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Post by frienduff on Jul 5, 2020 9:33:04 GMT -5
Sister let me remind you of something YOU ALREADY KNOW . SO we need to change one word in your first sentence . and HE is a fair , needs to say , HE IS A JUST JUDGE . God does not see fair as man sees fair . HE has appointed ONE ,as YOU KNOW , to be this JUST JUDGE on the last day . Would we like to know or be reminded of that this ONE JUST JUDGE did say . DO not think that i came to judge you , i came not to judge but to save . ON the last day , MY WORDS will be your JUDGE . UPON hearing that , i say , LETS LEARN JESUS WELL and LOVE all those sayings , keeping them embraced upon the heart and teaching all that has breath to go and do likewise . INCLUDING HIS saying that HE who beleives will be saved , but he who beleives not will be damned . Including His sayings that if one denies ME , or HIS SAYINGS , HE WILL Deny them . THE RIGHTEOUS and JUST JUDGE , will judge SOLEY according to the WORD OF GOD . AND those who truly LOVED JESUS will be spared and embraced as mercy rejoices against JUDGMENT . but those who rejected HIM or those glorious sayings , I had rather not think of their end cause a lake of fire does not sound pleasant . Thus the solution is , we preach JESUS and everything both HE and those apostels taught . praying that none recieve the grace of GOD in vain and that none to reject the grace of GOD . For the grace of GOD that brings SALVATION has indeed appeared , TEACHING US to deny all ungodliness and wordly lusts and to be living soberly , righteously and godly in this present world as we wait for the coming of our KING . Be encoruaged dear sister . i know you know these things . But being reminded of them should only sharpen us up .
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Post by watchful on Jul 5, 2020 9:44:26 GMT -5
There is no doubt a growth process, and battles and victories, there is no doubt. But even so, how do we see God? Do we want to see him high and lifted up? And do we see him as holy? Exo 33:20-23 (20) And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. (21) And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: (22) And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: (23) And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. God is so holy, that God had to cover Moses with his hand, in order for Moses to just see part of him, and when God removed his hand, Moses saw the back parts of God. Now that is wow, and holy, and sight to be wondered at. Let us keep our eyes on him, and keep this image of his holiness at the forefront of our hearts and minds, lest we lower God to our level, or to man's level. Exo 20:7 (7) Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Of course some things are obvious about taking the Lord's name in vain, such as using the name of Jesus Christ, as a cuss word. But what about mixing his holy name with something abominable? The word of God shows not to mix the holy with the unholy, and it even says this: Exo 23:13 (13) And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. It says to make no mention of the name of other gods, now of course in the bible God mentioned the name of Baal, but never in a positive way, just as a warning to not serve Baal, not to have these other gods. So just mentioning the name of another god without care or concern, or in a positive light is an abomination to God, he is jealous for his holiness, for he is the holy one, so how do we see God? What about mixing the name of Christ, with the Catholic mass? And to be clear it was the Roman Catholic church which merge the name of Christ, with the Catholic mass, to form the word Christmas. But some will say, oh the meaning of the word Christmas has changed, but the truth of the matter, God never accepts bad roots, nor does he change his mind in men reinterpreting it, if it is an abomination to him, it will always be an abomination to him, regardless what we do to it, for God wants these things out of our lives completely. You cannot mix the Holy with the unholy, and if you think you can, and you can lead yourself and please yourself, then you need to reexamine what God is to you, and how holy he truly is to you, should not his name be so precious, that we dare not mix it with anything that is unholy, and by the way, the word christmas is not in the bible, Jesus' birth is not called that in the bible. Who do we fear, the acceptance of men, or the holy one who is God? Who do we want to please, men, people in church circles, or the holy one of God, who is actually God? Amen in general to what you are saying....though to my understanding the word "mass" or "mas" is just an old (Latin maybe?) word meaning celebration. I don't think all those who celebrate the birth of Christ are necessarily in agreement with the doctrines of Catholic church services and liturgy etc. We only engage in the battle in the light of His holiness (seeing how we compare with it in some aspect or other) IF we love and fear the Lord and desire to be like Him. Those that don't engage in battles against their flesh and wrong, is because they either dont' see an aspect of what is wrong yet, or they are taking it too lightly as you are bringing out. Those that are too comfortable and at ease in Zion and settled on their lees is because they are complacent and not working out their salvation with fear and trembling....so they dont' get engaged in battles, fighting the good fight of faith. That is a church slumbering and sleeping. But the Lord is at the head of His army.....for those who are sincere and care about pleasing the Lord and are seeking to be holy He will lead us in what battles to fight in....He will bring something in our heart or life to light, to our attention and to the devil's attention, that needs sifting and so the battle is on. Even like Job...it was the Lord who brought Job to the devil's attention because He wanted to do a deeper work of sanctification in Job's life/heart. The perfecting of our faith...doesn't happen overnight.
