This month is the 503rd anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, where Martin Luther, on October 31st, nailed his 95 Thesis to the church door at Castle Church of Wittenberg, Germany. These theses that he wrote were to spark debate on the corrupt and unScriptural teachings of the Pope and Roman Catholicism. We do not have time now to get into all the heretical doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, but you can look at some of them here in one my past blog post. What I want to get at in this blog is that the church of the USA has gone back to being like the Roman Catholics, and doing things that God has given no command for in His Word, and as I call the church in the USA today, Pragmatic-Protestantism. This post will be the first post of two or more in the nature of addressing the church being discontent with God's Word.
Happy Holidays
For many Christians, this time of the year is the beginning of holiday season. We are approaching Halloween/ Reformation Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a few others. Holidays are a joyful time for many Christians, most of us gather with our family and eat a lot of tasty food, go trick or treating, open presents, and have church celebrations. It can be a very busy time of the year too, as this article states: https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/make-christmas-day-about-more-than-just-presents.html
Christmas Day can feel like a whirlwind of flying wrapping paper, screams of delight, crying (let’s face it, someone always cries on Christmas), cooking, baking, and eating. And then, it’s over. Just like that. And you realize, you spent weeks, maybe even months, preparing for this day. Shopping, planning, scheduling, all in the name of the “perfect Christmas” and in a few hours, it’s all done.
We must look at holidays or "holy days" Biblically. In the Mosaic Covenant God gave clear commands for Israel to have three holy days, not including the weekly Sabbath. These were Feast of Booths, the Passover, and Unleavened Bread (Exodus 23). Now coming to the New Covenant, God has not prescribed any day to be celebrated, other than the Christian Sabbath or Lord's Day (1 Corinthians 16:2). So, Christians should not be celebrating the so called "Church Calendar", but only the Lord's Day, and this is due to God abolishing every holy day, except the Lord's Day (Colossians 2:16-23; Galatians 4:8-10). When a new covenant is administered, the former becomes obsolete, and all things in the former are included, unless they are mentioned to be kept in the establishment of the newest covenant. By celebrating Christmas, Easter, Lent, and any other day, Christians are discontent with the sufficiency and authority of God's Word, for God has spoken clearly about the New Covenant. This is what Colossians and Hebrews gets at when the Lord says in Hebrews 8:6-9:
Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.7For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second. 8For finding fault with them, He says,“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 9Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers On the day when I took them by the hand To lead them out of the land of Egypt;For they did not continue in My covenant, And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
For more information on this, wait for my second blog, and you can also check out these works.
Works Cited
Bodley, Clayton. “Roman Catholicism: A Critical Analysis of an Idolatrous Religion.” The Bold Covenanter, Wix.com, 24 Sept. 2020, bodl8222.wixsite.com/douloschristos/post/roman-catholicism-a-critical-analysis-of-an-idolatrous-religion.
“Hebrews 8 | NASB Bible | YouVersion.” YouVersion, 2020, www.bible.com/bible/100/HEB.8.NASB.
Thompson, Kayli. “5 Ways to Make Christmas Day about More than Just Presents.” Biblestudytools.Com, 18 Dec. 2019, www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/make-christmas-day-about-more-than-just-presents.html.
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