CHRISTMAS: EVERYDAY IS THE LORD'S! LET'S NOT RESERVE IT FOR PAGANS!

Let’s make sense of these pagan-threats against Christmas!
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:  Colossians 2:16

Some symbols, especially Santa Claus needs to be removed from the Holiday,  Christian children need to be looking up for the Star of David that shown over the manger or for the precious soles of the feet of Christ in the rapture and not some sleigh of reindeer and a flying santa. Do you believe the government in the U.S. will move Christmas to say...September 21st?   No!..  and we don’t have Bibles in the hotel rooms anymore, no more 10 commandments on the wall of the courthouses, no more prayer in most schools, no nativity scenes in front of municipal and federal offices. If we eliminate this glorious day of celebration all together we simply wouldn’t have it at all except in our private lives and that's just what the devil ordered, 'remove it, keep it quiet, hide it, and eliminate it'. satan wants to increase and God decrease. "Remember Me", This is the Order of Everyday of the Year (and yes Corporately, together for Holy Communion) but to say we "should Not observe The Lord on December 25th" does Him dishonor, we must never forget "The evening and the morning were the First day and the evening and the morning were the 7th day", and guess what?  The evening and the morning are each of the 365 days of the year, and God Made Every One of Them, from sundown to sundown, each day Is THE LORD's !!! so don't attribute ANY DAY to the pagans,  it is Theft.  We may Honor the Lord ANY DAY Of THE YEAR, The Lord Owns the Evening the Afternoon and the Morning!

Let's not be agents and spokes-people for satan’s plan/agenda to erase Christmas. Let's just Fix it.

I remember sharing with a Jehovah's Witness who said the 'crucifix hanging on my neck was idolatry', and I said yes “I idolize Christ” and she said but “you cant make an idol out of the symbol by wearing it, we are not to wear graven images “.....tsk, then I shared {1^st Corinthians 1:18 } how the preaching of the cross is unto them which perish, "foolishness" but unto us which are saved it is the power of God", and how there are graven images all around us, I asked, "do you have bowls in your home?", well that's a graven image after the likeness of things in heaven, and your cups are also, so get rid of all of them and pour drinks in your hand.  I also asked "do your kids play musical instruments?" well that’s also a graven image after the likeness of musical instruments in heaven, so pull them out of their music classes and get rid of the graven images. That's what some religious videos on social media are posting, trying to do away with the “whole” when it only requires getting rid of a few things within in that are questionable.   It is written in Romans 13:7 " Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor."

(Even the 3 wise men brought birthday gifts to Baby Jesus.) The JW mentioned we shouldn’t honor birthdays because it's idolatry, I mentioned how the Bible says in Romans Chapter 14, that we should 'let no one judge what days we honor especially if we are honoring the Lord'.
I mentioned how the Bible says in Matthew 7:11  how we "know how to give good gifts unto our children", and how Colossians 2:16 says 'let no man judge what days you honor' and Romans14: 1-23  says “some men esteem one day above another and another man esteems everyday alike, let everyone be persuaded in his own mind”.

We are making a mountain out of a mole-hill here with contention over pagan practices and it borders on blaspheming Christ.
Anytime you are against extra effort and the setting aside of a high day to honor the Lord, and are in a country that actually has declared it a National Holiday and you rebuke it, whose side are you really on?  I can see satan’s ministers being the only ones hating Christmas and seeking to rid the world of it while he makes halloween and devil's night bigger, brighter, more decorated and celebrated.  We need to be careful not to call so great a celebration in favor of our Lord's Birth a pagan expression!  The pagans worshipped the log, they idolized the tree, and we only use it as decor.  To "deck" means to decorate, it's in the Bible several times in a favorable sense, look it up.  [ they "decked" the tree and worshipped it ] [ Jer. 10:4 ]   Why bring ANY plants into the home for that matter?   Let's keep/get things into perspective.  Keep it in Context. You don’t rid the whole holiday, you rid the items of it that are questionable.

