By CBC News,cbc.ca, Updated: December 27, 2011 10:14 AM
Pepper spray fired 'in the air' in Winnipeg mall
A man who fired pepper spray inside a Winnipeg shopping mall on Monday sprayed the substance in the air during an argument with a man who was armed with a knife, according to a witness. Hundreds of Boxing Day shoppers at Polo Park, the city's largest mall, were affected by the pepper spray when it was discharged around 2:30 p.m. CT on Monday.
It’s sad when these types of things occur in our society today. One would think there would be a whole lot more joy in a season that supposedly purports it! However, this is honestly to be expected when human beings go opposite of the plain teachings of their Creator!
Does it really make a difference? Friends, it does make a difference! Your everlasting destiny depends on it! You are soon—very soon—going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Then you won't carelessly say: "I do not think it makes much difference"; or, "Here is the way I look at it." It does not matter how you look at it, or what you think. God says it makes a difference with Him! You can't treat His Son with disrespect and get away with it! There is a way that seems right to a man—to some of you—but the end result are the ways of death (Proverbs 14:12). You will be judged by what God says—not by what you think!
Christmas is pagan and the Bible clearly warns us that pagan holidays would be substituted for the Holy Days. It was prophesied in advance—over 800 years before Paul warned about it in Galatians 4:10.
Turn to the book of Hosea. The prophet had a message for the future—for this present day! Notice: "And I"—God is quoted by the prophet—“will punish her"—our people today—“for the feast days of the Baals!" Sunday, Christmas, Easter and Halloween are feast days of Baal! What could be plainer! Our people "forgot Me, says the Lord"—because they have rejected His holy days. "And in that day"—the very near future when Christ intervenes in world affairs—“I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more" (Hosea 2:13, 17, RSV) .
How clear! Israel today—Canadians—have adopted the feast days of Baal. One of the greatest of church holidays—Christmas—is named after the son of Baal or Nimrod. God forbids us to honor Him by celebrating these Babylonish feasts. God warns: "Take heed ... that thou inquire not ...`How used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.' Thou shalt not do unto the Lord thy God. For every abomination which He hateth, have they done unto their gods" (Deut. 12:30-31). These pagan abominations are also forbidden by the apostle Paul in Galatians. That is New Testament teaching!
Are you walking as Christ walked? Are you doing the things Christ commanded? Are you sure? Jesus commanded His apostles to teach their converts "to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:20). The apostle Paul commanded Christians to follow him as he followed Christ. What was Paul's example? Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, not only observed the Sabbath and the annual festivals, but commanded his converts to do the same! It is in your New Testament! So the Sabbath and the annual Holy Days were not done away with after all. Of course!
If you are “sick” of the threat of being pepper sprayed because of following pagan holidays and are more interested in learning about truth, God’s Holy Days, as followed and taught by Jesus Christ and the apostles—then begin your search in the Bible.
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