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NASB | Galatians 4:10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 4:10 [For example,] you observe [particular] days and months and seasons and years. |
Bible Question: If present day Christmas and Easter have their roots in paganism, why do we as followers of Christ celebrate these holidays? Aren't we in idolatry? |
Bible Answer: What was the church's intent? "A final question we are asked each year has to do with whether or not the celebration of Christmas is rooted in a pagan tradition. Some people have made much of the claim that December 25 was supposedly the date of a pagan festival commemorating the birthday of a false deity. This, however, does not in and of itself make the celebration of Christmas pagan. "The real question that must be addressed is, What was the church's intent in choosing December 25 for the celebration of Christmas in the first place? The answer may surprise you! The early church chose this date to point to the triumph that Christ's birth represented over the pagan traditions of the Roman empire. In other words, the church was not endorsing a pagan ceremony but establishing a rival celebration. Today the world has all but forgotten the pagan gods of Rome. But at least a billion people on planet Earth celebrate the Christ of Christmas" (www.equip.org). |