Introduction
As Christians, we want to always hold ourselves to biblical standards rather than cultural standards. For this reason, some have questioned whether or not Christians can celebrate birthdays since it is a cultural practice.
I searched the Bible to find the best answer I can to this question. There is not one Scripture in the whole Bible that condemns birthdays, observing the annual day, or counting them.
I have had to confront the accusations that I am allowing paganism in the church, I have been shown verses where birthdays are mentioned in the Bible; but not one person yet has produced a single verse where the celebration of birthdays is condemned. 
I had one experience where a visitor came into the church and brought up the issue of observing birthdays and used it to cast doubt on the ministry of church leadership.
Again, when it comes to celebrating birthdays. I find nothing in Scripture that forbids it, nor is there any proven reason why celebrating birthdays could be considered unwise. Christians should feel free to celebrate their birthday in a Elohim-glorifying way.
This has seemed obvious to me before, but after looking into it more I can understand why some might think the opposite of this statement. Some believe strongly that Christians should not celebrate birthdays.
In this study, we’ll examine my research on why I think Christians can celebrate birthdays without conviction of sin before Yahweh Elohim, and also why some disagree with me.
When believers begin investigating the roots of their faith, and they start seeing the value in Yahweh Elohim’s commandments contained in the Torah, there are a lot of questions that come up.
For instance, one of the first things people notice is that Christmas isn’t listed among Yahweh’s holy days in the Torah. In fact, Christmas isn’t even in the Bible at all. It wasn’t even celebrated among Christians until centuries after the time of the apostles. So a logical question becomes, “Why do we celebrate this holiday?”
In addition to Christmas not being in the Bible, there’s a possibility that some of the customs associated with it come from pagan false god worship. Therefore most Torah observant believers decide not to celebrate it, which is understandable.
After all, Yahweh Elohim didn’t command us to celebrate Christmas—in fact, His Law commandment warns us against worshiping Him in the ways that pagans worship their false gods—so it's clear we shouldn’t celebrate Christmas and should just stick to the biblical holidays instead, right?
For most of us who love Yahweh Elohim and yearn to worship Him in Spirit and Truth, that seems pretty reasonable. And it’s from that desire that some believers extend this logic further to other common observances—like birthday celebrations.
The Bible says to rejoice in the day Yahweh has made. From a Biblical standpoint, Birthdays can easily fit in the category as a day Yahweh has made that can be celebrated. Every birthday belongs to Yahweh, we can celebrate the day we were born because it is a gift from Yahweh the one who created it and allowed it to happen.
Psalms 118:24,”This is the day that Yahweh has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Contrary to what I see, some believers will argue that a birthday celebration, like Christmas, is not something we’re told to do in the Bible; therefore, it’s somehow “adding to the Word” to do so. It’s also argued that birthday celebrations are rooted in paganism, and therefore it’d be offensive to Yahweh to partake in them.
What should we think about birthdays? Is it okay to celebrate birthdays, or should we give up those observances?
Let’s consider this issue. In this study, we’ll discuss five arguments that I've come across, wherein well intention people say Elohim would not have us celebrate birthdays. We will test this against the scriptures and make the case that it’s not wrong to celebrate birthdays. Unless your celebration includes something that goes against Yahweh Elohim’s commandments, it’s not offensive to Elohim.
To be clear, it’s also not wrong not to celebrate birthdays if you don’t want to. We don’t care whether or not people celebrate birthdays. We’re not told to celebrate birthdays in the Bible, so if someone chooses not to celebrate them, that’s fine. Our argument is simply that it’s not wrong to celebrate birthdays if you decide to do so. So why do some people say that it’s wrong to celebrate birthdays?
1.) One reason that’s offered is that celebrating a birthday would be adding to the Word of Yahweh Elohim, which is forbidden (Deuteronomy 4:2).
But is there any validity to this claim?
 Well, not really. As we mentioned, nobody says that we must celebrate birthdays, or it's a sin not to. So nobody is adding a commandment to the Word of Elohim. Nobody insists that birthdays ought to be celebrated the same as the holy days of Leviticus 23 ought to be celebrated.
