334: WHY We Quit Christmas... As Christians // We DON'T Celebrate The Lord's Birth?! Is It Idolatry?
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I’m Catholic and last Christmas Eve our priest dismissed Mass by saying the kids need go to bed for Santa. I was through with it right then and there!
In history Dec 25 is a pagan holiday and to control the evil and sin the church declared it as the birth of Jesus.
Saint Nicholas is a man who gave of himself to represent the giving to Christ.
It is not up to a building to teach this it is up to the head of your house to teach this.
Most people do not study the truth they study what they have heard.
@@aspieangel1988 how was it revealed to you omg. Plz dont say you had a godly vision cuz its one step to a loony house
Please consider that Dec 25 is the birth of the sun god. My eyes began to be opened when a friend of mine explained how in Iran they celebrate the birth of Mirthra on Dec. 25th. There are many names for the sun god around the world, to commemorate the birth of the sun when the days started to be longer. How does God feel about us humans putting his birthday on another god's birthday? Well, we can know what God is thinking when we read the Bible. In the Old Testament God told the Israelites when they take over the land he was giving them to not worship Him the way the pagans worship their gods. Don't use pagan altars to worship Him. Don't do any of the pagan traditions to worship Him. In Ezekiel God showed how the priests were performing pagan rituals in God's temple. This was true evil. Not trying to condemn, here. Just please think about this. Do you really believe that men 'changed the Bible' so so that mixing the profane and the Holy is acceptable to God? Prayers. @@aspieangel1988
@@EughhBrothereughh Pardon? So prayer is insane? You've never heard the Lord? You've in deep trouble buddy. Repent and stop spreading lies.
People can have visions and not be looney. Although they need discernment with that.
Thanks for sharing! I was born again around this time last year and after reading the entire Bible, I’m feeling convicted to remove Christmas from my life. You’re not alone in how you feel sister 🩵 the idolatry is real and people are deceived including Christians. *we should be celebrating his birth DAILY!*
Same conviction sis😢❤
Amen sister, this is why we traded xmas and easter for Feast of Tabernacles and Passover! Abba has his 7 appointed Feast days for us to enjoy!! He asked us to remember them forever...and they are such a joy!
Exactly what happened to me 2 yrs ago. Started reading my Bible and no longer wanted to celebrate any of the pagan holidays
Same conviction thanks for sharing. Mathew 13: 16 and 17.
Jeremiah 10 is on point period 🙌🏽
There has to be a reason so many of us online are starting to realize the same things. It all started with "why" for me as well. I think we are all onto something and God is going to show us more as we dig into him thank you for sharing it helps me not feel so alone in it. Online im finding many people questioning all this but in person in my offline life theres only a couple people who will even go there with me in conversation. Also the bible talks about tradition so im sure thats where people are being led astray as well. ❤
Yeshua warned us about God wanting us to worship him in Spirit and truth, he also warned us about false prophets, Apostles and teachers that teach false doctrines, His true Apostles warned us too about the doctrines of demons, well God the father and Yeshua warned us against taking part in pagan practices and rituals , that the pagans do to please their gods . The Lord says that they are an abomination to Him! Apostle Peter say that false gods are demons! That's why we need to take heed to the warnings of our Lord Yeshua Mashiach (Jesus Christ) And his Apostles and really study his word because also false doctrines of demons have got into the Church and it is spreading like wildfire, word of faith movement, NAR movement are teaching New Age teachings and putting a Jesus sticker over it! They have another Jesus, another Gospel and another spirit and the real Jesus, Gospel and holy spirit of the bible, its heartbreaking 💔 🙏 study like the bereans did and they even searched the scriptures daily to see what Apostle Paul was saying was so , an Apostle apointed by Christ himself, pray humbley and earnestly, pray for those that have fallen away from the truth that they once believed, Yeshua and his Apostles warned us to not be decieved. There is so much deception in the Church now and the Lord said it would get worse before his return God bless you 🙏
I am so happy to hear of not only your conviction but obedience to the Lord. I am also sorry that you are alone in this. She did a wonderful job speaking through the idolatry but the second part is that we do know now (as the disciples did for the first 300 years after Yeshua was resurrected) that Jesus/Yeshua was born during the feast of tabernacles. John says that the word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We also know that Jesus was born during the fall which is exactly when he was born. There are ALOT of Christian’s who now know and actually celebrate this feast that falls usually end of September or beginning of October. It’s a wonderful time of year where we go and camp out for a week and celebrate through word and worship and fellowship with one another. If you’d like to learn more I really like David Pawsons sermons on it or the best is Michael Rood who has sermons on UA-cam or wrote the chronological gospels which will open your mind to so much.
If you have any questions let me know and again, god bless you for following God when you are a bit alone in this. I’m happy to speak with you or answer any questions.
I've been asking lots of questions too and this year I donated all things Christmas. This morning, coming home from church on Christmas Eve, my husband was asking when are we supposed to celebrate Jesus' birthday if not the 25th of Dec. I know the Bible doesn't give us a clue but like I heard someone say the other day on a video, Israel in late December is much too cold for the shepherds to have sheep out in the field at night so they don't think it was Dec. either. We never really did the presents anyway so that's no big deal cause we buy gifts all thru the year for each other and other people. I don't really have anyone to talk with about all this cause the few people I mentioned it to, looked at me like I had 2 heads or something! Yes, it's a pagan tradition that we and many generations before us just followed along with and never questioned it.
I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear. No, it's not a sin to celebrate Jesus birth or any day for that matter. And we do give gifts to others all thru the year and a few kids of friends at Christmas. We just don't go overboard with all the celebrating like in the past. I try to spend my days focusing on Jesus and what He wants from me. That's to serve others also and I do that when I see a need.
@@aspieangel1988
Amen I agree that it's a reason why for hundreds of years people observed this holiday without a question but now more of us who aren't Jehovah's witness , as they used to be the only ones that didn't celebrate, are waing up to this. God showed me it broke his heart because it was a pagan holiday that I was observing and that means that a demon so called god instructed someone of specific way to worship that diety on that day and clearly that demon ibstruxted that whole civilizatiob of what to do and was worshipped in multiple places becaee its a holiday observed world wide. It's like doing yoga if you think about it. It's a specific set of instructions given to observe a particular diety and God isn't happy about that.
