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| Decide For Yourself | |
| By: Mentor Date: December 1, 2012, 11:11 am | |
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| [I]False worship meant to decieve little children[/I] | |
| [B]Luke 2:8-11[/B] | |
| 8 In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in | |
| the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an | |
| angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of | |
| the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. | |
| 10 But the angel said to them, �Do not be afraid; for behold, I | |
| bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the | |
| people; 11 for today in the city of David there has been born | |
| for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. | |
| [B]December 25th[/B] Lasttrumpetministries.org | |
| The truth is that all of the customs of Christmas were long | |
| before the birth of Christ, and a study of this would reveal | |
| that Christmas in our day is a collection of traditions and | |
| practices taken from many cultures and nations. The date of | |
| December 25th comes from Rome and was a celebration of the | |
| Italic god, Saturn, and the rebirth of the sun god. This was | |
| done long before the birth of Jesus. | |
| [I]In harmony with Jesus' command, early Christians celebrated | |
| only his deaths[/I] | |
| [B]Luke 22:17-20[/B] | |
| 17 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, �Take | |
| this and share it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you, I will | |
| not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom | |
| of God comes.� 19 And when He had taken some bread and given | |
| thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, �This is My | |
| body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.� 20 | |
| And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, | |
| saying, �This cup which is poured out for you is the new | |
| covenant in My blood. | |
| [B]1Corinthians 11:23-26[/B] | |
| 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to | |
| you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed | |
| took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and | |
| said, �This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance | |
| of Me.� 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, | |
| saying, �This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as | |
| often as you drink it,in remembrance of Me.� 26 For as often as | |
| you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord�s | |
| death until He comes. | |
| [I]Worship the Father in spirit and truth[/I] | |
| [B]John 4:23[/B] | |
| 23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers | |
| will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the | |
| Father seeks to be His worshipers. | |
| [B]Ephesians 5:10,11[/B] | |
| 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not | |
| participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead | |
| even expose them; | |
| [B]2Corinthians 6:14-18[/B] | |
| 14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what | |
| partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what | |
| fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has | |
| Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an | |
| unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with | |
| idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God | |
| said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE | |
| THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT | |
| FROM THEIR MIDST ANDBE SEPARATE,says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH | |
| WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you." 18 "And I will be a | |
| father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me, Says | |
| the Lord Almighty." | |
| [B]1Corinthians 13:6[/B] | |
| 6 (Love) does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with | |
| the truth; | |
| [B]Exodus 32:4-10[/B] | |
| 4 He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving | |
| tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, � This is | |
| your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.� | |
| 5 Now when Aaron saw this,he built an altar before it; and Aaron | |
| made a proclamation and said, �Tomorrow shall be a feast to the | |
| LORD.� 6 So the next day they rose early and offered burnt | |
| offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down | |
| to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 Then the LORD spoke | |
| to Moses, �Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought | |
| up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 8 They | |
| have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. | |
| They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped | |
| it and have sacrificed to it and said, � This is your god, O | |
| Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!�� 9 The LORD | |
| said to Moses, �I have seen this people, and behold, they are | |
| an obstinate people. 10 Now then let Me alone, that My anger may | |
| burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make | |
| of you a great nation.� | |
| [B]Ephesians 4:25[/B] | |
| 25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of | |
| you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR,for we are members of one another | |
| [B]Zechariah 8:19[/B] | |
| 19 �Thus says the LORD of hosts, �The fast of the fourth, the | |
| fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the | |
| tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for | |
| the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.� | |
| [B]Psalm 15:2[/B] | |
| 2 Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, | |
| and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. | |
| [B]December 25th[/B] Simpletoremember.com | |
| Popular myth puts his birth on December 25 th in the year 1 C.E. | |
| The New Testament gives no date or year for Jesus� birth. The | |
| earliest gospel �St. Mark�s, written about 65 CE � begins with | |
| the baptism of an adult Jesus. This suggests that the earliest | |
| Christians lacked interest in or knowledge of Jesus� birthdate. | |
| The year of Jesus birth was determined by Dionysius Exiguus, a | |
| Scythian monk, �abbot of a Roman monastery. | |
| [B]1 John 1:6[/B] | |
| 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the | |
| darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; | |
| [B]Matthew 7:20-23[/B] | |
| 20 So then, you will know them by their fruits. 21 �Not everyone | |
| who says to Me, �Lord, Lord,� will enter the kingdom of heaven, | |
| but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will | |
| enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, �Lord, Lord, did we | |
| not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and | |
| in Your name perform many miracles?� 23 And then I will declare | |
| to them, �I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE | |
| LAWLESSNESS | |
| [I]Keep away from bad association[/I] | |
| [B]2 Thessalonians 3:6[/B] | |
| 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus | |
| Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an | |
| unruly life and not according to the tradition which you | |
| received from us. | |
| [B]James 1:22-24[/B] | |
| 22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely | |
| hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of | |
| the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his | |
| natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself | |
| and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person | |
| he was. | |
| [B]James 4:6,7 [/B] | |
| 6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, �GOD IS | |
| OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.� 7 Submit | |
| therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. | |
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