Are they pagan holidays? 😇
Dear Protestant,
Some claim Christian holidays are pagan.
Those who disagree might claim you are trying to prevent the Gospel to be spread or like when Jesus rebuked Peter saying get behind me Satan, for a neferious spirit was trying to stop God's plans.
Besides the claim that certian holidays are pagan, others hold false premise claiming holidays are mutually exclusive and two holidays cannot coexist on the same day/time period. Both are inaccurate.
There is no day that is not God's day.
For weak believers who haven't grasped this yet, remember - we can certianly REDEEM what was pagan for Christ - and use it to spread the Gospel.
Just consider for a moment:
Did you know the CROSS that sits on top of many of our church steeples and hangs around many necks was used as a pagan Roman tool of torture before it was redeemed and transformed into a symbol of eternal life by Christ?
You do know Christians still use pagan Sun-Mon Calendars today? You use it every day, right?
Christ is Lord of all.
You do realize He created pine trees too, and eggs, pumpkins, and that He is soverign over death and Satan?
God is not trapped by the ways that pagans thought or think, in any era day or place across time. Even As long as these celebrations don’t distract us from the “true meaning of Christmas” or Christian meaning of a holiday, there’s nothing wrong with Christian’s using them to celebrate Christ and point others to Him, even on October 31st.
The holidays are simply a bridge to connect us with the lost. We should take advantage of those opportunities.
1 Corinthians 9:22 tells us
"I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." The focus is on trying to win some to Christ and at the very least to plant seeds. God has given us a great opportunity several times a year to do that. *In holy ways.
We are to do all things for the glory of God
1 Corinthians 10:31.
The Apostles used the things in the pagan culture to share the Gospel. They spoke of their poets and idolatry, false gods & monuments. We too should use the natural things to swing to the spiritual.
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said
Easter / Resurrection day
October 31st:
National Evangelism Day
* I celebrate my birthday and my born again birthday. Both can be a day to glorify and thank God.
If you choose to ignore all the good that Christians have done and still do on and through this holy day celebration globally, then you can do so. But what you cannot do is judge others and post online that Christians cannot celebrate these. What you can say is:
"I choose not to celebrate these based on my personal belief, but everyone must decide for themselves, as Scripture says:
'One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord.' (Romans 14:5-6)"
Look into the links, then pray about it after recieving that knowledge 🙏. The more we know the more we grow 😊.
God bless
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