Acts 12:4 “And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.”
As Christians we need to understand that there are no
holidays that God has ordained as scriptural. Also, as Christians we should not
share an ordinance of God with the world. Christianity and the world do not
mix. The world hates Jesus, and they hate His Father, and because they hate them,
they will hate Christians and who we are. Luke 6:22 “Blessed are ye, when
men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and
shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.”
The world does not celebrate the Lord Jesus Christ, they detest Him, they hated
Him so much they crucified Him for nothing. They hate churches, they hate the
bible, they hate the truth of that bible, the world would never celebrate
anything praising our Great Lord. Christians are ordained to worship is “spirit”
and in “truth” not in fantasy or fiction. 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. (24) God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
We must understand that there are two kinds of worshipers in the Christian world,
(1) true and (2) false, therefore, just because people call themselves worshipers
of God does not mean they are. True Christians and churches worship every
Sunday morning also called the Christian Sabbath or the morning Jesus rose from
the grave. That resurrection had nothing to do with “Easter” because the word “Easter”
means “Passover” not the “Resurrection”. The entire meaning of easter is not
about Jesus or the resurrection and therefore it is wrong for churches to celebrate
it in their service. How can a church celebrate easter and remain in “Truth”?
Isn’t the church supposed to be the “pillar and ground of truth”? First the
word is given a false definition because it means Passover, second it is falsely
defined as the Resurrection, third it is more about the easter bunny and easter
eggs and little to do with Jesus or His resurrection. Oh, and “NO” it is not ok
for a church to celebrate this holiday. Some may ask “what does it hurt”, it
hurts a churches worship in “spirit” and “truth”, how can you worship in truth
if you’re celebrating a lie. For a church or Christians to share any event, no
matter the name of it, with Jesus is unscriptural, because Jesus doesn’t share
His glory with a fictional Easter Bunny or a Santa Clause. Even if these two
fictional personalities were not mentioned, the bible never instructs us to celebrate
either event with the world. Be careful what you do in your worship and make
sure it is “scriptural”, “in Truth”, and “spiritual” and neither Easter nor
Christmas meet these requirements.