Adding to the Word of Elohim occurs when someone elevates a manmade rule or tradition to the same status as Yahweh’s commandments.
Furthermore, there are other holidays mentioned in the Bible that are clearly endorsed as celebrations commemorating important events in Israel’s history, such as Hanukkah (John 10:22-23) and Purim (Esther 9:26-31). The Bible doesn’t command us to celebrate these holidays, but they are nevertheless endorsed in the Bible, and it isn’t thought of as adding to the Word of Elohim.
A positive argument in favor of birthday celebrations would be that similar to Eve when Cain was born?  She rejoiced at the first birth of a human being.  She spoke with praise and exaltation, saying:
"I have gotten a man from Yahweh" (Genesis 4:1).
She was excited about this new baby. Yahweh has created life in the womb, and through birth the gift of a child was given us as parents, and for the baby, our precious parents were given to love and care for us—isn’t that a good reason why both parents and grown children can celebrate and praise Yahweh their spiritual parent on their birthday? And if Yahweh has allowed other such celebrations commemorating important events, surely that permission can be applied to an event as important as your being born!
Perhaps because the Jewish calendar is so crowded with holidays — many of which last multiple days — Judaism has little to say about birthdays. However, there is certainly no overriding Jewish objection to celebrating one’s birthday, whether when it falls on the Hebrew calendar, the Gregorian calendar or both. Is it wrong that many Jews celebrate reaching the age of 13, the age of bar/bat mitzvah. (Traditionally, many girls marked their bat mitzvah at age 12.)
Pirke Avot (5:21) specifies several important birthdays as milestones of sorts:? Other special birthdays include turning 3, when many traditional Jews cut a son’s hair for the first time — a practice referred to as upsheren.
These are not mentioned in the Bible as a celebration we have to do anymore than Abraham who made a great feast the day Isaac was weaned (Gen 21:8). A number of Jewish traditions are associated with marking special birthdays, such as the second or third birthday, when similar to Father Abraham, parents traditionally marked a child’s weaning.
The Hasidic group Chabad encourages Jews to mark their Hebrew birthdays by having an aliyah (being called to the Torah), reading Psalms (including the psalm number associated with their new age), reflecting on the past year and making a donation to tzedakah (charity).
The Bible does not indicate that celebrating these types of days are wrong or would be the same as adding to the word of Yahweh. These types of celebration days can be viewed in a similar way as birthdays!
The bottom line is it is good to celebrate and praise Yahweh Elohim in the good things He’s given us, and that applies especially to our very lives, and the day we are born; which are a gift from Him.
If we take the idea that we can praise Yahweh only through the commanded festivals to its logical conclusion, there’s literally no reason to get out of bed until a commanded feast day. Yahweh Elohim accepts all praise as long as it is not prohibited in Scripture.
Again, we aren’t saying that you have to celebrate birthdays. But if you decide you’d like to commemorate a certain day out of the year to celebrate and praise Yahweh for giving you life and birth, then there’s nothing wrong with that; it’s not against the Torah.
In fact, since there’s nothing in Scripture prohibiting birthday celebrations, ironically it would be adding to the Word of Yahweh to condemn other believers as sinners over the issue!
Because the birthday celebration methods we mentioned above are not against Torah, anyone suggesting that one cannot celebrate a birthday is violating Deuteronomy 4:2 and adding to the Torah. This would be more concerning than birthday celebrations.
We cannot create an "oral law" to command others to not celebrate a birthday if they are doing it in such a way that is not violating the Torah.
We cannot also command all to not celebrate birthdays simply because some might adopt questionable practices during a birthday celebration. Again, this would be adding to the Torah, similar to the issues presented by our Messiah in Mark 7 and Matthew 23.
A comparable parallel is rabbis telling Jews to not even touch money on the Sabbath because they MIGHT then buy or sell. We should not want to do something similar by telling someone they should not celebrate a birthday because they MIGHT elevate themselves.
