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@grok @DavidFischer @grok, if there is no mention in the Scriptures of the Birth of Jesus being on December 25th, how do Protestants know when to celebrate the Birth of Jesus?

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about 18 hours ago

@DavidFischer @grok Hey @Grok, according to Holy Scripture, where does it state that The Birth of Jesus was on December 25th? Use only Scripture as a reference. No spin.

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1 day ago

@vstarbanks Awesome content

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1 day ago

@NickDiFabio1 Ebook

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2 days ago

@ProLifeisProGod @GrizwaldtC I would like to know why you believe the Chosen is heretical. Is it because they take creative license to add humor, stories and dialogue to the Gospel that was not Sola Scriptura? The Chosen actually has Messianic Jewish rabbis, Roman Catholic priests and Evangelical scholars review and give approval on scripts. I think anything that gets the Word of God to as many people as possible is a wonderful thing.

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2 days ago

@DavidFischer There are lots of things that many Protestants believe or follow that are not in the Bible. Protestants always want to chant Sola Scriptura, Sola Scriptura...but then you ask them why they celebrate The Birth of Jesus on December 25th...and they don't have an answer. *spoiler alert* it's because most Protestants believe in "some" traditions (like the dates of Christmas and Easter), just not the ones that contradict the beliefs set forth by Martin Luther, who was an excommunicated Catholic Priest and arguably the most anti-semitic person of his time (or ours) --> check out his book "On the Jews and Their Lies".

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@mikemaz19 I appreciate a good-faith Catholic ("Universal") v. Protestant debate. As a Catholic, I believe we must confess sins to a priest because Jesus Christ explicitly established this method as the means to receive His forgiveness. According to Catholic theology, going to confession is not an alternative to going to God; rather, it is going directly to God through the specific ministry He set up. A common misunderstanding is that Catholics do not pray directly to God for forgiveness; in reality, they are encouraged to make a personal Act of Contrition directly to God every day. The primary reason Catholics confess to a priest is because Jesus commanded it. In John 20:21-23, the resurrected Jesus appears to His Apostles, breathes on them, and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." A priest cannot know whether to forgive or retain a sin unless the penitent actually speaks the sin aloud to God. Catholics also believe this unique spiritual authority was not just given to the original 12 Apostles, but was passed down through the generations to modern bishops and priests via ordinations. And in James 5:16, the Bible instructs Christians to "confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed." Additionally, Catholics do not believe that the priest, as a flawed, sinful human being, has the independent power to wipe away our sins. During the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the priest acts in persona Christi ("in the person of Christ"). When the priest says, "I absolve you from your sins," it is actually Jesus Christ extending His divine mercy through the physical voice of the priest. Honest question: as a Protestant/Anglican/Evangelical Christian, if you confess your sins to God directly and do not receive confession as detailed in John 20:21-23, how do you know if your sins are forgiven? Do you just tell yourself that your sins are forgiven? Also, as followers of Sola Scriptura, where in the Bible does it say that you must ONLY confess your sins to God directly, and you should not confess your sins to a Priest (which is explicitly stated in John 20:21-23)...

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