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Post by watchful on Jul 5, 2020 10:32:02 GMT -5
Sister let me remind you of something YOU ALREADY KNOW . SO we need to change one word in your first sentence . and HE is a fair , needs to say , HE IS A JUST JUDGE . God does not see fair as man sees fair . HE has appointed ONE ,as YOU KNOW , to be this JUST JUDGE on the last day . Would we like to know or be reminded of that this ONE JUST JUDGE did say . DO not think that i came to judge you , i came not to judge but to save . ON the last day , MY WORDS will be your JUDGE . UPON hearing that , i say , LETS LEARN JESUS WELL and LOVE all those sayings , keeping them embraced upon the heart and teaching all that has breath to go and do likewise . INCLUDING HIS saying that HE who beleives will be saved , but he who beleives not will be damned . Including His sayings that if one denies ME , or HIS SAYINGS , HE WILL Deny them . THE RIGHTEOUS and JUST JUDGE , will judge SOLEY according to the WORD OF GOD . AND those who truly LOVED JESUS will be spared and embraced as mercy rejoices against JUDGMENT . but those who rejected HIM or those glorious sayings , I had rather not think of their end cause a lake of fire does not sound pleasant . Thus the solution is , we preach JESUS and everything both HE and those apostels taught . praying that none recieve the grace of GOD in vain and that none to reject the grace of GOD . For the grace of GOD that brings SALVATION has indeed appeared , TEACHING US to deny all ungodliness and wordly lusts and to be living soberly , righteously and godly in this present world as we wait for the coming of our KING . Be encoruaged dear sister . i know you know these things . But being reminded of them should only sharpen us up . Fair means just, so I think that word is just fine brother....the Lord takes everything into account whichever way you want to express it. He doesn't judge as man judges by the seeing of the eye and hearing of the ear. If I'm not mistaken I think you are addressing judgment here as only being about who will go to heaven and who will go to hell, but there will be a RANGE of judgments and rewards handed out at the mercy seat (bema) judgment and the Lord will judge fairly/justly. Some will be greater and some lesser and receive greater or lesser rewards and some will suffer loss and be saved only as by fire.
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Post by frienduff on Jul 5, 2020 13:01:36 GMT -5
Sister let me remind you of something YOU ALREADY KNOW . SO we need to change one word in your first sentence . and HE is a fair , needs to say , HE IS A JUST JUDGE . God does not see fair as man sees fair . HE has appointed ONE ,as YOU KNOW , to be this JUST JUDGE on the last day . Would we like to know or be reminded of that this ONE JUST JUDGE did say . DO not think that i came to judge you , i came not to judge but to save . ON the last day , MY WORDS will be your JUDGE . UPON hearing that , i say , LETS LEARN JESUS WELL and LOVE all those sayings , keeping them embraced upon the heart and teaching all that has breath to go and do likewise . INCLUDING HIS saying that HE who beleives will be saved , but he who beleives not will be damned . Including His sayings that if one denies ME , or HIS SAYINGS , HE WILL Deny them . THE RIGHTEOUS and JUST JUDGE , will judge SOLEY according to the WORD OF GOD . AND those who truly LOVED JESUS will be spared and embraced as mercy rejoices against JUDGMENT . but those who rejected HIM or those glorious sayings , I had rather not think of their end cause a lake of fire does not sound pleasant . Thus the solution is , we preach JESUS and everything both HE and those apostels taught . praying that none recieve the grace of GOD in vain and that none to reject the grace of GOD . For the grace of GOD that brings SALVATION has indeed appeared , TEACHING US to deny all ungodliness and wordly lusts and to be living soberly , righteously and godly in this present world as we wait for the coming of our KING . Be encoruaged dear sister . i know you know these things . But being reminded of them should only sharpen us up . Fair means just, so I think that word is just fine brother....the Lord takes everything into account whichever way you want to express it. He doesn't judge as man judges by the seeing of the eye and hearing of the ear. If I'm not mistaken I think you are addressing judgment here as only being about who will go to heaven and who will go to hell, but there will be a RANGE of judgments and rewards handed out at the mercy seat (bema) judgment and the Lord will judge fairly/justly. Some will be greater and some lesser and receive greater or lesser rewards and some will suffer loss and be saved only as by fire. rest assured , AS YOU ALREADY KNOW . any false leader , any who rejects JESUS , the only reward they get is the lake of fire which burns fiercly and mega fold hot . there is a number of both men and women within christendom , that is gonna burn in a lake of fire and whose judgment will be far worse for they used the name of JESUS to decieve . OH sister , it will be fierce . God despises , abhors and totally hates what about ninety eight to perhaps even ninety nine percent of what is being sold and has been sold into christanity . ITS so outright scary for so many souls right now . I NEVER seen a falling away like it . My advice is to learn JESUS and those apostels so well we can quoate what they said and taught even in our sleep .
