Jesus Christ said:
[Matthew 15:3]
"Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?"
[Mark 7:6]
"Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people HONOURETH me with their LIPS, but their HEART is FAR from ME. 7 Howbeit in VAIN do they WORSHIP ME, teaching for DOCTRINES the commandments of MEN. 8 For LAYING aside the COMMANDMENT of GOD, ye hold the TRADITION of MEN, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do." 9 And he (Jesus Christ) said unto them, "Full well YE REJECT the commandment of GOD, that YE may KEEP YOUR OWN TRADITION. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso CURSETH father or mother, let him DIE the DEATH:"
[Mark 7:18]
"Are ye so WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ALSO ? Do ye NOT PERCEIVE, that WHATSOEVER thing from without entereth INTO the MAN, it can NOT defile HIM; 19 Because it entereth NOT into his HEART, BUT into the BELLY, and goeth out into the DRAUGHT, purging all meats? 20 And he said, That which COMETH OUT of the MAN, that DEFILETH the MAN. 21 For from within, OUT of the HEART of MEN, PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, MURDERS, 22 THEFTS, COVETOUSNESS, WICKEDNESS, DECIET, LASCIVIOUSNESS, an EVIL EYE, BLASPHEMY, PRIDE, FOOLISHNESS: 23 All these EVIL things COME from within, and defile the MAN.
In New Zealand a family is barbecuing on the beach. In the Czech Republic a child gazes at a carp swimming in her bath tub. In Ethiopia men are shouting and waving hockey sticks. In Portugal, a man is trying to make a turkey drunk. What do these things have in common? They indicate its Christmas time on planet earth. But is this what Christmas is really about? Do these celebrations honor Jesus? And, does it make any difference? For some surprising answers stay tuned to Beyond Today as we examine Christmas: Mirth or Myth?
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