I Love Christmas
by an Old Disciple
“One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 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.”~ Rom. 14:5
I believe I am somewhat familiar with the pros and cons of Christmas, particularly the arguments concerning its conception and contemporary commercialization. Most Christians are ignorant as to its history, but are admittedly caught up in the second.
I doubt seriously, for example, if you could have proved that Saturday was associated with Saturn, and Sunday with the Sun god, it would have kept an Old Testament Jew or a New Testament Christian from worshiping on one of these two days. True, it may have offended the “weaker brother,” but never the mature saint.
Most all of us recognize birthdays, in spite of the fact that the only two mentioned in the Bible have evil ramifications connected with them (Gen.40 and Matt.14). I, for one, feel if I can celebrate a loved one’s birthday, I certainly can the birth of my Lord. In spite of the uncertainty of the exact date.
I love the old-fashioned, traditional, American Christmas. And today’s commercialization of it and pagan tradition is not going to cause me to, “Throw out the Baby with the day.”
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Great, dad!