O Christmas Tree, Idolatree - All We, Like Sheep

[nemisistar]

The Vatican touts itself as the "greenest place on earth" but they have a 110 foot dead Xmas tree in their front yard along with 50 more dead trees scattered about the small nation, all dressed in silver and gold ornaments. Following the Roman Catholic leader, over 36 MILLION live trees are cut and sold in the US alone while most of the decorations are made by slave labor in China. What a stupid, foolish waste of Earth's resources! And what a hypocritical nation!

[Andrea2rose]

Well, I've done it before, but I shall never do it again: brought a Christmas tree into the house. I also found those those verses in Jeremiah 10:  I could hardly believe it. I thought to myself: that sounds exactly like Christmas trees to me! I do love the smell of these trees: however, if find myslef hankering after the aroma of these trees ever again, i shall find a pine forest and walk through it, instead!

[TheBrookeWorm]

I dont know about you, but i worship JESUS CHRIST, I DONT worship christmas trees, I DONT worship santa or anything like that, but I love putting a christmas tree up,because its fun,pretty and also a bonding experience for the family and i think santa is a fun idea, go figure, why do you have to make such a big deal out of an innocent tradition like this? what are you going to do next really? say that jews worship menorahs?

[gloriahallelujah]

In the News:

Each year firefighters across the United States respond to about 240 Christmas tree-related house fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

Between 2003 and 2006, Christmas tree fires caused an average of 16 deaths, 25 injuries and more than $13 million damage each year, the association reported.

[MC7thStar]

Menorahs are commanded in the Bible last time I checked. Pretty and fun? check Jeremiah 10, research the origin of the tree because the your Bible tells you not to honor God the same why pagans honor their gods? The Bible both Old and New Testament authenticate God's Holy Days which would provide you a bonding experience. Tradition? Didn't Jesus alsowarn people of accepting Traditions over Commands?

[gloriahallelujah]

The Menorah is not meant to be pretty and fun.

The origins of today's holiday tree date all the way back to ancient Egypt and Babylon whose religious practices were commanded against by God to His people. They are now practiced by practically the whole world but God's people are still to refrain from them.

Yhoshua/Jesus gave many warnings such as the one you site. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is to say their doctrines.

Mat 16:6-12

[MC7thStar]

Very true pretty has nothing to do with anything God said make lampstands He did not say decorate a tree like Egypt.He told us not to do as the pagan does.

[gloriahallelujah]

HalleluJah!! A man with his eyes open. A rarity indeed.

[pastorgeoff]

Whoa! If you are goanna tell me that If I celebrate christmas i am a pagan then you're a pagan... Youtube is not Godly in any manner, either is anything in this world. I am not worshiping the Tree, either is any other Born again Christian. I Believe the unsaved will be held accountable to christmas, but not christians.

[gloriahallelujah]

You hypocrite! A fool who loves lies and walks in the ways of darkness. A fool who despises wisdom and instruction and hates knowledge. A fool who won't take reproof. What kind of an example are you? You bear the shame of the heathen and lead any who follow you to the slaughter.

[pastorgeoff]

? What are you? are you a messianic, torah keeper?

[gloriahallelujah]

Well, look what we have here! A real life wolf in sheeps clothing.

The man you think died for your sins happened to be a messianic torah keeper and he said any who break one of the least of the Commandments and teach people to do so shall be called the lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven. So where does that put you? Right in the camp of the Pharisees. You can tell the tree by it's fruit.

[MC7thStar]

It is sad how the "pastor" claiming to preach only the Truth quickly attempts to define/label you as Messianic. Real truth would be to let go of traditions once finding out their origins in paganism instead of ignoring commands and and bending your traditions to fit your skewed interpretations of the Bible. Obedience is not Legalism, Obedience is doing what God instructed while knowing the your Obedience is not what saves you, only Christ can save us. Legalism is hurting people with commands.

[gloriahallelujah]

Christ said, If you love me, keep my Commandments. But first, you need to understand what the Commandments truly mean and not what traditions say they mean. Another important aspect to consider is, to whom they are addressed.

[MC7thStar]

Something that I have noticed is that when Christ was here He warned people of taking traditions over Commandments, and now look where we are. Same place, people accepting pagan traditions over Commandments.

