Comments on: Christmas for Seventh-day Adventists?

By: sighandcry

sighandcry — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:43:11 +0000

The problem is that Christmas is a pagan holiday through and through and there is no way any contentious Christian can have anything to do with this institution. It is the birthdate celebration of a pagan god Tammuz, the son of Nimrod. Jesus was born on an unspecified day sometime in the fall of the year, not on December 25. There is no command in scripture to celebrate birthdays. The two examples we have from the Bible about birthday celebrations are the last thing any follower of Jesus would dare to replicate. Such as Pharaoh cutting off the head of his butler (Gen. 40:20-22) or Herod cutting off the head of John the Baptist to please his adulterous wife (Matt. 14:6-11). Are we to follow Truth or error?

By: Barry Gowland

Barry Gowland — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:47:35 +0000

The problem with Christmas is not its observance – it is HOW it is observed! This mingle-mangle of Christianity, commercialism and heathenism tends to degenerate into a feasting freed-for-all; if, like me, you live on your own, you might get asked round on Christmas Day. The Royal Mail is kept busy with all the masses of Christmas cards sent off here, there, everywhere—and the Salvation Army have noted that inquiries after long-forgotten relatives and friends tends to peak just after Christmas.
The problem is that at the very time when people’s thoughts are – if only for a time – turned to the birth of Christ, they get little feedback from the church at large. Yes, there are Nativity plays – and in one remote corner of the UK some locals questioned the propriety of using a doll to represent the infant Christ. In a radio discussion I have heard how folks’ minds get confused(did Joseph’s wife Mary have ‘an immocolot contraption” as one 6-year-old girl put it?). It is – if you don’t mind the German – very much a Kinderfest. One of Martin Luther’s hymns “Vom Himmel hoch” was written by him for use by his children on Christmas Eve, and the best of hymns on the Incarnation focus on the Scriptural fact, reality, and purpose of it. Here’s one that has been a favourite since I was 9 years old(I’m now 74!). It’s called “Christians awake! Salute the happy morn whereon the Saviour of the world was born”. None of this “holly and the ivy” business! It takes you through the Gospel story, its significance, and what awaits those who recognise and accept him as Saviour and Lord.
There is more I could write, but time is against me!

By: sighandcry

sighandcry — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:10:41 +0000

Dear Friend of God:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Thank you for your testimony regarding turning away from the pagan tradition of X-mass despite its strong inroads into our culture and even family life. But thanks be to God that you are not alone and that God has a faithful remnant who hear His voice and obey what is written in His Word, the Holy Bible. We look forward to that glorious day when we will be gathered at the river to worship God in peace and harmony without all of these worldly distractions. Until then remember although at times we may feel alone when the world forsakes us for our stand for Truth, Jesus is always there to guide us through the dark valleys and all the way to His soon coming kingdom.

Yours to stand strong for truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth until then,

In that blessed hope, The Publishers

By: Ole Nai

Ole Nai — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:54:47 +0000

Hi,

I’m so glad it’s not a lonely world after all!
I only know personally 2 people who don’t
celebrate X-mas( I can’t even coined Christ name
to that).
Only me and my son.
My first Xmas unbelief was the most lonely and sad
because I have to suppress my joyous traditional feelings
of the season. At the shops I can see the glitters and songs
that connects to my childhood memories. Oh holy night, goes the
song, joy to the world… C- is for the candy tree around the ..
The agony that I have to forget my cousins, my friends and my
neighbors (at least for that occassion) and the carollings when we were
little!

But I did it! I felt standing alone. Sad but I did it!
The bonus was, my son stood with me. I was not expecting
he would believe me whole heartedly.

That was when I decided to be faithful. Now, it’s easy.
It just needs repositioning our hearts and brains.

Praise God!

Doable

By: sighandcry

sighandcry — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:27:26 +0000

Amen Sister Sheilia!
This subject is so plain that even non Christians in the world understand that the season of holiday revery is strickly pagan in origin. May God help His people to see the light on this and turn from their wicked ways before it is to late.

By: sheilla Keebine

sheilla Keebine — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:26:07 +0000

we need to ”eat the scroll’, so that we should not be confused. Adventists, we know that Christmas is not Biblical, let us not debate it. Shalom

By: sighandcry

sighandcry — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 23:22:38 +0000

Dear AJ:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! We are thankful to God for your in interest in this website and the advanced message of present truth for the Seventh-day Adventist church which it presents. Please take time to investigate further and if you have any questions or comments as you navigate through the many resources on this website, please feel free to contact us anytime.

In that blessed hope,
The Publishers

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 07:08:57 +0000

I love this website, it’s so full of truth!!!