“ Reply to Stephanie concerning Easter ” We do not acknowledge this as a holy day for if it was , the Scripture would tell us of a specific day such as April 4th or whatever day we were to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. This is the same as Christmas for we don’t look to December 25 as the day we all assemble to celebrate the birth of Christ. We acknowledge the first day of the week as a time the church is to assemble and we do so to honor the One that died and rose again and through this we, as Christians, acknowledge that through the Lord Jesus we were resurrected into newness of life.
The Christian honors the first day of the week as the beginning of a new week in recognition of our being raised from death to life because of the resurrection of Christ. We gather to worship and pay homage to the One that died and rose that first day of the week. If these days such as His resurrection and birth were to be marked on a calendar to recognize these events, the Lord would have given a specific date.Â
Hopefully this will clear up any misunderstanding that could have been perceived in the message on the resurrection.
Pastor Barrett Holloway
“ Easter: Pagan?? ” Pastor Holloway, I love your teaching/preaching and I trust your input; not many others. So I come to you with this question not as a criticism. But why is this acknowledged as a holy day?
According to Vine - Easter: mistranslated "Easter" in Act 12:4, AV, denotes the Passover (RV). The phrase "after the Passover" signifies after the whole festival was at an end. The term "Easter" is not of Christian origin. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the Chaldean goddess, the queen of heaven. The festival of Pasch held by Christians in post-apostolic times was a continuation of the Jewish feast, but was not instituted by Christ, nor was it connected with Lent. From this Pasch the pagan festival of "Easter" was quite distinct and was introduced into the apostate Western religion, as part of the attempt to adapt pagan festivals to Christianity.
“ Ideology, Today's Idol ” To not know you are sitting in a dead congregation before a manufactured jesus, a jesus of one's own making, a god that cannot communicate, cannot demand anything
of you, will not commend you, and cannot change anything is a warning to those who get tired of the manna from heaven. Its a warning to those who seek approval of man and acceptance by man.
May God raise up others like yourself who know the true and living God and also Jesus knows them.
God bless you abundantly, Barrett.
“ Great Sermon! ” Thank you once more for being a father to the household of faith. Many are teachers but do not care for the souls of the heater. God bless you my friend.
“ John 8:28 ” Thank you again brother Holloway. Knowing that our God and Saviour knows us is truly humbling. If he had no mercy toward us we would, I would, perish for sure. Being in his presence is so humbling that it takes his strength, and his alone, to make us stand. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. Nothing in my hands I bring.
May God continue to bless the hearer. May he doubly bless you for drawing our focus upon the one lifted up at Calvary.
“ Efficacious Sermon! ” Sitting in the place of contentment can be a dark place. We must press on to maturity and into a practical resurrected life.
Thank you again, brother Holloway. May God continue to bless the hearer and doers of his word.
“ Great Sermon! ” I am very grateful that my friend asked me to listen to your sermon. I will be careful to what I am reading in the bible and will make sure that the Holy Spirit is invited to help me understand every word. I am not a Christian yet. Pray for me. People talk to me about being a Christian, but they don't want to become friends with certain people and that is not right. I don't want people to be my friends just because they look like me. I know people want to be loved and accepted and be treated with respect. I will listen to this sermon again. Thank you.
“ Great Sermon! ” It’s really interesting to learn why God raised up Cyrus gentle. There is so much in this sermon it takes time to digest each piece which is vital for Christian stability.
“ Great Sermon! ” Whether or not America is done is up to God, not politicians. But it wouldn’t hurt for believers to plead for mercy, would it? Consider also we aren’t alone in this slide into the darkness. The whole world is on the same path.
“ GREAT Sermon! ” When we consider just how quickly Rome fell we cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening to America. Consider also how men risked their lives in signing the Declaration of Independence. They stood for America. They believed in principles that would form a more perfect union. But today every man does what is right in his own eyes for personal gain. God has sent us strong delusion because we have allowed truth to fall in the streets. Some believers say "we're confused" when really we aren't. Daniel realized what caused it. It is sin. It is time to turn to the Lord for pardon. It is time to meet our Lord; for America will not recover. Thank you brother Holloway for this message which was delivered before the final Electoral College vote.
“ Absolutely Powerful ” Mostly dead people go to dead churches to hear words from a dead preacher.And those who once professed the faith are being choked by the smoke rising from a bottomless pit. There is no life in them. Thank you for the warning, the urgency to examine the self life, and a reminder to always be filled with the Holy Spirit of God. May God bless you Pastor Holloway.
“ Heaven Sent Sermon! ” Thank you so much for making clear again who the Harlot and the Beast are. Few realize the utter impact of the Church marrying the World's system. We continue to embrace systems or programs from men, whose true motives we know not, on how to make the church and Christians function successfully in this world's system. We fail to buy wisdom from God who alone is wise. The church, which God purchased with his own blood, is built on love alone. Love that gives up claims of self-preservation. The Beast is truly riding on the Harlot. We must make all effort to hear what God alone has to say about his people. Thank you for this wonderful sermon that is filled with insight.
“ God Fearing Sermon! ” America sits in darkness. What about professing Christians? How many has God given up because what they knew of God, they did not glorify him as God … It is beneficial to have a healthy fear of God and to fellowship with others that fear him.
Thank you again for not fearing man. Your messages truly sets the captive free from things not even known to him.
“ Necessary Sermon! ” Really great to have such thorough explanation on why man cannot prove God. One would have to be greater than God himself to convince a creature that He is. It a total waste of time to throw precious meat to swine. He'll vomit it up in his sinful pride. 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 is worth praying and meditating over for future encounters with those who want to pretend that there is no one greater than himself. What dillusion!
Thank you for hammering another nail into what man is trying hard to demolish. Truth.
“ Great Sermon! ” Praise be to our great God that we who were once dead are now alive also. but in Christ. He lives. He lives. Thank you again Pastor Barrett Holloway.
“ First Words! ” Pastor Holloway continues to speak from God's heart. I thank God and am greatly appreciative of the fact that if you start in the beginning with God, then man has no time to establish his own traditions. E.g. Pastor Holloway is not bringing to the hearers traditions of man. He starts with God and ends with the work God has done, is doing, and will do in order to fulfill his plan laid out by him from the beginning to end; in the world, the church, his redeemed ones, and what is stored up for the wicked.
Thank you pastor Holloway for caring for the souls of men.
Glory, honor, power, and praise unto him that is seated on the throne. Listeners, please pray for this man of God. You'll be the better for it.
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