The commandment says that we not "make unto thee any graven image of any likeness in heaven or earth FOR TO WORSHIP IT"  Lev. 26:1  We decorate the tree we don’t worship it!  [ they "decked" the tree and worshipped it. [ Jer. 10:4 ]   

The scriptures she referred to were all about "worshipping" the graven images,  she mentioned that Barbie and Ken dolls and any dolls, are graven images and sin to have them; I said to her..."Well speaking of things we have that are graven images, made after the likeness of things in heaven, or earth or under water,...well there's chairs/thrones in heaven, trumpets, buildings, mansions and other items yet you have them, and you don't worship them". Exodus 20:5  The command is to "NOT WORSHIP A GRAVEN IMAGE: 

 Just because something is not observed in the Bible as a High-day doesn’t mean we can’t dedicate  High-Days to the Lord, It Is an Honor to Him, and He receives it. Everyday of the year was given by God, we reserve no days to the pagans, it all belongs to God who is to be honored everyday, including December 25th, don’t give satan anything!  It all belongs to God. Long Live Christmas Day til Kingdom Come !!!!!!!!

Should we honor the birthdays of dead presidents but not  formally recognize the Birth of the King of Kings?

DEFILEMENT, AVOID IT AND LIVE !!!

DEFILED!  What Is it? Is it Important in the 21st century? Is it Important to God? Are we still expected to Regard Holiness and be "Undefiled"?  We will check the Scriptures...

First,... what is the definition of "Defile",... according to "thefreedictionary.com" it is 
"To make filthy or dirty; pollute: defile a river with sewage. 2. To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt: a country landscape that was defiled by urban sprawl. 3. To profane ..."

In the Book of Genesis chapter 34 it tells us of a son of Jacob who made war with a city because his virgin sister Dinah was made defiled because men of that city laid with her. She was defiled in her body for her purity being taken without a husband. This is still possible today when women commit fornication by choice or otherwise. Defilement forfeits eligibility to marry. The following Scriptures declare plainly that the defilement of the flesh is punishable even to eternal hellfire, there are earthly and eternal consequences. We have to be mindful in our lives to not commit the things which the Lord despises and calls them acts of 'Defiling the Temple of God which is your body in which the Holy Spirit is to dwell'.  

                                               Matthew 15:18-20

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  20These are the things which defile a man: 

                Mark 7:23

  ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
                                               

                                  1st Corinthians 3:16-19

¹⁶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. ¹⁸Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 

                                      1 Timothy 1:10

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

                                            Jude 1:8

⁷Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.   Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Now judge in yourselves in light of these scriptures, is it okay in these days that we commit acts that defile our flesh? Can we expect to see God, and enter Heaven If we do? or are we destined for eternal punishment for it?

True Repentance Confesses to God AND Man

      I'm reminded of my upbringing how my siblings would get into an arguement or confrontation and be called by our father to say "i'm sorry", then hug and makeup, every time. So it is with Our Heavenly Father when we have a difference with each other or fight verbally,  have an "escalated" situation, because we've been wronged, lied on, accused, slandered, deceived, cheated, robbed or etc. 
     We too often think we can just wrong someone, defame them, betray them or worse and simply whisper to God "i'm sorry".
According to Job Ch 42 We are expected to go to the one we wronged or accused, confess and repent, then be acceptable in the sight of God as is written Matthew 5:23-25 
     Too many, even as Christians feel it's ok, just tell God to forgive you and skip away like it's no big deal how wrong a thing you have done to someone. It's not ok. True repentance confesses the fault.
     God has mercy upon whom He will have mercy and will pardon whom He will, but If we Love Him we won't gamble with the chance that we might "get by" with a simple whisper to God without confessing the terrible thing done or said to someone else.  
     Everywhere in the Bible where someone wronged another, they suffered terrible consequences, David, Joseph's brothers, Jacob who tricked his brother out of his birthright and lied to his father by pretending to be his brother Esau, married Leah and was tricked into thinking it was Rachel on the wedding day. 
    We must come clean early, while the one we may have wronged is near enough for us to ask them for forgiveness sincerely, or risk being punished severely or eternally.☮