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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by blueAgent(m): 11:35am On Apr 15, 2021
Janosky:


You're still not getting it.
No follower of Jesus or Servant of the true God, not even Jesus Christ himself, had any connection with annual birthdays celebrations.
Did mary Mary and Joseph celebrate Jesus 1st year birthday till he died or they had posthumous birthdays celebrations for him?

Did Jesus not know that king Herod had birthdays celebrations?
Did he do his own birthday celebrations?
grin grin.

Your Bible says Jesus Christ ended the Law plus the Sabbath.
Colossians 3:13-16. Romans10:4. Gal 3:13,23-25
.


Jobs children did.

Clown.

Which law did Jesus end?
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by blueAgent(m): 11:39am On Apr 15, 2021
Janosky:


Nobody is in competition with you for quote of Scripturesgrin grin.

Thanks for sharing Matthew 5:17-18, your reference point.

Jesus Christ fulfilled and abolished the law.
If the law were in force, you would be offering ram and pigeon to atone for your sins.
Galatians 3:13,23-25


* Colossians 3:13-16
You were dead because of your sins, that is, because of your “foreskin,” your old nature. But God made you alive along with the Messiah by forgiving you all your sins. 14 He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake. [/b]15 Stripping the rulers and authorities of their power, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by means of the stake.

[b]16 So don’t let anyone pass judgment on you in connection with eating and drinking, or in regard to a Jewish festival or Rosh-Hodesh or Shabbat"
* Romans10:4 "Christ is the end of the law"
Pronto !

Your Bible skill Sucks.
No wonder your Church is a scam and known for false prophecies.

At your age you do not know the difference between the sacrificial laws and the ten commandments.

An you still do not know the difference between Jewiah festivals and the weekly sabbath insistuted by God before sin came into the World.

You are suppose to be a Muslim. Christianity is far from you.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 4:16pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


So shameful that, your twisted lying tongue was exposed but you couldn't admit it.

You even have audacity to repeat the WESTERN WEDDING RING nonsense.

You rush to Lev 18:3 which says "So don’t follow the customs of Egypt where you used to live or those of Canaan where I am bringing you."

To drive your point that since Birthday originated from Egypt then God has warned Israelites shouldn't FOLLOW ANY OF THEIR PRACTICES.

Even the son called WESTERN WEDDING RING from Greek & Romans, remember they are part of CANAAN mentioned above.

But everyone knows WEDDING RING originated from Egypt.

So Lev 18:3 should be applied here.


Jesus attended a Wedding . Wedding ring is not an issue. Because the concept of wedding itself was ordained by God. . So Lev 18:3 does not apply


Show me where Any servant of God did their birthdays ? To remove the credibility Leviticus 18:3 and Egyptian birthdays custom.
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 4:22pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:


Jesus attended a Wedding . Wedding ring is not an issue. Because the concept of wedding itself was ordained by God. . So Lev 18:3 does not apply


Show me where Any servant of God did their birthdays ? To remove the credibility Leviticus 18:3 and Egyptian birthdays custom.

@color is enough for me!

That's a hypocrite in action...

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 4:27pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


I can perceive your ignorance, Jesus dine with sinners, does that make Jesus a sinner?

Know the difference between the two!

To participate with Pagan means you do exactly what the pagan did that day, you join them in their ritual act, incite their slogan e.t.c

A Christian that join Ifa people to celebrate their god , eat and drink even if he is not reciting the slogan is valid?


It's your logic that is wacked.

The funny part of it and to see how bias you are, you quoted encyclopedia article first then went ahead to quote A BLOG without a reliable source to back it up.

I'm waiting for your encyclopedia source on that!

Even the article says "...This divine promotion made their coronation date much more important than their birth into the world,..."



No! I'm celebrating my OWN birthday.

Wedding ring is also part of that custom God banned the Israelites from partaking of.

Romans 14:5-6 shows I can CHOOSE A DAY TO CELEBRATE.


" When the pharaoh came to the throne he was instantly associated with Horus - the god who had defeated the forces of chaos and restored order "

The Origin of birthdays is the celebration of a false god. This is not what Romans 14:5,6 is preaching. Not even Jesus or Paul who wrote the text ever made mention of their birthdays. More proof you are yarning dust grin
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 4:27pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


@color is enough for me!

