"I hear what you're saying, but I worship God this way." I hear it again and again. I share scriptural truth with them, explain how God wants us to worship Him and even how to find those instructions in their own Bible. I explain how God Himself said do not take on the pagan ways and don't worship Him the way they worship their gods. But it falls on deaf ears. They just say, "Well, I don't see it like that. I like Christmas and I'm going to keep doing it." And then there's the famous, "God knows me heart." This, their choices to feed their flesh in rebellion instead of obeying the Word of God, is supposed to absolve them of their sin of disobedience - I guess that's the intent anyway. But Yeshua said that is we love Him we will obey Him. So by not obeying Him and doing things their own way, they are showing that they do NOT love Him. A Christmas (and other pagan holidays) keeping Christian is an oxymoron. If you truly love Yeshua (Jesus) but you continue to keep the traditions that HE said don't keep and continue to reject the feast days that HE said to keep, then you are in disobedience. And you don't truly love Him. You love yourself more - making YOURSELF your own god. Stephanie Marshall Mayberry ---------------------------------- #IfYouLoveHim #KeepHisCommandments #LoveGod #LoveYeshua #Obedience #ObeyGod #ObeyScripture #Idolatry #WalkInTheWord #HowNotToBeLukewarm #PaganTraditions #FeastDays #Sabbath #Torah #TenCommandments

I see too many preachers teaching out of their heads, their ideologies, instead of out of the Book. Whatever you teach, be prepared to support it with scripture. And I don't mean one verse. I am talking about at least two, preferably several, with plenty of context. People need to know that the things you teach are not your own beliefs that you pulled out of thin air. They need to know that you are teaching straight from scripture. You are God's mouthpiece, not His editor. Teach from the Word, pure and plain. And when they balk, when they argue, when they reject, they are balking at, arguing with, and rejecting Yehovah God - NOT you. Stephanie Mayberry ----------------------------------- #TeachTheWord #TeachScripture #2Corinthians13&1 #TwoOrThreeWitnesses #LetHisWordBeEstablished #GodsMouthpiece #ObeyGod #HowNotToBeLukewarm