The question is did Jesus ask His disciples or us as believers to celebrate His birthday. I read the bible that Herod the tetrarch celebrated his birthday (Matthew 14:6), but there is no one single verse that tells us that Jesus celebrated His birthday during His time in this earth. What Jesus asked us to do to remember Him, to remember His sacrifice is to celebrate the Holy Communion(Luke 22:19). Thanks and God bless you and your ministry!
The exact date of Jesus Christ 's sacrifice is given in the Bible but that has been abolished and replaced by Good Friday. We should follow according what the Bible said. Polycarp bishop of Smyrna along with other bishop of 7 churches of Revelation commemorated the exact date neither diminished nor added what the Bible wrote. Further that the Easter is based on the full moon calculated after the vernal equinox. These are all mens' traditions .
Romans 14:5-12 King James Version 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God
Discrediting man made holidays was never the purpose of this video. It is not bad or wrong for a Christian to label a day more special than another day. For example, if I want to commemorate my second birth/baptism in celebration every year because I'm grateful that I'm his, I am not in error, and it is not wrong. If you don't want to do it, so be it, but it's not wrong to do it.
This is the question I always asked myself, is it ok to practice yoga as long as I mediate the Lord? The answer for me is no, as I am in their territory, I am knowingly participate their deeds.
Deception is always painted with the best colors and presented as the glorious landscape for human kind. Seek the truth an d the real experience in the Holy Ghost 🕊️❤️📖
But it's my understanding since this holiday or festival has pagan roots or customs you can also say. Scripture tells us to stay away from anything that has pagan customs
Thomas, I respectfully disagee. So many things did originate from pagan origins like the names of the days of the week. Mon through Sunday instance, or the gathering of pine boughs to make a wreath, or that pagan festivities just happened to co- inside in the month of December. We are called to be peace makers and not entertain useless debates. There are many traditions that many cultures have cultivated but we do well not to worship the traditions but to worship the One who was born and later died, rose again to bring us joy and eternal life with the Father. I sometimes where a cross necklace. I do not worship the necklace but enjoy the reminder that Jesus no longer is hanging on that symbolic emblem. So folks if you want, rejoice for unto us a Savior is born! We use symbols and traditions to help remind us of that blessed event. May you find renewed peace and joy this time of the year.❤
I am Italian and growing up we never had a Christmas tree in our home, my Dad never even said Merry Christmas to anyone, he always said Happy Holidays. He always told us that Christmas for us is everyday and that the celebration of Christmas and the Christmas tree is what the world does. I can relate to your Son in Law Ev.Tiff , but now I'm older and married and I understand what the truth is, I love Christmas, I love the time together with the family and is just a beautiful atmosphere, thank you for this fantastic teaching.
Christmas leads to hellfire. God hates Christmas, its an abomination in his sight. Anyone who brings the christmas tree into his house have received a curse.
In my country, people are now saying Happy Holydays instead of Merry Christmas so people from African based religions don't get offended. Christmas may have roots in different cultures, however it's a Christian tradition. It's not a Muslm tradition, it's not a Buddist tradition.
Do you believe Jesus Christ was born in a manger or do you believe in Santa Claus,do you really believe it's his birthday and what does a Christmas tree or Santa Claus have to do with Jesus birth
I will pray for you because you are very deceived.. Your mom broke that record , but yet she comes out in the middle of the night like santa claus to put up stocking. It doesn't make sense. Everything about christmas is of the world
With all due respect, If Jesus wanted us to know when He was born or to celebrate His birth wouldn't He have mentioned it in His Word? HE DIDN'T All this Division over Celebrating Christmas is NOT of God, but of the Devil, the AUTHOR of Confusion. This is what Jesus told us to do in Remembrance of Him. "the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
I was taught that the evergreen trees represent the everlasting life of Christ. The star represents the star that led the wisemen, the lights represent Jesus is the light of the world. Etc….
@@RH-bi6yi Did you even listen what this video says? Just because something was used somewhere to present something different, doesn't mean it has that same value to us. All is clean to the clean.
@@gardenjoy5223 As followers of Christ we should follow exactly what Jesus and the Apostles taught. If it’s not in scripture to put up a tree and lights on your house to celebrate the birth of Christ then don’t do it. The devil is a liar, God should never be worshipped or celebrated with pagan traditions. We are to worship him the correct way and exactly how he wants us to worship him, in spirit and in truth. John 4:23-24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God Bless you
@@RH-bi6yi So stop judging people with wrong standards. By the way: are you male? For then you must wear a dress, don't you? Men wore something that looks like a dress in Jesus' time. He wore it too. And the Bible clearly says in the Old Testament that women and men are not allowed to wear each other's clothes. So wearing pants is a sin. By that standard. And I could go on an on.
I think Christmas is a temptation for many Christians because it appeals to the lust of the flesh (feasting in delicious foods) the lust of the eyes, (all the Christmas decorations) and the pride of life (the gift giving) and on top of that their pastors tell them is okay. Just like everybody else, I liked Christmas, what's not to like but I wanted to know the truth about it and most importantly to me if it was Biblical, after prayer and reading my Bible as well as looking up some information online I decided to give it up. It hurt me to see many Christians being enamored by the Christmas season with the rest of the world but after praying about it, I came to understand that God weights our hearts and knows who loves Him, worships Him and obeys Him and not themselves. there are some who truly believe in their hearts they are celebrating Jesus birth and their celebratory activities revolves around Jesus and Him alone and they don't know anything else; and there are those who say they are honoring Jesus but only give him half and hour at church on the 25th and for the rest of the season is all about the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. God knows who is who, He cannot be fooled, He is merciful and just and He will give to everyone according to their deeds, this is how I made peace in this matter. If you love Jesus and want to please Him you should read your Bible for your self and give a chance to The Holy Spirit to reveal His word to you because pastors are not without error they make mistakes and excuses for their sins too. To those of us who believe He is precious but to the disobedient He is a stumbling block and a rock of offense. By the way if you do your research you will see the catholic church gave the name Christmas to a pagan celebration and we know anything that is not of God is from the devil, he is the father of lies, this pagan celebration was dusted off a little to blend it with Christianity and Christianity to paganism to make it appealing to both sides. It didn't coincide with, it started pagan. For me there is just too many symbolic pagan traditions in Christmas that I don't want to practice but like I said, seek God for your self in this and anything for that matter and be certain in your convictions, my advice to you is establish your self on Jesus and His word and not on any person or their opinions. There are pagan influences in our daily lives that are not under our control but some are and we do have a choice such as partaking in worldly traditions which the Bible clearly says we are not to copy. What about taking the mark of the beast? That will be a form of currency in the future, is that okay then because it will be a part of life? Absolutely not, but in that you will have a choice too. I apologize if this sounds offensive to some, that is not my intention, God bless you.
They only thing I would say is the Christmas tree. I don't think it should be on a church. I only learnt thus year that decorating with evergreens (as pretty as they are) when cultures whi worshiped their own gods, Egyptians and romans . The History channel is helpful, to understand context. However, jesus does say that his is eternal life; that they know you, the only true God and his son jesus christ, whom you have sent (John 17:3). The thought of putting up a tree is revolting, and also to question which god are you celebrating? This is the first year of my earthly life I tossed the Christmas tree out my house. To worship in Spirit and in truth, God Father in Heaven.
Wrestling with this for awhile.We should have at least been taught it is the celebration of the birth of Christ,not the day he was born for no one knows.Then I wonder if at least one gets saved because of the recognition of the birth who may not ever have.The birth of Christ is the most beautiful truthful story ever told.Lying about Satan cause,I mean Santa Claus telling lies and gifts we can’t afford is not good.
Respectfully, the argument saying just because something meant something historically doesn't mean it means the same thing now is a slippery slope. Couldn't someone say the same (and trust me they do) about the bible?? God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. If someone's eyes are opened to the truth, why try so hard to justify a lie? Ultimately God uses all things for good and many people have learned the truth of Jesus through Christmas time- Glory to God. It shouldn't be an argument or point of judgment im sorry if that has happened to anyone 😔 It is however one of those things, once you see it, it's hard to unsee. It is a personal choice indeed, not something to condemn others 💔
I,ve been praying for wisdom over this issue of celebrating Christmas. Thank you for this inciteful teaching. I am confident now to be knowgeable to have a gentle conversation with my NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS Christian friends.They are entitled to their beliefs but it made me sad to see them ernestly want to tear down the joy of celebrating Christ's birth thinking we would be doing something wrong.
