It would also be wrong for a strong brother to exercise his right to celebrate Christmas in a manner that causes a weak brother to stumble. If one believes it to be wrong, the celebration of Christmas would violate his conscious, and that is sinful. If that is so, can the celebration of Christmas ever be wrong? Absolutely. What this means is that since there is no basis Scripturally or reasonably to prohibit the celebration of Christmas, it is a matter that falls within the area of opinion. 25th are in fact celebrating Christmas because the treat that day differently from all other days by making it the only day (or period) when sermons on the birth of Christ are prohibited! The conclusion is that there are no principles that clearly prohibit the celebration of Christmas. In fact, some who would absolutely prohibit a sermon on Christ’s birth on Dec. In short, no sermon could ever be preached on the birth of Christ. 25th sermon on the birth of Christ is considered such an addition, then it would be the same addition on the other 364 days of the year. No one argues that Christmas should be an act of corporate worship. That argument breaks down, however, because the Lord’s Supper is a commanded item of corporate worship. That being the case, all other celebrations, they would argue, are prohibited. That being the case, some would then suggest that God has specifically given us one event to celebrate – the Lord’s Supper. The example often used is that when God commanded Noah to use a specific wood to construct the ark all other woods were then prohibited. However, the silence of scripture has greater validity when confronted with a specific or positive divine command. Some would then argue that the silence of scripture must be respected and that since it is not expressly permitted it is therefore prohibited. Nowhere Christmas’ celebration directly commanded or directly condemned. When may it be placed there? Sunday? Wednesday? Some other week day?įirst, if there were scriptures that directly permitted or condemned the celebration of Christmas they would have been discussed in the brief history of its origin.
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