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Post by Giller on Jul 5, 2020 13:33:39 GMT -5
Here is the origins of the word Christmas:
(Encyclopedia Wikipedia, the word "Christmas")
(The word "Christmas" originated as a compound meaning "Christ's mass". It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Crīstesmasse, a phrase first recorded in 1038.
[6] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), a translation of Hebrew Māšiaḥ ( ח_ שי _ מ_ ,( "Messiah"; and masse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
The form "Christenmas" was also historically used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal;[21] it derives from Middle English Cristenmasse, literally "Christian mass". [22] "Xmas" is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use; [23] it has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thges masse (where "Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thg" is an abbreviation for Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thιστός).[22])
(www.apostolicolivetree.com)
(….CHRISTMAS IS AN INVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The first error in Christmas celebration has to do with the word ‘Christmas’ itself. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the word ‘Christmas’ is composed of two words, ‘Christ’ and ‘mass,’ and it is in fact a word for the holy day which is the celebration of ‘the mass of Christ.’ Did you get that?
“The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131.”...
...The word ‘Christmas’ itself is an attempt to join the Holy Name of Christ with ‘mass,’ a false doctrine of the Catholic Church!...
...The Catholic Church absorbed many of the Roman pagan religious holy days and festivals, )
The word originated with the Catholic church, and really pointed to the celebration of the Eucharist which is an abomination to God, we cannot mix the holy with the unholy, nor make excuses in doing so, because we may want to do so, like I said, who is God to you, and what is his name to you?
Is his name holy? So why treat it so litely, and why would you want to take a chance in misusing it? Or even opening doors to other things?
We can deceive our own selves, and Satan does play around with the sub-conscience.
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Post by Giller on Jul 5, 2020 13:47:28 GMT -5
Many preachers and even people in Christian circles know the origins of the word Christmas, yet still do not take heed and just do not care, that itself is a lack of reverence, which opens the door for other things.
It is about reverence, reverencing a holy God !!!
That is why we need to know our word, and what moves God and what does not move God, otherwise we will just base things on men's opinions, or on well these people are against the mass, but what about being careful with his name !!!
How much value do we put on his name, and how much value do we put on what men think and say ??
Yes I am against the mass, but also I am against using Christ' name in vain, and just associating it with anything.
When there is a lack of care, that is a lack of reverence.
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Post by Giller on Jul 5, 2020 14:01:51 GMT -5
Sometimes I do not know to what degree we realize who we are dealing with, he is not a God to be trampled upon.
Exo 33:7-11 (7) And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. (8) And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. (9) And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. (10) And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. (11) And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Exo 33:20-23 (20) And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. (21) And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: (22) And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: (23) And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
See in Exodus 33:11, it mentions how the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, yet it does not say that Moses saw his face here, but rather that God spoke to him face to face.
And in Exodus 33:20, it says that no man shall see his face and live.
Moses was able to see his back parts but not his face.
