Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
If in the Bible, God commanded us to celebrate Jesus' birthday, then certainly we should do such. But God did not command us to celebrate Jesus' birthday by decorating trees and houses and by giving gifts on December 25.
People of this world who don't even believe in Jesus fall into the "Merry Christmas" trap, buying gifts they cannot afford and taking on needless and harmful debt. And then trying to make something great of a day of the year which is no different from any other day of the year. When you build your house on a false foundation such as this, you enter into deception and needless trouble and grief. It never quite lives up to expectations and therefore despondency is often a fruit of partaking of this event.
As people of God we do not want to fall into these worldly burdens over Christmas. First, we have to understand these celebrations were not set up by God. Therefore we do not have to partake of such. And second, we do not want to go into needless financial burdens over gift giving for a day set up by this world.
It is my understanding that Christmas means Christ's-mass ... set up by Catholic Church as a religious celebration ...
But the celebration of the birth of Christ is actually a constant celebration in that we are glad God sent Jesus in the flesh to earth to make a way of salvation by HIS sacrifice for us. But this does not pertain to December 25. So it has all gotten mixed up with the world in deception.
Then mixed in with all this is the mythical "Santa Claus" who is set up to take the place of God. It is God who know all good and evil. And as we know, there is no such thing as "Santa Claus". So for us to partake of such is to partake of a lie that we don't even believe.
Christmas and New Years are prime suicide times on the earth. That is easy to understand. Because these two days are founded upon lies and to try to live in the myth and make them special is a let down.
These two days are no different from July 1 and November 1. They are just days of the year with no special meaning for Christians. These days are traps which we do not want to fall into.
Then there is the constant statement telling us to have a merry Christmas. Over and over people will say this during these weeks. And what is a "merry Christmas"? Does this mean to please yourself on this earth in some way. That seems to be the thinking, thus the increase in suicide when they find they cannot make this happen. Does this mean to go out and drink and fornicate and revel in the gifts of man? God forbid!
All this is false. We have to walk through it because it is going to happen. But we focus on the same thing this month as we do any other month and that is reading Bible, thinking on ways of God in our lives, doing that which we believe to be right in the sight of God every day including December 25 and January 1. God is always our answer.HE is our praise. HE is our glory. HE is our merry everyday.
Jesus prayed for the church, for those individuals who belong to God. Jn. 17 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.