What Holy days should we keep?

[Strypes]

I am one that totally loves ALL the wonderful FEAST DAYS. There is so much we can learn from them. I see Jesus in ALL of them! The Feast of Trumpets is probably my most favorite. Oh to hear the sound of the shofar blasting loud and long!

There is something I read a while back that I noted that I would like to share with y'all.

John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" 7 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." 11 But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'"

The only Feast Day to fall on a Sabbath Day between 25AD and 35AD was in 28AD~ It was the Feast of Purim, the one that celebrates the courage of Esther. (The "for such a time as this" story).

I find it amazing that, thanks to Jesus, for the man is was his time to be healed.

Freedom in Christ makes it "ok" to celebrate and "ok' not to, I choose to celebrate Jesus in all of them!

 

[NoHype]

Freedom in Christ makes it "ok" to celebrate and "ok' not to, I choose to celebrate Jesus in all of them!

That is the actual attitude we are to have now about those days per The New Covenant. There's a Biblical reason for it too.

When God scattered the majority of the seed of Israel (ten tribes) because of their falling away to Baal worship, He made them forget the feast days He commanded Israel to keep. It was prophecy about the "house of Israel" (ten tribes). See the Book of Hosea. Those ten tribes became scattered among the Gentiles, the majority of them forgetting their heritage as part of Israel, and they essentially became 'as' Gentiles living among the Gentiles, even as it still is today. God then called the "house of Israel" Lo ammi, meaning not My people. He gave backsliding Israel (ten tribes) a bill of divorce (Jer.3).

Per the Book of Hosea also, the house of Judah was still faithful to Him when Israel fell away to Baal, so God did not remove knowledge of His holy days and feasts from the house of Judah (Jews). This is why Israel in part (house of Judah) still tries to keep those days God commanded Israel. All of this happened per Bible prophecy, so it's not by chance that Jewish believers on Jesus would still want to keep their old traditions of the holy days. It's perfectly OK so long as that keeping is not made a requirement for Salvation through Christ Jesus, the reason why also being Biblically this...

After Christ Jesus The Gospel was rejected by the majority of the house of Judah at Jerusalem, The Gospel then went to the Gentiles, (and per history we know that was in the areas of Asia Minor and Europe next). The ten tribes scattered among the Gentiles, the majority of them becoming 'as' Gentiles, meant they along with the Gentiles would come to The Gospel of Jesus Christ together as a people, and per God in the Book of Hosea they both would then become 'Ammi', meaning My people. This is why Apostle Paul quoted that passage from the Book of Hosea when he was preaching to the Romans in Romans 9.

A closer look at the Hosea prophecy shows that was specifically written to the ten tribed "house of Israel" with Ephraim as head over them. Yet Paul applied it to believing Gentiles on Christ Jesus also. Put two and two together and it points to where the majority of the "house of Israel" (ten tribes) would wind up, and have a part in The Gospel of Jesus Christ, but without knowledge nor need of keeping the old feast days that the Jews still try to keep. This is one of the reasons why our Lord Jesus and His Apostles did not command Gentiles to keep them.

Yet in final, in Christ's future Kingdom and afterwards, we all will be required to keep the days God commanded. Until then, they are only a shadow of the things to come like Apostle Paul said.

 

[judge not]

I am one that totally loves ALL the wonderful FEAST DAYS. There is so much we can learn from them. I see Jesus in ALL of them! The Feast of Trumpets is probably my most favorite. Oh to hear the sound of the shofar blasting loud and long!

There is something I read a while back that I noted that I would like to share with y'all.

John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" 7 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." 11 But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'"

The only Feast Day to fall on a Sabbath Day between 25AD and 35AD was in 28AD~ It was the Feast of Purim, the one that celebrates the courage of Esther. (The "for such a time as this" story).

I find it amazing that, thanks to Jesus, for the man is was his time to be healed.

Freedom in Christ makes it "ok" to celebrate and "ok' not to, I choose to celebrate Jesus in all of them!

i believe that freedom in Christ generally means that because of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on our behalf frees us from the penalty of sin. We have that freedom but we do not have the freedom to choose what we want to do in respect of His holy days and Laws.

