"We", meaning.....generically.....modern Christianity, Tonto.
I really don't mind if any celebrate Christmas at all. And, I most certainly do not believe it is going to cause any to lose their salvation. Just know what is actually being celebrated.....is my point.
By your answer, I would assume you don't put much credence on the traditional holidays either.
There is no literal bread or passover sacrifice in view in that passage at all. So Luke and Paul are not speaking of the same "feast"
It is still called by the same name.....and takes place at the same time.....and the Apostles and their second, third, and fourth generation disciples still celebrated the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread well into the fourth century. You know that.
Then why bring it up, esp. when writing to me? And why denigrate those who do by referencing "drunken parties"? Either you have an issue with "Christmas" or you don't.
It is still called by the same name.....and takes place at the same time
The "temple" on earth and the "temple" in heaven and the "temple" that is the church are all "called by the same name", but they are clearly not the same thing.
Thus we see the same in 1 Cor. 5:7. Jesus is our spiritual "passover". We participate in His "passover" and we truly "keep the feast" when we practive our religion not with " malice and wickedness" but rather with "sincerity and truth". That is the simple teaching of 1 Cor. 5. There is absolutely no mention of the physical elements associated with the old cobvnant passover observance in that passage. He spiritualized the passover and applied it to Christ.
As I said in a earlier post, that fact that Paul was not speaking of the literal feast day of the Jews is evidenced by the fact that he later speaks of the commuion of Our Lord when the church is to participate in "often".
"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread." (1 Cor. 10:16,17).
The "breaking of bread" is the Lord's Supper, not the feast of the Jews. It is what the apostles did when they gathered together with the church (cf. Acts 2:42; 20:7). It is what the church does today on a regular basis.
This is the Lord's Supper wherein Christians remember our Lord's sacrifice on our behalf. It is not "the feast" since that phrase is never used in conjuction with the supper. Just read 1 Cor. 11.