Christmas is pagan and filled with catholicism and The evergreen is symbolic because the blood of Tammuz that dripped onto it. Also Jesus says to worship in spirit and in truth. These are all Roman customs and we are to be set apart. I watched it although he said some good things, he contradicted himself on several topics with describing with emotion and a poor comparison of hollween and a birthday! He also did not go into its true history of Luke and the chronological time of the birth of Christ. He is also affiliated with an organizational church group. My opinion is that they get write offs, donations, gifts and such therfore Christmas is a part of the way he grew up, as we all did! They taught us that in school and yet even a lot of our teachers were also deceived. True doctrine matters, and thanks for sharing. I will never celebrate again. But that's for me in my house. What other do is there a conviction. I feel strongly about my research and truth.
Tiff Shuttlesworth - So contradicting you said you never commercialized it yet you had stockings which are Santa clauses stockings you You reference the book of John more of him less of us yet you lavished your self and kids with gifts. Things that make you go hmmmmmm Be blessed -seek true doctrine !
Christmas is a pagan abomination that leads to hell and many christians are decieved and will perish. I stopped celebrating Christmas, there is no biblical support from this holiday. When you stop celebrating this pagan holiday, you will start to see how bizarre it looks. Nothing biblical about it!
Christmas has nothing to do with God and using it for preaching is one thing but practicing it is another. We can use Halloween to preach or other pagan holidays but it does not take the fact away that God is displeased with us by doing things that are against him. Should we sin to gain a soul, if that is the case then are we loving man more than God. Christmass biggest sin is idolatry since it came from the Catholic church and not from the Bible this cannot be removed. What happens religiously in Christian home is the idolatry of "Baby Jesus." Jesus is not a baby anymore so we cannot worship him as such. The Bible forbids idols and we bring idols into our home and say that is "Baby Jesus", we lie to our kids and say that is Jesus birthday...Lies, idolatry and paganism is Christ-mass, pray about it and seek the Lord. Remember if it was truly a day commanded by God, it would be a day of repentance and self reflect like the Bible holidays.
2 Thes 2:11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
I have a question where in the bible do God tell us to celebrate Christmas? I just started listening and one of the things that stood out to me was that you said many times that you were not giving your opinion but you were going to tell us what the Bible says. What does the bible say about Christmas? I am not against Christmas I am just looking for the truth.
2024 dec, 23. God send his angels to celebrate the birth of Jesus! Then why shouldn't we celebrate also? God sent the magi to bring gift to baby Jesus, then why shouldn't we give gifts to our love ones recognizing in them the beauty of Christ ?
@@sophialuypaert-vediclife4ever No magi were on hand at the birth of Christ. There were very likely more than three that visited the young child as a toddler in the home of Mary and Joseph.
That is a lie from Satan,?? GOD told us who fallow him do not love they ways of the world , and the bible tells us not to fallow customs and traditions of man,
where in the bible does it say celebrate Jesus's birthday? You make up a date in your own head. What else will you add to it? You are doing for two masters and we know you can't serve two masters.
@@oldmanonamission8055 exactly.. satan is the master deceiver, and it sad that most churches and Christians never bring that up..Jesus warned us about the evil one.. he comes as a angel of light.?? That evil one used the Roman Catholic "Empire " to hide his evil mixed into christianity?? And all the other pagan customs
Celebrating Christmas is great …spending time with family, going to church together, decorating a tree, but although I enjoyed receiving presents on Christmas, I have often wondered how did gifting everyone get into the mix.
Not if you obey Christ. He said if you love me keep my commandments and Jesus never commanded us to celebrate his birth but rather his death. See 1 Cor. 11:26
@@LAStreetPreacher God sent the angels to celebrate the birth of his son! then he sent the magi to bring gifts to baby Jesus ! so why shouldn't we also celebrate the birth of Jesus?
On my second date with the boy that was going to become my husband, he mentioned nonchalantly that his family did not celebrate Christmas. I remember being very upset, because although I had not been bought up in a Christian household, Jesus had shown himself to me at age 7, and I was conflicted with the thought that someone that I had fallen in love with at first sight might not love God. Because I did not understand all these things, I thought he must be an atheist! Luckily on the third date I was brave enough to bring it up again, and in a very simple way, have fellowship with each other about it. This is a timely sermon, because for the first time ever, our family holiday falls over Christmas, and we are going to be in a house of Christians who do and don't celebrate Christmas, and I had been pondering how to navigate this with sensitivity. Our children do get one gift on Christmas Day. It started off being just a 'well done for a good year gift' that was not given on Christmas, but as they started school at their Christian school, they became more interested in the festivity of the celebration, so we started giving the gift on that day. We still don't have a tree. Our boys (7y, 5y) know the reasons why there are questions around whether to celebrate Christmas or not. We do enjoy this one time of the year when they can receive a little gift at the same time, and so just focus on having a nice family day, in which we continue to put Jesus first, as we do on every other day.
2024 dec 23 God uses a type of Christmas tree to beautify his sanctuary. Isaiah 60:13 "The Glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious."
I enjoyed your sermon on about is it ok for Christians to celebrate Christmas. Of course I agree with you as I agree on everything you teach. Our family always celebrated the birth of Jesus. When we were just growing up we only got one gift and we had plenty to eat and plenty of fruit. When we grew
So what you saying is ignore the truth about December 25th. That's a very ignorant view. (1) Jesus wasn't born on December 25th. Jesus was born six month's after John the Baptist. (2) The Roman census records show that John the Baptist was born late March. (3) The God Mithra was born December 25th. So if Jesus Christ was born six month's after John the Baptist. Then your not celebrating the birth of Jesus. So this is a lie that your condoning. And that's not only a lie but your spitting in God's face and on his very first commandment. Why are you misleading people? This is deceitful. And your spreading discord among your followers. Why do you not want to teach the truth? Imagine a Christian minister that told the truth. Wouldn't that be a sight.
The church I grew up in every Christmas had a small tree for us,we sang our children Christian songs@it,we said our parts one by one so we could learn them by♥️it taught me Christmas is AB celebrating Jesus not a tree not Santa!I have raised my two boys the same &my grandkids.We don’t worship a tree.I love the lord with all my heart &I know he’s not going to punish me bc I celebrate his birth!Praise God!!TY TIFF for speaking ab it.
I never felt guilty of celebrating my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I never bowed down to a 🌲 I loved coming together with my family sharing gifts. But some Pastors called it pagan. I didn’t understand and didn’t agree.
I like this video. But i think Christmas is similar to the golden calf. God got upset at them for attaching God's name to an idol/object. I think Christmas can be the same thing. We're attaching Jesus's birthday to something that God never said to do.
Thank you brother Tiff, My mother taught us that christmas made not be the exact date, however she made a point to the meaning of a time to remember HIS BIRTH and good will toward all people. She was not about stanta and all that but family. A good time for hats , scarfs and gloves and a good meal. Through the years I've pretty much followed that. I one day got a pamplet from garner ted Armstrong and it changed my entire life and The Word got so hard I just fell away. Realizing Our Father Jesus Christ would not put that kind of burden on me I regained my senses, thank God! Thank you for mentioning holloween because my grandsons birthday is on that day and i struggled with that untill i just told him that its not holloween to me its october31 your birthday Michael. Yep Christmas is a wounderful time of year but if we dont have anything at all its fine too. God bless
I love celebrating Christmas as a child was special for my family growing up in a Christian home and I thank God for Godly parents who instill bibical values God bless you pastor your teachings are valuable Jesus is the greatest gift of all
You are fool and I know for a fact that a fool like you won't enter Heaven for sinning for loving this pagan holiday let's just hope that God forgives your mistake of a comment
I did all that, too. But, growing means leaving behind the things that only a child could understand. We all inherited a lie and things wherein there is no profit. Jeremiah 16:19. We all grew up in Babylon. Revelation 18:1-4 It's time to leave. Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles is what YHVH decreed, and I can offer compelling evidence for it being the Feast of Messiah's birth. It is also the prophetic picture of His return. That is why YHVH gave us these feasts. John 5:46, Luke 24:44 The days we esteem are the god we serve. Observe=serve. Faith is walking that path, knowing that I will never be guilty as long as I have chosen the correct Way to walk. Jesus is the Way. How did He walk? He did all kinds of wonderful works, like every good god does. He was moral and kind. But, what distinguishes Him from every other teacher is that His religious walk was the Torah. The Torah is the holidays of YHVH. They protect us from the pollution of idols. And, they are all about Jesus. It's a win-win.