2.) Another argument against birthday celebrations is that it promotes self-centeredness.
“It’s a day to celebrate the all-important ME because I’m just so awesome!”
Our response to this is simply to say, not necessarily. It all depends on your heart. While some people could be self-centered on their birthday, others can celebrate their birthday with humility and gratitude toward Yahweh Elohim for giving them another year of life.
The Bible does not condemn acknowledging someone’s age. In fact, the Bible makes a connection between age and wisdom. In Proverbs 9:11, we read:
“For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life” (Holman Christian Standard Bible).
Life is a gift of our Heavenly Father, for which we should rejoice everyday of our life.
Psalm 71:6 “By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You”.
In the meantime, the Bible does not encourage self-glorification. On the contrary the Bible teaches humility and self-denial. In Matthew 16:24, Yahshua Messiah said to the disciples:
“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”
Paul agrees, who wrote:
Romans 8: 12-14“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of Elohim, these are sons of Elohim”.
By showing love towards Yahweh Elohim and towards our neighbors and by denying ourselves we become children of Elohim.
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
We can personally avoid traditions and practices that we are personally not comfortable with, however, we cannot compel others to do the same if it cannot be proven to violate the Torah. Just because birthdays can be used in an undesirable way (elevating oneself), it does not mean that they always do for every individual.
Nearly all things can be used for good or for bad practices. If one is going to celebrate birthdays as an annual anniversary to thank Yahweh and celebrate for the gift of being born, there is nothing that violates the Torah in such practice.
One point we did make in the teaching however, is that we mentioned it to not be a good practice to be making superstitious wishes on one's birthday. In that, we are in agreement.
3.) Some argue that Yahweh is against birthday celebrations based on the fact that the two times birthdays of human inspired celebration are mentioned in the Bible they're connected to terrible events.
One instance is found in Genesis 40:20-22, where Pharaoh evidently considered his own birthday party to be the perfect occasion to have his baker hanged. The second instance is in Matthew 14:3-11 where, on his birthday party, King Herod ordered the beheading of John the Baptist.
Some might argue,“When birthdays are mentioned in the Bible, they are connected to murder and sin! Yahweh is trying to send us a message that birthdays are displeasing to Him!”. However, these examples do nothing to prove that a birthday celebration itself is inherently wrong. To insist that these passages constitute proof that Yahweh is against birthday celebrations is to commit a conflation fallacy.
conflation fallacy: As a logical fallacy, conflation differs from its standard dictionary entry in the implication that the combining of multiple parts is either unknown or done purposefully to confuse. ... Conflation then is very often a failure to analyze or at least analyze well.
Yahweh Elohim definitely prohibits murdering people, but that can happen any day, not just on one’s birthday. And obviously most people do not celebrate their birthday by murdering people, so the logic of this argument breaks down.
4.) What about the idea that birthday celebrations have pagan origins? Wouldn’t celebrating your birthday therefore be offensive to Elohim?
A few things to consider here: Nobody knows the exact origins of birthday celebrations. Interestingly the earliest known reference of a birthday celebration is in the Bible, in the passage we mentioned earlier:
Genesis 40:20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants…
 Does this mean that birthday celebrations originated with the Egyptians? Maybe. We don’t know. All we know is that this is the earliest reference to a birthday party in Scripture. And it’s actually unclear whether this is in fact a birthday celebration.
It might have been, but some historians, like Egyptologist Dr. James Hoffmeier, argue that it’s more likely referencing the Pharaoh’s coronation date—whereby the Pharaoh would have been “born” as a god, as believed in Egyptian culture. Benjamin Scolnic writes:
Hoffmeier’s brilliant and plausible suggestion is that the celebration of Pharaoh’s birthday recorded in Gen. 40:20 is a celebration of his coronation. We would thus have plenty of evidence for the celebration of such a festival in the 2nd millennium BCE, the time of Joseph.
