Here in N.W. Mississippi I explained to my children why we don’t recognize Easter. We discussed its ancient pagan origins and why syncretism is wrong. We discussed Romans 12:2 and how that applies. This morning our congregation enjoyed a typical Sunday service. We do nothing different on Ishtar’s day than any other Sunday.
Here is what Charles Spurgeon said on the matter:
There is no ordinance in Scripture of any one Lord’s-day in the year being set apart to commemorate the rising of Christ from the dead, for this reason, that every Lord’s-day is the memorial of our Lord’s resurrection. Wake up any Lord’s-day you please, whether in the depth of winter, or in the warmth of summer, and you may sing.
“To day he rose and left the dead, And Satan’s empire fell; To day the saints his triumph spread, And all his wonders tell.”
To set apart an Easter Sunday for special memory of the resurrection is a human device, for which there is no Scriptural command, but to make every Lord’s-day an Easter Sunday is due to him who rose early on the first day of the week.
–C. H. Spurgeon, MTP #1530
“And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
—2 Corinthians 6:15
Ditto.