That's a hypocrite in action...

Not hypocrisy but a Fact. Why can't you defend your assumption with a Single reference like I did ?

I said Jesus attended a Wedding, wedding ring is not an issue since God backed wedding celebration. provide one person reference for birthday celebration in the Bible by a godly person ?
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 4:36pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


Do you even attend school at all?

because a well educated person knows that, female children weren't normally giving much attention in ancient documentaries. This can even be seen throughout the scriptures.

Even the text still features the female by saying they too were ALWAYS invited.

Only a bias JWs will deny what they celebrate isn't birthday because the text is clear "HIS DAY"

His day NOT his birthday.

His day can mean a time someone chosed.

There was a custom in that family that the sons organize a Feast. So each will chose his own day to organize it. That's the reference point of the text.

That you said the females are just mere invitees proved beyond doubt , that wasn't a birthday. Don't the females have a date of birth too ? if that place want to sideline females according to your point of view, it won't have made mention of them attending at all . That the females cannot organize that feast is enough prove for a rational person that the Job text wasn't a reference to birthday's
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 4:40pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:
A Christian that join Ifa people to celebrate their god, eat and drink even if he is not reciting the slogan is valid?

@color is idolatry...

" When the pharaoh came to the throne he was instantly associated with Horus - the god who had defeated the forces of chaos and restored order "

Was this about birthday or you just want to be ignorant?

No wonder you couldn't back up your claim with a reliable source.

The Origin of birthdays is the celebration of a false god. This is not what Romans 14:5,6 is preaching. Not even Jesus or Paul who wrote the text ever made mention of their birthdays. More proof you are yarning dust grin

I can see you can't still provide a reliable source to back it up.

Which means you're just following the nonsense thought in your hall.

Romans 14:5-6 is about celebrating a day I CHOOSE.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 4:42pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:
[s]Not hypocrisy but a Fact. Why can't you defend your assumption with a Single reference like I did ?

I said Jesus attended a Wedding, wedding ring is not an issue since God backed wedding celebration. provide one person reference for birthday celebration in the Bible by a godly person ?[/s]

Hypocrite!

That's the word for you on anything about that post!

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 4:48pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:

His day NOT his birthday.

His day can mean a time someone chosed.

There was a custom in that family that the sons organize a Feast. So each will chose his own day to organize it. That's the reference point of the text.

@color shows once again, how biased you are.

The interpretation of that verse by scholars is birthday but for you to continue in your delusions, you said "CAN MEAN"

That you said the females are just mere invitees proved beyond doubt , that wasn't a birthday. Don't the females have a date of birth too ? if that place want to sideline females according to your point of view, it won't have made mention of them attending at all

That was the reason I asked whether you go to school at all or just decided to be ignorant.

Was scripture usually silent on female issues like men?

That the females cannot organize that feast is enough prove for a rational person that the Job text wasn't a reference to birthday's

Where from the scripture you read that female can't organized that feast?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:00pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


@color shows once again, how biased you are.

The interpretation of that verse by scholars is birthday but for you to continue in your delusions, you said "CAN MEAN"


Who are those dumb scholars ?

Show me one reference of that Hebrew word that refer to birthday .



That was the reason I asked whether you go to school at all or just decided to be ignorant.

Was scripture usually silent on female issues like men?

Where from the scripture you read that female can't organized that feast?

By silent you mean they did but it wasn't recorded. No, you are wrong. The text made it clear that only Job Sons organize that family feast , and when it goes round their Father will purify them.

If the reference was to a Birthday , Females will as well. Don't they have a date of birth ?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:01pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


Hypocrite!

That's the word for you on anything about that post!

Just a single reference, You can't ?
Shows You have been lying all this while .
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:05pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


@color is idolatry...

Was this about birthday or you just want to be ignorant?

No wonder you couldn't back up your claim with a reliable source.
I can see you can't still provide a reliable source to back it up.

Which means you're just following the nonsense thought in your hall.

Romans 14:5-6 is about celebrating a day I CHOOSE.