The Biblical narrator did not distinguish between the anniversary of the pharaoh’s actual birth date (which might not have been a cause for celebration) and the anniversary of his birth date as a god-king (which we know was a cause for celebration.) Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, “If the Egyptians Drowned in the Red Sea Where Are the Pharaoh’s Chariots?: Exploring the Historical Dimension of the Bible,” p. 56
We do know that later Romans celebrated birthdays, and they even involved cake. But there was nothing about their celebrations connected to false god worship, so there’s really nothing to say that celebrating your birthday is participating in a “pagan” custom.
 And just because pagans do something does not automatically make it wrong—if it did, we literally wouldn’t be able to do anything…ever.
Pagans had temples, so is it wrong for Israel to have a temple?
Pagans had harvest festivals, so is it wrong for Israel to have a harvest festival?
Pagans sacrificed animals, so is it wrong for Israel to sacrifice animals?
You see how absurd this line of reasoning can get?
Furthermore, we don’t know whether there is even any sort of causal connection between Roman birthday celebrations and our modern birthday celebrations. The closest link to our modern birthday celebration is Kinderfeste, which came out of late 18th century Germany. In their book, “An Uncommon History of Common Things,” Bethanne Patrick and John Thompson writes:
The modern birthday cake, however, may have begun in medieval Germany, where a Kinderfeste was held in celebration of the birthday of a young child. Early in the morning, the child was presented with a cake topped by lighted candles.
During the day the candles were kept burning (and replaced when necessary); the cake was eaten after dinner. The candles numbered one more than the child’s age. What we now call “one to grow on,” they called the “light of life.” Bethanne Kelly Patrick, John Milliken Thompson, “An Uncommon History of Common Things, Vol. 1,” p. 121
If you decide to celebrate birthdays, the only thing we would recommend not doing is the custom of blowing out candles while making a wish. This likely came out of Kinderfeste as well, so it’s not rooted in some sort of pagan god worship custom. Nevertheless, making wishes and believing they’ll come true if you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake is a superstitious practice.
That doesn’t mean it’s wrong to have cake or candles on your birthday. Just don’t involve them in some superstitious ritual.
The Bible frowns on superstitious practices like those done by Rachel who though she was to put away false gods and superstitions, to only have faith in the true Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 30:6, 8, 22;31:19-35; 35:2-7), was yet given to the false gods (Acts 19:19; 2 Kings 21:6; Isaiah 2:6;Colossians 2:8-10; 1 Timothy 1:3-4) and superstitions of her country.
In Genesis 30: 14-16, mandrakes in the East has been, and is, the subject of many superstitions. Its Hebrew name (דּוּדַי duday) arose from the popular belief that it was a specific plant that had mystifying properties as exciting sexual desire, and favoring procreation against barrenness.
Rachel, therefore, who still hankered after children of her own, was anxious to obtain some of the fruit, and Leah consents only upon the proffered condition that Jacob shall spend the night in her tent.
Far from adding to the Bible or being associated with Pagan god worship, I want to put forth the idea that it is Biblical logic that similar to how counting the omar in Yahweh's annual feast days of Unleavened Bread to Pentecost is a form or type of observance, annually counting how old a person is, starting from their birthday, is also a form or type of observing one's birth date. It does not mean you had cake and ice cream and received gifts when you were born.  That is true. 
Nevertheless, to even count a birth date as an event to determine one's solar or sun-year of life, would be observing it in some manner or fashion.  The year is based upon the sun and its annual circuit through the universe. 
We mark off these 365 days to make the complete circle and divide them into months and these into weeks and then into seven days.  Counting your birthdays is then observing the law of the universe that Yahweh Elohim set in motion in Genesis 1:14, when he said the two great lights would be for "signs, seasons (Heb. 4150 mo-ade'; appointed festival), days, and years." 
Now Yahweh Elohim said all this!  A year is a revolution of time. I was doing some research into the Hebrew word "days" (yowm: Strong's #3117), many years ago and noticed that it not only described sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next sunset (evening and morning were the first day--sunset to sunset); but that certain days had annual significance. For instance, Yahweh commanded Passover to be observed on the exact same day of the lunar month every year. 
