Dikegodspower:
people deceiving ignorant followers ,, anyway I will not t talk pim....

Ken4Christ:
Holding camp meeting to kill perceived enemies. Dr Olukoya should please repent of this evil teachings and forms of prayers before it is too late.

How many witches did our Lord Jesus killed. He died for everybody including witches. I have seen some people involved in witchcraft activities saved by the power of God and they are now preaching the gospel.

Not just MFN. This prayer forms have spread like cancer to other denominations including the RCCG and Salvation Ministries. They are not just consistent with the teachings of our Lord Jesus. We should stop killing perceived enemies through prayers.

Godswillnwaoma:
Jehovah's witnesses have been saying this same thing since decade.....



Christmas did not originate from Christ, It has absolutely nothing to do with Christ Jesus. It is pegan feast.

Ken4Christ:
Holding camp meeting to kill perceived enemies. Dr Olukoya should please repent of this evil teachings and forms of prayers before it is too late.

How many witches did our Lord Jesus killed. He died for everybody including witches. I have seen some people involved in witchcraft activities saved by the power of God and they are now preaching the gospel.

Not just MFN. This prayer forms have spread like cancer to other denominations including the RCCG and Salvation Ministries. They are not just consistent with the teachings of our Lord Jesus. We should stop killing perceived enemies through prayers.

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K!
You are the one of the few Nairalanders close enough to know how @[color=#006600][/color] work!
Have a good year!

quinox947:
Thanks. They have also forgotten that it is unscriptural to pray for the death of ones enemies. Jesus admonished that we forgive, pray and do good to our enemies.

aimuan:
Jesus himself didn't celebrate his birthday,why do you chose to celebrate it?worse still on a wrong date.

Neroiam:


Bro.. Have you bothered to ask who fixed this date and why?
Go for knowledge

Neroiam:


Why did they fix it for 25th?

oteneaaron:
Is this not what Jehovah's Witnesses have been saying for like forever?

DCmonster:
Bleep ya all. December is my birth month and I will always celebrate Christmas and my birthday in december. Jehovah witnesses are bunch of hypocrites and secret society group we use to know, now here comes MFM too.

chieyine:


Following this flawed logic,
Did Jesus celebrate his death day?
He wasnt alive to celebrate it.
His disciples did.

Did Jesus Celebrate his birthday?
Only extremely rich people celebrate birthdays
And both heavens and earth celebrated the day he was born.

I dont see the fuss about all these things

MiddleDimension:

i was told over the years that jesus was actually born.
i was told his birth was so important, god sent an angel to announce it even before he was concieved, and when he was born, making the statement that god is faithful.
i was told that when he was born, heaven celebrated it in the presence of god when they sang the first christmas carol: "glory to god in thw highest, and peace to men of goodwill.
as for the day, i wasn't told he was born on the 25th of december. i was told we celebrate it on the 25th of december.
for the day again, i was told that jesus gave men the power to make such decisions when he said "whatever you consider bound on earth, is considered bound in heaven
christmas tree, i was told that the earth is of the lord, and the fullness thereof. i was also told in col 1:15-16：“all things were made by him and for him(including trees and materials with which it was made) and in him, all things have their proper places.
for the day again, bible told us to tell you that "...Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day."

so i am really interested how you want to refute these and tell me it is unbiblical. would like to see it.

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This one is telling Dr Olukoya to repent from his evil teachings before it is too late?!

There is absolutely nothing you won't read on Nairaland!

Orisirisi something!

nwakaibe:

Have you bothered to ask who fixed sun day, day for sun worship as christian day of worship?

Mcuzy:
Make ona go sidon where contain ona . Who follow ona drag say dem nor born Jesus for December ? Over sabi tell us when dem born am na... December 25th is just a day we celebrate CHristmas to remind the world of the birth of a king

Chonchin:


The Date of Christmas

No one knows the real birthday of Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so why do we celebrate it on the 25th December? The early Christians certainly had many arguments as to when it should be celebrated! Also, the birth of Jesus probably didn't happen in the year 1 but slightly earlier, somewhere between 2 BCE/BC and 7 BCE/BC, possibly in 4 BCE/BC (there isn't a 0 - the years go from 1 BC/BCE to 1!).

Calendar showing 25th December
The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). But it was not an official Roman state festival at this time.

However, there are many different traditions and theories as to why Christmas is celebrated on December 25th.

A very early Christian tradition said that the day when Mary was told that she would have a very special baby, Jesus (called the Annunciation) was on March 25th - and it's still celebrated today on the 25th March. Nine months after the 25th March is the 25th December! March 25th was also the day some early Christians thought the world had been made, and also the day that Jesus died on when he was an adult. The date of March 25th was chosen because people had calculated that was the day on which Jesus died as an adult (Nisan 14 in the Jewish calendar) and they thought that Jesus was conceived and had died on the same day of the year.

Because of the date, some people say that the Christians 'took over' December 25th from these Roman festivals. However, there are records going back to around 200 of early Christians connecting the Nisan 14 to the 25th March, and so 25th December was a 'Christian' festival date many years before 'Sol Invictus'! (More recent studies have also found that the 'Sol Invictus' connection didn't appear until the 12th century and it's from one scribbled note in the margins of a manuscript. There's also evidence that 'Sol Invictus' might also have happened in October and not December anyway!)

Christmas had also been celebrated by the early Church on January 6th, when they also celebrated the Epiphany (which means the revelation that Jesus was God's son) and the Baptism of Jesus. (Like the December 25th date above, this was based on a calculation of Jesus's death/conception but from the 6th April not the 25th March.) Now Epiphany mainly celebrates the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus, but back then it celebrated both things! Jesus's Baptism was originally seen as more important than his birth, as this was when he started his ministry.

The Jewish festival of Lights, Hanukkah starts on the eve of the Kislev 25 (the month in the Jewish calendar that occurs at about the same time as December). Hanukkah celebrates when the Jewish people were able to re-dedicate and worship in their Temple, in Jerusalem, again following many years of not being allowed to practice their religion.

Jesus was a Jew, so this could be another reason that helped the early Church choose December the 25th for the date of Christmas!