Judging Xmas

By Pastor Mark Downey

December 25, 2011

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 1:11-16

In case you didn’t notice, I spelled Christmas X-m-a-s, because that’s the way pagans spell it.  They don’t believe Christ is in their celebration and they would be correct.  Christ is not IN Christmas any more than the Federal Reserve is in the federal government.  If you corner an honest Christian, they will admit that the Bible does not sanction Christmas and that it does indeed have pagan origins… but, but, but.  Therefore, judging this Christ-less celebration with Christ arbitrarily interposed in the name of the so called holy day or holiday is justified and deserving of adjudication, even though some Christians think that it’s Christian.  Let’s keep it simple: if a pagan god is the reason for the season, would this not be having another god before the Almighty?  A violation of the First Commandment?  “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me” Ex. 20:3.  In other words, even if the word “Christ” is used, it is not the same Jesus, the Messiah we worship.  It is a vicarious identity that has no relationship to Christianity.