[gloriahallelujah]

There have been warnings from the beginning but they have gone unheeded. The only focus on Christ is what people think are his birth and death days while they pay no attention whatsoever to the things he said. A true Christian is a follower of Christ, not the traditions of men.

[AvodasHashem5719]

Once again I'm a jew ,but what does your Messiah say about Torah in Matthew ch.5? and about keeping the Torah. His words not mine.

[gloriahallelujah]

Any who teach men to break any part of the Law is called the lowest of the low in the Kingdom of God. There are many vehement warnings not to be deceived by false prophets and teachers who now permeate the Earth like weeds in a field. Where there is no vision, the people perish Those who teach the Torah dont understand what it means - they are blind leaders who teach the commandments of men for doctrines, making the commandments of God void by their traditions. His Words not mine.

[AvodasHashem5719]

Those who teach the Torah do not understand what it means? Hmmm ok. Can you give me an example of where soemone teaching the Torah and not understanding what it means because they have to believe in your greco-roman writings to validate the Hebrew scriptures? So without those greek documents of documents with no original one ever found we jews must abandon the Torah and direct commandments from G-d? G-d changed His mind when He told us His covenant with us is eternal? Hmmm...ok

[gloriahallelujah]

Isaiah and Jeremiah warned against false teachers, at the cost of their lives, who spoke/speak as though they have their authority from God and have not, i.e. Isa 29:13, Jer. 50:6. Indeed, Gods Covenant is with those who keep His Commandments, but because of false teachers His people have been led into a ditch following the doctrines of men and not God.

[AvodasHashem5719]

See, this is just the anti-semitic poison that spews from your loving "christian" mouths. The religion that killed so many millions of my people for refusing to convert to your greek religion even at the cost of our lives. I guess thats what you guys call "agape" right?

[gloriahallelujah]

You accuse me of being greco-roman - Now you are a false accuser and you are very confused. Do you read your own Book? See, you dont know what is says or what it means. You have your false teachers to thank for that.

[MC7thStar]

No you are not a pagan, you may believe in Jesus you might just not understand or have been mislead to accept pagan activities as Christian since they have been merged by the Catholic church around 1,700 years ago.

[gloriahallelujah]

But when you find out the Greco/Roman Catholic church has deceived and misled the whole world with their pagan activities, you need to come out from among them and do not partake of their ways or you will also partake of their sins and their plagues.

[pastorgeoff]

This is absolutely ridiculous. The verses are talking about the ancient pagans who used to cut down tree's out of the forest, decorate them and WORSHIP them; Today we are not worshiping the tree's, santa claus, etc. We are gathering with our families and exchanging gifts for the fun of it, not a religious festival.

[gloriahallelujah]

Whats it worth? You call yourself a pastor and claim to expose false teachers & pagan origins of false religions yet you dispute this video to justify your own participation in paganism just for the fun of it.

The word worship means to give worth to something. If you think they used to worship trees and santa claus but now they dont, youre a blind guide and a double-minded man, unstable in all your ways. What will your feast days be worth when YHVH turns them into days of mourning?

[Jamus955i]

Yes you do, you decorate it with a tinsel serpent, hang gold and silver fruit on it then kneal before it and lay gifts at it's feet.

You are simbolically worshipping it and the serpent whether you believe it or not.

[handmaid37]

Thank you. Jeremiah 10: 1-6--> note verses 2:Thus saith the Lord, do not learn the way of the nations,3) for the customs of the peoples are delusion; because it is wood cut from the forest;the work of the hands of a craftsman....4)they decorate it with silver and gold: etc.verse 6)There is none like thee Oh Lord; Thou art great and great is thy Name in Might."

[gloriahallelujah]

"The LORD is the true God, He is the living God, and an everlasting king: at His wrath the earth will tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide His indignation." Jeremiah 10:10

[MCH1984]

<3 Christmas; good food and presents...who could object to that?

[gloriahallelujah]

If you watched the video you would see that God objects to it. It's vain, stupid and worthless. It's the way of the pagan heathen and not to be done by His people.

[FirebrandNIRE]

A perfectly good tree ripped from its life source, is nothing more than a dead tree, a dead tree decked with glitter and tinsel.