And this just tells us how holy God truly is, to were we cannot even see his face, because he is so glorious and holy.
So God is not someone to be trampled under foot.
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Post by watchful on Jul 5, 2020 14:43:16 GMT -5
Here is the origins of the word Christmas: (Encyclopedia Wikipedia, the word "Christmas")(The word "Christmas" originated as a compound meaning "Christ's mass". It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Crīstesmasse, a phrase first recorded in 1038.[6] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), a translation of Hebrew Māšiaḥ ( ח_ שי _ מ_ ,( "Messiah"; and masse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.The form "Christenmas" was also historically used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal;[21] it derives from Middle English Cristenmasse, literally "Christian mass".[22] "Xmas" is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use;[23] it has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thges masse (where "Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thg" is an abbreviation for Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thιστός).[22])(www.apostolicolivetree.com)(….CHRISTMAS IS AN INVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The first error in Christmas celebration has to do with the word ‘Christmas’ itself. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the word ‘Christmas’ is composed of two words, ‘Christ’ and ‘mass,’ and it is in fact a word for the holy day which is the celebration of ‘the mass of Christ.’ Did you get that? “The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131.”... ...The word ‘Christmas’ itself is an attempt to join the Holy Name of Christ with ‘mass,’ a false doctrine of the Catholic Church!... ...The Catholic Church absorbed many of the Roman pagan religious holy days and festivals, )The word originated with the Catholic church, and really pointed to the celebration of the Eucharist which is an abomination to God, we cannot mix the holy with the unholy, nor make excuses in doing so, because we may want to do so, like I said, who is God to you, and what is his name to you?
Is his name holy? So why treat it so litely, and why would you want to take a chance in misusing it? Or even opening doors to other things?
We can deceive our own selves, and Satan does play around with the sub-conscience.There are many sources and I don't want to get into a semantic argument brother, but my vote would be with one source I saw which says maesse is a very old Saxon word for feast....which easily and simply explains why Catholics use the suffix "mas" to name a lot of their feast days, eg, Michaelmas. It makes sense to me. Their church service is called mass for short in their church vernacular....though it is considered by them to be the feast of the Eucharist or celebration of the Eucharist. No argument with your main point in principle though....amen to that.
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Post by Giller on Jul 5, 2020 15:23:06 GMT -5
The Roman Catholic church was predominant in the dark ages, and the word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131.
Now the Roman catholic church is very powerful now, for it is still world wide, and is dominating in this ecumenical movement.
The actual word Christmas, came from the Roman Catholic church, and it was purposely to point to the celebration of the eucharist, which we all know what that is.
I was a former Catholic, and I do not want to go back to it, ever.
That is what the original word of Christmas pointed to, it did not originate with the anglo sanxons.
So that was the true purpose of merging the word Christ and mass together.
Now concerning Christ's birth, there is nothing wrong with Christ's birth for it is mentioned in the bible, but is not called christmas.
Now no one may know the actual date of his birth, but it is well known that in the past, that the date of December 25th, was chosen, so to please the pagans, and here is information from an old encyclopedia Britannica, my mom and dad gave me:
(Encyclopedia Britannica dated to 1960, page 643)
(In the beginning ,many of the earth's inhabitants were sun worshipers because the course of their lives depended on its yearly round in the heavens, and feasts were held to aid its return from distant wanderings. In the south of Europe, in Egypt and Persia, the sun gods were worshiped with elaborate ceremonies at the season of the winter solstice, as a fitting time to pay tribute to the benign god of plenty, while in Rome the Saturnalia reigned for a week. In northern lands mid-December was a critical time, for the days became shorter and shorter and the sun was weak and far away. Thus these ancient peoples held feasts at the same period that Christmas is now observed; they built great bonfires in order to give the winter sun god strength and to bring him back to life again. When it became apparent that the days were growing longer, there was great rejoicing because of the promise of lengthening days to follow. Thus, the central idea of the winter solstice-the return of light- became the hope of the world in the birth of Christ, the light of the world.
The exact day and year of Christ's birth have never been satisfactorily settled, but when the fathers of the church in A.D. 440 decided upon a date to celebrate the event, they wisely chose the day of the winter solstice which was firmly fixed in the minds of the people and which was their most important festival.)
