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But sadder still, those presented with the truth (even in the believing community) are so intoxicated with the wine of the Babylonian false religion that they are hardly able to extricate themselves from its grip.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asdpagh.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/www.enochevangelism.org_files_The-Vanity-of-Christmas-and-the-Truth-in-Christ.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-mtli=\"mtli_filesize34494kB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download and read the full sermon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr (Sabbath School, 22nd Dec. 2012 \u2013 5th Jan. 2013) The Wine of Babylon is Strong Believe it or not, but the imperial, Babylonian universal religion of sun-worship has got the whole world hooked on a complete nonentity\u2014a vacuous, empty festival that is antithetical to all godliness and everything our Holy<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asdpagh.com\/site\/2014\/07\/05\/the-vanity-of-christmas-and-the-truth-in-christ\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sabbath-sermon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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