*headdesk*
I'm not talking about freedom to sin, that's a silly assumption. I'm talking about freedom to live in Christ, to really live?
What is it with you guys always going for exaggeration or the worst case scenario all of the time?
Some people here have questioned our salvation because we celebrate Christ's birth. And then they wonder why we're peeved!
What is it with US?
Perhaps it would be best if you asked that same question of yourself first. I mean, after all, you did recently say:
tintin said:
Merry Christmas, brothers and sisters! Especially to those who believe Christmas is of the Enemy. Jesus Christ loves you too. He came to earth as a God/man and died and rose to bring you a new, abundant life and FREEDOM in Him!
Now, c'mon...what were YOU implying there by singling out "those who believe Christmas is of the enemy" and by then telling them that "Jesus Christ loves you too", as if they're somehow ignorant of the same, and by continuing on to tell them what Jesus accomplished for them, again, as if they're presently ignorant of the same? You wouldn't consider THAT to be a "worst case scenario", would you? I mean, for crying out loud, you basically implied that they don't know either Christ or the gospel, didn't you?
Anyhow, my "abundant life" in Christ doesn't include the right to sin against the knowledge of Him and His Word which I currently possess (my so-called "silly assumption"). Granted, we're all at different stages and we haven't all necessarily the same amount of knowledge in relation to different topics, but we do all share one commonality, namely this:
We're all called to be obedient to whatever it is that the Lord has revealed unto us.
Look, hopefully (I'm kind of juggling too many things at once right now), some time in the next day or two, I'm going to start a thread which will add another whole dimension to this current debate. Yes, the Lord helping me, I want to address how the church has repeatedly embraced "counterfeits" or "substitutes" throughout her history in relation to "times" and "dates" and how I believe that the same is the work of the spirit of antichrist. IOW, we're constantly being conditioned to accept that which isn't even true and the same could ultimately lead to people receiving the ultimate "counterfeit", the antichrist himself.
Now, granted, seeing how you only have what I just said to go on, I wouldn't blame you, quite frankly, if you thought to yourself, "What the heck is he going on about?". However, at the same time, I honestly believe that if I do manage to start the aforementioned thread and if you read what is contained therein, then what now may seem as a totally off the wall comment will ultimately make a lot of sense to you. Anyhow, just please withhold your judgment until I've had the chance to actually present my case FROM SCRIPTURE. Thanks. In the interim, you'd do your own self well to stop insinuating that those who don't celebrate "Christ Mass" don't even know the Lord.