CHRISTMAS SHOULD WE CELEBRATE IT? : BY TIM & RHONDA BENITEZ
I have prayed about this question many years, a year after I got saved I was convicted of celebrating Halloween without knowing anything about it, I later found out why, The Holy Spirit convicted me then showed me why, He also taught me about being raised Catholic and the truth behind that, by learning to listen to His voice and confirming by the word of God He has taught me many things and convicted me of many things even of eating raw hamburger, after much prayer on Christmas and many discussions with my wife and I the same Lord who has convicted me and taught me about everything else led me to change some things about Christmas and what I can and cannot do or celebrate, one year we was going to a Church I was youth Pastor at, I was teaching about Halloween, that year right after the teaching the whole Church celebrated it our family was the only one who didn't, I was criticized, laughed at, and mocked and told we was to hard on our children we still took our stand, my children suffered because of this but i never compromised and still never did after 26 years, my family, my Church, and my friends all have got mad, teased and mocked me we still take that stand and still people get mad, now saying all this you can understand how I feel and stand, if the Lord convicts me I will take the stand no matter what, After praying one year about Christmas the Lord showed me some things and it changed us and the way we raised our kids in a crooked and perverse generation, (1) I never told them to expect Santa or celebrate Santa I told them every gift was given by the Lord, (2) I always taught them about the real Birth out of the scriptures, (3) we never sang yuletide carols or any pagan songs (4) I taught my children about paganism and the scriptures on decor rating the tree and worshiping it but also taught them how to really worship which we did as a family during this time (5) we taught them many Biblical stories of the decorations and symbols both from Paganism and the Biblical symbols Now concerning the virgin Birth and Paganism: (1) I taught my children of many of the pagan gods and goddesses and their birth then taught