George A. Marcelo’s Weblog

Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Silent Night

In the Philippines, we start celebrating the birth of our Lord, Jesus the Christ during the “-ber” months (September, October, etc), and end in early January.  However, I think we should celebrate the birthday of our Lord Jesus the Christ everyday!

When was our Lord born? The Bible does not give us a clear date. I doubt very much it is Dec 25, because our Lord was Jewish, and His birthday would have a date on the Jewish calendar, which is lunar, and so the date on the world’s calendar, which is solar, would vary from year to year. For example, this is the reason why the date of Passover (or Resurrection Day; and called Easter by those who do not know that this is a pagan name) varies from year to year. Also, I do not think it was during winter, as it would be too cold for the sheep to be out in the field. Maybe our Lord wanted the date of His birth to be uncertain so that we would celebrate it everyday!

As for nativity scenes, it is somewhat misleading. The wise men from the east would have had to travel many months from “the east”  to Israel. By the time they met our Lord, He would have been a toddler.  Of course, you can still have nativity scenes (called “Belen” in the Philippines), but you would need to locate the wise men a few miles away. We do not know how many wise men there were. We only know there were more than one, and that they brought three gifts.

Tradition is very unreliable. If you want the truth, read the Bible, prayerfully asking for guidance from the Holy Spirit.

Here is my first ever video about the birth of our Lord, Jesus the Christ, who saved us from our sins! Enjoy!

September 11, 2009 Posted by georgeamarcelo | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Wake up, you sleepy Christians!

Fat Lady asks ALL Christians to give their Testimony

Prayer works! I have been praying for this challenge and support is coming in! The events are moving fast. Please pray to God that this will lead to a revival in the Christian churches of the world.

Awake! Awake! You sleepy Christians! Awake! Check out the video below:

Most of all, PRAY! The battle is on!

God bless,

George

January 8, 2008 Posted by georgeamarcelo | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Planting a seed…

I sent this guy whose YouTube id is called “manwithoutgod101″ my video tract “Letter from God to Atheists (see below):

He sent me this video response.

I placed a comment on this guys video that I found his response funny. Five minutes after commenting on his video, my internet connection went down. I had to reboot my computer to get it working again. This means that either this could be a gentle rebuke from God, or a sign that I should replace my PC with a Mac. I think it is both.

Remember, the work of salvation belongs to God, and we are only told by God to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I think the Holy Spirit was upset that I found this video funny, and now, after thinking about it, I am upset too that I found this video funny. The Holy Spirit takes evangelism seriously. The Holy Spirit does not find it funny when anyone rejects the Gospel of Jesus Christ. An infinite price was paid for our salvation: the only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ.

God bless,

George

January 7, 2008 Posted by georgeamarcelo | Uncategorized | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

The Christian Challenge : I believe in a thing called love

Dear Readers,

I would like you all to support Emily in her project. Please send videos to her and email her words of encouragement. She has been sent negative communications by many people on YouTube (who are hostile to Christianity) for starting this project.

I believe that her efforts will encourage other Christians to share their faith! If you have not shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ before, then do so now! Make a short video, post it to YouTube, and reply to her video with your video.

God bless,

George

January 4, 2008 Posted by georgeamarcelo | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet