NO
For Man Made Pagan
Christmas and Easter!
I was emailed and asked a question about Romans 14 and how it allows for vegetarianism so; doesn't it also allow for liberty on false man made pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter as well?
The answer is NO as those holidays were never ordained by God but by the pagan roman catholics. Jesus said if you keep false man made ways your worship is in vain. Mark 7:6-9
I will answer it all in detail below to edify all the saints....
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Romans 14 is know as the liberty chapter as Paul is making the claim that we as followers of Jesus, have certain liberties to do or not do and it is not sinful either way. When we study the Word, we must study in context and pull out the correct truth lest we deceive ourselves. We do not have liberty to do anything God has NOT ordained or that He has forbidden as that makes it sinful. See my answers below with **** by them.
Lets look at this chapter and get to the truth:
14 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
******First.. we do see the example of eating meat or NOT eating meat in verse 2. But if we correctly divide the word, we see that both of these things were ordained by God. In the garden mankind was eating just herbs (veggies/fruit) but once mankind fell / death came in... later God also ordained the eating of meat. So either are ok and not pagan or man made or sinful at all per scripture.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
******* The Jews and gentiles were sparing over food (not pagan man made holidays) so either meat or no meat was fine and you had liberty in them both. We have NO liberty to leave an make up our own spiritual false holidays. Who makes days HOLY Man or God? God of course alone so they days are no holy at all and need to be rejected by true saints of God! Only Roman catholics and protestant/evangelical types and those who came out of them keep such things.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
**** Remember in Matt 7 Jesus said to judge rightly but to judge indeed. We are to judge but judging over food is NOT right so we need avoid it. We judge sin.... not liberty issues.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
***** Here we get to esteeming days. This has NOTHING to do with pagan holidays at all but with the holy days / festivals that God ordained for Jews and the Saturday Sabbath. ( read Col 2 were Paul also speaks of these days but NOT pagan days like Christmas and Easter that did not exist at that time anyway)
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
**** Here Paul says both the days and eating is not a problem as they are all of God. But we know that pagan ways are never of Gods true people. See Jeremiah 10 where it says do NOT do as pagans and Christmas and Easter are pagan... started by roman catholic heretics. God hates lies and they are lies. See Prov 6 / Rev 22:14-15
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
****** We are the Lords so we can do that which is of the Lord but NOT do that which is of sin and darkness. See 2 Cor 6 where Paul says come out of that and God will receive you.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
***** Again this is not about pagan ways or sin. How do I know? Both Jesus in Matt 18 and Paul 1 Cor 5 / 2 thess 3 says we ARE to judge the body for sin. The judgement Paul speaks of here is about liberty issues NOT sin issues. (pagan man made holidays are sin and not for Gods saints)
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
******The term stumbling block does not mean sin here. It is something that then causes you to sin. Like wrong judging on liberty food/holyday issues. Paul is saying if a Jewish believer wont eat pork... dont force him to or the gentile believer does not keep sabbath, dont force him to. We know that all sin is to be left and repented of or you have no sacrifice in Christ for it. Read Heb 10:26
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
****** Here Paul drives it home.... he is talking about the food issues that God gave to Israel. Go see Torah law. Pork and lobster was unclean to them in that time, it is not unclean for gentiles or anyone today unless they choose to not eat it out of conviction.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
****** Again...meat... it is about food where we have liberty in not sinful pagan man made ways God never ordained.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
****** Amen Paul! Gods kingdom is all about righteousness. What is right? What God ordained and He did not ordain man made pagan holidays of Christmas and Easter.... the heretical roman catholics did that. So they are unrighteous and to be left for Gods glory.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
**** We are made acceptable by our obedience to Christ not by keeping man made traditions. See Hebrews 5:9 that says it also.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
****** The meat is not bad but how it is forced on others is bad. No mention of man made pagan holidays at all. Jesus said if you love him you keep His commands John 14:15 so we do not do pagan man made false ways. How is that being holy in all our ways? 1 Peter 1:15
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
**** Paul gives us the liberty in these things mentioned. To twist that and extend it to that which God has forbidden, like man made pagan ways is a corrupt way to study the Word and it is adding to the Word. Rev 22 says do not do that or you get wrath and plagues.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
***** So we are to have faith and partake in what is allowed without condemning but we do not do that which is sinfl and not ordained or allowed like pagan man made holidays of Christmas and Easter. .
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
******* We are to live by faith and be sure about our convictions on these areas of liberty issues. And what were they? Meat, vegetables, wine and holy days that God ordained. NOT man made pagan false holidays made of man.
Note: Again I need to add at the time Paul wrote Romans, there was NO Christmas or Easter holiday in the Christian faith. ( that came along from pagan roman catholics centuries later) So how could Paul have been meaning liberty on these false holidays? If you think Paul was approving of false holidays not of the Father, he would have been teaching it is ok to do false traditions that he never established. Here is what he said about traditions:
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2 Thes 2;15
The truth is these pagan false man made holidays are LIES an God hate lies!
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 1 John 2:21
If you keep Christmas and Easter you are not obeying what Paul said at all. You are sinfully obeying roman catholic evangelical false man made religion!
I hope this was edifying and shows you what we have liberty on and it is NOT man made pagan false holidays tied to Christ.
Here is another article about Romans 14 liberty:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2014/03/christian-liberty-is-it-being-applied.html
Go here to see article that expose Christmas and Easter:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/
Sadly, men keep trying to twist Romans 14 to be free to do sin but it cannot be done rightly. When we seek biblical truth, it is easy to see that false pagan man made holidays attached to my Risen Savior are NOT pleasing to the Holy Father!
Psalm 119:104 "I hate every false way"
Repent and obey the gospel to eternal life!
God be praised
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