Merry Christmas to all!
Does God require that we not celebrate Christmas? Of course not.
Also, can other human beings give us salvation? If honoring God's truth determines our salvation, then why honor men over God?
We are saved by faith in Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross, not by works. (Eph. 4)
Jesus Christ said to those who appeared religious but denied the power of His true teaching, "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46; compare Matthew 7:21). Since Christ is opposed to Christmas, why would any thoughtful Christian observe it?
The assertion that Christ is opposed to his people celebrating his birth, whether it was in December or not, is ridiculous.
Walking in Jesus' footsteps in a world that doesn't is never easy. But it is much better and eminently more rewarding than following the empty ways of the world.
True. But to say that God is upset with us for celebrating Christmas is a load of malarkey.
Merry Christmas to all!
Not really. Christ knows what his people need to worship him. He created specific days, called them "his" and then commanded his followers to observe them. Christmas, or the celebration of his birth, was not one of them. Observing his birth with disctinctly non-biblical traditions at the exclusion of the days HE commanded is certainly at the least disobedience to his written word.