Dealing With Christmas Myths Christmas Wednsday Sermon

Is Christmas pagan?

Was he born in December? No biblical proof that he wasn’t. Feast of the inc

SOL INVICTUS a celebration of the solstices was invited by the Caesar’s to counter Christmas because of how popular it had become. Which was on the 25

Early church was focused on the death then the birth. When speaking of incarceration.

Christmas was set to the 25 based on Jewish calendar. The date of Christmas is set because it lines up with the crucifixion. In Jewish thought Latin solar calendar they ultimately decided there’s some in some different ways of doing this but the majority roughly March 25 which thought it was believed on the same day so the world was created in the month of Nissan Abraham is called in the month of born in the same day so thought it was believed that important events occurred on the same day so the world was created in the month of the sun Abraham was called born in the same day so

by that line of reasoning we assumed that Jesus must’ve entered the world on The same day that he died, you entered the world at conception and went to the world on the day you were conceived. 9 months later is December.

So the birth is a very Jewish reasoning for that day as opposed to the church just declaring that day as so, to override the pagan holidays.

Most pagan ceremonies and objects were banned in the early church. Like candles and so on.

Jesus a myth?

Jesus was actually born look at the text. Feast of conception is march 25.

Lair lunatic lord. Jesus is in a sense a true myth. He is we’re theological fiction and reality actually meet. The story which is so fanciful actually occurred!

Last week Les passively mentioned Jason’s fleece which is a story of Jason and the argonauts which reads like a avengers story with all of Greeks heroes. But that is because we model our stories after theirs. Jesus story is just not like that. Jesus was not like a Jason or Hercules he was a son of a carpenter, a king in his own right. He didn’t

If it was in origin then it doesn’t matter. Do you celebrate Odin on Wednesday? No because Jesus defeated them. We don’t celebrate any of the God’s of the week.

Issues with trees?

Evergreens several issues here.

So Christ comes into the world and dethrones the fallen gods of this world. Don’t let the fallen meaning define all things. How can we define eternal life evergreens or government programs.

Pagans don’t get to impose the meaning we do because our God is real, we redeem it’s true meaning.

God made the trees, God redeemed the world, the trees are redeemed with the world, the trees are used for God’s purpose. Same is true for all things like candles and music.

It’s ok to eat meat sacrificed to idols. Germans invented pants, and they were pagan.

Saint Boniface and the Evergreen - 2023 Addition

Boniface cut down Thor's Oak and turned it into a church, he then to teach the Pagan German people an evergreen to teach eternal life, while the Oak loses its leaves the evergreen does not and so he used that as a symbol to teach the principle that we believe about eternal life. 2023- Addition

Trees show up in late Medieval era with Martin Luther. The tree connect Christ to Adam. He ate the fruit Jesus fulfills this. Lutherans really did did this first. Some churches cut the branches off the tree and make it into a cross for Easter. Jesus according to legend was hung on the tree of life.

Why an issue With some?

Weaker brother, the second option is learning the true history, issues with the regulative principles?

Issues with celebrating A holiday not in the Bible. Hanukkah is not directly mentioned in the Bible other than the feast of dedication and it’s mentioned as a custom. If you celebrate various events and your dedication to the Lord they are redeemed for that purpose.

Bringing all things in submission to Jesus including our celebrations, our culture, our festivals. If we don’t Satan will. It’s about taking dominion over our calendar.

Issues with Santa?

Saint Nick was a bishop in Asia Minor, a theologian, he was a the council of Nicaea and defended the incarnation of Jesus. Arius denied the trinity and said the JW position, and according to legend after hearing this nonsense, he with a twinkle in his eye, and probably with a magnificent white beard smacked or punched him.

Merry Christmas to all and on that day you deny Christ was God incarnate, Saint Nick will make you pay!

Update 2023