Likewise with the day of the Feast of Pentecost and the day of Atonement.  Other annual days were commanded. These future days of celebration and observance were tied to one day in history where Yahweh Elohim wrought a beautiful and wonderful thing. 
These annual days were born from incidents to be remembered. In the Bible there are Elohim ordained annual holy days, as well as man made annual days like Purim, and the feast of Dedication, that celebrate something special that Yahweh did.
These manmade annual celebration days are never condemned in scripture. Because of this, the Hebrew word "yowm" can and does also include days of "birth." Go and look for yourself!
Hebrew 3117. yowm, yome; from an unused root mean. to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether lit. (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or fig. (a space of time defined by an associated term), [often used adv.]:-age, + always, + chronicles, continually (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever (-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (...live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year (-ly), + younger.
One thing cannot be denied: the ages of people in the Bible, beginning with Adam, are counted from the day of birth. This is observing birthdays no matter if there is candles, cake, and ice cream! 
In addition to this, celebration on the very day of a child's birth would also carry the stigma of being pagan if we permit the same things done on this day; or on the annual anniversary afterward.  Again, are there celebrations on the day a child is born in the Bible?
We already mentioned in argument #1, about Eve the Mother of all mankind celebrating the birth of her son in Genesis 4:1, but what about Leah who gave birth to Jacobs son Judah (Genesis 29:35).  We can praise Yahweh Elohim on the day He has opened the womb for our children (Genesis 29:31-35;30:1-2).
Excitement shows up in many places in the Word of Yahweh Elohim at the birth of a son or daughter.  What is being celebrated?  It is Yahweh presenting a new life into this world!  Yahweh Elohim has shown the loving process of His creative power in the life and blessed gift of a baby.
Psalm 127:3,"Behold, children are a heritage from Yahweh, the fruit of the womb a reward."
A baby's birthday is nothing more then remembrance of the day Yahweh gave a precious gift of a child to parents via the unwrapping of the womb wherein He took the time to created a precious new life.  Birthdays that do not hold in memory that Yahweh Elohim gave life is in my opinion disrespectful to Elohim. 
Even the life that we "now live" after conversion, we give credit and honor to Elohim in the person of Yahshua Messiah. On days when souls are born of the Spirit, there is a frenzy of worshippers rejoicing, shouting, and praising the Lord Yahshua. This to is an observance of a BIRTHDAY!
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Lord Yahshua Messiah, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Yahshua Messiah from the dead,
Our annual remembrance of that one day is not pagan and did not derive from paganism rooted in worship of idols and false gods.
We have not found any primary sources that prove that birthday celebrations originated from pagan sources. Even if so, for it to be against Torah (Deuteronomy 12), personal birthday celebrations would have had to been used by the nations to worship false gods, and then said personal birthday celebrations would have to be used to worship Yahweh.
Christmas is violating Torah by taking practices that likely derived from the nations worshipping false gods and then using the same practices to worship Yahweh in the same way. This of course would violate Deuteronomy 12. However, birthday celebrations do not fit this parallel . Jeremiah 10 is not about all pagan traditions or customs in general, but the traditions and customs relating to worshipping false gods.
We have not found any evidence of this occurring. If you can find said evidence using primary sources, we would agree that birthday celebrations would indeed violate the Torah.
Should this be the case, please articulate the case in written form and send to CongregationOfYahshua@Yahoo.com for review by the ministry team. Should such evidence be validated, the Congregation Of Yahshua has historically adjusted teachings that do not pass the test of scripture.
5.) Another argument against birthday celebration is the question of the beginning of life.
Some seriously consider not celebrating the B-day issue from this admittedly (but sadly) unusual perspective. They see Government documents using ones DOB as if it is the start of one's life as counting only those most certain to bear tax relevance in the future.
With a strong conviction that we are expected by Yahweh to hold ourselves to much higher standards and to do so through examples which are consistent with our holy views, there are many Christians who instead of celebrating Birth Days, celebrate life days. Their hope is that if people began to notice more Life Day celebrations they'd consider this perspective as a legitimate cultural view.