 

[judge not]

That is the actual attitude we are to have now about those days per The New Covenant. There's a Biblical reason for it too.

When God scattered the majority of the seed of Israel (ten tribes) because of their falling away to Baal worship, He made them forget the feast days He commanded Israel to keep. It was prophecy about the "house of Israel" (ten tribes). See the Book of Hosea. Those ten tribes became scattered among the Gentiles, the majority of them forgetting their heritage as part of Israel, and they essentially became 'as' Gentiles living among the Gentiles, even as it still is today. God then called the "house of Israel" Lo ammi, meaning not My people. He gave backsliding Israel (ten tribes) a bill of divorce (Jer.3).

Per the Book of Hosea also, the house of Judah was still faithful to Him when Israel fell away to Baal, so God did not remove knowledge of His holy days and feasts from the house of Judah (Jews). This is why Israel in part (house of Judah) still tries to keep those days God commanded Israel. All of this happened per Bible prophecy, so it's not by chance that Jewish believers on Jesus would still want to keep their old traditions of the holy days. It's perfectly OK so long as that keeping is not made a requirement for Salvation through Christ Jesus, the reason why also being Biblically this...

After Christ Jesus The Gospel was rejected by the majority of the house of Judah at Jerusalem, The Gospel then went to the Gentiles, (and per history we know that was in the areas of Asia Minor and Europe next). The ten tribes scattered among the Gentiles, the majority of them becoming 'as' Gentiles, meant they along with the Gentiles would come to The Gospel of Jesus Christ together as a people, and per God in the Book of Hosea they both would then become 'Ammi', meaning My people. This is why Apostle Paul quoted that passage from the Book of Hosea when he was preaching to the Romans in Romans 9.

A closer look at the Hosea prophecy shows that was specifically written to the ten tribed "house of Israel" with Ephraim as head over them. Yet Paul applied it to believing Gentiles on Christ Jesus also. Put two and two together and it points to where the majority of the "house of Israel" (ten tribes) would wind up, and have a part in The Gospel of Jesus Christ, but without knowledge nor need of keeping the old feast days that the Jews still try to keep. This is one of the reasons why our Lord Jesus and His Apostles did not command Gentiles to keep them.

Yet in final, in Christ's future Kingdom and afterwards, we all will be required to keep the days God commanded. Until then, they are only a shadow of the things to come like Apostle Paul said.

Shadow or foreshadow means about things still yet to happen.
That is what God's Holy Day plan of salvation is all about.
The shadow of the Holy days acknowledge their significance for us. It does nor abolish it. It Celebrating the Holy days now makes us look forward to observing in the future in the Kingdom of God. They also show us the series of events in His plan for salvation.
The early Passover was a shadow of something better with its physical aspects of animal sacrifices. Jesus the Lamb of God became our sacrifice for us in the NT.

What hOLY DAYS DID Paul observe during his ministry.when we read the scriptures?
In ! Cor 11:23-27, (Passover)
1 Cor 5:8 " Therefore let us keep the feast......" What Holyday is Paul referring to here?
! Cor 16:8 " But I (Paul) will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost " What Holyday here?

Jesus, set the examples of keeping all the Holydays in His life and told us to follow His example-the Apostles did-shouldn't we.
What changed?

 

[judge not]

God's Holy days began this week-Passover and now the Feast of Unleavened days.
They coincide this year with holidays that most Christians celebrate even though they are not authorized in the Bible by God - Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
How did Easter come to replace God's sacred days?
In history we see Constantine asserting the right to exercise absolute authority over the entire church. The Council of Nicaea set the stage for the removal of God's biblical feasts and establishing alternative feasts not found in the Bible , including Easter.
Now back to Good Friday as the Crucifixion date for Jesus and Easter Sunday as His resurrection date.
Jesus said He would only give one sign to us to prove that He was our savior and the Messiah.
In Matt 12:38-40 - Jesus said He would be 3 days and 3 nights in the ground as was Jonah in the whale's belly.
If you do the math, Friday afternoon to Sunday morning only comes up to 2 nights and if you stretch time beyond comprehension 3 days. if you study the time frame to precisely 72 hours it would be late Monday afternoon. What happened/
Did Jesus calculate wrong? Did He lie to us or have we been duped by a counterfeit doctrine.
If you look at scripture you will see He died late afternoon and had to be buried before sunset. The time clock should start when He was put in the ground.
And on early Sunday morning while it was still dark the women in the Bible found the tomb already empty.
Somebody's got it wrong.
But if we look at the Wednesday of that week, Passover, and find Jesus died around 3 PM and buried shortly before sunset then we should see Him resurrecting 72 hours later -late Saturday afternoon -then this will have fulfilled the prophecy and only sign that He was our savior and the true Messiah.
What tradition do you want to follow?
Let's go and look at scripture in the Bible about keeping Good Friday and Easter Sunday-wait a moment-there are none.
Do we believe authority from man or God?
Here's where free will rears its ugly head.

