MORE evidence that the celebration of Christmas has become something that many Christians do as a TRADITION, not as an act of intelligent Worship!! A major distributor of Christian books is selling THESE Scripturally incorrect cards pictured above, and it's truly discouraging.
Jesus did NOT come to bring peace on earth, read Matthew 10:34 when HE, HIMSELF addresses the issue!! He says He's bringing a sword of division, NOT peace between man and man!! His reason for coming is clearly spelled out in Matthew 1;21, however: "HE CAME TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS." Division between men comes when Jesus saves "His people" from sin and they begin living for HIM and not "going along with the crowd." It separates friends and family, Christians are often HATED and PERSECUTED and SEPARATED from society, after Jesus separates US from SIN!! But, Christ's coming brought peace between GOD AND PEOPLE who get right with Him, if not peace between PEOPLE and people!! Many (not all) printers of Christian Christmas Cards would never put Matthew 1:21 on their cards, though, because the word "sin" is mentioned. "Sin," though a BIBLICAL word, is like a four-letter word to so many Christian outlets. Consequently, phony messages like the one above get disseminated, instead. Never mention the "S word," which is ANOTHER "Sword," mind you....talk of Peace on earth 'cause it's so........positive.
And by the way, ANY FOOL can see that we DON'T have "peace on Earth" 2000 years after Jesus came...so why would Christians buy and send such cards which make Jesus look like a failure?? Peace, Peace, when there is no Peace. "But Chet, it's a WISH for peace on earth, not a proclamation that there IS peace." Scripturally speaking, based on those two passages I mentioned, we should be wishing 1.) That many will get saved and 2.) That this will happen even though it will bring a sword of division between the sheep and the goats. I see no warrant to wish for something that Jesus said He did NOT come for, frankly.
Personally, as I've said many times, I am NOT big on Christmas and have often criticized the commercialization of it by the world system. But CHRISTIANS are at fault, ALSO. If you're going to celebrate Christmas, fine....know WHY and WHAT you're celebrating. We're supposed to be LIGHTS in a dark world, but if you send out unbiblical Christmas cards to you are NOT honoring Jesus or celebrating His birth for the right reason.
Some who read this will just think I'm "anti-Christmas," but I'm not. My last blog reproduced my art from our town's newest monthly paper, where I wished everyone MERRY CHRISTMAS. The publication no longer allows COMMENTARY of a religious nature so that was all I could say, but I rejoice that even though THEY put "Happy Holidays" on the COVER, they allowed ME to say "MERRY CHRISTMAS" inside the issue.
But what is "anti-Christmas" is to present a false reason regarding WHY we celebrate it, and to not know why or WHAT you are celebrating!!
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