We received gifts from our father who was minister, gifts in a envelope My sweet mama was a holy mama, her upraising was in the Mormon faith, in which she left that faith, she was born again and spent her life in the Baptist faith until she was 82yrs old ... my earthly father lived too be 90yrs old
Pastor, I thank God I found your videos. I look at listening to you as my Bible study and am learning so much. I have been a Christian for many years but realize there is so much more to learn! Thank you for being my teacher, sending love and prayers to you and your family✝️
Thank you so much for teaching us in such a way that you leave no room for confusion but you articulate every question and answer with such clarity and preciseness. I value your teachings so very much Brother Tiff Shuttlesworth. God bless ❤
First of all am not against celebrating the birth of Christ but why december when like man of God said coincides with pagan festivals?. There is no where also in the bible where we are instructed to celebrate the birth of Christ on the 25th december. We are told in the bible to celebrate passover and the Lords super. It's also an expensive event. It's so commercial. The money spent on this festival can be given to people who are in a difficult position. A rabbi also said that lambs were born in spring. Shepherds can't sit on the grond in winter!!!. There is too much compromise these days by Christians. I like and honour this man of God and listen to His teaching regularly. But when it comes to Christmas and easter I disagree. It's also came into existence through the catholics. Christmas = Christ +mass. Early Christians never celebrated Christmas, there is evidence of it on Internet. I led my mother, siblings, 4 children and granddaughter, family members, and friends to Christ by God's grace ❤. Blessings to everyone.
Ev Shuttleworth. Thank you for this information. You do not know how timely this is. I was only today speaking to someone about this and you've answered all the questions. And some exactly as I said it. God bless you and Merry Christmas
Nothing wrong with Christmas if celebrating it for the right reason … Jesus. And we have no right to judge others. That’s not our job - that’s God’s job. And some people only go to church only on Christmas so it can plant seeds. If it brings some or one to Jesus, who can argue with that?
I don't know about others but..... I see Christmas like the parable of the wheat and the tares. There are pagan roots to the holiday and it's not perfectly about the birth of Jesus historically. What I mean about that is that the holiday has become a mix of pagan and the holy. It's really up to us to discern the parts of the season that are not of our lord and those that are. Personally, since realizing that Jerimiah 10, could be talking about this very season, I had a hard time even buying a Christmas tree. Yes there is a link to the pagan yule log, a phallic symbol. However that being said..... Our lord Jesus was crucified on a tree. Something to think about. We need to know what we are celebrating. Do it with purpose and intention. Reject the unholy. I would have to think intention and purpose are things that shouldn't be taken lightly. The line in jer chapter 10 where they say that, "they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not," made me think of no other holiday. Plus we are warned to not learn the ways of the heathen. Ive read in early America, Christmas celebrations were illegal because in Europe it was about public drunkenness and debauchery. They wanted to seperate themselves with he unholy practices of the British. The books of Charles Dickens ended that.... Eventually the public demanded the celebrations. It's important to know your history.
The road to destruction is wide but the pathway to righteousness is narrow and very few travel, so keep doing what the majority of people are doing and see where that takes you
It is an established fact that Christmas is not the time of year our Saviour was born. In addition, the roots of the holiday and pretty near all the symbols connected with it are from pagan origin. Nonetheless, unlike Halloween, we can still celebrate Christ's birth and give gifts, etc. Most importantly, the yardstick of our Christian living will be measured by how we treat others, particularly those in need.
It is not an established fact. No date can be stated beyond reasonable doubt, however, there is much historical data for December 25th among scholars. Listen to; “Was Jesus born on December 25th?”
Great teachings ,I thank God for the blessing to have you as my pastor brother Shuttles! I've learned so many important things with the bible study online that Lostlamb has offered
Thank you for your teaching and preaching that you make clear by scripture and help us understand the truth of what we should see so we can help others
Thank you so much. This has been a sore spot in our home between my husband and I. He feels its rooted in paganism where I believe it like you said coincided. We have not seen eye to eye and it's hard because we have 2 children. So I'm not sure how to handle it . Thank you
Please pray. This Sunday the children will be singing for Christmas. The two songs are Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and jingle bells. I am grieved. Pray
I suggest Let it go. They are not worshipping reindeer or golden calves. Gently remind our children what the real reason is we celebrate Christmas, and as they listen to words of wisdom, they might sing in school about reindeer but, they have been given the most precious gift of all, the baby Jesus who was born to save us from our sins and live with Him forever in Heaven. Can they go to Sunday school and learn songs about what was foretold years ago that a savior would be born in a manger. You can help them choose who it is really important to sing about without creating a fuss.
Concerning the birthday of Christ, that particular season of his birth was the argument I listened to , that Shepherds could not have definitely been tending their flocks in open fields in December, during winter. I hope we can consider this if necessary.
If you’ll listen to, “Was Jesus born on December 25th?”, I mention that there is historical records that the unblemished lambs were separated from the others and kept in the fields of Bethlehem through December.
No, godly pastor should ever put a Christmas tree up in the church or in his home. He should be an example of Christ and the denounce paganism in the traditions of men.
You are not telling the truth, because you celebrate Christmas, which is a pagan holiday not a Christian holiday. The holy days are in the book of Leviticus, and Christmas is not a holiday is a man-made Holliday, which is which is traditions of men.
The First and most Important question is: Where in the Bible Old Testament or New can you clearly show or prove that God has told Jews or Christians to celebrate Christmas and how does Christmas have anything to do at all with the Time and Birth of Yeshua?
if you say that there is much historical evidence & data that supports strong posibility that Jesus was indeed born on Dec 25, where is that in the Bible?
Please get informed more about Christmas before agreeing with man We need to follow Jesus Christ and not man There’s more literature to learn from I recommend reading Tomorrow’s World or Beyond Today magazines it’s for free ( on Christmas) GODS Holy Days or Pagan holidays GOD BLESS YOU 🙏
You should do moreresearch. The Shepards would not have their flocks out in the cold December weather. All that I have read suggest anything, but Decemeber😊
I'm sorry I respect you Stiff ,but you've said many twisted , that's your perception,but that's not the Word of God says. You're using reverse Physchology.Sorry I disagree
the theory that shepards would not be in the cold of december weather is not sustained... actually the temperatures in december in Israel are usually around 10-15°C so that is not too cold for animals to be out... and who knows maybe they were outside because it was a warm night?
Nowhere. But since He is the Light of the World, it's not a month and date badly chosen, now is it? Let's celebrate God's greatest gift to us! Christians, who do not celebrate Christmas, just confuse non-Christians. And I get that. But what the USA made out of Christmas, often is a far cry from celebrating Christ. So by all means, don't celebrate 'Santa Claus' and keep those things out and away. Instead show angels and trumpets and stars. Show churches and church bells and mangers. Help the unsaved understand, that it's all about Christ! THE Gift to the world. Then there's no harm in giving each other gifts in moderation. Whereas Christians again should lead in gifting the forgotten. But that, we really must do all year long. Whatever you do or say, let it glorify God. As Paul was to all men, what they needed him to be, a Greek with the Greek and a Jew with the Jews, so we must translate God's love in every possible way to the world. Most certainly not by condemning other Christians for their form of celebrating Christmas. May God bless us all in this festive time of the year and help us include others in His love.
Please can i ask if Jesus was 33.5 when he died wouldnt his birth date be 6 months prior its only a question im not saying it is but i know the jewish calender is different to the gregorian calender im going on 9 months gestation
We tend to fall and follow that that goes to our comfort and our own reasoning approval instead of the TRUTH 📖 It is time for us to learn to follow the Holy Spirit, Pray and test the spirits. Constantine brought all the idols and put them together inner Religion... Catholicism. Pope decided the date 25 CHRISTMAS? CHRIST-MASS SANTA...SATAN and so on. To observe, explore and relearn. Change is what holds us from becoming free. Truth will set you free.
You're not worshipping chritmas tree but you're putting it as a part of pagan celebration. At christmas, you're lifting Saturnilia on high! Isn't it a worship? Jeremiah was so correct! You have to interpret the bible in context, you're right! But I think you're interpretation is not right!
The pathway to righteousness is narrow but the road to destruction is wide and the majority of people travel it so keep following the traditions of men and holidays and not the Holy days which are in Leviticus this is deception at its best
I just saw a video on why Christians should not celebrate Christmas and I said to myself I need to see what Evg. Tiff has to say about this. Thank you once again you are a great teacher!
In the biblical passage to put on the whole armor of God in Eph 6:11-14 the belt of truth. In senseless controversy, putting on the belt of truth helps one to only absorb truth, and to only speak out truth. This has helped me and many others when wrestling with doctrine and controversial subjects. Taking one scripture out of context without the entire Bible surrounding it, can bring a person, family or, a church a boat load of trouble.
Thank You, for trying to explain and not trying to convict anyone of celebrating Christmas, for teaching peace, no matter what, Christ is the most important. And remember Christ everyday. I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home. Also blessed to have a uncle who always taught the gospel and Christmas is about celebrating Christ and not about gift giving. Christmas brings families and friends together that otherwise might not see each other. Church events and plays are a way of getting people together and always praying for those who are lost, to find Christ. As Christians we live in this world, but not of this world perhaps. But peace, love, joy, and faith is what we should stand for every day. Thanks for trying to explain the scriptures .
To me, Christmas is also about giving gifts. God is the first gift- Giver. He gave Christ Jesus out of his love for humanity. See John 3:16. So, we received Jesus and he is a complete package of goodies. We should also gift people in many ways. "God loves cheerful givers. " Thx
Sir. You video came across in my you tube. While listening to your explanation I think I will contradict with what you said that celebrating Christmas is fine. Because as you said we need to go deeper into the Biblical teachings of God. When I was not save by the Lord I used to celebrate it without knowing any revelation or insight about it .., but when I got save with the prompting of the Holy Spirit , I used not to celebrate Christmas, not because of the influence of the videos and other things but it was the revelation of the Holy Spirit as God said everyone who receives Jesus Lord and thier savior will know the Father, you will know the truth and truth the truth will set you free. If the Son set you free, you will be free indeed. Our God is spirit and we should walk in Spirit and in truth. The point is, " Is Christmas or the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ should be celebrate and commanded by God? In the Bible? " Especially in the new testament, there is nowhere to be found that God instruct us or have celebration to celebrate His birth. Except to go and make disciple and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Even His disciple did not celebrate it. Why we should do it ? God's words are all Holy, If it is not written in the Bible, we should not do it. As He said, " Be Holy for I am Holy. " And be ye seperate among them. And another thing, The birth of our Messiah will never be coincide with other paganism birth belief etc. That is why the devil is a liar! He is a deceiver. If he cannot stop the children of God reading the truth or the bible, he will do it by decieving them in rituals or other traditional practices that are out of the context of the Bible. Remember why Adam and Eve was deceived by the serpent in the garden. We should learn from it. If you read the old testament, the scripture written about the Holidays that the Jewish, should celebrate for a lifetime and it is clear, like Yum Kippur ,day of atonement and others. We are now in the teachings of New Testament and New covenant, that is why we are in Christ, His followers. Everything that is not written or commanded by God in the Bible is obviously not from God. What am saying is not to condemned or judge but to give enlightenment. Jesus is coming soon. Our father is Spirit and we should walk in Spirit and truth. If God wants us to celebrate is to celebrate the repented soul who accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. as He said the Angels are celebrating one sinner who repent. We cannot comprehend the wisdom of God but only His true Children will discern His voice, His ways and His truth. God bless you and I hope this will give you enlighten. It is appointed to man to die once and then judgement and we will all be accountable of our deeds for Christ. Let us do our best to be worthy of His calling , Holy and Blameless. Jesus is coming soon. Be humble Repent! 🙏 Seek Him while He may be found. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. May the Lord Have Mercy on us! And our generation.
But we should be one in Spirit and Our God is one. Not the other one is celebrating and the other one is not . Isn't it the cause of division. We should have Unity. We should stand firm in truth and rebuke each other. Like you Pastor, you influenced a lot by using your authority to correct what is wrong. Thousands or millions of people might watch your episode , imagine those souls you are accountable with. It is not too late. God discipline and correct whom He love. I pray that the Almighty God will speak to you in His revelations today and lead you into obedience in Christ.
I will be praying for you and your entire family. God Bless you! And may revival come upon on God's true church. He loves us and His grace extends but our God is Judge and in Him lies does not exist. We should walk in a manner of truth the whole truth and not be a lukewarm Christians but real godly Christians. He knows you by your name and He has a calling for you since you were young and seperated you from the world. The Bible is our final authority and nothing else. With all your respect Sir I am here not to judge you again but to share the wisdom and knowledge from up above as I feel urge to say this to you. This I just give you still the authority as a man in your position and calling but praying in Spirit that the truth of God will always prevail. Love God with all your heart , with all your soul and with all your strenght.
I dont understand that shouldnt christians be doing the same thing ? Wouldnt it be easy to beleive and celebrate according to ones family traditions ? I would imagine it would be, just asking ?
@@anna4lease587 I think it is better...to know the will of God. Reading His words is the answer for everything. We should be obedient into Him and the scriptures are holy as well His command. When you do read the word of God He will guide you and teach you and even give you discernment. I pray that God will give you wisdom. God bless you
It's like the Sabbath. I think Sunday is the Sabbath but it is not. The Catholics have changed everything. If you do want to come Friday this Saturday is the Sabbath. God said remember it holy. Give me your opinion? Like I said I've got the bubble many times
Joy to the world the saviour’s born!! YES celebrate Christmas for what it should be Gods gift to man his son who died on the cross at Calvary for the evils and sins of the world ✝️ 🕊️ ❤
Coincide: to occupy exactly corresponding or EQUAL in force, amount, or valued positions. As hard as you try, you cannot Christianize paganism. Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen. (Jeremiah 10:2)
But pastor Tiff , Jesus said , I did not come to bring peace but sword . A sword divides , btn false teachings and true teachings , and it does seem you are endorsing Christmas as the birth day of our precious lord . Those who say he wasn't born on Christmas day have a solid case and unfortunately , the whole world has been misled on Christ's birth thanks to the ancient pagan Romans and other Europeans who forced this false view or narrative of Jesus birth being on Christmas .
The question is did Jesus ask His disciples or us as believers to celebrate His birthday. I read the bible that Herod the tetrarch celebrated his birthday (Matthew 14:6), but there is no one single verse that tells us that Jesus celebrated His birthday during His time in this earth. What Jesus asked us to do to remember Him, to remember His sacrifice is to celebrate the Holy Communion(Luke 22:19). Thanks and God bless you and your ministry!
I made clear in my teaching there is no Biblical support for celebrating or not celebrating the birth of Christ.
The exact date of Jesus Christ 's sacrifice is given in the Bible but that has been abolished and replaced by Good Friday. We should follow according what the Bible said. Polycarp bishop of Smyrna along with other bishop of 7 churches of Revelation commemorated the exact date neither diminished nor added what the Bible wrote. Further that the Easter is based on the full moon calculated after the vernal equinox. These are all mens' traditions .
@@TiffShuttlesworththen why must it be celebrated if it's not biblical
Romans 14:5-12
King James Version
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God
Discrediting man made holidays was never the purpose of this video. It is not bad or wrong for a Christian to label a day more special than another day. For example, if I want to commemorate my second birth/baptism in celebration every year because I'm grateful that I'm his, I am not in error, and it is not wrong. If you don't want to do it, so be it, but it's not wrong to do it.
This is the question I always asked myself, is it ok to practice yoga as long as I mediate the Lord? The answer for me is no, as I am in their territory, I am knowingly participate their deeds.
Should every day not be a day of Thanksgiving As well as everyday a day of Jesus birth or his resurrection?.
the devil always tries to counterfeit everything God does!!
Deception is always painted with the best colors and presented as the glorious landscape for human kind. Seek the truth an d the real experience in the Holy Ghost 🕊️❤️📖
Makes sense to me that God would send His Son who is the Light of the World on the darkest day of the year. Praise God and His Son!
Holidays ,birthdays and politics are all part off the satanic empire 🙄
Christmas is pagan
But it's my understanding since this holiday or festival has pagan roots or customs you can also say. Scripture tells us to stay away from anything that has pagan customs
Thomas, I respectfully disagee. So many
things did originate from pagan origins like the names of the days of the week. Mon through Sunday instance, or the gathering of pine boughs to make a wreath, or that pagan festivities just happened to co- inside in the month of December. We are called to be peace makers and not entertain useless debates. There are many traditions that many cultures have cultivated but we do well not to worship the traditions but to worship the One who was born and later died, rose again to bring us joy and eternal life with the Father. I sometimes where a cross necklace. I do not worship the necklace but enjoy the reminder that Jesus no longer is hanging on that symbolic emblem. So folks if you want, rejoice for unto us a Savior is born! We use symbols and traditions to help remind us of that blessed event. May you find renewed peace and joy this time of the year.❤
I am Italian and growing up we never had a Christmas tree in our home, my Dad never even said Merry Christmas to anyone, he always said Happy Holidays. He always told us that Christmas for us is everyday and that the celebration of Christmas and the Christmas tree is what the world does. I can relate to your Son in Law Ev.Tiff , but now I'm older and married and I understand what the truth is, I love Christmas, I love the time together with the family and is just a beautiful atmosphere, thank you for this fantastic teaching.