I completely agree with you Heidi. I’ve been saying for years this all just feels wrong!! Finally just said no to so much of it this year and it’s like this weight is just lifted off. My goal for this coming year is to learn more about the Holy Days. So appreciate you sharing on this.
I think the Father was giving my husband and I grace with a gradual waking up. We were together 5 years before saved (a week apart) and we never had a great Christmas as a family until then. But we did love that first Christmas a ton - ignorance is bliss. 😂 But over the past 6 years we became more and more uncomfortable with it, simultaneously learning how much isn't related at all to Jesus.
This last year I learned Jesus was most likely born during Sukkot so we tried to celebrate then, in a way that doesn't have any Paegan junk we know of. An EXTRA celebration of his days here as a human for us.
But it was a very small celebration. We already were trying to have our first Sukkot and had other chaos.
This is our first year not having a "Christmas". We are blessed out children don't care about Santa etc. I did as a child and was hurt when I learned the truth. Then as an adult I realized how super creepy it is. Lol
Our first child has a birthday in late DEC and we do plan to still celebrate. So it'll be nice not to have back-to-back craziness. 😂 Also it's not nearly as big as Passover for us. And we DO celebrate like crazy, we talk the sacrifices and the solemnness that I do think is real, then the end is the celebration of Jesus' conquering death. I have a piñata of the tomb TBH. 😅 I don't see a reason not to. We put stickers and stuff like that in it. And we do presents. Talking about how none of it compares to the real gift of eternal life with Jesus. ❤
This is so wonderful to hear and praying Yehovah blesses you for also celebrating Sukkot. I know there are groups who go out camping for a week with kids and they spend the time in nature singing, worshiping, fellowship. Maybe try that!
In Leviticus 23 chapters 1 thru 44 in your Bible, you will find those Holy Days. It's funny as a kid to adult, I have no recollection of any priest or pastor speaking of these Holydays.
Holy Days were done away with. The New Testament says to hold no day above another. Every day belongs to the Lord.
Celebrating Hannakuh is going backward. We're not supposed to celebrate Jewish holidays and traditions. One is a Jew not on the inside through birth or circumcision of the flesh. One is a Jew on the inside by faith and circumcision of the heart. But we are to put away traditions the Jews held to. We are a new creation in Christ.
☕️ I've stopped celebrating Christmas, birthdays, and Easter and feel incredibly liberated! I hope you can touch on what people should do with their stockpile of decorations if they decide to quit the pagan feasts. I renounced all of it and threw it in the trash. ☕️ ☕️
I have just not wanted to deal with our decor.
If I donate it it might help people spend less on new Halloween/Christmas/Easter stuff and that makes me feel good, but in honest I have to recognize I don't think it'll stop manufacturing of these new items, and won't help people who are poor/budgeting to spend any money on these products at a thrift store either.
So it's enabling these celebrations unless we trash it! Your comment helped trigger my mind into realization. 😅 Thank you!
I do the same, I dont celebrate. I haven't known anybody who doesn't do it. 😊 Nice to meet you. ❤
Birthdays aren’t pagan
@jenniferr6967 what are the 2 birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible? Hint: both celebrations included someone losing their head.
@@jenniferr6967Wishing on a candle is absolutely pagan. What are you wishing to?
I am interested in learning more about the Biblical Holy Feasts/Holidays. I think you mentioned more resources? Bless you for tackling this subject with kindness and Boldness!🤗💕
Here's some resources! Thank you! 🥰 ua-cam.com/play/PLXtO3I3A_NfV1eC7khN9IZpy7l-h8Dl3R.html
@@HeavenlyMindedHomeThank you!🤗
I grew up not celebrating Christmas but it always seemed like a magical time. As I became an adult I have been trying to figure out this time for our family. Mostly our Christmas is time spent together. I have never done or liked Santa. Still on my journey trying to figure out holidays for our family.
Heidi has a lot of good info for the holy days. ❤ I also like Taking Back The Rainbow w/ Rabbi Schneider. He's Messianic - Jewish in culture etc but his faith is Christian. He has good info about the holy days.
I enjoy the season as another that the Lord gave us. I believe he gave it to us for a time of coziness and taking the rest we can get. We have a birthday in our family so we will do that- and perhaps talk on Jan 1 about Mary's conception and what that means for having faith, Jesus was a human right when conceived etc. Since Jan 1 would be pretty likely if Jesus was born during Sukkot. But we try to keep major celebration to the holy days. We do do presents during Sukkot; and even more so during the end of Passover for the Resurrection. 🌈✨🕊️🌿
For Sukkot we made a fort in the living room but I'd love to do a full on Sukkah next year if we aren't participating with others.
Instead of halloween we just did a very subtle day learning about the Reformation and Martin Luther. Had some fun as a family with cookies and watching movies. It was our first not going out, the costumes etc. I asked my kids if they even wanted costumes for just in general play-pretend or to DIY fun outfits, we didn't but it sprung on me we could do that anytime!
Historical evidence shows that Dec. 25th began to be associated with paganism at the celebration for the birth of Sol Invictus which only started in 274AD with Aurelian. The Christians were already celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25th long before this.
William J. Tighe, professor of history stated: "The pagan festival of the "Birth of the unconquered Sun" instituted by the Roman Emporer Aurelian on December 25th 274 was almost certainly an attempt to create a pagan alternative to a date that was ALREADY of some significance to Roman Christians. Thus the "Pagan origins of Christmas" is a myth without historical substance."
Aurelian saw Christianity still firm even after long persecution, so he tried another way to fight it.
We have many historical records regarding Christian Christmas celebration on Dec. 25th long before 274AD.
Here are some examples:
1.Hippolytus in: Commentary on Daniel(204AD).
2. Abba Demitrius in :The Coptic Didoscalia Apostolorum(189AD).
3.Irenaeus in:Adversus Haereses(180AD).