Now we know that it's before the day you're born from the womb, at conception is when the Bible says your life begins. 
Psalm 51:5 "Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me."
Psalm 139:13 “For you formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb.” 
Jeremiah 1:4-5 “Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying ‘Before you were born I knew you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.'” 
Luke 2:21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Yahshua, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 1:24-44 24 After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, 25 “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from Elohim to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 
27 to a virgin betrothedb to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”c 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 
30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with Elohim. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Yahshua. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord Elohim will give to him the throne of his father David, 
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”d35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be borne will be called holy—the Son of Elohim. 
36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible with Elohim.” 
38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servantf of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. Now Mary rose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And it happened, that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke with a loud voice and said ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! But why is it granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.'”
Exodus 21:22-25 “If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise” 
Believing that after Adam and Eve (the first Man & Woman) were created, life still begins at the moment ones lungs take their first breath of oxygen is an error that has been used to compromise the revealed truth of Yahweh's Word. 
The witness of many Christians who use this error to side with the secular world in not taking a pro-life stand for the unborn is darkened because of this. I find it fascinating that even some secular cultures celebrated 1 year older than what most today would consider as the person's age.
I have learned some Asian cultures count a baby as 1 YO at birth. If you're having a problem celebrating birthdays because people wrongly view it as the true time in which one is given life, there are those families who have chosen the option of celebrating "Life Days" instead.
They also do not count from their date of birth when asked how old they or their children are. Regardless, as long as you properly test your understanding of scripture with the scriptures, and recognize one's birthday is not the day your life began, there is no prohibition in the scriptures preventing one from celebrating the day Yahweh opened the womb and allowed your Mother to give birth to you. 
As a matter of fact, the greatest Elohim inspired Birthday celebration found in the Bible is...
The Birth of Yahshua Messiah
We know Yahshua was not born in December and so the Christmas festivity celebrating this is false. Many scholars speculate it was likely born in the fall season during Elohim's seventh month Feast of Tabernacles, Do we have any record the Apostles observed the birthday of Yahshua?  No, there is no record. 
But it could also be agued that there is no record of them conducting a funeral.  There is no record of them concerning wedding anniversaries.  There is nothing about bridal or baby showers.  There is nothing about indoor toilets, offering plates, or song books.
There are no third sabbath fellowship dinner's, or women's meetings. There are no Church garage or yard sales, or no home Bible studies for sinners. So far as we know, there were no baptismal tanks or other devices used for immersion of converts, but rather baptisms were done in streams, rivers, or natural ponds. There were no New Testament Bibles in the possession of the Saints or Church members. 
Few had the Old Testament or could even afford to own one that was available.  The most they could do was look upon the scrolls in the Synagogue or Temple and hear them read there.  We could go on and on and list the things NOT FOUND in the practice of the Apostles and use the absence of these to place bondage upon Believers. To do so is insanity. 
That is why we are enjoined to RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF ELOHIM.  If there is evil, sin, or wrong in a thing we have no reservations, we will oppose it. But we must have Bible for the sin or evil that is in a thing.
So without borrowing the customary December 25TH time that long before Messiah was considered a holy day to celebrate the birth of the Sun god, as well as putting gifts under the evergreen tree and other against the Law of Elohim false god worship, done today in the name of worshipping Messiah Yahshua, what about the birth of Yahshua, does the Bible express there was evil in the celebration of this event?
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty Elohim, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Luke 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2This was the first registration whena Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 
4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5to be registered with Mary, his betrothed,b who was with child. 
6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.c

The Shepherds and the Angels
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising Elohim and saying, 
14“Glory to Elohim in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”d15When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 
16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 
19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising Elohim for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Yahshua, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 
Angels worshiped.  Yes, here is what the Word of Elohim says further about the angels on the birthday of Yahshua:
Heb. 1:6,"And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of Elohim worship him".
Then again, on the subject of His very own BIRTHDAY, here is what Yahshua the living fleshly embodiment of the Word of Elohim declares:
Heb 10:5,"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me".
