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc. Isaiah 40:18-21 is right along with the above verses. v. 18 to whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, etc.
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similitude defined;
תּמנה תּמוּנה
temûnâh temûnâh
tem-oo-naw', tem-oo-naw'
From H4327; something portioned (that is, fashioned) out, as a shape, that is, (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of favor): - image, likeness, similitude.

 

[Tintin]

We don't have enough 'Christmas is evil' threads on CC. So let's have another. I'm more surprised that you didn't use the flippin' Search function before creating a new thread. There's no excuse.

 

[tourist]

It amazes me why the so called Christians don’t know this, and yet they claim they study their bible. So I would like to challenge their study for the answers to the questions of those verses.

Exodus 32:7-8 v. 7 and the Lord said unto Moses go get thee down; for thy peoples, whom though broughtest out of the Land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. V. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a melted calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. More specifically, Deuteronomy 4:15-16 and 23. v. 15 take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'-reb out of the midst of the fire. V. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc. Isaiah 40:18-21 is right along with the above verses. v. 18 to whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, etc.

When I look to my bible to see where the Christmas tree and the baby Jesus as the birth of the Savior of the World for remembrance is, I cannot find a scripture anywhere that Jesus commanded us to do this. What I do see is 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 where the communion is done in remembrance of our Savior.

Corrections are welcome with scriptures please. God bless

God does not command me to put Coffee-Mate in my coffee so I don't add this product. Biblically speaking, I prefer it black. I don't believe that it is commanded in the bible to come out of the rain but God does withhold the rain at certain times.

Most everyday things that people do are not commanded in the bible. God provides a certain measure of intelligence and we neglect to use it at our own peril.

Your post makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Nick01]

You are not commanded to have a Christmas tree. Therefore, you are free not to have one.

Problem solved.

[video=youtube_share;e3mLoFndR6M]http://youtu.be/e3mLoFndR6M?t=3s[/video]

 

[David_1]

The Christmas Tree is just the Norse/Anglo-Saxon Yggdrasil, and that's okay.
It acknowledges our ancestors (those of use from Germanic, Nordic, English background).

The Norse were never book literalists, and Christ didn't call us to be anyways.

Just put your Christmas tree up and celebrate Winter.

Now what makes no sense are Yule trees in Australia in summer.

 

[ThomistColin]

It amazes me why the so called Christians don’t know this, and yet they claim they study their bible. So I would like to challenge their study for the answers to the questions of those verses.

Exodus 32:7-8 v. 7 and the Lord said unto Moses go get thee down; for thy peoples, whom though broughtest out of the Land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. V. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a melted calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. More specifically, Deuteronomy 4:15-16 and 23. v. 15 take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'-reb out of the midst of the fire. V. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc. Isaiah 40:18-21 is right along with the above verses. v. 18 to whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, etc.

When I look to my bible to see where the Christmas tree and the baby Jesus as the birth of the Savior of the World for remembrance is, I cannot find a scripture anywhere that Jesus commanded us to do this. What I do see is 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 where the communion is done in remembrance of our Savior.

Corrections are welcome with scriptures please. God bless

Except the Bronze Serpent, that similitude I want done. Also, make pictures of animals and angels and put them on tapestries and hang them in the Holy of Holies. Also, make images of angels and put them on my Ark.
Learn the difference between doing something in honor of God and trying to make a god to honor.

 

[Nick1939]

You are not commanded to have a Christmas tree. Therefore, you are free not to have one.

Problem solved.

[video=youtube_share;e3mLoFndR6M]http://youtu.be/e3mLoFndR6M?t=3s[/video]

I just want to know who is obeying the scriptures and who likes his own opinion ,
but in light of Gal 5:17say so that ye cannot do the things that ye would,
and in Acts 5:29 say , we ought to obey God rather than MEN.

and I am glad that NO scriptures given against my post, therefore take good HEED not to disobey the scriptures given, God bless

 

[Nick1939]

God does not command me to put Coffee-Mate in my coffee so I don't add this product. Biblically speaking, I prefer it black. I don't believe that it is commanded in the bible to come out of the rain but God does withhold the rain at certain times.

Most everyday things that people do are not commanded in the bible. God provides a certain measure of intelligence and we neglect to use it at our own peril.

Your post makes absolutely no sense.

The truth is God does not tell us to put coffee-mate in our coffee, But biblically speaking like you said,when God tell us to come out of the rain, we better , or get the umbrella .
Proverbs 14:12 says there is a way that seemeth right unto man, but the end is the ways of death.
my post makes much sense because is scripturally supported .God bless.

 

[Nick01]

I just want to know who is obeying the scriptures and who likes his own opinion ,
but in light of Gal 5:17say so that ye cannot do the things that ye would,
and in Acts 5:29 say , we ought to obey God rather than MEN.

and I am glad that NO scriptures given against my post, therefore take good HEED not to disobey the scriptures given, God bless

Yep. I will make sure that I do not worship my Christmas tree this year. I nearly forgot not to do that.

But, seriously, please feel free to not have a Christmas tree. If that makes you feel happier about serving God, good for you. I think you're stretching the Scriptures a little bit (I don't believe my Christmas Tree brought me out of Egypt or won my salvation, thanks very much), but if you're solid in your own mind, then go for it! Really! I'm not going to begrudge anyone being squared away on how they feel about their own conduct.

EDIT: Oh, and did you at least like the video? Even a little bit?