Christmas leads to hellfire. God hates Christmas, its an abomination in his sight. Anyone who brings the christmas tree into his house have received a curse.
In my country, people are now saying Happy Holydays instead of Merry Christmas so people from African based religions don't get offended. Christmas may have roots in different cultures, however it's a Christian tradition. It's not a Muslm tradition, it's not a Buddist tradition.
Do you believe Jesus Christ was born in a manger or do you believe in Santa Claus,do you really believe it's his birthday and what does a Christmas tree or Santa Claus have to do with Jesus birth
I will pray for you because you are very deceived.. Your mom broke that record , but yet she comes out in the middle of the night like santa claus to put up stocking. It doesn't make sense. Everything about christmas is of the world
With all due respect, If Jesus wanted us to know when He was born or to celebrate His birth wouldn't He have mentioned it in His Word? HE DIDN'T
All this Division over Celebrating Christmas is NOT of God, but of the Devil, the AUTHOR of Confusion. This is what Jesus told us to do in Remembrance of Him.
"the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Yes I agréé, blessings🎉
Exactly, this is the new Passover covenant
I was taught that the evergreen trees represent the everlasting life of Christ. The star represents the star that led the wisemen, the lights represent Jesus is the light of the world. Etc….
And that is beautiful symbolism. God looks at the heart. Does it love Him? Does it celebrate Him? That's what counts.
Look up Odin in Norse mythology. All that you mentioned is pagan tradition.
God bless.
@@RH-bi6yi Did you even listen what this video says?
Just because something was used somewhere to present something different, doesn't mean it has that same value to us.
All is clean to the clean.
@@gardenjoy5223 As followers of Christ we should follow exactly what Jesus and the Apostles taught. If it’s not in scripture to put up a tree and lights on your house to celebrate the birth of Christ then don’t do it. The devil is a liar, God should never be worshipped or celebrated with pagan traditions. We are to worship him the correct way and exactly how he wants us to worship him, in spirit and in truth.
John 4:23-24
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
God Bless you
@@RH-bi6yi So stop judging people with wrong standards.
By the way: are you male? For then you must wear a dress, don't you? Men wore something that looks like a dress in Jesus' time. He wore it too. And the Bible clearly says in the Old Testament that women and men are not allowed to wear each other's clothes. So wearing pants is a sin.
By that standard. And I could go on an on.
I think Christmas is a temptation for many Christians because it appeals to the lust of the flesh (feasting in delicious foods) the lust of the eyes, (all the Christmas decorations) and the pride of life (the gift giving) and on top of that their pastors tell them is okay.
Just like everybody else, I liked Christmas, what's not to like but I wanted to know the truth about it and most importantly to me if it was Biblical, after prayer and reading my Bible as well as looking up some information online I decided to give it up.
It hurt me to see many Christians being enamored by the Christmas season with the rest of the world but after praying about it, I came to understand that God weights our hearts and knows who loves Him, worships Him and obeys Him and not themselves.
there are some who truly believe in their hearts they are celebrating Jesus birth and their celebratory activities revolves around Jesus and Him alone and they don't know anything else; and there are those who say they are honoring Jesus but only give him half and hour at church on the 25th and for the rest of the season is all about the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
God knows who is who, He cannot be fooled, He is merciful and just and He will give to everyone according to their deeds, this is how I made peace in this matter.
If you love Jesus and want to please Him you should read your Bible for your self and give a chance to The Holy Spirit to reveal His word to you because pastors are not without error they make mistakes and excuses for their sins too.
To those of us who believe He is precious but to the disobedient He is a stumbling block and a rock of offense.
By the way if you do your research you will see the catholic church gave the name Christmas to a pagan celebration and we know anything that is not of God is from the devil, he is the father of lies, this pagan celebration was dusted off a little to blend it with Christianity and Christianity to paganism to make it appealing to both sides.
It didn't coincide with, it started pagan. For me there is just too many symbolic pagan traditions in Christmas that I don't want to practice but like I said, seek God for your self in this and anything for that matter and be certain in your convictions, my advice to you is establish your self on Jesus and His word and not on any person or their opinions.
There are pagan influences in our daily lives that are not under our control but some are and we do have a choice such as partaking in worldly traditions which the Bible clearly says we are not to copy. What about taking the mark of the beast? That will be a form of currency in the future, is that okay then because it will be a part of life? Absolutely not, but in that you will have a choice too. I apologize if this sounds offensive to some, that is not my intention, God bless you.
Well said. 💯
They only thing I would say is the Christmas tree. I don't think it should be on a church. I only learnt thus year that decorating with evergreens (as pretty as they are) when cultures whi worshiped their own gods, Egyptians and romans . The History channel is helpful, to understand context. However, jesus does say that his is eternal life; that they know you, the only true God and his son jesus christ, whom you have sent (John 17:3). The thought of putting up a tree is revolting, and also to question which god are you celebrating? This is the first year of my earthly life I tossed the Christmas tree out my house. To worship in Spirit and in truth, God Father in Heaven.
Wrestling with this for awhile.We should have at least been taught it is the celebration of the birth of Christ,not the day he was born for no one knows.Then I wonder if at least one gets saved because of the recognition of the birth who may not ever have.The birth of Christ is the most beautiful truthful story ever told.Lying about Satan cause,I mean Santa Claus telling lies and gifts we can’t afford is not good.
I would like to go to mass but the are going to decorate the church with Christmas tree. I can't bring myself round to mass during this season
Nothing wrong with sharing the gospel of jesus birth. But the trimmings with it. I repent and turned away from that this year
Respectfully, the argument saying just because something meant something historically doesn't mean it means the same thing now is a slippery slope. Couldn't someone say the same (and trust me they do) about the bible?? God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. If someone's eyes are opened to the truth, why try so hard to justify a lie? Ultimately God uses all things for good and many people have learned the truth of Jesus through Christmas time- Glory to God. It shouldn't be an argument or point of judgment im sorry if that has happened to anyone 😔 It is however one of those things, once you see it, it's hard to unsee. It is a personal choice indeed, not something to condemn others 💔
It can be a slippery slope which is why it needs clear teaching. And no condemnation from me for those who celebrate or choose not to.
Thank you pastor for clearing my doubts. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
Well Bless our God!! We celebrate the birth of Jesus! The perfect ending to any year!! I love this.
Thank you so much for this sermon. I truly needed clarity. It gives us a time to focus on the birth of Christ and to be together as a family . 💜✝️💜
I,ve been praying for wisdom over this issue of celebrating Christmas. Thank you for this inciteful teaching. I am confident now to be knowgeable to have a gentle conversation with my NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS Christian friends.They are entitled to their beliefs but it made me sad to see them ernestly want to tear down the joy of celebrating Christ's birth thinking we would be doing something wrong.
Christmas is pagan and filled with catholicism and The evergreen is symbolic because the blood of Tammuz that dripped onto it. Also Jesus says to worship in spirit and in truth. These are all Roman customs and we are to be set apart.
I watched it although he said some good things, he contradicted himself on several topics with describing with emotion and a poor comparison of hollween and a birthday!
He also did not go into its true history of Luke and the chronological time of the birth of Christ.
He is also affiliated with an organizational church group.
My opinion is that they get write offs, donations, gifts and such therfore Christmas is a part of the way he grew up, as we all did!
They taught us that in school and yet even a lot of our teachers were also deceived.
True doctrine matters, and thanks for sharing. I will never celebrate again. But that's for me in my house. What other do is there a conviction. I feel strongly about my research and truth.
Not one thing you said is true.
Tiff Shuttlesworth - So contradicting you said you never commercialized it yet you had stockings which are Santa clauses stockings you You reference the book of John more of him less of us yet you lavished your self and kids with gifts. Things that make you go hmmmmmm
Be blessed -seek true doctrine !
Yuletide is pagan, ChristMass is rooted in the Roman Catholic error. Celebrate God's unspeakable Gift EVERY day of your life
Christmas is a pagan abomination that leads to hell and many christians are decieved and will perish. I stopped celebrating Christmas, there is no biblical support from this holiday. When you stop celebrating this pagan holiday, you will start to see how bizarre it looks. Nothing biblical about it!
@@jojoesteezy3301 true!
