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Originally Posted by Ohio
You missed the point. Intentionally I suppose.
The remembrance and celebration of the Lord's birth, His death, and His resurrection are all notable Western holidays and are beneficial to reach our children, our families, our friends, and the unbelievers.
Christians have endured isolation, imprisonment, starvation, and the most brutal forms of torture known to man, and none of these have affected their "membership to the new creation."
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I think you misread my point
“Christmas is certainly related to the religious world. If you still observe Christmas, it is doubtful that you are living a new creation. The celebration of Christmas has nothing to do with God’s new creation.”
-Life study of Galatians, msg 30
Witness Lee is “doubtful” that you’re living in the new creation” if you observe Christmas.
However Witness Lee is 100% wrong regardless of your opinion of Christmas. We are under the new covenant, bought with the blood of Jesus. Our membership in the new creation has everything to do with Him, it has nothing to do with what we “observe”. Paul even says in the very book Witness lee is using as a backdrop for his false teaching “Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything”.
Im not saying this holiday is or isn’t beneficial (as there are fair arguments to be made for both sides). I’m saying your membership in the new creation is NOT dependent on you participating in this holiday or abstaining from the holiday.