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“GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME, CHERISHED TRADITIONS BECOME DOGMATIC BELIEFS” Amaury De Reincourt

“GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME, CHERISHED TRADITIONS BECOME DOGMATIC BELIEFS” Amaury De Reincourt

As Christians we are going to have to make a distinction between what is TRUTH and what is
TRADITION. The truth of God’s Word supports the concept that Jesus was born on the first Holy Day
of the Feast of Tabernacles, but tradition has changed it to the popular pagan day of the Winter
Solstice, December 25th. There are volumes of books and articles along the lines of what is on the
previous two pages, and yet God’s people just keep plugging on down that same road following those
cherished traditions. Jesus Himself gives us strong warning about tradition:

“THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME. AND IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP
ME,TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.' FOR LAYING ASIDE THE COMMANDMENT OF

GOD, YOU HOLD THE TRADITION OF MEN -- THE WASHING OF PITCHERS AND CUPS, AND MANY OTHER SUCH
THINGS YOU DO." HE SAID TO THEM, "ALL TOO WELL YOU REJECT THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, THAT YOU
MAY KEEP YOUR TRADITION.…MAKING THE WORD OF GOD OF NO EFFECT THROUGH YOUR TRADITION WHICH

YOU HAVE HANDED DOWN. AND MANY SUCH THINGS YOU DO.“ Mark 7:6-13

Under the banner of celebrating the birthday of Jesus, “many such things”
God’s people are still doing that can be proven to be purely the pagan based
traditions of men. Here is one plain example by which you can test yourself as

to whether you are embracing truth or tradition:

“DO NOT LEARN THE WAY OF THE GENTILES…FOR THE CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLES ARE FUTILE;
FOR ONE CUTS A TREE FROM THE FOREST, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF THE WORKMAN, WITH

AN AX. THEY DECORATE IT WITH SILVER AND GOLD; THEY FASTEN IT WITH NAILS AND
HAMMERS SO THAT IT WILL NOT TOPPLE.” Jeremiah 10:1-4

Look at the Old Testament warnings God gave His people Israel. Does God’s grace deliver
us from its application to the church, His people of the present time?

“TAKE HEED TO YOURSELF, THAT YOU ARE NOT ENSNARED…. SAYING, “HOW DID THESE NATIONS SERVE
THEIR GODS? I ALSO WILL DO LIKEWISE….WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU, BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE IT,
YOU SHALL NOT ADD TO IT NOR TAKE AWAY FROM IT.” Deut.12:30-32

“BUT THEY MINGLED WITH THE GENTILES AND LEARNED THEIR WORKS; THEY SERVED THEIR IDOLS, WHICH BECAME A
SNARE TO THEM…THUS THEY WERE DEFILED BY THEIR OWN WORKS, AND PLAYED THE HARLOT BY THEIR OWN DEEDS.

THEREFORE THE WRATH OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST HIS PEOPLE,
SO THAT HE ABHORRED HIS OWN INHERITANCE” Psm. 106:35-40

“BEWARE LEST ANYONE CHEAT YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND EMPTY DECEIT, ACCORDING
TO THE TRADITION OF MEN, ACCORDING TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD, AND NOT

ACCORDING TO CHRIST. FOR IN HIM DWELLS ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY.”

Col. 2:8-9

Let me stress the point that I am writing to God’s people, not to those of the world.
We are the ones to whom Jesus warns that we can make the Word of God of no
effect by our traditions. Santa is a BIG tradition in this country. My question to all
Christian parents is whether you are fostering this fairy tale of empty deceit
to your children? My parents lovingly sold me this bill of goods
for a long time before I found out that they had lied to me all those years.
Oh, but they were only “white lies”. Dear friends, lies don’t come in colors.
The Bible says that a righteous man hates lying” (Prov.13:5).

What harm is it to promote Santa, you say?
Have you ever considered that you are teaching your children that this

fictitious Santa Claus has the same attributes as God Almighty?

HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE GOOD OR BAD
( HE IS A RIGHTEOUS JUDGE)…HE IS OMNI-PRESENT AND THEREFORE ABLE TO

VISIT EVERY CHILD IN THE WHOLE WORLD IN ONE NIGHT…
HE NEVER AGES…HE LIVES IN A FAR AWAY KINGDOM…

HE CAN OVERRIDE THE LAWS OF GRAVITY BY HIS SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES…
YOU TEASE YOUR CHILDREN TO WATCH FOR HIS APPEARING,

BUT HE COMES AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT JUST LIKE JESUS WILL.

What does all the above mystical trappings that you are giving to you children have to do with the birth
of Jesus? Which event is going to capture the hearts of your children, Santa and his presents or baby
Jesus being born? Tell them this lie about the existence of almighty Santa Claus, and when your
children find out about this big lie you have been feeding them, might not they wonder if the story of
baby Jesus is also a lie?