CHRISTMAS

This sounds legalistic and absurd. Seperating ourselves from the world means hiding in a cave according to your logic. You need to read scripture. You make silly arguements that are unbiblical. You suggest to throw away the bible if i reject martin luther?? Who?? CARES! Bro u serious right now. Ur not a christian youre a lutheran correct? What a joke. Seriously. Keep youre christmas tree relax.. i doubt you even know Christ.

This is a legend is it not? Even so, Christmas trees are not biblical. The only thing the Lord told us to remember is His death by taking the Lord’s supper, as often as we will.

If we choose to remember the Lord’s birth, we should be careful to honor Him in everything. If you think a tree honors Him, put up a tree. If one thinks lights, stockings and mistletoe honors the Lord then by all means.

How do you come to this conclusion biblically?

and yet you just can't let it go

rinse and repeat

it's starting to sound like you think your way of doing things is the blueprint for everyone else

if you really think people celebrate Christmas in the way their CONSCIENCE leads them and knowing Christians now have the Holy Spirit and believe they honor God and so does Christmas then quit harping on how YOU do it while basically heeing and hawing about others

your little speech about 'if one thinks' says more than if you wrote a book

and now we shall have the speech about how that is not what you mean

gag

You’re not going to be able to ‘proof’ it via the Bible; both birth narratives state Bethlehem, but they kind of have to when you think about it – the Messiah was prophesied to be born in Bethlehem; not somewhere else.

I was going to write a much longer post (and still may at some point), but to sort of summarize it: we have four gospels that all agree that Jesus was from Nazareth (‘Jesus of Nazareth’ – typically a place name moniker refers to where one was born, not where one currently lives).

In Mark and John, he’s just ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ (i.e. presumed to have been born there). Only two accounts offer a birth narrative. Both accounts place the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, but the stories are completely different, are incompatible in the date of when it happened, and each contains historically problematic events (particularly the census). One account (Luke’s) goes out of its way to explain how Jesus could conveniently be born elsewhere in order to fit a prior prophecy. The other (Matthew’s) skirts around the problem by having Joseph and Mary originate in Bethlehem (but then needs to come up with a reason for them to end up in Nazareth).

To me, the simplest and most likely explanation seems to be that he was in fact, as his moniker suggests, born in Nazareth.

The bottom line however, at least from a Biblical standpoint, is that the Jewish expectations for the Messiah to be born in Bethlehem were fulfilled. From a more historical standpoint however, Bethlehem seems, well… rather unlikely.

. I believe December 25th is actually the winter solstice and the day of the sun god worship

This sounds legalistic and absurd. Seperating ourselves from the world means hiding in a cave according to your logic. You need to read scripture. You make silly arguements that are unbiblical. You suggest to throw away the bible if i reject martin luther?? Who?? CARES! Bro u serious right now. Ur not a christian youre a lutheran correct? What a joke. Seriously. Keep youre christmas tree relax.. i doubt you even know Christ.

Jesus was not born on December the 25th.. So i do not celebrate the Birth of Jesus on that day.

But do i Exchange gifts on December the 35th.. Yep
Do i sit down and enjoy the company of my extended family and have a great lunch.. Yep

Giving gifts is a good thing and having a good meal is a good thing if we give thanks to the LORD for it..

So i have no problems enjoying the day because i do not celebrate it as the day of my LORD's birth..

Wow.

Not a loving response at all.

"I doubt you even know Christ"

Can someone please provide scripture that mentions "christmas" or what that even means? Its clearly a man made tradition and its not Godly.

Its the truth. That goes for you as well. Ive read your posts. I dont see Christ in any of it. You mock and laugh and sing your jolly ol folly.. too much for ya?

i'm trying to think what christmas song to post this week. last week, i did "What Child is This." later in the month, i'll do "oh Holy Night."

any suggestions?

Its the truth. That goes for you as well. Ive read your posts. I dont see Christ in any of it. You mock and laugh and sing your jolly ol folly.. too much for ya?

i'm trying to think what christmas song to post this week. last week, i did "What Child is This." later in the month, i'll do "oh Holy Night."

any suggestions?

So according to you the Three Wise Men celebrating the birth of Christ by visiting Him in the manger and offering gifts was not godly.

No not really.
Don't flatter yourself

i'm trying to think what christmas song to post this week. last week, i did "What Child is This." later in the month, i'll do "oh Holy Night."

any suggestions?

What does that have to do with "christmas"? The three wise men were sorcerers and astrologers and gentiles who more than likely followed other gods.. so you see this as the narrative for christmas? Well that would be a pagan way of celebrating his birth. The three wise men were more likely pagan.