" In particular, during the first two centuries of Christianity there was strong opposition to recognizing birthdays of martyrs or, for that matter, of Jesus. Numerous Church Fathers offered sarcastic comments about the pagan custom of celebrating birthdays " Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Would this comment be valid if it's not truly Established that Egyptians Celebrate birthdays of pharaohs for his birth as a god?

In fact In the early beginning of birthdays, it was for Pharaohs. Part of their Customs which the Isrealites saw before leaving Egypt.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:05pm On Apr 15, 2021
blueAgent:


You still don't get it.

grin woman no get date of birth ?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 5:07pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:
Who are those dumb scholars ?

Show me one reference of that Hebrew word that refer to birthday .

Is Google missing in your phone.

But why did you use CAN MEAN?

Which is the evidence that you know there's another meaning to that phrase.

By silent you mean they did but it wasn't recorded. No, you are wrong.
The text made it clear that only Job Sons organize that family feast , and when it goes round their Father will purify them.

If the reference was to a Birthday , Females will as well. Don't they have a date of birth ?

The content of that text is Birthday!

Job sons celebrated their birthday.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 5:09pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:

Just a single reference, You can't ? Shows You have been lying all this while .
Hypocrite!
That's the word for you here

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:11pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


Is Google missing in your phone.

But why did you use CAN MEAN?

Which is the evidence that you know there's another meaning to that phrase.

Show me a single reference of that Hebrew word that mean birthdays ?

It was used other times in scripture to mean an appointed time , not birthdays.


The content of that text is Birthday!

Job sons celebrated their birthday.

Only Men celebrate birthdays ?

grin

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:13pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


Hypocrite!

That's the word for you here

Calm down. Show us a righteous man that did their birthday after isrealites left Egypt ?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 5:16pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:
" In particular, during the first two centuries of Christianity there was strong opposition to recognizing birthdays of martyrs or, for that matter, of Jesus. Numerous Church Fathers offered sarcastic comments about the pagan custom of celebrating birthdays " Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Keep jumping up and down...

This is the statement I asked you to provide a reliable source for, till now, you haven't be able, "so they were basically celebrating the Pharaoh’s “birth” as a god."

The same Christians of first-two centuries you didn't subscribe to their teachings are the ones you're rally around.

Would this comment be valid if it's not truly Established that Egyptians Celebrate birthdays of pharaohs for his birth as a god?

We need your source not just speculation.

In fact In the early beginning of birthdays, it was for Pharaohs. Part of their Customs which the Isrealites saw before leaving Egypt.

But they saw WEDDING RING and God warned them to do away with them.
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 5:19pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:
Show me a single reference of that Hebrew word that mean birthdays?

It was used other times in scripture to mean an appointed time , not birthdays.

So you didn't do your research on that.

Only Men celebrate birthdays ?

grin

Job sons was recorded to celebrate birthday in the scripture likewise.
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Emusan(m): 5:22pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:
Calm down. Show us a righteous man that did their birthday after isrealites left Egypt ?

Hypocrite!

Can you show us a righteous man that use wedding ring after Israelites left the Egypt?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:39pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


Keep jumping up and down...

This is the statement I asked you to provide a reliable source for, till now, you haven't be able, "so they were basically celebrating the Pharaoh’s “birth” as a god."

The same Christians of first-two centuries you didn't subscribe to their teachings are the ones you're rally around.

We need your source not just speculation.

But they saw WEDDING RING and God warned them to do away with them.

Egyptologist Dr. James Hoffmeier comments: this is referencing the subject [pharaoh ] coronation date, since that would have been the Pharaoh's "birth" as a god.

That's the source of the Statement quoted.

Was pharaoh not viewed as a god ( Horus) ?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:45pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


Hypocrite!

Can you show us a righteous man that use wedding ring after Israelites left the Egypt?

" ... put a ring on his hand " Luke 15:22

What's special about rings?

People celebrate Wedding , Jesus attended one. And people use rings on their hands. Don't forget pharaoh gave Joseph a signet ring, Yet Many Jews use rings on their fingers. So the idea of wearing rings have no condemnation.

Show us one that did their birthday celebration ?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by Barristter07: 5:48pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


So you didn't do your research on that.
Job sons was recorded to celebrate birthday in the scripture likewise.
The same verse recorded their sisters as mere invitees, So are you subscribing to the idea that women are mere invitees to a birth day ?