 

[judge not]

Conventional wisdom-ideas or explanations generally accepted by the general public often seems correct because it is widely accredited as true by experts in a field.
We feel comfortable with such beliefs because everybody else does.
It usually begins at childhood. If parents , relatives or friends are members of a religion we assume the views of those groups are correct.
But man's wisdom is often faulty.
True knowledge comes only from God - Psalms 32:8
It is our responsibility to carefully examine what we believe as true. -John 8:32
Prove all things.
Satan promotes counterfeit knowledge to prevent people from understanding God;s truth.- 2 Cor 4:3-4
Paul cautions us not to be held hostage to the commandments and traditions of men which offer a faint appearance of wisdom - Col 2:22-23

Conventional doctrine in Christianity today - Jesus was crucified on a Friday and resurrected on Sunday morning
Biblical truth - Jesus was in the grave for three days and three nights which does not fit between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning -Matt 12:39-40
Should you challenge what you believe as fact?
Jesus was the best example of challenging the status quo.- Mark 1:22, Matt 5:21-44
Paul told us not be conformed to this world's ways but prove what is acceptable to God -Rom 12:2

We have to be willing to look outside of traditional Christian teachings to what is actually written in the Bible.
Make sure you are keeping the right Holy days-we owe that much to God at least, for the sacrifice He made with His Son on our behalf.

jn

 

[NoHype]

Shadow or foreshadow means about things still yet to happen.
That is what God's Holy Day plan of salvation is all about.
The shadow of the Holy days acknowledge their significance for us. It does nor abolish it. It Celebrating the Holy days now makes us look forward to observing in the future in the Kingdom of God. They also show us the series of events in His plan for salvation.
The early Passover was a shadow of something better with its physical aspects of animal sacrifices. Jesus the Lamb of God became our sacrifice for us in the NT.

What hOLY DAYS DID Paul observe during his ministry.when we read the scriptures?
In ! Cor 11:23-27, (Passover)
1 Cor 5:8 " Therefore let us keep the feast......" What Holyday is Paul referring to here?
! Cor 16:8 " But I (Paul) will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost " What Holyday here?

Jesus, set the examples of keeping all the Holydays in His life and told us to follow His example-the Apostles did-shouldn't we.
What changed?

Can't use what Paul said in 1 Cor.5 about keeping the feast like it's the same thing as the Old Covenant passover ritual, for Paul there established Christ as our Passover sacrificed for us there per the New Covenant. This became the Easter tradition in later Christian history, even though the word Easter is not the proper word in Acts 12:4 (KJV). Also, what Paul taught in Col.2 about not allowing any man to judge us concerning the keeping of holy days contradicts your interpretation of what Paul said in 1 Cor.5 there.

 

[judge not]

Can't use what Paul said in 1 Cor.5 about keeping the feast like it's the same thing as the Old Covenant passover ritual, for Paul there established Christ as our Passover sacrificed for us there per the New Covenant. This became the Easter tradition in later Christian history, even though the word Easter is not the proper word in Acts 12:4 (KJV). Also, what Paul taught in Col.2 about not allowing any man to judge us concerning the keeping of holy days contradicts your interpretation of what Paul said in 1 Cor.5 there.

