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Top 10 Reasons You Should Not Celebrate Valentine's Day
Jul 29, 2024
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Today, I want to share with you 10 powerful reasons why you should not celebrate Valentine's Day
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I know this may be difficult to believe and accept, but stay with me
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After watching this video, you will surely rethink your perception of Valentine's Day
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It is estimated that Americans spend about $20 billion every year during Valentine's
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Day, making it the second most expensive holiday next to Christmas. There's no doubt, Valentine's Day is among the most popular holidays in the world today
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However, just because Valentine's Day is popular, doesn't automatically make it right for us
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Christians to celebrate it. That's why, let me share with you 10 reasons why you should not celebrate Valentine's Day
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So please check the link below to request your free copy. Reason number 1
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Valentine's Day has pagan roots. A quick look at any encyclopedia or history book will reveal that Valentine's Day is an
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ancient Roman festival. It is originally known as Lupercalia, which is celebrated every February 15
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Lupercalia is celebrated not to honor God, but pagan gods namely Lupercus, god of fertility
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Juno, goddess of marriage and women, and Pan, god of nature. One simply needs to check encyclopedia and historical records and soon you will discover
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that what I'm saying is true. Any reputable source would tell you this plain and simple fact
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Valentine's Day is rooted in paganism. Here's where things get more serious
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God calls paganism abominable and he strongly commands his people to stay away from it
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Deuteronomy 12 verses 29 to 32 clearly tells us, When Yahweh your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess
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and displace them and dwell in their land, take heed to yourself that you are not snared
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to follow them. After they destroy it from before you and that you do not inquire after their gods saying
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How did these nations serve their gods? I will also do likewise
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You shall not worship Yahweh your God in that way. For every abomination to Yahweh which he hates they have done to their gods
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For they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods
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Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it. You shall not add to it nor take away from it
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As you can see, God wants us to avoid worshipping him using pagan rituals, ceremonies, beliefs
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and observances. Reason number two, we must flee sexual immorality. Lupercalia is the pagan origin of Valentine's Day
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Lupercalia is celebrated with pagan sex rituals. It is about erotism, lust and fertility
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As early as the 4th century BC, young men seek their sexual partners during Lupercalia festival
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By a love lottery, young men would be able to win the companionship and sexual service
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of a woman until the next year's drawing. With these dark secrets of the origin of Valentine's Day, you sure don't want to be associated
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with this holiday. God's word is very clear with this and he wants us to flee sexual immorality
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Even during these modern times, we can't deny that a lot of people celebrate Valentine's
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Day with sex even if they are not married. We read in 1 Corinthians 6 verses 18 to 20, flee sexual immorality
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Every sin that a man does is outside the body but he who commits sexual immorality sins
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against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you
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have from God and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price
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Therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's
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Sexual immorality brings a lot of heartbreaks, diseases, and negative emotional and social problems
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God loves us and does not want us to suffer unnecessary pain
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Though sexual immorality brings pleasure, it will not last long. When you consider its many dire consequences, you will soon realize that it's not worth
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the risk. Reason number 3. Christians are called to love, not to lust
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Let's face it, what type of Valentine's Day does popular culture and media promote
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Isn't it the opposite of love? You see, I remember a few years ago, in our country, the movie 50 Shades of Grey, a movie
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about fornication was premiered in theaters on Valentine's Day. There's no doubt that the origin of Valentine's Day involves strong infatuation and lust rather
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than genuine love. There are a lot of unmarried couples who use Valentine's Day as an excuse to participate
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in premarital sex. Often, these sexual act leads to an unwanted and unplanned pregnancy
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And sadly, some men run away from the responsibility leaving the woman to raise their child alone
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Sadly, generally speaking, Valentine's Day is more like a day of lust rather than a day
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of love. Reason number 4. You can celebrate love without Valentine's Day
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Why do so many Christians limit their love on a specific day
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In this case, Valentine's Day. Wouldn't it be great to demonstrate your love every single day
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Married couples or those who are in a relationship can show their love and concern every day
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and not wait for Valentine's Day to arrive. A lot of people simply become in love during this day, but the rest of the year, they don't
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show the same zeal and passion for their spouse or mate. Reason number 5
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No one exactly knows who St. Valentine is. Do a quick search on the internet and see what you can find about St. Valentine
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It is very weird because his story is based on legends and not facts
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It is also unbiblical to revere a man. Some people think that we should pray to the saints as they can help bring our petitions
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to God. This is a satanic deception that we must all stop
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First and foremost, dead people are dead. They don't have the ability anymore to help the living
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The Bible makes it clear that there's no knowledge in the grave as we can read in Ecclesiastes
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9 verse 10. And no one has ever ascended into heaven except Yahshua or Jesus Christ as mentioned in John
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3 verse 13. Reason number 6. God's definition of love differs from what Valentine's Day promotes
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The biblical definition of love is this. Notice. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments
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And his commandments are not burdensome. First John chapter 5 verse 3
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God's definition of love is keeping his commandments. The commandments of God are there because he loves us
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The commandments of God gives us a guideline of how to have a fulfilling, blessed, and
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joyful life. Valentine's Day is just the opposite. As Christians, it is our duty to please God rather than men
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At this point, we need to stop and think. There is no doubt that Valentine's Day is a pagan holiday turned into Christian
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It is a holiday consecrated and ordained by man and not God
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In fact, God considers pagan holidays as abominable, distestable, futile, vain, and useless
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Who should you follow? God or men? Whom should you please? Who should we believe
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Yahshua, the Messiah, or Jesus Christ gave us the answer. Yahshua answered them, how right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you
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You are hypocrites, just as he wrote. These people says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away
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from me. It is no use for them to worship me because they teach human rules as though they were
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my laws. You put aside God's command and obey human teachings. That's Mark 9 verse 6 to 8
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Reason number 7, God is not impressed when he is worshipped with pagan holidays
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Why do we keep on insisting our own way? If you read the Bible, you will see the exact and proper manner how God wants us to worship him
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We need to stop and ask, how does God want me to worship him
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Rather than asking, how do I want God to be worshipped? After all, it is about God and not us
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Why would you use something that God hates to worship him? Yahshua said, God is spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and
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in truth. Ask yourself, is there any truth in Valentine's Day? Does it help you to worship God in spirit
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The answers to these questions are a glaring no. Valentine's Day is nothing but a recycled pagan holiday repackaged with a Christian name
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If you are going to give a gift to God, do you think he will be happy to receive something
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that he calls useless and abominable? We need to be honest to answer these questions
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Reason number 8, Valentine's Day leads to negative emotions. Women in general are very emotional
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If they don't receive a gift on Valentine's Day, they feel unloved
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If ever they receive something on this day, they will feel proud
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Proud because they would start comparing their gifts to other women. This may even lead to ungratefulness the moment they feel envious of what other women receive
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Whether you like it or not, some women actually expect something from their partner
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It is like having this feeling of entitlement. It's Valentine's Day and I deserve a gift
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On the other hand, men would feel pressured to buy something that would please their partner
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Sometimes these men are forced to give grudgingly and out of necessity rather than give willingly
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Either way, Valentine's Day is geared towards the way of getting rather than giving
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Reason number 9, God commands us not to conform to this world
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Like I said before, Valentine's Day is a very popular holiday in the world
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Why not? It caters to the lust of the very human nature that we have
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However, God expects us Christians to overcome our human nature and be more like God and
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less like us. The apostle Paul is very clear on this. He wrote in 2 Corinthians 6 verses 14 to 18
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Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done
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How can right and wrong be partners? How can be light and darkness live together
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How can Christ and the devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever
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How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God
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As God himself has said, I will make my home with my people and live among them
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I will be their God and they shall be my people. And so the Lord says, you must leave them and separate yourselves from them
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Have nothing to do with what is unclean and I will accept you
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I will be your father and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty
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So don't conform to this world. Instead, transform yourself by renewing your mind and presenting yourself as a living sacrifice to God
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Reason number 10. We are commanded to celebrate different holidays. Surprising as it may sound, God commanded his people to celebrate his feast days
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There are actually seven annual festivals that Christians should celebrate instead of
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borrowing holidays from pagans. They are written in Leviticus 23. Please don't assume that this is just for the Israelites because we can read that Yeshua
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or Jesus Christ, the apostles and the early Christians celebrated them even many years
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after Christ's death. God's festivals as laid out in the Bible tell us the amazing plan of salvation
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Worldly holidays like Valentine's Day utterly fail to accomplish this. If you wish to learn more about God's feast days, please send me a message and I'll be
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more than happy to discuss them with you. Alright, with these 10 reasons, it is very obvious that Christians should not participate
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in any pagan holiday, including Valentine's Day. You may change the name of an ancient pagan holiday and turn them into something Christian
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but we cannot deny that its substance is still the same. We can always show true and genuine love in a God-ordained manner
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We don't have to borrow ancient pagan holidays or celebrations to follow God
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If you are really a Christian who would like to live by every word that proceeds from the
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mouth of God, then you better take heed and not celebrate Valentine's Day
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Valentine's Day is not a Christian holiday and it will never be one
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You are called as a Christian because you are a follower of Christ
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Christ did not celebrate Valentine's Day. So should you. Will you follow God's word or follow your own will
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Choose rightly. I hope this video has opened your eyes to new truths
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you to be. That's it for me. I'm Joshua Infantado, Becoming Christians, praying that Yahweh the Almighty will guide
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