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Their eyes dont see. They have not been shown. However, God searches hearts. God knew what deceptions we would be thrown, so He will not blame them for they can not see. He instead will rest among those who sing praises, gather with other believers, and wholeheartedly worship Jesus as their Lord on this day.
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Jesus gave us the gift of everlasting life. I don’t know why you’d focus so intently on demons and Satan. Satan and his fallen angels have no power. We have power through Christ. Power to assemble and power to praise his name. Demons are cowards in the face of Christ and his true disciples.
We read scripture with our kids and let them know how God has blessed us with the ability to give and receive gifts. Santa and elves are lighthearted fun and all, but it’s not about Santa for our family, it’s about our love for one another. We know what that love means thanks to Christ Jesus.
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Romans 14: Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.
For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.
Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; [a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
For to this end Christ died [b]and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
For it is written:
“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.
Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.