The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum RPW and Christmas

1. Define, "celebration".

2. The RPW (Regulative Principle of Worship" is just that... a biblically based principle that regulates the worship of God, with formal, corporate worship as its main focus. Thus, there is no explicit nor implicit command nor principle to be found in Scripture for the Church to set aside and assign December 25th as a 'holy day' and that the people of God are required to gather together for formal worship. In fact, Scripture forbids the Church to make such a legal requirement.

3. However, Scripture nor the RPW forbids any believer from personally worshipping God nor meditating upon God and His marvelous works nor the Son's incarnation, in this case, on any particular day. The believer is absolutely free and even enjoined to exalt God 24-7, on every day of the week. December 25th, from what is allegedly known is not the date on which The Son of God took upon Himself human flesh and was born into this world as Jesus of Nazareth. This does not therefore negate one from giving special thought of the incarnation and the great redemption that Christ's birth secured for those whom He had come to save.

4. The Roman Catholic Church nor the world has any authority nor power to define what they call "Christmas" which is binding upon any man, woman or child. Let them follow their own fabrications and silly myths. The have nothing to do with the truth!

5. Conclusion: It is no sin to privately worship God and to rejoice in the incarnation; the birth of Christ. It IS a sin to make December 25th a "holy day", an official ecclesiastical proclamation that is to be recognized as binding upon the conscience.