4. Telesporus in: Liber Pontifical is(126AD).
5. Records in: Apostolic Constitution (70AD).
Around 204, St. Hippolytus of Rome wrote that “the first advent of our Lord in the flesh, when he was born in Bethlehem, was eight days before the Kalends of January, the fourth day [i.e., Wednesday], while Augustus was in his forty-second year” (i.e., 3 or 2 B.C.) (Commentary on Daniel 4:23:3). The Kalends was the first day of the month, and eight days before January 1 is December 25.
This is the earliest record we have of Jesus’ birth being December 25. It precedes by seventy years the time the Emperor Aurelian made Sol Invictus a Roman cult, and it precedes by 150 years the earliest claimed reference to Sol Invictus being celebrated on December 25-that claim being based on the Chronography of A.D. 354.
Part 12 of the Chronography, which is a calendar of the commemoration of martyrs, lists the following: “Eight days before the Kalends of January: Birth of Christ in Bethlehem of Judea.
In 386, St. John Chrysostom preached a homily on December 20-the memorial of St. Philogonius-in which he noted that “the day of Christ’s birth in the flesh” is about to arrive in “a period of five days,” or on December 25 (On the Incomprehensible Nature of God 6:23, 30).
Finally, around 408, St. Augustine writes that “according to tradition he [Jesus] was born on December 25” (The Trinity 4:5).
touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-10-012-v
catholicstraightanswers.com/jesus-really-born-december-25/
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/december-25th-and-christmas/
www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2021/12/hippolytus-early-3rd-c-a-december-25th-christmas.html
christmasdecember25.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/apostolic-constitution-70-ad-christmas-fell-on-december-25/
www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/was-jesus-born-september-or-december-25-zacharias-john-baptist/
www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/was-jesus-born-on-december-25/
Also some say Christ fulfilled Sukkot by being born in Sukkot because of John 1:14(the word "dwelt" in Greek is "tabernacled"), well Chanukkah often falls over Dec. 25th and is known as a winter Sukkot.
But...because we have the Apocrypha (old Jewish writings including history though not Scripture) we have Maccabees 1 & 2. In there it's noted that Chanukkah (which often encapulses Dec. 25 in it's 8 day duration)was considered a "winter Sukkot":
orami.org/chanukah-as-a-second-sukkot/
www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Maccabees-Chapter-1/
www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2829847/jewish/The-Chanukah-Sukkot-Connection.htm
According to Pope Benedict XVI, the first person to clearly assign Christmas to its current feast day was St. Hippolytus of Rome.5 In his Commentary on Daniel, which was written c. 204 a.d., St. Hippolytus wrote: “For the first advent of our Lord in the flesh, when he was born in Bethlehem, was December 25th, a Wednesday, while Augustus was in his forty-second year, but from Adam, five thousand and five hundred years.”6 Writing roughly 150 years before any known records which designate December 25th as Natalis Invicti, Hippolytus gives no mention of the Roman feast.
insidethevatican.com/magazine/lead-story/the-25th-of-december-pagan-feast-or-patristic-tradition/
www.proclaimanddefend.org/2022/12/23/why-december-25/
The Dec.25th Kislev 25th connection:
israelmyglory.org/article/why-do-we-celebrate-christmas-on-december-25th/
This was the first year we celebrated the biblical feasts! I’m so grateful for your videos. They helped us so much to plan our feast days!
@@QuietlyContemplating as a Christian I believe the whole Bible is truth. Reading through the scriptures God has revealed Jesus in the Biblical Feast! Actually Jesus celebrated some of them as well 😃 As I stated I am beginning my journey in this direction & learning more each day as I continue to study the Bible. I believe the Lord is leading me in this direction.
Thank you for your insight ❤. Iv been decreasing my holidays each year. God has been convicting me for a while but not sure how to completely remove these holidays from our family. I never have celebrated Halloween but Christmas is hard. I stopped having a tree a couple years ago. Please pray that we can be more like Christ. God bless you and yours ❤
Thank you! I have felt this way for so long! how refreshing. I am not alone. God bless.
I believe some Christians have made an idol of everything they abstain from, including Holidays. I do believe some things in Christmas can be idolatry, but I don't believe each Christian who celebrates Christmas is in the sin of idolatry. I personally think it depends on each person and their heart. Many Christians completely abstain from Santa.
Thank you for sharing your reasoning. ❤
I agree
That's not how it works. I can have it in my heart not to do evil by reading horoscopes but regardless, it means what it means. I can give it a meaning... but it already has one that opposes God. Once God realizes I KNOW what it means and was informed, he will no longer wink at my ignorance. God does not like when we are blissfully ignorant.
@@doll.ov.poetrii4682amen ❤❤❤ finally someone understands what I’ve been saying
@@doll.ov.poetrii4682 Exactly, thank you.
@@doll.ov.poetrii4682That's because the Bible talks about staying away from horoscopes and tarot cards in mediums and etc it clearly states that. It doesn't state anything about not celebrating Christ's birth or his resurrection. So that's the difference and the rest of us reading this comment need to be careful and not be deceived.
I quit celebrating Christmas almost a decade ago. This verse says it all and it's right at the heart of following the masses. "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." Matthew 7:13-14
Hi I am a women’s Bible teacher here online and I look at this as a season to study Jesus coming as a savior. Many have come to salvation through the wisdom of what it really means. I never was a Christian but the story and watching others helped me in my heart of sanctification. I’m teaching the Jesse tree this season celebrating the lineage of Jesus. Use this time to teach and not divide. I love your channel! Just wanted to share Christmas is a celebration filled with a knowledge of and love for the Son of God. We simply cannot honor God in our Christmas celebrations if they are not directly attached to joy in the real attributes of Jesus. Advent exists for the very purpose of focusing our minds in exactly these types of things so that Christmas can be the celebration of them. Christmas is the good news that Jesus, God’s Son has come to dwell among us because of the love of God for us.
Since you're a Bible teacher... Do you teach Christ died on the cross for everyone, or do you limit His death for only a small portion of the population?
@@naturematt4340 John 3:16 loved the world! Everyone
@@TheHBMINISTRIES Perfect answer 👍! I will check out your channel. Did you know Heavenly Minded Home's channel teaches the opposite of what you just answered?
@@naturematt4340really? Wow. I had a feeling she leaned that way but Calvinism?
@@SongofBeauty Yep. She is a hard-core 5 point Calvinist. What's worse is she's stealth about it and misleading many.
Right on , amazing how many people are beginning to see this. This points to the time we are living in , we are one day closer! Exciting time to be living in!
We stopped doing Christmas 13 years ago. It’s a hard walk but I could never go back to celebrating Jesus on a pagan gods birthday! After a few years of only keeping the feasts and doing nothing during the winter we incorporated celebrating Hanukkah! We are so blessed by the richness of Hanukkah!
It was so fun to hear your story, it’s so similar to mine!❤️
I appreciate this SO much!!! For the last few years weve shyed away from most holidays including Christmas, because we began to ask ourselves the same thing WHY? But sharing that with other Christians can be 😬😬😬😬😬 As we are about to move to Costa Rica, like next week before Christmas, Ive been bracing myself for that conversation should it come up. thanks for sharing!!! ❤
I agree it's a very touchy topic to share with others who "claim to be Christians". It's as if you denied your faith in Christ Jesus. I have to let people know that I am still a believer of Christ Jesus. I simply want to be holy. My definition of holy: what the Bible says yes to. I say yes to and vice versa.
@@irisdavis3680 thank you! We've been here for 3 weeks now and to my surprise the host family that we are from and their extended family do not worship Christmas. In fact, i havent been around a group of faithful, and uplifting Christians (in a REAL sacraficial way) in I dont know how long! What we had leaving the states was churchianity. I am so convicted that i was even a part of that!! First, unbeknownst to us, this family gave up their finished home and started to build another cabana to live in with their kids, because they believed that God said to help us come down here. They give of what they dont have themselves out of obedience. They give up of their comforts to serve others. Their countenance is just pure joy in the Lord. Everything is "Dios primero!" (God first!) They do not have all of the things that we think we need back home and they truly live! Honestly I can go on and on, and I hate to be harsh, but what I've experienced in churchianity back home is detestable now to me. I don't even know how to explain the contrast. But believe me we need to step out of that Matrix and it doesn't mean that you have to leave the country but it does mean you need to get out of that system and really fall to the ground on our faces before the Lord in repentance.🥺
@@BialyTribeAdventures Amen, sometimes coming out from among them means staying where you are and standing on your convictions no matter what comes❣️🙏🏻
I Completely agree with you Heidi, Christmas has become a time of spending, decorating, worshiping something else other than Jesus, now it is in the stores 2 months before Christmas comes, it's all about making money, it's not about something holy and sacred. My husband celebrates Christmas, and he will never ask me to stop celebrating. We don't celebrate or worship santa (satan). In this season, I tried to honor the Lord as I do every day. I'm praying the Lord calls my husband so we can have like minds. Thank you for sharing! Blessings🙏
It's always been about worshipping something else. It's a pagan holiday, no matter how much we sing Christian Christmas music and pretend like it's biblical.
I completely agree.
I stopped engaging in the standard Christmas traditions long ago. Instead, my son and I save up money to make care packages for the homeless and go around and give them out on Dec. 25th. We get to sit and converse about the true gift of Jesus with ppl living on the streets. This year we were invited to spend the 24th and 25th with our future in-laws and I had to have a difficult conversation with my son's fiance about my convictions. Her parents decided to do their gift exchange before my son and I arrive and on the 25th we would all be assembling the care packages and distributing them together. All glory be to God.
You speak truth. Thank you for putting out this video and giving true Christians something to think about that they may have ignored or really not known about. 🙏🏻
Love the holydays!!! Such a blessing to see other familys celebrating them ❤
I know Xmas is not a holy day. I have never celebrated Xmas and never will. I celebrate the Lord's feast days.
There are 7 in all and some are are shadows of what came to pass but their are still some that have not passed yet. Day of trumpets is his return and In scripture it does say to remember Passover and what he did for us on the cross. Sukkot will also still be celebrated in the millennium. None of these save us but they are all beautiful because in each of them it gives the full gospel message. The new covenant did not do away with the law what it did do away with was death by the law. We could not keep the law perfectly so Christ shed is blood to pay for us so one day we could spend eternity with him. The law is written on our hearts and everyone has it. Ray comfort an evangelist is able to give the gospel and reach many by bringing up the 10 commandments. Even those who believe nothing in God are convicted by these because they are written on every ones heart.
If you are born again believe you are spiritual Israel. I do not believe in any denominations. All denominations have broken off from the Catholic church in some way. All I know is it does not matter what others think but it matters about what the Lord thinks and he has convicted me in these areas.
I do however believe some of the preterist stance, 70AD. Like I had said in one of my replies I know some have already been fulfilled but the Lord asks us to remember pass over and Day of Trumpets is his return. Sukkot will be celebrated in the millennium. Interested in your thoughts on the millennium? Do you think it already took place, is happening now or is to come? I have been trying to study this out.
They sure did!
Same. I recently got saved and have been loving the Lord so much. And I quit holidays like Christmas and I’ve heard it all. Even with sending love. It just showed me that the road truly is Narrow. I pray more of my brothers and sisters in Christ would not use their convictions to refer to me as “following the law” and such things. Blessings to you and your fam
Amen sister, the scriptures tell us that we have to be renewed in our mind. It is truly a renewing of the mind by the Holy Spirit to let go of the things that we are so use to doing. I started asking myself the questions about the exchange for the Lord's holy days for the holidays that are celebrated. I have started looking into (not finish yet)where and why did all these changes take place, totally removing the heritage of our faith. Calling His holy days Jewish holidays when scripture say that they are His holy days. Lord bless you and your family.
Thank you so much for this video. You explained everything so well. My family stopped celebrating Christmas 3yrs ago for all the reasons you just said and it’s refreshing to hear someone explain it in a loving and fair way.
