CHRISTMAS PART II

3.) Was Jesus an infant when the Wise Men came?

Matthew 2:7-14
"Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. "...Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him bring me word again that I amy come and worship him also. "...went before them till it came and stood over where the young child was. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. "...Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word. ...he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;"

Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was excceding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the chilren that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had dilegently enquired of the wise men.

King Herod had destroyed all the children 2 years old and under according to the time that the shepherds inquired of the King of the Jews, Jesus. So if he was still an infant, why all the children 2 years old? So ask yourself, could Christ still be in a manger, just born?

4.) What does the Bible say about heathen practices?

Ezekiel 11:12
And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

Ezekiel 23:30
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

Jeremiah 10:2-5
Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree but speek not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

5.) What about the traditions of man?

Mark 7:9
He said to them,"All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own traditions.

Matthew 15:8-9
These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Colossians 2:8,22
Beware lest anyone spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the owrld, and not after Christ. Which all are to perish with the using; after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seemeth right unto man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.