Subject: Christmas-Is It Christian? |
Bible Note: Hello, Tim Moran! Thanks for your post. I also read the other posts you logged... It is interesting that we, as Christians, spend so much time in futility (searching out Scriptures not in the wisdom os the Holy Spirit but, as the Greeks, in man's wisdom; how we boast or attempt to degrade others for not seeing or understanding what we perceive as God's message; how we go out of our way to find points of divergence thus ignorign Christ's command to be ONE...). AO posted 1 Corinthians 1:10-13: it is evident that such problems have existed in the Church and will always exist (till the Lord's Second Coming). As Christians, shouldn't we be searching ways to unite the Church instead of reaping her apart? CHRISTmas can be an excellent axis point. And though it is true that the date Dec 25 is not of Biblical importance, Jesus' birth should be to everyone that calls him/herself a Christian. This brings me to a choice point. Did Christ tell the apostles to call themselves Christians? No! Our Lord said that the Paraclete would teach, counsel, remind... So the Spirit of Christ whispered to someone down the road and viola: we are Christians. Now, is there a specific person that has been atributed with calling the apostles Christians? No! While at Antioch, Barnabas and Saul, they were called Christians--pehaps by a Gentile(s) or the believers that gathered there (Acts 11:26). Keep up the good work, brother Tim. In Christ, Angel (aka JCrichton) |