tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458350917393042034.post6395053637613537036..comments2016-03-16T15:03:36.594-04:00Comments on The Word and God's Authority: What is Easter? ...according to the Bible, of courseCaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762397322658710952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458350917393042034.post-13363240052778434112008-04-08T23:15:00.000-04:002008-04-08T23:15:00.000-04:00Excellent entry!Man's celebration of Easter is yet...Excellent entry!<BR/>Man's celebration of Easter is yet ANOTHER example of how man sees how God wants something done, but then changes it to how WE want it done because we think our way is better. (we meaning man, not us Christians).<BR/>Coincidentally, this tends to happen a LOT around holidays.<BR/><BR/>One good thing about it though, is it gives us an "open door" opportunity to talk w/ others about how God REALLY wants to remember his son.<BR/><BR/>Around Easter or Christmas, you can take the position of "well, at least the people of the world are thinking of Jesus at least TWO times this year...it could be worse."<BR/>But to that, I ask "are they really thinking about Jesus?"<BR/>Because let's be honest, most people in the world see those holidays as an opportunity to get stuff; it doesn't have a religious meaning to them at all.<BR/>I guess there are 3 kinds of people around these holidays:<BR/>1-People who see them as "me" holidays (people who just want stuff)<BR/><BR/>2-People who treat them as "family" days (my family falls into this category. We celebrate these days, but there's no religious meaning attached to it).<BR/><BR/>3-People who DO view these days as religious, and go to church (and it's the only days they do attend services).<BR/><BR/>We also do Halloween (have you done an entry on Halloween yet Cary? I'll have to go back & read your past entries) but all it means to my kids is "dress up as Barbie & Princess Jasmine & go get a bunch of candy".<BR/>And there are Christians I know who hold that against us.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting how some holidays are viewed as religious by the world (Easter, Christmas, etc..) and Christians get upset because the world celebrates them religiously, but we don't-yet we celebrate the holiday in a "non-religious" way.<BR/>Then there's holidays that aren't religious (Halloween, St Patricks Day, etc...) that we celebrate, but not in a religious way, and the same Christians get upset because the origins are paganistic in root.<BR/><BR/>But to us, neither are religious, or paganistic.<BR/><BR/>So the question I have for them is "can I accidentally worship a pagan god because it used to be practiced to worship that god?<BR/>I'll throw this question out to help answer the first question "can anybody accidentally worship Jehovah God?"<BR/>No.<BR/>Worship is something that someone purposely sets out to do, so I can't accidentally worship Jehovah, just like I can't accidentally worship some pagan god from the past by walking around w/ my girls & collecting candy.<BR/><BR/>And then we have the scriptures that tell us that one day will have special meaning to one person, but not to another. And we shouldn't force our special day on anyone else and cause them so stumble. <BR/><BR/>These are the areas where our love for one another comes into play. We should never force anything on somebody else, just because we're comfortable with it.<BR/><BR/>If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2Fantabularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694192095603361739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458350917393042034.post-34709154820024714342008-03-23T07:10:00.000-04:002008-03-23T07:10:00.000-04:00Thank you, for explaining Easter (Passover). I tho...Thank you, for explaining Easter (Passover). I thought it was something like that. I have always viewed Easter as I view Christmas. They are the two days that there will be great crowds at some places.samehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14101833920071819939noreply@blogger.com