Father God in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior bless you always
Christmas has nothing to do with God and using it for preaching is one thing but practicing it is another. We can use Halloween to preach or other pagan holidays but it does not take the fact away that God is displeased with us by doing things that are against him. Should we sin to gain a soul, if that is the case then are we loving man more than God. Christmass biggest sin is idolatry since it came from the Catholic church and not from the Bible this cannot be removed. What happens religiously in Christian home is the idolatry of "Baby Jesus." Jesus is not a baby anymore so we cannot worship him as such. The Bible forbids idols and we bring idols into our home and say that is "Baby Jesus", we lie to our kids and say that is Jesus birthday...Lies, idolatry and paganism is Christ-mass, pray about it and seek the Lord. Remember if it was truly a day commanded by God, it would be a day of repentance and self reflect like the Bible holidays.
YES! It's our celebration of God's love for us by sending Jesus. Doesn't matter if Jesus was born a different day. Love Jesus.
2 Thes 2:11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
I have a question where in the bible do God tell us to celebrate Christmas? I just started listening and one of the things that stood out to me was that you said many times that you were not giving your opinion but you were going to tell us what the Bible says. What does the bible say about Christmas? I am not against Christmas I am just looking for the truth.
2024 dec, 23. God send his angels to celebrate the birth of Jesus! Then why shouldn't we celebrate also? God sent the magi to bring gift to baby Jesus, then why shouldn't we give gifts to our love ones recognizing in them the beauty of Christ ?
@@sophialuypaert-vediclife4ever No magi were on hand at the birth of Christ. There were very likely more than three that visited the young child as a toddler in the home of Mary and Joseph.
Yes I think we as Christians should absolutely celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ 🙏
That is a lie from Satan,?? GOD told us who fallow him do not love they ways of the world , and the bible tells us not to fallow customs and traditions of man,
@@markhuff8305 what does God say about being dogmatic?
Read Jeremiah chapter 10...?? GODS word also tells us not to keep the customs and traditions of man.. celebrating jesus with pagan customs is wrong
where in the bible does it say celebrate Jesus's birthday?
You make up a date in your own head. What else will you add to it?
You are doing for two masters and we know you can't serve two masters.
@@oldmanonamission8055 exactly.. satan is the master deceiver, and it sad that most churches and Christians never bring that up..Jesus warned us about the evil one.. he comes as a angel of light.?? That evil one used the Roman Catholic "Empire " to hide his evil mixed into christianity?? And all the other pagan customs
Celebrating Christmas is great …spending time with family, going to church together, decorating a tree, but although I enjoyed receiving presents on Christmas, I have often wondered how did gifting everyone get into the mix.
Not if you obey Christ. He said if you love me keep my commandments and Jesus never commanded us to celebrate his birth but rather his death. See 1 Cor. 11:26
@@LAStreetPreacher But he never said not to celebrate his birth nor has it been implied that you can't.
@@LAStreetPreacher God sent the angels to celebrate the birth of his son! then he sent the magi to bring gifts to baby Jesus ! so why shouldn't we also celebrate the birth of Jesus?
On my second date with the boy that was going to become my husband, he mentioned nonchalantly that his family did not celebrate Christmas. I remember being very upset, because although I had not been bought up in a Christian household, Jesus had shown himself to me at age 7, and I was conflicted with the thought that someone that I had fallen in love with at first sight might not love God. Because I did not understand all these things, I thought he must be an atheist! Luckily on the third date I was brave enough to bring it up again, and in a very simple way, have fellowship with each other about it. This is a timely sermon, because for the first time ever, our family holiday falls over Christmas, and we are going to be in a house of Christians who do and don't celebrate Christmas, and I had been pondering how to navigate this with sensitivity. Our children do get one gift on Christmas Day. It started off being just a 'well done for a good year gift' that was not given on Christmas, but as they started school at their Christian school, they became more interested in the festivity of the celebration, so we started giving the gift on that day. We still don't have a tree. Our boys (7y, 5y) know the reasons why there are questions around whether to celebrate Christmas or not. We do enjoy this one time of the year when they can receive a little gift at the same time, and so just focus on having a nice family day, in which we continue to put Jesus first, as we do on every other day.
Amen!
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2024 dec 23 God uses a type of Christmas tree to beautify his sanctuary. Isaiah 60:13 "The Glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious."
I enjoyed your sermon on about is it ok for Christians to celebrate Christmas. Of course I agree with you as I agree on everything you teach. Our family always celebrated the birth of Jesus. When we were just growing up we only got one gift and we had plenty to eat and plenty of fruit. When we grew
Up things were a lot different.
People who want to celebrate wrong, will always find a way to do it, and convinced himself that a lie is the truth
I really appreciate this man's pleasant approach to teaching us about his knowledge of GOD'S word concerning CHRISTMAS. Thanks Mr. Tiff Shuttlesworth.
So what you saying is ignore the truth about December 25th. That's a very ignorant view.
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Jesus wasn't born on December 25th.
Jesus was born six month's after John the Baptist.
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The Roman census records show that John the Baptist was born late March.
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The God Mithra was born December 25th. So if Jesus Christ was born six month's after John the Baptist. Then your not celebrating the birth of Jesus. So this is a lie that your condoning. And that's not only a lie but your spitting in God's face and on his very first commandment. Why are you misleading people? This is deceitful. And your spreading discord among your followers.
Why do you not want to teach the truth? Imagine a Christian minister that told the truth. Wouldn't that be a sight.
The church I grew up in every Christmas had a small tree for us,we sang our children Christian songs@it,we said our parts one by one so we could learn them by♥️it taught me Christmas is AB celebrating Jesus not a tree not Santa!I have raised my two boys the same &my grandkids.We don’t worship a tree.I love the lord with all my heart &I know he’s not going to punish me bc I celebrate his birth!Praise God!!TY TIFF for speaking ab it.
I never felt guilty of celebrating my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I never bowed down to a 🌲 I loved coming together with my family sharing gifts. But some Pastors called it pagan. I didn’t understand and didn’t agree.
Thank you Pastor Tiff, I just prayed about this today and then you showed up on my timeline! God is so amazing and faithful 🙏
I like this video. But i think Christmas is similar to the golden calf. God got upset at them for attaching God's name to an idol/object. I think Christmas can be the same thing. We're attaching Jesus's birthday to something that God never said to do.
And the result was wandering in the dessert for forty years.
Thank you brother Tiff, My mother taught us that christmas made not be the exact date, however she made a point to the meaning of a time to remember HIS BIRTH and good will toward all people. She was not about stanta and all that but family. A good time for hats , scarfs and gloves and a good meal. Through the years I've pretty much followed that. I one day got a pamplet from garner ted Armstrong and it changed my entire life and The Word got so hard I just fell away. Realizing Our Father Jesus Christ would not put that kind of burden on me I regained my senses, thank God! Thank you for mentioning holloween because my grandsons birthday is on that day and i struggled with that untill i just told him that its not holloween to me its october31 your birthday Michael. Yep Christmas is a wounderful time of year but if we dont have anything at all its fine too. God bless
I love celebrating Christmas as a child was special for my family growing up in a Christian home and I thank God for Godly parents who instill bibical values God bless you pastor your teachings are valuable Jesus is the greatest gift of all
You are fool and I know for a fact that a fool like you won't enter Heaven for sinning for loving this pagan holiday let's just hope that God forgives your mistake of a comment
I did all that, too. But, growing means leaving behind the things that only a child could understand. We all inherited a lie and things wherein there is no profit. Jeremiah 16:19.
We all grew up in Babylon. Revelation 18:1-4 It's time to leave.
Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles is what YHVH decreed, and I can offer compelling evidence for it being the Feast of Messiah's birth. It is also the prophetic picture of His return. That is why YHVH gave us these feasts. John 5:46, Luke 24:44
The days we esteem are the god we serve. Observe=serve. Faith is walking that path, knowing that I will never be guilty as long as I have chosen the correct Way to walk. Jesus is the Way. How did He walk? He did all kinds of wonderful works, like every good god does. He was moral and kind. But, what distinguishes Him from every other teacher is that His religious walk was the Torah. The Torah is the holidays of YHVH. They protect us from the pollution of idols. And, they are all about Jesus. It's a win-win.
Amen. Thankyou Evangelist Tiff. Love watching you and learning. ♥️♥️♥️
We received gifts from our father who was minister, gifts in a envelope
My sweet mama was a holy mama, her upraising was in the Mormon faith, in which she left that faith, she was born again and spent her life in the Baptist faith until she was 82yrs old ... my earthly father lived too be 90yrs old
What does putting a Tree in your home, decorate it, light it up, take photos in front of it have to do with Jesus though?
Thank you Tiff for your true bible reading and teaching. I also love Christmas for the right reason. Bless You
You are such a wonderful person. You are so passionate about telling the truth about the Bible.
i find great peace in listening to you. thank you.
