Bible Discussion Thread

The Bereans studied the scriptures and searched them out for themselves. They did not just take Peter and Paul 's word for it. Acts 17:11. They studied daily to be sure they were being taught the truth. Oh that we would be more like the Bereans! Read Jeremiah chapter 10 , we 're not supposed to be putting up Christmas trees either. This is a pagan tradition that was done hundreds of years before Christ was ever born and had nothing to do with Christ or his birth. God calls it a custom of the HEATHEN. He calls it VAIN, and God says it is not in this custom to do ANY good. The Word tells us not to do it. That 's good enough for me. Easter is not even in the original translation. It is Passover. the word Easter they believe originates from Eastre or Astarte and Ashteroth which is a false goddess of fertility that dies every winter awakens every spring and is celebrated with rabbits and eggs as signs of her fertility. We are called by God to come out from among the heathen and be separate and holy. Will God bless our disobedience? I think not! If we His people do not humble ourselves, turn from OUR wicked ways and cry out to God, how can we expect him to heal our land?