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Suzette Vermillion wrote:
> 
> > Proverbs 14:12
> >     There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the
> 
> > ways of death.
> >    Anyone who trie s to justify Christmas Paganism by whay ever excuse, will
> > certainly stand before God and be questioned about idolatry. This writer can
> > not judge who or who will  not go to hell over this issue. This one thing I do
> 
> > reject it, $there remaineth no more sacrifice for the sin of idolatry (Hebrews
> 
> > 10:26).
> >
> >
> > In the day that you hear his voice, harden not your heart,
> > Terry REED
> >
> Excuse me but are you condeming all the focus that celebrate Christmas and
> Easter to HELL??  YOU better be careful, only God can do this.  I personally
> feal that celebrating these Holidays is not wrong and that comes from my heart
> not from some book that another person has written.  Each individual has to
> work out there own salvation with fear and trimbling.  If God convicts me about
> this issue than it will be wrong for me to continue celebrating but may not be
> for some one else.
> Suzette

I used to condemn so-called religious holidays at one point. There was a 
point in my life where I condemned almost everything that I felt was 
wrong...makeup, women in pants, jewelry, televisions, etc...all the way 
down to open-toe shoes...

As I began to meet different Apostolic people from different walks of 
life, I had to begin to rethink things. Could I honestly say these people 
weren't saved because he had a television? or because she wore sandals? 
On the other hand, look at it this way...what if someone receives the 
Holy Ghost today and has a Christmas tree at his house...does that mean 
he no longer has the Holy Ghost? or must he immediately remove the tree 
from his house and destroy the gifts under it??

The answer is no. That person will enjoy Christmas this year with a 
special gift...the Holy Ghost he has just received. Maybe in time the 
Lord will deal with him concerning the paganism of the holiday, but until 
then he is innocent.

For those of us who already understand the paganism of it, we would be 
wrong "if and only if" we celebrated the paganism of it! I personally 
don't bother with the tree, but our church does have Christmas and Easter 
programs. I don't particularly care for them, but we have them, and YES, 
many visitors do come just for that reason.

Bibically, I cannot say we SHOULD celebrate the birth and death of our 
Lord, but neither can I say we should NOT celebrate them. It's something 
that remains a personal conviction, similar to head coverings in the 
Corinthian church.

If you check History, neither Christmas nor Easter are accurate days. 
Christ was born around September....(quite possibly on my birthday)...and 
either Good Friday is wrong or Easter Sunday is wrong....if he remained 
in the ground 3 days and 3 nights, then he either died on Wednesday, or 
rose on Tuesday...based on Sabbath information, Im inclined to believe he 
was crucified on Friday and rose on Tuesday...

Anyway...I have learned over the past 16 years to "learn" from other 
people of the faith and not condemn or criticize their convictions.