This is so wonderful to hear of your obedience! Have you heard of the feast of tabernacles? We now know (what the disciples already knew) that Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles “the word became flesh and tabernacled among us.” Which is a wonderful celebration in the fall.
I'm so glad, that GOD is opening so many Christians eyes!!!
100% sister!!
I’d ❤️ your resources on Biblical holy days. We gave up the pagan holidays in 2021 and embraced the feasts. I’m always looking to grow and learn and how to better teach my kids. Hit me with all the things.
Love listening to your videos! I come from a family of witches, warlocks, gypsies, satanists, and pagans. My family that were self proclaimed pagan witches and warlocks celebrated the worldly holidays and I will never again want to participate in things they also participate in. I actually believe that we are suppose to tell other Christian’s, in love, that we are not suppose to celebrate them. Can’t wait for tomorrows video!
Im from uk we have advent so the last few years ive stopped most Christmas practices except the advent wreath which i light the candles and say the preyers .but i keep far from the commercial Christmas santa claus and all that .
LOVE your post, thank you.
I don't actively celebrate Christmas but I'm not anti Christmas either. You'll never convince me celebrating the death and resurrection of Christ is ever wrong, regardless of the date.
The death and resurrection of Jesus isn’t wrong but look at what the world tells us about easter - they claim Jesus died on a Friday- it doesn’t line up with truth. Jesus said 3 nights like Jonah. The worldly death of easter god isn’t truth.
Read John 4:23-24. Remember God said it’s an abomination to take something pagan and worship Him the same way. That’s in the bk of Deut
I love you!!!! You said everything I want to and that I believe. God also convicted me years ago and I had to be faithful.
Thank you for your videos on why you gave up on Christmas. It is difficult to stand for what you believe in . God Bless you
😊 I have to say, I was a sceptic before watching this video. But truth is everything you said agreed with my spirit ❤ you have a gracious way of communicating! Thank you 😊
This is truly a help and refreshing!
You have challenged me to think a bit deeper about the holidays. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you for bringing this up. As Christians we also came to the same realization of what this holiday is. We quit Christmas since 2 years ago and got rid of all this junk. Todays idolity comes in the form of coveteousness. Christmas has always promised much, but delivers very little! Even when I was young, when I would go to the stores, and see all the stuff, it always gave me an empty feeling.
The truth will set you free, indeed!
You are correct 💯!!! So glad you did this video. Very well said and well done!!! I'm sure you also recognize the Sabbath day too I'm sure. Great job!!!
THANK YOU for this perspective and information.
The Lord knows our Hearts and Motivations and there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus....
Then that means I get to choose what is sin and what isn’t. If that’s the case then those that came before us were punished for no reason. They should have been taught about the heart issue. God said it’s an abomination to take something pagan and make it about Him. Bk of Deut
We quit celebrating Christmas in our family in 1993.
You’re right, slapping christianese on a pagan thing does not make it Christian! Every aspect of Christmas is pagan, even the so called Christian worshiping baby Jesus and making effigies of it as a nativity scene... He’s not a baby, he’s our crucified risen Lord!
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Excellent simple teaching! This year, 2023 will be my last time celebrating all of these celebrations. I’m currently teaching my family, but being prayerful and most importantly, patient with them.
As for 2024 and beyond, I’m starting with me if nobody wants to participate. The Holy Spirit is going to use me to model the 7 Biblical Celebrations that truly reflects Jesus.
Thank you once again for your personal reflections on why we should not be celebrating these worldly holidays.
i am so happy to listen to you saying all these important things we have been processing as well during the last years... it literally brings me tears of joy and my heart goes YES ❤
Amen. Said well. I landed exactly where you did when I asked began to study the word and asks questions.
Amen! I kinda stopped christmas in 2020 (didn’t buy a tree or decorate) but now I’m moving towards completely doing nothing. No Christmas movies, gift exchange or big dinner… although I purchased a candy cane brooch and scarf to wear to work, now I’m feeling convicted not to even wear it
Thank you. My family has wanted to cut Christmas out for two year's and was looking for things and ran across you. Not sure how to tell the rest of my family yet, but I'm praying they understand.
BIG hugs! Covering you all in prayer! XOXO
@HeavenlyMindedHome I took the tree down this morning. I'm done with the tree. Sweet freedom.
First year, no tree
I would LOVE to hear about the biblical holidays Heidi. Please share!
I just found your page/this video today and YESSSSSSS & THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting it! I shared it on my FB page because this is my 1st year quitting Christmas myself. It's been so difficult getting anyone on board and I feel like everyone is looking at me as if I am "the Grinch"
I have a testimony like most, but growing up athiest I've never read the Bible until now (I'm about 220 days into a 365 day plan) and the more I read it I'm chronological order the more I learned who God really is and what he wants from us and what he truely considers to be an abomination (that word scares me)and doing ANYTHING Pegan falls under that word. I believe celebrating anything of this world, man made is just that.
Exactly true, thank you
Our love of the Lord is why we want to know the truth. Thank you, my refreshing sister in Christ Jesus. I love Him. He loves us first. He is wonderful God bless you and your family.
Thank You for sharing your heart and alllll the ways we need to search our hearts around this issue🙏🏼
Thank you for your transparency, I am going through this shift now and man my knee jerk reaction and how I am still feeling is shocking.
I am in agreement with you ma'am me and my family; im in single parent home and i have put an end to this it was not an easy choice for me but i was very much willing to make this happen for the Jesus (Yeshua)😊
Orthodox Christians have deep respect and love for Saint Nicholas of Myra. He was an Orthodox Christian Bishop that shared the love of Christ with many and he did give secret gifts to those in need.
Sooo true! definetly agreed with you! I feel free and closer to God!
EXACTLY! 💯 percent! I needed this confirmation because the witchcraft associated with this time and the demons oppressing me, are trying to lure me back into Christmas, but the truth is that it’s not all for Christ and I need to be guided back to the TRUTH, the WAY, the LIFE!
BEAUTIFUL & God Bless you for enlightening the masses here.
After my near death accident when Jesus came to me, or I was brought to Him, I dove into my abandoned Catholic faith and discovered so many troubling events and the practices that initially drove me away from it. I came to recognize that there are good ambassadors and bad ambassadors to spreading the message of Jesus.