If you continue reading 1 Cor 5 through to verse 8 you will see Paul is not only commanding mostly gentile Christians in Corinth to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread but how they should keep it-" not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth"

Once we understand the New Covenant significance of God's special festivals and Holy days He instituted, not man's, we have more than ample grounds for establishing that the feast days are indeed for Christians living in this modern world.
The feast of Unleavened Bread celebrates Christians today being delivered from the spiritual bondage of sin just as God delivered the Israelites from their Egyptian bondage,
Jesus compared leaven to sin. As our High Priest He helps us to put the leaven of sin out of our lives so we may become spiritually unleavened.
All of God's annual festivals point to aspects of His spiritual harvest of all of humanity not just Jewish people.
everything in God;s plan is directly related to Jesus' mission and work as our Savior. His plan of salvation portrays the future God has in store for us.
Long after Jesus had departed - 20, 30, 40 years later the Apostles and the early Christian churches kept the Holy days.
if Jesus changed anything about God's festivals wouldn't the apostles be teaching those new concepts and telling the holy days were no longer required?
Why would Paul be teaching gentiles about the holydays if they were just Jewish?
The Apostles only had the Old Testament to refer to in their preaching and they made hundreds of references and quotes from it. But they put a new spiritual spin on them for the deeper meaning that was not given to physical Israel.
There was no New Testament in the early Christian Church yet.

If people want to disobey God's commands that is their option.
But if there is enough evidence like the origins of certain holidays we can investigate, God tells us keeping the traditions of men will only lead to the loss of salvation.
What do you think?

 

[judge not]

This Good Friday observance held by the majority of Christians today believe that Christ was crucified and entombed on a Friday afternoon

and rose early Sunday morning. The contradiction is that Jesus Himself said how long He would be in the ground as three days and three nights and this weekend time

frame does not compare to what He said would be the only sign He would give us to prove He was the Messiah.

Can anyone explain this?

If not we are guilty of keeping Man's timeline and tradition instead of biblical truth.

this issue personally brought me to the differences between the Christianity we see today and the Christianity we see in the bible.

I followed the Catholic faith for 25 years until I started looking at the bible as my source of beliefs rather than man's creations.

I found enough to find that many practices and teachings we accept as truth were not from the Bible.

God help you to find the validity of doctrine that you follow.

 

[Strypes]

The ONLY thing that counts is FAITH expressing itself through LOVE!
Galatians 5:6

Tiz True...

 

[judge not]

The ONLY thing that counts is FAITH expressing itself through LOVE!
Galatians 5:6

Tiz True...

John 3:16 does say that grace is a gift unearned on our part.

But are there any conditions for salvation other than belief and love?

Heb 5:8,9 -says Christ is our salvation only to those that obey Him.

wouldn't keeping His commandments and Holydays represent obedience to Him.

Not obeying God's commandments demonstrates a lack of faith.

Obedience to our God is the evidence of faith.

So on its own just expressing faith through love is not enough.

 

[Strypes]

So on its own just expressing faith through love is not enough.

Thankfully you are not my judge, Judge not.

It seems that you have what I believe is called a "Jesus plus" theology. Jesus plus works or Jesus plus obedience etc. Where Jesus is "not enough"... Well you are wrong.

That passage in Galatians chapter five begins with a declaration of freedom and Galatians 5:6 specifically says that it is Faith that matters.

Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but only faith working through love.

We can't be good enough or obedient enough that is why we eagerly await the hope of righteousness BY FAITH.. (verse 5:5) ... For as we are, our righteousness will always be lacking, our obedience will be lacking too. Jesus was obedient unto death, even death on a cross and my hope is in His promise. (He gives me (by FAITH) His righteousness). Therefore Faith expressing itself though love is enough! Jesus is enough! And it will be Jesus that judges the hearts of men,

I am reminded of the obedience of the Pharisee in the parable Jesus told regarding prayer. The religious man said something like "I tithe and I do this and I do that and I am Not like that tax collector over there blah blah blah". Then the tax collector said "Lord have mercy on me a sinner"... Only one of the men went home right with God that day according to Jesus and it was not the "religious" man.

So, Judge not,
I would be weary of judging how others worship Jesus through the festivals and pray sincere prayers like the tax collector who knew he was a sinner saved by God's mercy and grace.

