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do in remembrance of me.” This is something
that’s commanded, and it says in verses 25
and 26, “After the same manner also he
took the cup, when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood:
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat
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this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the
Lord's death till he come.” This is something
that's given to us in the Scripture that is
commanded and that we are to observe.
Now, we're to remember the Lord's birth.
It's given to us in a number of places. But
nowhere in the Bible does the church have
the authority to set a holy day and say that
this is the birth of Jesus Christ when it is not
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