During my deep dive into research, in one of those many rabbit holes that I went down, I started finding how sinful celebrating this Christmas event that is more about indulging in greed than anything else. I learned that it was illegal to celebrate Christmas when the pilgrims were settling here in North America.
I went though this about 20 years ago. I brought Christmas back into our life in different ways and I'm so happy with it now. For me it was too many events, gatherings, parties being busy. Then I hated the decorating and putting it all away. And to know the history that it's not really about Jesus just ruined it all for me. So for years I just didn't bother. Then a few years ago, I started missing it. And I found in my heart and mind I totally separate Jesus from all the other stuff. Decorating my house is to make it cozy and pretty for winter. Christmas trees originated in Germany and I'm half German so it's more of an ancestor thing for me. But separating my faith and celebrating Jesus through the year and then just doing some fun decorating for us totally works. I'm at peace where I am now. I still don't do parties and gatherings. We go to church every Sunday but Christmas eve service is packed so we stopped doing that years ago.
SUKKOT, baby!! 🙌🙏 Praise the Lord!
I’m so grateful for your channel; I just found it today… I was feeling a little weird because this year is the first year I decided not to celebrate Christmas and you helped me to understand more why I was feeling so yucky about the pagan idolatry of today… God bless you and you family
God blessed me by letting me see and hear you share the love of Christ Jesus on UA-cam.
I love your channel. You have helped me so much since finding your channel. I used to be obsessed with decorating my home for every holiday, my basement was filled with totes. I have gotten rid of almost all of them. When I first heard you talk about Christmas, I immediately went to the Bible after and felt God so strong. I decided we needed to change drastically. When I spoke to my husband he told me he had been praying that God would open my eyes to all the holidays and the meanings. I am so thankful for God and people who listen to God and do the hard things to help someone like me. ❤
My daughter and I look forward to hearing more about the history of Christmas.
What a blessing this was sister! Thank You ❤
Beautifully said, we had the same questions and conversations and we came to the same conclusions. We love the Lord's Biblical Feasts and our children do too. They have said it themselves.
Please share more about pure biblical feasts!
You can also check out the chronological gospels (book is best but you can also watch the actual videos) that Michael Rood has done.
This was very interesting, Heidi. Thank you.🇨🇦♥️
Right! We are not of the world! How we celebrate should look different!
Been feeling convicted for a bit now... I would love to hear a video on talking to family about it. What to say to explain... What their reactions are...
That is the hardest part for me.
What has worked for me with my parents is to make sure they know how grateful I am for their effort in making it special while growing up. I also let them know how I love them and parts about Christmas like getting together to spend time with one another, doing things like sledding or baking are all things I love to do still and we can (nothing wrong with that.). I then walk them through the origins of Christmas and also give them the Good news on how Jesus actually fulfilled the scriptures through the real time of his birth which is during the feast of tabernacles (can find in Leviticus 23). We also try to focus on how wonderful celebrating the feasts are. The point is never to Condemn (there is no condemnation in Christ) but rather convict by explaining. Hope this helps!
I've felt conviction around this for the last year. I can't get around it. I think it might destroy my family, but I don't want to celebrate it anymore.
I love your channel and im learning about these pagan traditions.. Thank you for sharing!
We quit, too, about 10 years ago. We have quit all pagan holy days.
So happy to find your channel!! Thanks for sharing this. ❤️❤️
Your thoughts were my thoughts 30+ years ago. Convictions prevailed. It took some years for various reasons. Why and how are key! Thank you for detailing the biblical holy days. I began doing that 12 yrs ago and it all was undeniable.
100% correct and I've been wanting to pull the plug as well. Thx for sharing.
I would love to know more about the holy days you're talking about. I have slowly come to similar conclusions about Christmas and would really appreciate further education on the things discussed in this video. God bless you 🙏
I thought we were the only weirdos who thought this way! We started doing this about 5 years ago, despite the criticisms. Thanks for the encouragement. :)
hi, i just wanna say thank you for this video and sharing your perspective on this tradition and norm and a young Christian girl,i have partaken in Christmas and in my younger years the whole Santa thing but as I'm getting older wanting to know the truth and meaning behind the things we have just grown up to believe. thank you for shedding your light on topics some don't have the courage to dig deep into, and thanks for adding articles for a backup of what your saying,GOD bless you sister in Christ, your videos will help me as a young person and a new believer to make sure I'm not partaking in any worldly activities and I also agree with your questions and points concerning the season.
All glory to God! I think it’s important we ask questions and work through them. 💕🙏🏼
Blessings to you and your family... I stumbled across your video... I have not celebrated Christmas or Easter for many years... I celebrate the biblical feasts... Sadly it has caused much division within the family and with friends... Those who do not see or hear... However the intimate relationship with Jesus that has resulted from my walk can not be measured... I could never go back no matter what the cost... It is such a blessing to see God still calling out people from the world and its counterfeit ways... My prayers are with you and yours..
Wonderful explanation. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. ❤
Yes! Yes! Yes!
When you start asking “why…?” you begin the wrestle with traditions of man and the precepts of God. One word….syncretism. Christianity merging then and the merging continues now.
It all boils down to, it is not Christ’s birth, so by calling it that is preferring the lie over the truth. Hard reality, but true. I went from enjoying Christmas to loathing it and then I asked myself “why?”…The deeper I got into the Word the more I preferred the way of the Word and not the world.
Also, a gift is something offered from the heart. When you are given an Amazon wish list with a date expectation - that’s a transaction, not a gift.
Thank you! You have really got me thinking. We should bring everything before the Lord to test it.
☕give me the coffee cup!☺️
I appreciate this video. We don't celebrate and this is our first year to be in a church that celebrates. Trying to be light and love without jumping in on anyone in a bad way 🙏🏼
That's not a true Church.
When we quit Christmas, I had so much fun creating fun things to replace what they thought they were going to miss. Years later, my adult children head out the day of or the week after to take advantage of deeply discounted stuff, and they do it in peace while everyone is running around ragged.