 

[judge not]

Thankfully you are not my judge, Judge not.

It seems that you have what I believe is called a "Jesus plus" theology. Jesus plus works or Jesus plus obedience etc. Where Jesus is "not enough"... Well you are wrong.

That passage in Galatians chapter five begins with a declaration of freedom and Galatians 5:6 specifically says that it is Faith that matters.

Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but only faith working through love.

We can't be good enough or obedient enough that is why we eagerly await the hope of righteousness BY FAITH.. (verse 5:5) ... For as we are, our righteousness will always be lacking, our obedience will be lacking too. Jesus was obedient unto death, even death on a cross and my hope is in His promise. (He gives me (by FAITH) His righteousness). Therefore Faith expressing itself though love is enough! Jesus is enough! And it will be Jesus that judges the hearts of men,

I am reminded of the obedience of the Pharisee in the parable Jesus told regarding prayer. The religious man said something like "I tithe and I do this and I do that and I am Not like that tax collector over there blah blah blah". Then the tax collector said "Lord have mercy on me a sinner"... Only one of the men went home right with God that day according to Jesus and it was not the "religious" man.

So, Judge not,
I would be weary of judging how others worship Jesus through the festivals and pray sincere prayers like the tax collector who knew he was a sinner saved by God's mercy and grace.

Faith means we trust and believe in something.
hope is the anticipation of something that hasn't happened yet.
In Gal 5 -Paul notes that we should have faith as we wait for our salvation and that we are not dependent upon physical marks or things It is through Christ's faithfulness fulfilling and achieving what we can not. It is through Him our hope is based.

what is righteousness? -1John 5:17 says " all unrighteousness is sin..."
The Law not only defines sin it also defines righteousness.
speaking to God the Psalmist says " all your commandments are righteousness
1Cor 15:34 says " awake to righteousness and do not sin '
faith is one of the requirements of salvation but not the only one
God expects faith and obedience to His laws and commandments -Romans 3:31, Hebrews 5:8-9
How do we rationalize James 2:14-26? " faith without works is dead.."
Keeping the commandments is part of good works among other things.
if you want salvation Jesus says " keep my Commandments " Matt 19:17
This is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to obedience to receive God's gift of unmerited pardon from the penalty of sin, which we know as grace.

 

[Bob Tangent]

Easter was originally a pagan day which converts brought over into Christianity centuries ago. In Acts 12:4 in the KJV, the word "Easter" there in the Greek is actually pascha meaning 'passover'. Yet the Easter name replaced that idea of passover in Christian tradition.

There was never a pagan holiday called Easter. Pascha is what the rest of Christianity calls Easter. Easter is what the English called Pascha when they became Christians.

 

[eddieb]

In response to what a holiday is or isnt called...
In just about every christian holiday there are pagan traditions to be found. Even on christmas... dont believe it? Study yule. Ever heard of yule time or the yule log? The whole colored egg and easter bunny stems from pagan traditions as well as many many other eastern traditions. I am not here to condemn but in the bible it does say not to learn of their ways. If one puts forth actual studies and are openminded to what one can easily pull up on the internet and would be willing to not be hard hearted and stubborn to sticking with "traditions of man" then one could learn a great deal and would most likely change HOW one celebrates. Even the christmas tree has pagan roots, and yet with evidence of this some christians still say no no no its a represention of eternal life in Christ because the tree is evergreen. Again the purpose of my post is not to condemn or to say because one does these things you are wrong. Personally I have changed how I celebrate holidays, for instance there is a few bags of easter candy sitting in the kitchen right now and I wont touch it. This is an example of my faith on what I believe to abstaining from pagan traditions. If someone else eats I am not going to rag on them about it. If it comes up I will explain my position on why I will not eat it. And while we are there the bible says its not what goes in the mouth that defiles a man but what comes out of the mouth, and knowing this I still choose not to. I think God knows I do this to honor Him. And thats whats important that we honor him not that we police everyone into my way is the right way. Other people, may not see eating easter candy as dishonoring to God. And thats fine too. I am actually one who does not regard a day above another day, but I do see the sabbath as important due to we are made in His image and likeness and God took a day of rest and we need to enter into His rest. Its just good mentaly spiritualy really just all around. Now even though I already said I dont regard the day above another I do "feel" something in the air around christmas time and I always tell Jesus happy birthday on christmas even thou many will argue thats not the actual date He was born. And I would agree based on my scripture studies. However thats just my way to honor Him as the living God, as the one who is and was and is to come, its how I honor Him in way of saying ... I know you live and the grave couldnt hold you and you are everything the bible says you are. My point is this, its about Him, not the day. And even if you are one to esteem one day above another I encourage you to celebrat Jesus every day....
This is the day.... this is the day... this is the day that the Lord has made. (And He keeps on making them)

