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12/29/18 12:57 PM |
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(TMC) @scWe’ve gone back and forth on this topic for years. I appreciate that you and other former RCs have un-scriptural associations with December 25th as an obligatory “holy” day simply because of your past. As I’ve said again and again I’ve no problem with you and others not celebrating, much like the weaker brother that cannot eat meat offered to idols. However, I do take issue when false historical claims as to the origins of words and false timelines are presented over and over and over again. Propagating the same urban legends year after year- misleading and binding the consciences of others with lies is wrong. Unlike former RCs, as a born and bred Protestant, I have zero illusions that Dec. 25th is anything more than an optional civil celebration of an actual event that actually happened in actual history. Is Dec. 25th the exact date of Christ’s birth? We can’t know. It is, however, the day that was chosen to celebrate that real event long before the RCC was a twinkle in Constantine’s eye. Dec. 25th is not alone in this regard. The First Thanksgiving would have actually been held in September- not November. The Declaration was signed on the the 2nd of July not the 4th. |
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12/29/18 10:31 AM |
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(TMC) @John UK “...It is to the Scriptures we must turn for the answer, rather than church tradition or church "fathers".” (and rather than Cromwell,the Baptists or the WCF) Man Instituted Yearly Celebration of an Act of God’s Providence: Esther 9:20-22; 27-28; John 10:22-23 Decorating (even with Trees): 1Kings 6:29;32 Giving Gifts: Esther 9:20-22; 2 Corinthians 9:5-7 Sending Greetings: Acts 15:23; Romans 16; Philippians 4:21 Feasting during such Celebrations: Esther 9:20-22; Singing about a Historical Event: 2 Chronicles 35:25; Psalm 98:1; Isaiah 42:10 |
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12/29/18 7:15 AM |
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(TMC) @John UK “Now TMC, when it says the Bible is the "ultimate authority", is it saying that there are other authorities, such as church councils, church fathers etc.? ...there is a difference between "ultimate authority" and "sole authority".”Generaly speaking, (at least in the American Apologetic and Theonomic circles I’m familier with) “Ultimate Authority” means whatever is viewed as your “final court of appeals” when dealing with lesser authorities- i.e. Parents, Civil Magistrates, and Elders in the Church. For example, Anarchists view themselves as the “Ultimate Authority” and Statists view the State as the “Ultimate Authority”. In reality, God (as revealed through His Word) is the only True Ultimate Authority. Biblically speaking, God has granted conditional sphere authority to The State, The Church, and The Family. (Romans 13:1) We are to submit to these authorities except when they over-step the Ultimate Authority- God’s Revealed Word. To deny these lesser authorities would be to undermine Scripture itself. Unfortunately, the Westminster Divines had a less-than robust view of God’s Word as Ultimate Authority outside of the sphere of the Church- particularly when it came to Law and the State. |
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12/28/18 9:57 PM |
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(TMC) Actual Inconvenient Facts:“200's AD- First recorded celebrations of Christ's birth and calculations setting the date as December 25th. 300’s AD- RCC started 500's AD- Old English/Latin form of word "Mass" (meaning "to send" as in “Missionary”) in wide use. 1038 AD- First recorded use of term "Christmas". 1215 AD- Heresy of Transubstantiation (the idea of "sacrificing" Christ at Communion) adopted by the RCC.” https://americanvision.org/3866/of-christmas-and-christmas-trees/ |
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12/26/18 10:46 AM |
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(Charles) Putting the verse in context should clarify any misunderstandings of how it was written and how it was meant. Romans 14:5-8 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 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. 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. |
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