First of all by 440 A.D. the Roman catholic church was in existence, and most of them which were called church fathers, at that time were Roman Catholics.
And they purposely chose the same time the pagans worshiped their sun god, it was truly a merging of paganism, with a false brand of Christianity.
And Roman Catholicism is not called mystery Babylon for no reason.
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Post by Giller on Jul 5, 2020 15:30:26 GMT -5
I am not really concerning myself with feasts such as Michaelmas, which I would not celebrate anyways, for obvious reasons, but rather I am concerning myself with Christ's name, and how the word Christmas was formed.
It is to bring attention to how we use his name, and that we should revere his name, and be careful with such an holy, and precious name.
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Post by Giller on Jul 5, 2020 16:04:32 GMT -5
How we see God does matter, in so many areas, and if there is lack of reverence, there is a potential door that can be opened, that you would not want to open, and if not dealt with, other false doors will open, and a little leaven does truly leaven the whole lump, juts look at what is called Christianity today, and you can see that the dominoes have fallen in so many different ways, such as they say doctrine does not matter, yet the bible says preach the word in season and out of season etc, with all longsuffering and with doctrine, doctrine, doctrine !!!
Lack of reverence can, and will eventually lead to false doctrine, to were you lower your stance, and bring God to man's level, and that is what is happening.
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Post by frienduff on Jul 5, 2020 17:48:02 GMT -5
The Roman Catholic church was predominant in the dark ages, and the word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131. Now the Roman catholic church is very powerful now, for it is still world wide, and is dominating in this ecumenical movement. The actual word Christmas, came from the Roman Catholic church, and it was purposely to point to the celebration of the eucharist, which we all know what that is. I was a former Catholic, and I do not want to go back to it, ever. That is what the original word of Christmas pointed to, it did not originate with the anglo sanxons. So that was the true purpose of merging the word Christ and mass together. Now concerning Christ's birth, there is nothing wrong with Christ's birth for it is mentioned in the bible, but is not called christmas. Now no one may know the actual date of his birth, but it is well known that in the past, that the date of December 25th, was chosen, so to please the pagans, and here is information from an old encyclopedia Britannica, my mom and dad gave me: (Encyclopedia Britannica dated to 1960, page 643)
(In the beginning ,many of the earth's inhabitants were sun worshipers because the course of their lives depended on its yearly round in the heavens, and feasts were held to aid its return from distant wanderings. In the south of Europe, in Egypt and Persia, the sun gods were worshiped with elaborate ceremonies at the season of the winter solstice, as a fitting time to pay tribute to the benign god of plenty, while in Rome the Saturnalia reigned for a week. In northern lands mid-December was a critical time, for the days became shorter and shorter and the sun was weak and far away. Thus these ancient peoples held feasts at the same period that Christmas is now observed; they built great bonfires in order to give the winter sun god strength and to bring him back to life again. When it became apparent that the days were growing longer, there was great rejoicing because of the promise of lengthening days to follow. Thus, the central idea of the winter solstice-the return of light- became the hope of the world in the birth of Christ, the light of the world.
The exact day and year of Christ's birth have never been satisfactorily settled, but when the fathers of the church in A.D. 440 decided upon a date to celebrate the event, they wisely chose the day of the winter solstice which was firmly fixed in the minds of the people and which was their most important festival.)First of all by 440 A.D. the Roman catholic church was in existence, and most of them which were called church fathers, at that time were Roman Catholics. And they purposely chose the same time the pagans worshiped their sun god, it was truly a merging of paganism, with a false brand of Christianity. And Roman Catholicism is not called mystery Babylon for no reason. The spirit behind ROME , IS the spirit behind nar and many protestants and kingdom NOW crusaders . ROME established the kingdom on earth , AND SO do they . now they will all soon center it in jersualem . ITS WHERE the WHORE HERSELF shall sit . We gotta flee these kingdom now dominoists . always trying to establish the KINGDOM on earth , Rather than focusing on the true gosple by which we become citizens of the kingdom of heaven . The cost will be great my friend , but i go to expose the entire lott of them charlatons . From Rome to the entire christendom itself . I will and do have an ever grownig number of enemies . But so be it . the real KINGDOM will be preached , the true gosple will be sounded and all JESUS sayings and the apostels as well .
