Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Monday, December 22, 2025

Mr Spurgeon on Christmas

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the famous English Baptist preacher,
was born on June 19, 1834, in Kelvedon, Essex, England,
to parents John and Eliza Spurgeon.
He became known as the "Prince of Preachers"
for his powerful sermons and extensive writings,
serving for decades at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. 

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One can't be more honest and plain than Mr Spurgeon on Christmas...

Quite unlike "the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive the simple."

Mr Spurgeon said,
“There is no reason upon earth beyond that of ecclesiastical custom why the 25th of December should be regarded as the birthday of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ any more than any other day from the first of January to the last day of the year; and yet some persons regard Christmas with far deeper reverence than the Lord’s Day. You will often hear it asserted that “The Bible and the Bible alone is the religion of the Protestants,” but it is not so. There are Protestants who have absorbed a great deal beside the Bible into their religion, and among other things, they have accepted the authority of what they call “the church,” and by that door, all sorts of superstitions have entered.

There is no authority whatever in the word of God for the keeping of Christmas at all, and no reason for keeping it just now except that the most superstitious section of Christendom has made a rule that December 25th shall be observed as the birthday of the Lord, and the church by law established in this land [England] has agreed to follow in the same track. You are under no bondage whatever to regard that regulation. 

We owe no allegiance to the ecclesiastical powers which have made a decree on this matter, for we belong to an old-fashioned church which does not dare to make laws, but is content to obey them. At the same time the day is no worse than another, and if you choose to observe it, and observe it unto the Lord, I doubt not he will accept your devotion: while if you do not observe it, but unto the Lord observe it not, for fear of encouraging superstition and will-worship, I doubt not but what you shall be as accepted in the non-observance as you could have been in the observance of it.”

Charles H. Spurgeon, his introductory comments before preaching on the birth of Jesus Christ, December 24th, 1876

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Do enjoy your Christmas festivities; however, just be honest to admit that it has no biblical basis whatsoever. Specious arguments only diminish your integrity further.
Next time, don't say "sola scriptura" so loudly. 

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