Pastor, I thank God I found your videos. I look at listening to you as my Bible study and am learning so much. I have been a Christian for many years but realize there is so much more to learn! Thank you for being my teacher, sending love and prayers to you and your family✝️
Thank you Pastor Tiff for that explanation, thank you Jesus my Saviour and my Lord, Amen and Amen 🙏🙏❤
Thank you so much for teaching us in such a way that you leave no room for confusion but you articulate every question and answer with such clarity and preciseness. I value your teachings so very much Brother Tiff Shuttlesworth.
God bless ❤
Jesus said be hot or cold if you are lukewarm he will spit you out tell the TRUTH
Really the only thing that matters is Jesus Christ died for us!
Thank you so much for clarifying this for me; I am very grateful.🙋🏻♀️🙏
Gosh I wish I could have you come here so I could just sit with you and discuss so much biblically. I study with you regularly.
First of all am not against celebrating the birth of Christ but why december when like man of God said coincides with pagan festivals?. There is no where also in the bible where we are instructed to celebrate the birth of Christ on the 25th december. We are told in the bible to celebrate passover and the Lords super. It's also an expensive event. It's so commercial. The money spent on this festival can be given to people who are in a difficult position. A rabbi also said that lambs were born in spring. Shepherds can't sit on the grond in winter!!!. There is too much compromise these days by Christians. I like and honour this man of God and listen to His teaching regularly. But when it comes to Christmas and easter I disagree. It's also came into existence through the catholics. Christmas = Christ +mass. Early Christians never celebrated Christmas, there is evidence of it on Internet. I led my mother, siblings, 4 children and granddaughter, family members, and friends to Christ by God's grace ❤. Blessings to everyone.
Thank you Lord... For helping me by sending Bro. Tiff to help answer my questions...
Ev Shuttleworth. Thank you for this information. You do not know how timely this is. I was only today speaking to someone about this and you've answered all the questions. And some exactly as I said it. God bless you and Merry Christmas
Nothing wrong with Christmas if celebrating it for the right reason … Jesus. And we have no right to judge others. That’s not our job - that’s God’s job. And some people only go to church only on Christmas so it can plant seeds. If it brings some or one to Jesus, who can argue with that?
I don't know about others but.....
I see Christmas like the parable of the wheat and the tares.
There are pagan roots to the holiday and it's not perfectly about the birth of Jesus historically.
What I mean about that is that the holiday has become a mix of pagan and the holy.
It's really up to us to discern the parts of the season that are not of our lord and those that are.
Personally, since realizing that Jerimiah 10, could be talking about this very season, I had a hard time even buying a Christmas tree.
Yes there is a link to the pagan yule log, a phallic symbol. However that being said..... Our lord Jesus was crucified on a tree. Something to think about. We need to know what we are celebrating. Do it with purpose and intention. Reject the unholy.
I would have to think intention and purpose are things that shouldn't be taken lightly.
The line in jer chapter 10 where they say that, "they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not," made me think of no other holiday.
Plus we are warned to not learn the ways of the heathen. Ive read in early America, Christmas celebrations were illegal because in Europe it was about public drunkenness and debauchery.
They wanted to seperate themselves with he unholy practices of the British.
The books of Charles Dickens ended that....
Eventually the public demanded the celebrations.
It's important to know your history.
Every day is Christmas. In our Heart
Thank you for the word of God that you share
Amen!
The road to destruction is wide but the pathway to righteousness is narrow and very few travel, so keep doing what the majority of people are doing and see where that takes you
It is an established fact that Christmas is not the time of year our Saviour was born. In addition, the roots of the holiday and pretty near all the symbols connected with it are from pagan origin. Nonetheless, unlike Halloween, we can still celebrate Christ's birth and give gifts, etc.
Most importantly, the yardstick of our Christian living will be measured by how we treat others, particularly those in need.
It is not an established fact. No date can be stated beyond reasonable doubt, however, there is much historical data for December 25th among scholars. Listen to; “Was Jesus born on December 25th?”
Where is this historical information ?
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@@TiffShuttlesworth you deceive yourself. Chuck Missler and many other theologians will disagree with you
Jesus was not born on December 25th
I always suggest people actually listen to the teaching before making accusatory comments. I did not give a definitive date of birth.@@rev6litrej560
Great teachings ,I thank God for the blessing to have you as my pastor brother Shuttles!
I've learned so many important things with the bible study online that Lostlamb has offered
Thank you for your teaching and preaching that you make clear by scripture and help us understand the truth of what we should see so we can help others
Thank you so much. This has been a sore spot in our home between my husband and I. He feels its rooted in paganism where I believe it like you said coincided. We have not seen eye to eye and it's hard because we have 2 children. So I'm not sure how to handle it . Thank you
Thank you God
TY Tiff!God Bless U & urs and u all have A wonderful Christmas making memories
Please pray. This Sunday the children will be singing for Christmas. The two songs are Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and jingle bells. I am grieved. Pray
I also prayed about this today and your teaching just happened to show up on my cell phone. Thank you.
I suggest Let it go. They are not worshipping reindeer or golden calves. Gently remind our children what the real reason is we celebrate Christmas, and as they listen to words of wisdom, they might sing in school about reindeer but, they have been given the most precious gift of all, the baby Jesus who was born to save us from our sins and live with Him forever in Heaven. Can they go to Sunday school and learn songs about what was foretold years ago that a savior would be born in a manger. You can help them choose who it is really important to sing about without creating a fuss.
Concerning the birthday of Christ, that particular season of his birth was the argument I listened to , that Shepherds could not have definitely been tending their flocks in open fields in December, during winter. I hope we can consider this if necessary.
Very true 🙏🏽
Yes but we dont know what the weather there is it's cold in cali but in the middle east could be warm
@@mistyfarley3452 What?
If you’ll listen to, “Was Jesus born on December 25th?”, I mention that there is historical records that the unblemished lambs were separated from the others and kept in the fields of Bethlehem through December.
@@TiffShuttlesworth historical records ,recorded by who is it in the bible
Glory to God for his grace upon your family.❤
No, godly pastor should ever put a Christmas tree up in the church or in his home. He should be an example of Christ and the denounce paganism in the traditions of men.
An example of Christ is right
Not Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing !
You are not telling the truth, because you celebrate Christmas, which is a pagan holiday not a Christian holiday. The holy days are in the book of Leviticus, and Christmas is not a holiday is a man-made Holliday, which is which is traditions of men.
The First and most Important question is: Where in the Bible Old Testament or New can you clearly show or prove that God has told Jews or Christians to celebrate Christmas and how does Christmas have anything to do at all with the Time and Birth of Yeshua?
Thanks for the help of teaching
Tiff God bless you and your family ❤ Thank you for letting God use your voice ❤
if you say that there is much historical evidence & data that supports strong posibility that Jesus was indeed born on Dec 25, where is that in the Bible?
Thank u pastor for this beautiful information,, God bless u and family 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Please get informed more about Christmas before agreeing with man
We need to follow Jesus Christ and not man
There’s more literature to learn from
I recommend reading
Tomorrow’s World or Beyond Today magazines it’s for free
( on Christmas)
GODS Holy Days or Pagan holidays
GOD BLESS YOU 🙏
You should do moreresearch. The Shepards would not have their flocks out in the cold December weather. All that I have read suggest anything, but Decemeber😊
I'm sorry I respect you Stiff ,but you've said many twisted , that's your perception,but that's not the Word of God says.
You're using reverse Physchology.Sorry I disagree
the theory that shepards would not be in the cold of december weather is not sustained... actually the temperatures in december in Israel are usually around 10-15°C so that is not too cold for animals to be out... and who knows maybe they were outside because it was a warm night?
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Where in the bible said that Jesus was born in December please ?
Nowhere. But since He is the Light of the World, it's not a month and date badly chosen, now is it? Let's celebrate God's greatest gift to us! Christians, who do not celebrate Christmas, just confuse non-Christians. And I get that.
But what the USA made out of Christmas, often is a far cry from celebrating Christ. So by all means, don't celebrate 'Santa Claus' and keep those things out and away. Instead show angels and trumpets and stars. Show churches and church bells and mangers. Help the unsaved understand, that it's all about Christ! THE Gift to the world. Then there's no harm in giving each other gifts in moderation. Whereas Christians again should lead in gifting the forgotten. But that, we really must do all year long.
Whatever you do or say, let it glorify God. As Paul was to all men, what they needed him to be, a Greek with the Greek and a Jew with the Jews, so we must translate God's love in every possible way to the world. Most certainly not by condemning other Christians for their form of celebrating Christmas.