So it's all about buying stuff and getting the best deals? That's exactly what Heidi is NOT talking about.
@@lanetteehresman9842 LOL what? I have to list everything they do for the inspector? You're ridiculous.
@@eminor42 just saying it's not about the shopping, before or after. I do Christmas and love my Lord Jesus and celebrate Him. I try to every day. It's not about the presents and shopping, discounted stuff or whatever. It's about Christ. You can 'quit' Christmas and still be into the presents. Not me. Just saying. This is not worth arguing over. Satan loves these arguments between believers!
@@lanetteehresman9842 My youngest child recently graduated from a university after seven hard years of studying. He's finally landed a good job that pays well. I can't tell you how happy he is to pay for things withough his parents' help and getting good deals has always been a thing with him, even when he was young. So, yeah, he is having a blast shopping. And it's fun to watch him at this time of his life. This is the same child that once informed me that he can get more calories from Taco Bell than any other fast food restaurant. Which brings me to diet. If you get off your nutritionally-deficient vegan diet and start eating fatty meat, you'll start to feel better.
I get what you are saying about the commercialization of Christmas I have not had a tree in 4 years. Problem for me is that it does get the Good News of the coming of Jesus out to the world. If we take Christmas totally off of the calendar, we have basically removed the willingness of "the world" to recognize Jesus as Savior ...even in a small way.
Romans 14:5-6
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord...
There is nothing wrong with dedicating a day to remember the birth of the Lord Jesus.
*Jeremiah 10:1-5*
1 Hear the word which the Lord speaks unto you, O house of Israel:
2 thus says the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;
for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3 For the CUSTOMS of the people are VAIN: for one cuts a TREE out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They DECK (decorate) it with SILVER and with GOLD; they FASTEN it with NAILS and with HAMMERS, that it MOVE NOT (sounds like a tree to me).
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not. They must needs be borne (carried), because they cannot go (walk). Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Sounds like Jeremiah 10 is describing a PAGAN practice performed on trees similar to practices performed on Christmas trees. Ask yourself this question, did Christians originate the idea the practices of the celebration of Christmas? If you did your research on the roots of the mistletoe, wreath, leaving cookies & milk for Santa dressed in RED (Close to the name Satan. No such thing as coincidence), etc nearly every practice you do on Christmas is a pagan practice dressed up in the name of Christianity.
*2 Corinthians 6:17*
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
Begin your research on paganism's view on trees in relation to fertility. Do further research on the date December 25th in relation to paganism.
Be Well
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It's interesting that you would quote that verse which is obviously talking about making an IDOL and comparing it to a Christmas tree. That's a bit of a stretch.
Also I know not of any Christian celebrating Christmas who worships their tree. That's quite a comical thought. 😂
I never mentioned anything about santa, that were you my friend. I said if one chooses to set a day aside to uplift the birth of The Lord Jesus then there is NOTHING wrong or sinful about that.
I would also like you to consider that if it weren't for the celebrating of Christmas then the majority of the secular world wouldn't know who The Lord Jesus was.
@@gospelbaptist263 You will get my "comical" response tomorrow.
Okay, unforeseen events took place that caused me to be a day late in my response.
You said, *It's interesting that you would quote that verse which is OBVIOUSLY talking about making an IDOL and comparing it to a Christmas tree. That's a bit of a stretch*
You're right about one thing in that statement, it's obvious that scriptural quote is talking about making an IDOL. Now let's get into the "stretching" & "comedy" in all of this idol worship.
Correct me if I'm wrong, rituals/practices are "performed" In order to worship something or someone. Rituals/practices are performed when celebrating Christmas right or wrong? Now tell me something @gospelbaptist, which ritual/practice do you perform on Christmas as a Christian is original from any other pagan ritual/practice? Chopping down a tree with an "axe" then decorating that same tree with silver & gold? Not according to *Jeremiah 10:3-4* (Authorized King James Version)
3 For the CUSTOMS of the people are VAIN (self-serving/pointless): for one cuts a TREE out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe (What's stretchy is interpreting that last line as a craftsman CARVING out an idol from the tree. Umm ... Who uses an AXE to carve out ANYTHING?)
4 They DECK (decorate) it with SILVER and with GOLD; they FASTEN it with NAILS and with HAMMERS, that it MOVE NOT (Hmmm ... those rituals/practices don't seem too ORIGINAL from pagan rituals/practices in worshiping their false gods.)
So, when you said, *Also I know not of any Christian celebrating Christmas who worships their tree. That's quite a comical thought* 😂
Welp, if you're performing the SAME rituals/practices on the tree that the pagans performed to worship their god/idol (the tree), then yes, you & many Christians are IGNORANTLY worshiping the tree. But you & many Christians are no longer ignorant to the reasons behind the opposition towards Christmas celebration. A celebration that was once illegal in this country. So now you'll be held responsible for what you know.
You said you never mentioned anything about Santa. I don't see in my original comment where I accused you of bringing up Santa. Santa was brought up to make a point. If God exists (and He does exist) then coincidence doesn't exist. Santa/Satan come on now. Suicides (death) are at its HIGHEST during the Christmas season. DEATH reigns during the celebration of Christ's BIRTH? Remember, coincidence does not exist.
And regarding your last statement, the "majority" of the secular world still rejects Jesus, & celebrates Christmas for the lights, glitz, glamour, gifts, & family gathering. Now family gathering in itself isn't a bad thing. But gathering as a family to perform pagan practices to "honor" Jesus ain't it.
I don't have any issues with celebrating Jesus' birth. Just take out the paganism from your celebration.
Thank you for sharing the way you went asking questions about how and why etc concerning christmas. Helps me to consider why I do what I do as well. God bless you and your family and good luck with the surgery (preparations)
Please please please make videos on the holy days ❤
You can check out the book “The chronological gospels” by Michael Rood. There are also UA-cam videos you can watch (the older ones are best with Michael’s teachings)
You've presented a lot of good points in this video. I've been wrestling with the celebration of Christmas for a few months now. The traditional Christmas tree, in particular, seems to be too pagan for me to do anymore. I like the idea of celebrating the festivals that God gave to us. Looking forward to more videos from you on this subject. Thank you for bringing these things to light.