Na wah grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:10pm On Apr 15, 2021
blueAgent:


No wonder you and your Church are know for false doctrines.

Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

That is the repercussions of them always thinking they are better scripturally than others They love shouting others should be humble and learn from them. His memory must have skipped that part of the bible. I hope he learns from this humbly.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:17pm On Apr 15, 2021
Janosky:


Nobody is in competition with you for quote of Scripturesgrin grin.

Thanks for sharing Matthew 5:17-18, your reference point.

Jesus Christ fulfilled and abolished the law.
If the law were in force, you would be offering ram and pigeon to atone for your sins.
Galatians 3:13,23-25


* Colossians 3:13-16
You were dead because of your sins, that is, because of your “foreskin,” your old nature. But God made you alive along with the Messiah by forgiving you all your sins. 14 He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake. [/b]15 Stripping the rulers and authorities of their power, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by means of the stake.

[b]16 So don’t let anyone pass judgment on you in connection with eating and drinking, or in regard to a Jewish festival or Rosh-Hodesh or Shabbat"
* Romans10:4 "Christ is the end of the law"
Pronto !


Janosky, you amuse me. Do you think any of these people care a bit about what the scriptures says?

Go and tell your brother who typed the bold above to learn humbly next time and stop empty boast that people don't care about what the scripture says.
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:21pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


So shameful that, your twisted lying tongue was exposed but you couldn't admit it.

You even have audacity to repeat the WESTERN WEDDING RING nonsense.

You rush to Lev 18:3 which says "So don’t follow the customs of Egypt where you used to live or those of Canaan where I am bringing you."

To drive your point that since Birthday originated from Egypt then God has warned Israelites shouldn't FOLLOW ANY OF THEIR PRACTICES.

Even the son called WESTERN WEDDING RING from Greek & Romans, remember they are part of CANAAN mentioned above.

But everyone knows WEDDING RING originated from Egypt.

So Lev 18:3 should be applied here.




He simply can't go back to Lev 18 : 3 to back that point. That is already a dead point. He knows

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:27pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


But it was mentioned in connection with Russell, Rutherford & Knorr.

Definitely, they're not worshippers of Jehovah so that case is settled.



Just see how you're contradicting yourself.

But how come you single out Birthday here?

The focal point here, if God who established the great Sabbath day which was model after his own ETERNAL REST later sees no obligation for this same great Day observance, do you think God will bother Himself with a mere birthday celebration?



That's the reason why they have been asked repeatedly, where in the scripture is celebrating birthday a sin?

Where in the scripture did it warrant such a kind of questions from their videos what if Jehovah does not want to be my friend anymore for cerebrating birthdays.

Manipulation, assumptions and speculations in place.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:35pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:


Jesus attended a Wedding . Wedding ring is not an issue. Because the concept of wedding itself was ordained by God. . So Lev 18:3 does not apply


Show me where Any servant of God did their birthdays ? To remove the credibility Leviticus 18:3 and Egyptian birthdays custom.

Wedding ring is not an issue

Birthday is not an issue then.
Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:45pm On Apr 15, 2021
Emusan:


@color is enough for me!

That's a hypocrite in action...


Jehovah can pick and choose what pagan things he want after all including wedding rings that originate with paganism. They can easily decide for Jehovah.

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by achorladey: 6:50pm On Apr 15, 2021
Barristter07:


Calm down. Show us a righteous man that did their birthday after isrealites left Egypt ?

Show us a righteous man that use wedding rings ring after Israelites left Egypt?

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Re: Is It Ok For A Christain To Celebrate His Or Her Birthday? by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:30pm On Apr 15, 2021
blueAgent:

Really ?
no wonder your Church is a scam.

Exactly what all the contemporary religionsts of Jesus' day said about him {John 10:20} so you're confirming what he foretold that you and your people (who can't agree on the same line of thought) will say about his true followers! John 15:20

What is Sin?
Define Sin for me.

If you've concluded that my church is scam then is there any reason whatsoever to start asking me questions when you're damn sure that i don't have the answer? cheesy

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