Prophets Column
“The Way Of The Heath en”
By J.M. Little
"HEAR YE THE WORD
which the LORD speaketh
unto you, 0 house of Israel:
Thus said the LORD, LEARN
NOT THE WAY OF THE
HEATHEN, and be not dis»
mayed at the signs of heaven;
for the heathen are dismayed
at them. For the customs of
the people are vain: for one
cutteth a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the
workman, with the axe.
THEY DECK IT WITH SIL
~VER AND GOLD; THEY
FASTEN IT WITH NAILS
AND WITH HAMMERS,
THAT IT MOVE NOT." You'll
find those words in Jer. 10:1-4.
What is the old weeping pro
phet describing here? - You
guessed it right - the Xmas
tree. The Jews were in Baby
lonian captivity during this
time. The heathen had an
originated a celebration which
is the modern day Xmas cele
bration.
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the Birthday of Christ When
was Christ born? The 25th of
0tcember you answer. Where
in the Bible is it recorded that
Christ was born on the 25th of
December? It is not. The Lord
kept the date of His birth a
secret from the world. Let me
ask you further; do you have a
commandment to celebrate
the birthday of Christ? No,
you do not. So what you are
doing is going along with the
way of the heathen. Have you
ever given the Lord Jesus a
birthday present? No, you
haven’t. Would you like for
someone to celebrate your
birthday and give the gifts to
some others? I wouldn't.
It was the way of the Baby
lonian heathen to put on a
celebration about the end of
the year, around the 25th of
December. They called it Yule
day.
One of the true marks of a
bomagain believer is OBE
DIENCE to the Word of God.
Are you one that will obey the
Word of the Lord, or do you
belong to the group of rebels
that will go down to the Pit?
“Mv Hparlv KpIpvpH flan
from idolatry." What does this
mean? Why does God say
Littlechildren, keep yourselv
es from idols.” Webster says,
Idolatry is ‘excessive love or
veneration for anything.” God
is a jealous God and will not
share the love ot. His people
uwi ally Rtol.' Holidays such
as Christmas, Easter, Good
Friday, Lent, Valentines Day,
Halloween and others are pa
gan, worldly and idolatrous
and if we observe or take any
part in these holidays, we are
guilty of idolatry. If you don’t
believe this, go to your ency
clopedia and read there, when
they were started, who started
them and for what purpose
they were and are used. Then
ask yourself, can I as a
Christian have anything to do
with them?
You will go to the encyclo
pedia and read and believe
what it says about other mat
ters but you will not believe
what it says about these idola
trous holidays because you
have to have something mate
rial to worship when you do
not know the Lord Jesus Ch
rist as your Lord and your
Saviour. The Lord said, “He
that is of God heareth God's
words: ye therefore hear them
not, because ye are not of
God.” (Jn. 8:47) It’s just this
.Simple, you are either hearing
Obeying) the Word of the
J. M. Little
Cord, or you are going the way
of the heathen.
Each year a list is kept, you
try to send everyone a gift in
proportion to what you think
vou will get from them Some
of you are still in debt from
things you bought last year.
You will take money you need
to spend on clothes and food
for your family to whoop up a
great time, claiming you are
celebrating the birth of Christ.
What a tragedy!
Some of you here told me
several years ago that you
saw the truth about this idola
trous holiday. But it can be
said of you as it is recorded in
II Pet. 2:22. “But it is happen
ed unto them according to the
true proverb, The dog is turn
ed to his own vomit again; and
the sow that was washed to
her wallowing in the mire.”
All idolaters shall have
their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brim
stone according to Rev 21 •«
As an unbeliever you don’t
believe the Word of God, but
just as certain as God is on the
throne you will taste of His
wrath forever and forever.
According to the 53rd chap
ter of Isaiah the Lord was a
Man of sorrows. He has no
thing to do with your Merry
Christmas. You'hear this ex
pression; "Put Christ back in
Christmas.” The Lord Jesus
Christ was never in Christmas
% .how in the. name of high
heaven can He get back In it?
Before a sinner is awakened
to his lost condition, he thinks
he believes the Word of God
but in reality you don’t. Once
you are awakened you find
you cannot believe God’s
Word. You find yourself cau
ght up in unbelief and are lost
and under the judgement of
God. Have you experienced
what I am talking about?
Can you go back to a time
when the Holy Spirit awaken
ed you to the fact of your lost
condition? Have you ever sto
od before the judgement lost?
Most of you have never known
Holy Spirit Conviction that
teaches the sinner who he is,
and then shows him who Ch
rist is. All you have is church
membership. You are just as
empty as a rusty tin can, or
more so.
The church members of to
day, including the preachers,
are just as heathen as old
Babylon. One evidence of this
is your love for the celebration
that came out of Babylon.
Where do you stand?
Now you may say, "Bro.
Little, if I don t join in and
celebrate they will make fun
of me and call me a 'scrooge'
and say I'm peculiar." Let
them say that, they make fun
of me like that, I just go on
thanking the Lord for saving
me and thanking Him for
drawing me out of all this
idolatry.
The greatest thing in all this
world is just to know the Lord
Jesus Christ. "Love not the
world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man
love the world, the love of the
Father is not in him. For all
that is in the world, the lust of
the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is
not of the Father, but is of the
world. And the world passeth
away, and the lust thereof: but
he that doeth the will of God
abideth forever. I Jn. 2:15-17.
I’d rather be in Christ than
have all this world and ten
thousand more like it. There is
safety and joy everlasting in
Christ. Do you know Christ?
The one eternal question you
had better settle before you
leave this world is; "Do I
know Christ?” Now you think
on these truths I'm giving you.
You are eternity bound, and
one day you are going to have
to give an account of your life
down here. Yes you will, you
, are going to give account.
Where are you going? I'm
glad I have safe conduct to
heaven. One day I'm going
hontev No more sin, no' more
sorrows, no more heart aches,
but to be with Christ, the One
who died for me, Christ died
for me. Did He die for you?
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