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Post by frienduff on Jul 5, 2020 17:49:17 GMT -5
FORWARD MARCH , ITS TO BATTLE WE GO .
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Post by frienduff on Jul 5, 2020 17:54:26 GMT -5
Here is the origins of the word Christmas: (Encyclopedia Wikipedia, the word "Christmas")(The word "Christmas" originated as a compound meaning "Christ's mass". It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Crīstesmasse, a phrase first recorded in 1038.[6] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), a translation of Hebrew Māšiaḥ ( ח_ שי _ מ_ ,( "Messiah"; and masse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.The form "Christenmas" was also historically used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal;[21] it derives from Middle English Cristenmasse, literally "Christian mass".[22] "Xmas" is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use;[23] it has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thges masse (where "Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thg" is an abbreviation for Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[22])So thιστός).[22])(www.apostolicolivetree.com)(….CHRISTMAS IS AN INVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The first error in Christmas celebration has to do with the word ‘Christmas’ itself. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the word ‘Christmas’ is composed of two words, ‘Christ’ and ‘mass,’ and it is in fact a word for the holy day which is the celebration of ‘the mass of Christ.’ Did you get that? “The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131.”... ...The word ‘Christmas’ itself is an attempt to join the Holy Name of Christ with ‘mass,’ a false doctrine of the Catholic Church!... ...The Catholic Church absorbed many of the Roman pagan religious holy days and festivals, )The word originated with the Catholic church, and really pointed to the celebration of the Eucharist which is an abomination to God, we cannot mix the holy with the unholy, nor make excuses in doing so, because we may want to do so, like I said, who is God to you, and what is his name to you?
Is his name holy? So why treat it so litely, and why would you want to take a chance in misusing it? Or even opening doors to other things?
We can deceive our own selves, and Satan does play around with the sub-conscience.There are many sources and I don't want to get into a semantic argument brother, but my vote would be with one source I saw which says maesse is a very old Saxon word for feast....which easily and simply explains why Catholics use the suffix "mas" to name a lot of their feast days, eg, Michaelmas. It makes sense to me. Their church service is called mass for short in their church vernacular....though it is considered by them to be the feast of the Eucharist or celebration of the Eucharist. No argument with your main point in principle though....amen to that. I got a question for you that i will also answer . What is the difference between ROME and how she was birthed and the kingdom now nar and evangelical movement that has swallowed up christendom . ready . NOTHING . they both promote the KINGDOM ON EARTH mentality . and they are lost . this is why they are so politically motivated . they will use whatever man will promote their kingdom upon this earth . For their kingdom is here . though they may try and claim otherwise , NO where your heart is , YOUR HEART IS . MY KINGDOM is not of this earth . IF it were i would rush to politics to help provide safety for my earthen treasures and kingdom . ITS NOT HERE SISTER . OUR KINGDOM is above . LET the world do as it will do . JESUS IS WITH THE LAMBS , they cannot defeat our KINGDOM nor take one rich of our KINGDOM from us , FOR ITS ALL ABOVE . FORWARD March into those trenches sister . with loads of prayers . cause we got one mighty battle .
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Post by frienduff on Jul 5, 2020 18:15:20 GMT -5
Many preachers and even people in Christian circles know the origins of the word Christmas, yet still do not take heed and just do not care, that itself is a lack of reverence, which opens the door for other things. It is about reverence, reverencing a holy God !!! That is why we need to know our word, and what moves God and what does not move God, otherwise we will just base things on men's opinions, or on well these people are against the mass, but what about being careful with his name !!! How much value do we put on his name, and how much value do we put on what men think and say ?? Yes I am against the mass, but also I am against using Christ' name in vain, and just associating it with anything. When there is a lack of care, that is a lack of reverence. many preachers and even people in christain circles now even celebrate helloween . So what is anything to them now . they take sin and put the word christain in front of it and so they try and make it all well . example , i seen those claiming they CHRISTAIN witches , they got CHRISTAIN bars , they also do divination , neocrmancy , and use christain words . they use new age worship methods and call it christain . The harvest is ripe all right , THEY NEED THE GOSPLE EVERY BIT as much as the world does . WE IN a MASSIVE falling away giller . now they even got an all inclusvie jesus .
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