{"id":1631,"date":"2026-03-16T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/?page_id=1631"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:03:30","slug":"religious-holidays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/getting-started\/religious-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n{“title”:””,”nav_menu”:”13″}\n

Do you celebrate \u201cChristian\u201d holidays, such as Christmas and Easter?

What does God have to say about that?

Deuteronomy 12:29-32<\/span>
\u201cWhen the LORD your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations and you drive them out and live in their land, do not fall into the trap of following their customs and worshiping their gods. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, \u2018How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.\u2019 You must not worship the LORD your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods. \u201cSo be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them. <\/span>

Leviticus 18:1-5<\/span>
Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cGive the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the Lord your God. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the Lord your God. If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the Lord.<\/span>

Nehemiah 13:30<\/span>
So I purged out everything foreign and assigned tasks to the priests and Levites, making certain that each knew his work.
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Other translations use the word pagan instead of foreign. That is what these holidays are. They aren\u2019t God\u2019s days. 

2 Corinthians 6:14-18<\/span>
Don\u2019t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God\u2019s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: \u201cI will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don\u2019t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you. And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.\u201d
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In Revelation we are told exactly where the world gets its religious worship practices.

Revelation 17:5<\/span>
\nA mysterious name was written on her forehead: \u201cBabylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.\u201d

<\/span>In the next chapter we are told:

Revelation 18:4<\/span>
\nThen I heard another voice calling from heaven, \u201cCome away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her.<\/span>\n

Jesus also made it clear that our religious holidays and traditions violate God\u2019s commandments:

Matthew 15:3-9<\/span>
\nJesus replied, \u201cAnd why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God? For instance, God says, \u2018Honour your father and mother,\u2019 and \u2018Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.\u2019 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, \u2018Sorry, I can\u2019t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.\u2019 In this way, you say they don\u2019t need to honour their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, \u2018These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.\u2019\u201d<\/span>

John 4:24<\/span>
\nFor God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.\u201d

<\/span>Note the word truth in there. Not man made make up days that have been celebrated for thousands of years and then been made \u201cChristian\u201d by tweaking them. God requires to be worshiped by us keeping the True Holy Days that he ordained.

Also, most of these non-biblical holidays are loaded with excesses and non-Christian activities.

Romans 13:13-14<\/span><\/p>

Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don\u2019t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarrelling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don\u2019t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires. <\/span> <\/p>\n{“title”:””,”nav_menu”:”13″}\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1487,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1631","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1888,"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631\/revisions\/1888"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccog.uk\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}