Celebrating Halloween, is it wrong or not a big deal?
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Any day esteemed by anyone with a good conscience in the sight of God is just fine.
Now worshipping demons and false gods is not acceptable. There is nothing wrong with the way children (used to anyway) go out and trick-or-treat playing dress up.
Personally, I have always hated Halloween, and I find it truly a dumb day of the year.
Now worshipping demons and false gods is not acceptable. There is nothing wrong with the way children (used to anyway) go out and trick-or-treat playing dress up.
Personally, I have always hated Halloween, and I find it truly a dumb day of the year.
Augmenting, not in the spirit of argument. It is written we are to be in the world but not of it. Another writing on this subject says that in order to be totally separated from this world we would have to leave it, so there you have the hint that it is impossible to have nothing to dow with this world while we are yet here. Likewis we are in the world but never of it..........sounds like a dilemna, but it is not. Trust Jesus.
When it comes to my church. They don't celebrate Christmas per say but celebrate the birth of Christ. I guess they would say Halloween has no biblical origins but Christmas is where we celebrate Jesus same for Easter so they'll focus mainly on that. Even though they and everyone knows he wasn't born Dec. 25
Then I would say to your pastor
Mark 7:7-9
[FONT="]7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.[/FONT]
[FONT="]9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.[/FONT]
Mark 7:7-9
[FONT="]7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.[/FONT]
[FONT="]9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.[/FONT]
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God's Purpose
God's purpose of Christ in us is that the world may know God as Father and be saved. Every moment of our lives is an opportunity for the world to see Jesus Christ inviting them to come closer. Going out and condemning the world for acting worldly is not God’s plan. Going unto the world and loving them unconditionally the way Christ loves us is the only way they will be drawn to God.
1 Corinthians 9
For though I am free from all men, I am a slave to all, so that more people may be won to Christ. To the Jews, I become a Jew, so that Jews may be won… to those who are without law, as though I am without law, though I am under the law of Jesus Christ… to the weak I become weak, that the weak may be won to Christ… I have become all things to all men so that all men might be saved. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a fellow partaker of it.
[Paul was doing exactly what Christ Jesus did. He became a friend to all that all might know the Lord. He didn't concern himself with having a holy reputation in the eyes of man, he literally existed in Christ's holiness.]
Jesus, friend of sinners
Matthew 11
Jesus said, "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance;
We sang a dirge, and you didn't mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
[Jesus compares the religious leaders to children in the marketplace who want what they want and are not satisfied with anything else. They weren't satisfied with the rough-hewn, unsophisticated John the Baptist nor with Jesus, whom they considered hedonistic and a sinner. They were blind and couldn't see past the surface of either man to the wisdom inwardly. They boasted of their own works and condemned others.]
Matthew 11
At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
[The only way the world will see the Father is through Jesus Christ. And the only way the world will see Jesus Christ is if he reveals himself through us. It is the work of God. It's not our own work, so none of us can boast. None of us can mimic Jesus, he reveals himself through us as we humble ourselves to him and unconditionally love others as he loves us. Whoever cannot love like that, doesn't truly know God.]
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
[Jesus didn't go around boasting of himself. He was a servant to all, a friend to everyone. Jesus generously invited people to find rest in his love. You couldn't keep the throngs away from him, people just wanted to be near him because he offered genuine love... and light... and eternal life.
Do the lost want to be near you? Are you a people person? Do folks gravitate toward you because of your genuine joy? How often do people come to you asking about Jesus? Does the world recognize Jesus Christ's love in you?]
God's purpose of Christ in us is that the world may know God as Father and be saved. Every moment of our lives is an opportunity for the world to see Jesus Christ inviting them to come closer. Going out and condemning the world for acting worldly is not God’s plan. Going unto the world and loving them unconditionally the way Christ loves us is the only way they will be drawn to God.
1 Corinthians 9
For though I am free from all men, I am a slave to all, so that more people may be won to Christ. To the Jews, I become a Jew, so that Jews may be won… to those who are without law, as though I am without law, though I am under the law of Jesus Christ… to the weak I become weak, that the weak may be won to Christ… I have become all things to all men so that all men might be saved. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a fellow partaker of it.
[Paul was doing exactly what Christ Jesus did. He became a friend to all that all might know the Lord. He didn't concern himself with having a holy reputation in the eyes of man, he literally existed in Christ's holiness.]
Jesus, friend of sinners
Matthew 11
Jesus said, "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance;
We sang a dirge, and you didn't mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
[Jesus compares the religious leaders to children in the marketplace who want what they want and are not satisfied with anything else. They weren't satisfied with the rough-hewn, unsophisticated John the Baptist nor with Jesus, whom they considered hedonistic and a sinner. They were blind and couldn't see past the surface of either man to the wisdom inwardly. They boasted of their own works and condemned others.]
Matthew 11
At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
[The only way the world will see the Father is through Jesus Christ. And the only way the world will see Jesus Christ is if he reveals himself through us. It is the work of God. It's not our own work, so none of us can boast. None of us can mimic Jesus, he reveals himself through us as we humble ourselves to him and unconditionally love others as he loves us. Whoever cannot love like that, doesn't truly know God.]
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
[Jesus didn't go around boasting of himself. He was a servant to all, a friend to everyone. Jesus generously invited people to find rest in his love. You couldn't keep the throngs away from him, people just wanted to be near him because he offered genuine love... and light... and eternal life.
Do the lost want to be near you? Are you a people person? Do folks gravitate toward you because of your genuine joy? How often do people come to you asking about Jesus? Does the world recognize Jesus Christ's love in you?]
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