God's Word instructs His followers not to do as the heathen do but what happens around this time of year (December)? The professed Christians are doing as the heathen. www.nopews.blogspot.com

1. Do Not Learn the Way of the Heathen
It’s that time of year when people will be searching for the
perfect tree. Many will go to a parking lot and pick one out
that’s already been cut down and some will make a day of
it by going to tree farms and picking out a live one, sawing
it down and bringing it home. In today’s commercialized
world there are some who have imitation trees that are
kept in a box and put up just like real ones. They all (real
or fake) are placed in some sort of holder and fastened to
keep them from tipping. Out will come the lights and then
the decorations in which the trees will be adorned in silver
and gold as well as other popular colors such as blue,
white and red.
Did you know that God’s Word warns His people NOT to
do such things? Let’s read Jeremiah 10:1-5…
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you,
O house of Israel:
2 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. 3 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 axe. 4 They deck it with silver and
with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree,
but speak not: they must needs be borne, because

2. they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot
do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Did you read God’s admonishment NOT to be like the
Gentiles?
“Do not learn the way of the heathen”
So let’s look at this in comparison of the pagans to the
people of today:
Heathens cut down trees and brought them home.
Professed Christians cut down trees and bring them
home.
Heathens fastened them so they wouldn't tip.
Professed Christians fasten them so they won't tip.
Heathens adorned them in silver and gold.
Professed Christians adorn them in silver and gold.
It's clear to see that professed Christians HAVE learned
the way of the gentiles and are doing so today!
God clearly said:
“Do not learn the way of the heathen”
Thus saith the Lord!
Some will argue that the heathens were using the
decorated trees as idols and that they (themselves) are
not doing so and that they consider it just a pretty
decoration. We can look at it a couple different

3. ways. First off, God said NOT to do as the heathen do
and if that isn’t enough let’s look at the whole issue in
context. Christ-mass is a pagan holiday (Please go to
www.nopews.blogspot.com and read the article
Celebrating Christ-mass Is Based On Truth Or Lies) and
let’s go see (again) what God’s Word says about that.
“Do not learn the way of the heathen”
God’s Word is true and therefore true believers are to
follow it in every aspect of our lives; being a living
sacrifice:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
service. (Romans 12:1)
So how is it a believer of Jesus Christ can present their
bodies as a living sacrifice, acceptable to God if they are
disobeying God’s Word and ‘doing the way of the
heathen”?
Jesus said in John 14:15 that if we love Him we will keep
His commands. These commands are written throughout
the bible and:
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God
may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good
work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Scripture speaks for itself and nothing more needs to be

4. said about Christ-mass trees. They are not to be a part of
a born again believers life and should be rejected (as well
as the entire Christ-mass event and anything it pertains
to.)
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Jim and Debbie
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