| St. Valentine: The Christian Believer! | |
| On the Biblical Calendar the month of Adar is the 12th month of the year counting from Nisan as the first month and it roughly corresponds to mid-February to mid-March in the Gregorian calendar. In today’s society, February is the month of love with Valentine’s Day as the biggest retail celebration of the month. Everything, including “Black History Month” seems to take a back seat to Valentine’s Day. However, we are living in a culture that seems totally unaware of who the man was and why the day is named for him. Also most people don’t seem to realize the holiday has as a Christian faith foundation. Perhaps it is time we unmasked Cupid and reveal the true identy of St. Valentine! | |
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Who was St .Valentine? The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are several stories of who he was. The popular belief about St. Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD. Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown in jail and sentenced to death. There, he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter and when he was taken to be killed on the 14th of February he sent her a love letter signed “from your “Valentine” https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16945378 |
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| Every month on the Biblical or secular calendar there is an event set aside to help us focus on God and His love and mercy toward us. Often it seems the world has twisted the event to overshadow the love of God and turned what should be a celebration of our Heavenly Father into a commercial event for profit. To add insult to this grievous injury, the world has created a fictitious character called “cupid” who takes credit for the love between a man and a woman.
If we as believers focused on the signs from God each month, we could certainly save some money in February and maybe even use that cash to support the work of the kingdom. It would help if more pastors could add this valuable fact to a February sermon. |
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