Hi there 😊 I watched your video with interest, as I have been deciding whether to go 'Christmas free' or not. BUT then something cropped up in my head, and that was that our Churches are a great outreach to lost Souls, and more than any other time, people who are not Saved Christians, or even don't have a Faith turn up to Carol Services and possibly Midnight Service.
Therefore I thought if more and more Saved Christians wanting to get back to the Purity of Christianity, and stopped attending Church at Christmas, then maybe some Churches would go into complete decline, or unsaved people that did attend during Christmas wouldn't have the Congregation to meet, greet, and strike up conversations with the lost people.
Can we possibly still do 'Christmas' without the pagan trimmings, and Santa Claus and his minions.
Could that be a possibility for those thinking of leaving Christmas behind to just celebrate the 25th December🤔
I understand that there are pagan issues, but why not take their day to their gods captive, and turn it round from evil to good. After all God makes everything good 😊
Seriously Christmas trees, wreaths and trimmings have nothing to do with Jesus, BUT people do like Nature, and people bring flowers and plants in to their homes all year , apart from Christmas, maybe that was once a pagan thing to do, but we don't stop bringing flowers in to brighten our rooms at other times.
Maybe we should search our hearts, and say that we can still do Christmas as an outreach to others, and also it is when the Christian World come to celebrate our Lord's Birth, on a designated Day, this being 25th December, just as it could be for any other day too.
Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful 2024, and hopefully the year our Lord Jesus comes to take us home 🎉💝😘xxxxxxx
Thank you so much for sharing ❤
I’m totally with you on so much of this. I never researched it to the extent you did, I just felt Christmas and Easter were “off”. I stopped celebrating a long time ago. I always wondered what hunting colored, hard boiled eggs had to do with Jesus.
Thank you so very much for putting this video on!!!
I would like to know more about God's feasts
Here's a playlist of resources! 🥰 ua-cam.com/play/PLXtO3I3A_NfV1eC7khN9IZpy7l-h8Dl3R.html
Thank you for this video Heidi! Christmas seems to be so touchy for people because they grew up having so many memories of this time and wanting to share the same with their kids, but that doesn't always make it right. Not trying to convince you of anything but I'm apart of the Coptic Orthodox church (converted from Lutheranism for marriage) and we're in a time of fasting right now and we celebrate the Navtivity on January 7th. Yes, many will still celebrate the 25th with gifts but the true celebration is on the 7th with the church body and breaking the fast with a huge feast for the Lord. I have found that so much more spiritually filling than any 25th celebration I had growing up. We have many feast and fasts throught the year all to glorify God and they help us make Jesus our focal point in life. Just thought I'd share with you what another section of Christianity does at this time of year. 🙂
Totally agree with you. I feel conflicted about Christmas every year. I try to make it focused on Jesus but Santa clause and all these consumeristic, worldly ideas still leak in. I don’t know any Christians who celebrate the biblical feasts so I wouldn’t know how to even get started. Plus my husband is the spiritual leader of the household and doesn’t seem to feel as conflicted about this stuff as I do 😢 not sure what to do besides trying to continue focusing on Christ during these holidays, simplify my schedule as much as possible to minimize burnout, and pray that the Lord one day puts it on my husbands heart to maybe change our traditions to truly glorify God.
Thanks for sharing your convictions and being an Inspiration to other Christ followers ❤
Thank you, I just subscribed 😊
Preach Girl! We need to worship God the way he wants to be worshiped and not the way the world has chosen to worship him!
I quit Xmas 10 years ago. ❤🙏
Santa is an anagram for Satan
I'm a Christian and I must say do whatever that makes you feel loved in Christ. How you show the love of Christ is your own business,love Christ how he loves you. When you love Christ and have a relationship with him only you and him can determine how you choose to worship him. I love Jesus and I'm a Christian and I love to celebrate him him daily. Your journey with Christ is your on journey show Christ within you daily. Great video.
We stopped 5 years ago. I started celebrating the feast days 12-13 years ago. It’s been slow going with the feasts. We are still learning.
This was our second year not celebrating Christmas, however, the two years leading up tonour last we were heavily considering stopping and we did Christmas very different. Its been such a breath of fresh air since stopping. When we learned about the Lords feasts we knew we had been doing it wrong. His feast days have been so fruitful for our family.
We should celebrate Jesus Christ everyday we wake up.
My relatives always considered me a cruel mother because i told my boys there is no santa, it's a big lie. I always told them all good things are from God. I never wanted them too say she lied about santa, she's probably lying about God.
Sadly as one who has not kept the pagan days for 43 yrs, and a single man yet , 69yo, there are almost zero single women who dont keep Christmas, especially here in small town sw Wis, almost all Catholics and Lutherans here, or agnostics and atheists. I was raised Lutheran and dad was catholic. I have to walk all alone in my area, with no one else not keeping pagan days, and none but me, keeping the true feasts of Yah. Its quite a lonesome road as a loner single, not keeping the world's holidays. A lonesome life, but i have 7 cats and a dachsund.
We are very similar in our backgrounds. But I quit keeping Christmas a year ago and I'm loving the freedom. Single again after losing my husband to COVID.
Hi Gary. You are a few years younger than my mother who also does not keep these holidays as she is a Messianic Jew. Born Jewish but accepts Jesus as her savior. Her messianic congregation is comprised of people like her along with many raised Christian who came to similar realizations as you and the creator of this channel. Maybe try out a Messianic congregation?
In my region, there are none. I live in rural sw Wis, and no sabbath churches here. i was baptized 1981 in the Worldwide Church of God, which later fel lto pieces as new leaders changed all the doctrines. I present;ly listen to United Church of God, and Pacific Church of God online services. We believe the lost ten tribles of Israel were never lost, to Yah. ANd they are mostly in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ, and some nw Europe nations. The sons of Joseph , Ephraim and Mannaseh , are the USA and English nations. Idont believe all the Israelite were or are Jewish at all. Judah was only one tribe of 12.@@TheAlexa6