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Originally Posted by Ohio
There you go again, twisting the narrative to accuse and excuse.
My point is simple and has always been the same. Why does LSM condemn the entire body of Christ for doing what it does. Why does LSM condemn those in the body of Christ for preaching the gospel, remembering the Lord, and celebrating His birth (Christmas) and His death and resurrection (Good Friday and Easter) because of pagan origins, when LSM does the same and uses the Chinese New Year, rife with pagan origins, to gather together, remember the Lord, and preach the gospel?
You love to have things both ways. But Paul judges the self-righteous in Romans 2.1-3. You judge others for practicing the same things, only changing the details, washing your hands, and claiming to be righteous. Does not Paul also say in Romans 14.9, "He who celebrates a day, celebrates it to the Lord."
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Whoa. Hold on there big fella.
Please show us where LSM conference celebrates the dancing dragon of the Chinese New Year. Then you will have a point.
Christians, and presumably you, actually perform the ritualistic pagan practices of Christmas and Easter. The celebration of Ishtar as a Christian holiday should rattle you to your bones. You don’t just come together during that time as a matter of convenience to read, study, and hear messages from the Word of God....you actually commemorate by using the same pagan practices under different names.
Now, for anyone out there that thinks I am being to harsh I will add this. Though I don’t celebrate these pagan holidays masquerading under the guise of Christian names and banners I also do not make an issue for anyone that chooses to. I see it for what it is but others don’t so I leave it to the Lord to shed His light on them. The reason, and the ONLY reason, I am taking a hard stand in this thread is because Ohio is polarizing the argument, drawing a false equivalence, and fabricating the nature and character of the seven gatherings or conferences hosted by Living Stream Ministry. Those gatherings have zero to do with legitimizing the holiday itself or what it represents as Ohio is attempting to do.
Drake