The very moment Yahshua was born Angels worshipped, Elohim spoke his Divine counsel. And the Son of Elohim, who was to be the incarnation of Elohim, could look back and say: 
"A BODY HAST THOU PREPARED ME."
Yahshua is our example in all things; and His own birthday answer a resounding, YES, to the Question of whether or not a birthday celebration can without being seen as evil have its spiritual connection to Elohim. 
It was Yahweh Elohim who formed our bodies in our Mothers womb, and He who caused us at the right moment in eternity to be brought forth into life.
The Creator of the body in the womb, gives a separate existence of life to the baby and on its birthday presents this gift of new life as a blessing to it's parents.  For the parents, the birthday is then the meant to be a celebration of life given by Elohim. 
Each annual day is one more year that has passed of this life.  We do not count birthdays after a person dies.  We end the count and so mark their tombstones (Born 00/00/0000 and Died 00/00/0000).  There are no birthdays celebrated after a person dies because they are rightly observed while living as an annual day of remembrance of the birthday. 
There is only ONE BIRTHDAY!  All annual remembrances are just observing that ONE DAY!
The shepherds abiding in the field came to the birthday of Yahshua.  Did they celebrate it every year after that? No, but they were there on his birthday.
   
Conclusion
The reasons offered for why birthday celebrations should be prohibited fall short. Since there is nothing in the Bible prohibiting birthday celebrations, we can judge them in light of Romans 14:5:
Romans 14:5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.  
While this verse is specifically referring to traditional Jewish fast days, a principle can be derived from this passage and applied to other types of days unaddressed in the Bible.
Because the Bible does not say anything commanding that we should celebrate yearly the day that we were born, and also does not say anything against it, I think it is a gray area wherein one gets to choose if they wish to celebrate birthdays. Christians should feel free to celebrate their birthday in a Elohim-glorifying way.
Romans 14:6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to Elohim, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to Elohim. In Ecclesiastes 8, it does say “I commend the enjoyment of life because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad.”
What does this mean? Does this mean Solomon who is the author of this portion of scripture, is promoting a lifestyle of not really worrying about anything and living for the moment? No.
Actually, if you look above this verse just a few verses earlier it talks about Solomon promoting righteousness and warning against wickedness. “I know that it will go better with those who fear Elohim, who are reverent before him. Yet because the wicked do not fear Elohim, it will not go well with them.”
So fearing and being reverent to Him, is more important than pursuing something that could cause sin. Celebrating life and enjoying ourselves, should be done in a Elohim-honoring way. Yahshua mentions a few times we are not to be drunk with wine but filled with the Holy Spirit.
With that being said, Yahshua celebrated and participated in several celebrations both manmade and Elohim inspired. His first miracle was turning water into wine at a wedding feast, and participating in it. Yahshua participated in celebrations, that were done in a way that was still honoring to Elohim.
But he also talked about the dangers of “living in the moment” and warned against being drunk with wine. Again whether talking about birthdays or weddings as long as we're careful not to violate any of Elohim's commandments there are no issues...
What does the Bible say against celebrating birthdays?  NOTHING!
Is it pagan to celebrate a birthday?  NO!
Has anyone proven birthday celebrations began as pagan god worship? NO!
Will you go to hell for celebrating your birthday? NO!
Is it a sin to celebrate your New Birth in Messiah on its annual day?  NO!
Is it a lie to teach the Bible is against celebrating birthdays?  YES!
Did people in the Bible count their birthdays?  YES!
Did Jews celebrate the 12th birthday of boys and girls?  YES! Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
Did the parents of Yahshua take him on his 12th birthday to Jerusalem and celebrate his Bar Mitzvah?  YES!
Did Levites on their 30th birthday celebrate becoming a priest?  YES!
Can birthday celebrations be seen as pure in Elohim's eyes?  YES!
The bottom line is that the Bible neither promotes nor condemns the practice of birthday celebrations. Therefore, each of us can determine for ourselves whether or not this is a custom that we’d like to participate in. We pray you have been blessed by this teaching. Shalom!