An Ounce of Truth A Day, Keeps the Deceiver Away

Today, Sunday, 23 December 2012, we are going to start posting everyday a short article titled, “An Ounce of Truth a Day, Keeps the Deceiver Away.”

Our objective is to make the people see the truth, the facts, and not just opinions or made up stories, so that they will not be decieved by false teachers. To arrive at biblical truth is so important in order for us to attain salvation. I Timothy 2:3-4 has this to say:

“This is good, and pleases God our Savior,  who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”  (I Timoteo 2:2-5 NIV)

The Lord Jesus Christ Was Not Born On 
December 25

Are we against celebrating Jesus’ birth? No. The Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) is not against the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Angels celebrated and rejoiced when the Lord was born (cf. Luke 2:12-14).  However, the truth is, Jesus was not born on December 25.

According to the Bible, what happned during the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ? In Luke 2:1-10, this is what Luke, the Evangelist, recorded:

 “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)  And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.  But the angel said to them, "Do not be

During the birth of Jesus, (1) the emperor, Augustus Caesar, issued a decree that a census should be take of the entire Roman world and that everyone must go to his own town to register; and (2) there were shepherds keeping watch their flocks at night.

Everyone knew these, but what they don’t know is that these informations actually prove that Jesus was not born in December 25. The Catholic Encyclopedia has this to say:

“Origin of Date – Concerning the date of Christ’s birth the Gospel give no help, indeed, upon their datacontradictory arguments are based. The census would have been impossible in winter…” [The Catholic Encyclopedia. An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Ed., Charles G. Herbermann, Ph. D., LL.D., Edward A. Pace, Ph/D. et al. Nihil Obstat: Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor Imprimatur: John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York. Encyclopedia Press, Inc., New York: 1913, vol. III, p. 727.]

The Catholic scholars attest that “The Census would have been impossible in winter…” Aside from this, the same Catholic Encyclopedia added this:

“Authorities moreover differ as to whether shepherds could or would keep f;ocks exposed during the nights of the rainy seasons…” (Ibid., p. 726)

In light of recent development, the current pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Benedict XVI, in his new book, admitted that Jesus was not born on December 25.