How To Nullify The Word Of God This Christmas

Question:
Dear Scripturist, What do you think about all these churches canceling Sunday Church because it falls on Christmas this year? Read about it by clicking HERE.

Answer:
If you don't have Church on Sunday just because it's Christmas, how will they obey this verse?

1 Corinthians 16:2 "On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made."

If you don't have Church on Sunday just because it's Christmas, how will they obey this verse?

Hebrews 10:25 "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another— and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

Or how will they obey these verses...

Acts 20:7 "On the first day of the week we came together to break bread."

1 Corinthians 11:1-2 "Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you."

2 Thessalonians 2:15 "Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle."

The command of God is to "imitate" Paul and "hold firmly to the traditions" he delivered. His tradition and example was to come together with the church and take the Lord's Supper on the first day of the week each week. We are to "hold to the traditions." We are to not "give up meeting together." We are to give to ministry each first day of the week in keeping with our income. How can we obey God's commands if we cancel to celebrate our MANufactured holiday?

Now observing Christmas is no where in the Bible. It is a man made tradition not an apostle given (thus God given) tradition. It's the teaching of men not God. Now that does not mean it's wrong to celebrate Jesus birthday. I am just saying, you could skip celebrating Christmas and still not sin. But if you disobey God's commands, that is a sin.

Therefore, when these churches cancel church on Sunday, they are disobeying God's command in order to keep mans made up tradition of Christmas. They say it's to honor Christ and celebrate His birthday. Is the way you celebrate Jesus Birthday to neglect ministry, outreach, corporate worship, evangelism, the Lord's Supper, giving, and fellowship with the family of God? Happy Birthday Jesus! For your present this year I plan on disobeying you by skipping church so I celebrate your birthday with "family time" (Code word for giving each other a bunch of expensive presents).

This is the same kind of Hypocrisy Jesus condemned the Pharisees and Sadducees for.

Jesus said in Mark 7:9 "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!"

And again in Mark 7:13 "Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

People who cancel church to celebrate Jesus birthday nullify the word of God by their tradition and are setting aside the commands of God to do what they want.

Jesus said in Matthew 15:6-9 "...Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: "‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’"

When you set aside the commands of God to worship God with man made traditions, your worship is in vain. All the people who stay home with families to celebrate his birth and cancel church are celebrating in vain. They honor him with their lips but their hearts are far from him. Jesus said in John 14:15, "If you love me, you will obey what I command."

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