May God bless us all in this festive time of the year and help us include others in His love.
@@gardenjoy5223 I Agree with you
nimrod was born on December 25th
Jesus Christ was born in March
It doesn't
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
People are listening. And I am listening. God is listening
Please can i ask if Jesus was 33.5 when he died wouldnt his birth date be 6 months prior its only a question im not saying it is but i know the jewish calender is different to the gregorian calender im going on 9 months gestation
We tend to fall and follow that that goes to our comfort and our own reasoning approval instead of the TRUTH 📖 It is time for us to learn to follow the Holy Spirit, Pray and test the spirits.
Constantine brought all the idols and put them together inner Religion... Catholicism.
Pope decided the date 25
CHRISTMAS? CHRIST-MASS
SANTA...SATAN and so on. To observe, explore and relearn. Change is what holds us from becoming free. Truth will set you free.
Interesting ! I could imagine it would be difficult to change when family traditions have taught one way is right ?
You're not worshipping chritmas tree but you're putting it as a part of pagan celebration. At christmas, you're lifting Saturnilia on high! Isn't it a worship? Jeremiah was so correct! You have to interpret the bible in context, you're right! But I think you're interpretation is not right!
May God bless you TIFF
Dear Tiff, can you tell me where I can find all these new findings that Jesus was born December 25th? Thank you.
Why not. To me it is celebrating jesus
The pathway to righteousness is narrow but the road to destruction is wide and the majority of people travel it so keep following the traditions of men and holidays and not the Holy days which are in Leviticus this is deception at its best
I just saw a video on why Christians should not celebrate Christmas and I said to myself I need to see what Evg. Tiff has to say about this. Thank you once again you are a great teacher!
Very informative and helpful. Thanks for uploading
I wanted to do is tell the truth thank you for the word that your share and teach people
Christmas means Christ mas which is Catholicism
Right , NOT CHRIST LIKE
In the biblical passage to put on the whole armor of God in Eph 6:11-14 the belt of truth. In senseless controversy, putting on the belt of truth helps one to only absorb truth, and to only speak out truth. This has helped me and many others when wrestling with doctrine and controversial subjects. Taking one scripture out of context without the entire Bible surrounding it, can bring a person, family or, a church a boat load of trouble.
Thank You, for trying to explain and not trying to convict anyone of celebrating Christmas, for teaching peace, no matter what, Christ is the most important. And remember Christ everyday. I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home. Also blessed to have a uncle who always taught the gospel and Christmas is about celebrating Christ and not about gift giving. Christmas brings families and friends together that otherwise might not see each other. Church events and plays are a way of getting people together and always praying for those who are lost, to find Christ. As Christians we live in this world, but not of this world perhaps. But peace, love, joy, and faith is what we should stand for every day. Thanks for trying to explain the scriptures .
To me, Christmas is also about giving gifts. God is the first gift- Giver. He gave Christ Jesus out of his love for humanity. See John 3:16. So, we received Jesus and he is a complete package of goodies. We should also gift people in many ways. "God loves cheerful givers. " Thx
I don’t have to watch any more Bible studies from you, because you do not represent the truth concerning this matter of Christmas
Teach truth Pastor, YAHUAH hears everything. p.s rapture is the FINAL event, before the wrath of YAHUAH
But I am open-minded and I want to listen to what you have to say ..may our Father GOD bless you
Sir. You video came across in my you tube.
While listening to your explanation I think I will contradict with what you said that celebrating Christmas is fine.
Because as you said we need to go deeper into the Biblical teachings of God. When I was not save by the Lord I used to celebrate it without knowing any revelation or insight about it .., but when I got save with the prompting of the Holy Spirit , I used not to celebrate Christmas, not because of the influence of the videos and other things but it was the revelation of the Holy Spirit as God said everyone who receives Jesus Lord and thier savior will know the Father, you will know the truth and truth the truth will set you free. If the Son set you free, you will be free indeed. Our God is spirit and we should walk in Spirit and in truth. The point is, " Is Christmas or the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ should be celebrate and commanded by God? In the Bible? " Especially in the new testament, there is nowhere to be found that God instruct us or have celebration to celebrate His birth. Except to go and make disciple and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Even His disciple did not celebrate it. Why we should do it ? God's words are all Holy, If it is not written in the Bible, we should not do it. As He said, " Be Holy for I am Holy. " And be ye seperate among them.
And another thing, The birth of our Messiah will never be coincide with other paganism birth belief etc.
That is why the devil is a liar! He is a deceiver. If he cannot stop the children of God reading the truth or the bible, he will do it by decieving them in rituals or other traditional practices that are out of the context of the Bible. Remember why Adam and Eve was deceived by the serpent in the garden. We should learn from it.
If you read the old testament, the scripture written about the Holidays that the Jewish, should celebrate for a lifetime and it is clear, like Yum Kippur ,day of atonement and others.
We are now in the teachings of New Testament and New covenant, that is why we are in Christ, His followers.
Everything that is not written or commanded by God in the Bible is obviously not from God.
What am saying is not to condemned or judge but to give enlightenment.
Jesus is coming soon. Our father is Spirit and we should walk in Spirit and truth.
If God wants us to celebrate is to celebrate the repented soul who accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. as He said the Angels are celebrating one sinner who repent.
We cannot comprehend the wisdom of God but only His true Children will discern His voice, His ways and His truth.
God bless you and I hope this will give you enlighten.
It is appointed to man to die once and then judgement and we will all be accountable of our deeds for Christ. Let us do our best to be worthy of His calling , Holy and Blameless.
Jesus is coming soon. Be humble Repent! 🙏 Seek Him while He may be found.
Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
May the Lord Have Mercy on us! And our generation.
As I stated in this teaching, if you have convictions about not celebrating Christmas, then feel free not to.
But we should be one in Spirit and Our God is one. Not the other one is celebrating and the other one is not . Isn't it the cause of division. We should have Unity.
We should stand firm in truth and rebuke each other.
Like you Pastor, you influenced a lot by using your authority to correct what is wrong. Thousands or millions of people might watch your episode , imagine those souls you are accountable with.
It is not too late.
God discipline and correct whom He love.
I pray that the Almighty God will speak to you in His revelations today and lead you into obedience in Christ.
I will be praying for you and your entire family. God Bless you! And may revival come upon on God's true church. He loves us and His grace extends but our God is Judge and in Him lies does not exist. We should walk in a manner of truth the whole truth and not be a lukewarm Christians but real godly Christians. He knows you by your name and He has a calling for you since you were young and seperated you from the world. The Bible is our final authority and nothing else.
With all your respect Sir I am here not to judge you again but to share the wisdom and knowledge from up above as I feel urge to say this to you.
This I just give you still the authority as a man in your position and calling but praying in Spirit that the truth of God will always prevail.
Love God with all your heart , with all your soul and with all your strenght.
I dont understand that shouldnt christians be doing the same thing ? Wouldnt it be easy to beleive and celebrate according to ones family traditions ? I would imagine it would be, just asking ?
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I think it is better...to know the will of God. Reading His words is the answer for everything. We should be obedient into Him and the scriptures are holy as well His command. When you do read the word of God He will guide you and teach you and even give you discernment.
I pray that God will give you wisdom.
God bless you
Thanks 🙏 for important advice to help Christian, God blessed richly upon you good 👍 teacher. Singapore 🇸🇬
It's like the Sabbath. I think Sunday is the Sabbath but it is not. The Catholics have changed everything. If you do want to come Friday this Saturday is the Sabbath. God said remember it holy. Give me your opinion? Like I said I've got the bubble many times
Joy to the world the saviour’s born!! YES celebrate Christmas for what it should be Gods gift to man his son who died on the cross at Calvary for the evils and sins of the world ✝️ 🕊️ ❤
Coincide: to occupy exactly corresponding or EQUAL in force, amount, or valued positions. As hard as you try, you cannot Christianize paganism. Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen. (Jeremiah 10:2)
I love this ,thank-you sir May God Bless you and yours and all people Amen
Real believers of God don't celebrate traditions and customs of man.?? And the ways of this twisted and evil world
Thank u for your confirmation
I do appreciate your word I have been listening to
Thank you for this excellent scripture based teaching!
But pastor Tiff , Jesus said , I did not come to bring peace but sword . A sword divides , btn false teachings and true teachings , and it does seem you are endorsing Christmas as the birth day of our precious lord . Those who say he wasn't born on Christmas day have a solid case and unfortunately , the whole world has been misled on Christ's birth thanks to the ancient pagan Romans and other Europeans who forced this false view or narrative of Jesus birth being on Christmas .