 

[rstrats]

judge not,

re: "This Good Friday observance held by the majority of Christians today believe that Christ was crucified and entombed on a Friday afternoon and rose early Sunday morning. The contradiction is that Jesus Himself said how long He would be in the ground as three days and three nights and this weekend time frame does not compare to what He said would be the only sign He would give us to prove He was the Messiah. Can anyone explain this?"

Although judge not isn't around anymore, his question is a legitimate one.

 

[B-A-C]

Matt 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.
Mark 16:2 Very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
Mark 16:9 [Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
Luke 24:1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.

Perhaps some celebrate Good Friday, perhaps others even celebrate Maundy-Thursday. But I myself would hardly consider either of them a "Holy holiday".
It isn't the death of Christ I celebrate. It is His resurrection. It is Easter Sunday. Jesus didn't just come to die. Jesus came to rise again that we might have life.

 

[Bendito]

Mark 2:27; Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
It seems the Sabbath is a day of freedom, to rest if we want, but also to work if we want to. Even Jesus and the disciples worked on the Sabbath.
Mark 2:23; And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.
Mark 2:24; The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" ( Matt 12:1-2; John 7:22-23; )

Jesus healed on the Sabbath. More than once. Did he sin? ( Luke 6:6-9; Luke 13:10-16; )
Mark 3:2; They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
Mark 3:3; He *said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"
Mark 3:4; And He *said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent.
Mark 3:5; After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Jesus preached on the Sabbath. So are preachers, actually working on the Sabbath?
Mark 1:21; They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach. ( Mark 6:2; Luke 4:16; Luke 13:10; )

Col 2:16; Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--

Personally, I think too much is made of this. Some Holidays had pagan beginnings. So what? Should we stop celebrating the birth of Jesus?
Should we stop celebrating the resurrection of Jesus?

Is it really possible to 'Christianize' pagan holy days? I think not.
You said some holidays have pagan beginnings...True! That's because they worship pagan gods and they still do...You rename Ishtar and you still wind up worshipping a horrible pagan goddess...
Every time we compromise with the world we get more and more like the world..And we are NOT of the world.
Stop listening to the clever doctrines we have always heard in church and research for yourself what these 'holy days' really are Manure with frosting on it is still manure

 

[B-A-C]

Is it really possible to 'Christianize' pagan holy days? I think not.

I think I mostly agree with this, but on the other hand...
In 1 Cor 10:25-30; Paul talks about eating meat that is sacrificed to idols. It's only a sin if it causes someone else
to stumble. Just because something has Pagan origins doesn't mean we have to let it affect us. Greater is He who
is in us, than he who is inn the world.

If it isn't December 25th for Christmas... fine. What day would you pick? But no matter what day it is, I see nothing
wrong with celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior.

 

[Bendito]

I think I mostly agree with this, but on the other hand...
In 1 Cor 10:25-30; Paul talks about eating meat that is sacrificed to idols. It's only a sin if it causes someone else
to stumble. Just because something has Pagan origins doesn't mean we have to let it affect us. Greater is He who
is in us, than he who is inn the world.

If it isn't December 25th for Christmas... fine. What day would you pick? But no matter what day it is, I see nothing
wrong with celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior.

Well In the case of the meat, it's only meat...and it is sanctified by the Word of God. And yes. If for you it is sin to eat it, don't eat it. But worshiping false gods even when they're dressed up like the real God is still worshiping false gods. Kind of like the wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf?