Celebrating Halloween, is it wrong or not a big deal?
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do you go to a grocery store or drive on public roads, do those things honor the Father, are they rooted in the bible? do you pay tax to a government that supports gays and persecutes Christian ministers that refuse to marry them?
kids dressing up like spiderman and sleeping beauty and knocking on doors for candy is a far cry from rebelling from the Lord.
kids dressing up like spiderman and sleeping beauty and knocking on doors for candy is a far cry from rebelling from the Lord.
The Bible tells us we can only be hot or cold. There is no in-between because God will spit you out. We should not look at pagan holidays because we are trying to identify sin, we should look at these holidays and say does this bring glory to God? The problem with pagan holidays is they are... well pagan and God will not share that space in your life.
An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space
1 Samuel 5
An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space
1 Samuel 5
The Bible tells us we can only be hot or cold. There is no in-between because God will spit you out. We should not look at pagan holidays because we are trying to identify sin, we should look at these holidays and say does this bring glory to God? The problem with pagan holidays is they are... well pagan and God will not share that space in your life.
An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space 1 Samuel 5
An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space
1 Samuel 5
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An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space 1 Samuel 5
1 Samuel 5
The unfruitful works of darkness can apply to anything done not of God and in ways displeasing to God, not just that list. Walking in the flesh and not in the Spirit of the Lord as well as inward heart conditions are indeed unfruitful works of darkness as well.
Yes, most mainstream holidays celebrated by the secular world are based on pagan practices. Someone else mentioned that holiday stands for holy day, which is indeed the origin of the term. So if you want to call Halloween a “holy day” then how exactly is this day holy?
I would argue biblically that the exhortation to remain separate and do the things of God that are pleasing to Him would be focused specifically on our worship of the Lord and how our actions can be perceived to those who are outside the body. We know scripturally that God tells us to be separate, without spot and blemish spiritually. That’s the basis of the term ekklesia. The important thing to understand is that once we know the truth, the real question is what we do with it? As a Christian, once I discovered about the pagan roots of Halloween and even Christmas and Easter, He pushed me to begin a deeper study about the truth of these “holidays” and make a stance for Him and His truth.
Jesus going to a wedding celebration was not wrong. The Jewish people had the ketubah in which they celebrated the covenant between a man and woman before God. Wine was also part of this celebration, so I’m not sure how the wine aspect has any bearing to our discussion.
We are in this world and not of it. We can’t reach the lost if we are doing the very same things which we know God disproves of and try to give them the truth. We become hypocrites. We aren’t saying to become fanatics about this, but as many people have done, we give the truth and help our brothers and sisters to remember that we are to remain separate. When the Lord shows us what is of light, we will know what is of darkness by default. When we look at what is evil, we look at what is evil in the eyes of the Lord. It has nothing to do with focusing on the darkness, the Holy Spirit will let us know. All we need to do is ask the Lord if what we want to do is pleasing to Him. He will not answer contrary to Himself and scripture, or who we hear is not the Lord, but another spirit/the flesh.
I would argue that giving love and acceptance does not preclude giving the truth as giving the truth is love. To allow someone to remain in darkness or error for the sake of tolerance or worldly love is not love.
Understanding what is of paganism is not necessarily a bad thing. Understanding what we should do in the Lord versus what we should not do is not focusing on darkness, but seeking what is pleasing to the Lord and walking in that. We can do whatever we want to do in this life. God gives us the free will to do so. The biggest question is whether or not our actions are pleasing to Him and if what we do helps to build us up in the Lord. Does the Lord want us to do these actions? We have the free will to obey or disobey.
Do our actions as ambassadors of Christ further the ways of God or the ways of self/world? No one has freaked out in anxiety in this thread so far. Have we identified correctly that Halloween in of itself is displeasing to the Lord? Yes. Can we use this day to evangelize? Yes. However, in our methods of evangelizing, we need to make sure that while we are in this world, we are not found doing the same things which we are called to be separate from in order to reach the world.
If someone doesn’t want to celebrate Halloween because they understand that God is displeased with it, then they shouldn’t celebrate it. If someone has peace about it, then we do need to show them the truth. What they do with that truth is up to them. As it has been said before, we all have free will.
Yes, most mainstream holidays celebrated by the secular world are based on pagan practices. Someone else mentioned that holiday stands for holy day, which is indeed the origin of the term. So if you want to call Halloween a “holy day” then how exactly is this day holy?
I would argue biblically that the exhortation to remain separate and do the things of God that are pleasing to Him would be focused specifically on our worship of the Lord and how our actions can be perceived to those who are outside the body. We know scripturally that God tells us to be separate, without spot and blemish spiritually. That’s the basis of the term ekklesia. The important thing to understand is that once we know the truth, the real question is what we do with it? As a Christian, once I discovered about the pagan roots of Halloween and even Christmas and Easter, He pushed me to begin a deeper study about the truth of these “holidays” and make a stance for Him and His truth.
Jesus going to a wedding celebration was not wrong. The Jewish people had the ketubah in which they celebrated the covenant between a man and woman before God. Wine was also part of this celebration, so I’m not sure how the wine aspect has any bearing to our discussion.
We are in this world and not of it. We can’t reach the lost if we are doing the very same things which we know God disproves of and try to give them the truth. We become hypocrites. We aren’t saying to become fanatics about this, but as many people have done, we give the truth and help our brothers and sisters to remember that we are to remain separate. When the Lord shows us what is of light, we will know what is of darkness by default. When we look at what is evil, we look at what is evil in the eyes of the Lord. It has nothing to do with focusing on the darkness, the Holy Spirit will let us know. All we need to do is ask the Lord if what we want to do is pleasing to Him. He will not answer contrary to Himself and scripture, or who we hear is not the Lord, but another spirit/the flesh.
I would argue that giving love and acceptance does not preclude giving the truth as giving the truth is love. To allow someone to remain in darkness or error for the sake of tolerance or worldly love is not love.
Understanding what is of paganism is not necessarily a bad thing. Understanding what we should do in the Lord versus what we should not do is not focusing on darkness, but seeking what is pleasing to the Lord and walking in that. We can do whatever we want to do in this life. God gives us the free will to do so. The biggest question is whether or not our actions are pleasing to Him and if what we do helps to build us up in the Lord. Does the Lord want us to do these actions? We have the free will to obey or disobey.
Do our actions as ambassadors of Christ further the ways of God or the ways of self/world? No one has freaked out in anxiety in this thread so far. Have we identified correctly that Halloween in of itself is displeasing to the Lord? Yes. Can we use this day to evangelize? Yes. However, in our methods of evangelizing, we need to make sure that while we are in this world, we are not found doing the same things which we are called to be separate from in order to reach the world.
If someone doesn’t want to celebrate Halloween because they understand that God is displeased with it, then they shouldn’t celebrate it. If someone has peace about it, then we do need to show them the truth. What they do with that truth is up to them. As it has been said before, we all have free will.
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After doing a few searches on line I discovered that what we call Halloween,
is called Samhain by wiccans and so called white witches. It's the 31 October and it is
considered to be the day when the "veil" between this world and the next is at its
thinnest. In that it's the best time for practising Wiccan witchcraft, for speaking to the
dead etc.
Doesn't that just give you the shivers, unfortunately many are only to happy to help
them celebrate it! Eating Halloween candy and dressing up is just an innocent pass time
to children and many adults, but Halloween does have sinister roots, so it's up to each
Christian to decide for themselves where they stand.
As for me I give myself to my Lord and Saviour who rent that veil in two.
Where ever there is a genuine work of Christ there is a false work of Satan so its
not at all surprising that Satan has even corrupted the "spiritual veil" of seperation
from Christ to mean something else.
is called Samhain by wiccans and so called white witches. It's the 31 October and it is
considered to be the day when the "veil" between this world and the next is at its
thinnest. In that it's the best time for practising Wiccan witchcraft, for speaking to the
dead etc.
Doesn't that just give you the shivers, unfortunately many are only to happy to help
them celebrate it! Eating Halloween candy and dressing up is just an innocent pass time
to children and many adults, but Halloween does have sinister roots, so it's up to each
Christian to decide for themselves where they stand.
As for me I give myself to my Lord and Saviour who rent that veil in two.
Where ever there is a genuine work of Christ there is a false work of Satan so its
not at all surprising that Satan has even corrupted the "spiritual veil" of seperation
from Christ to mean something else.
The Bible tells us we can only be hot or cold. There is no in-between because God will spit you out. We should not look at pagan holidays because we are trying to identify sin, we should look at these holidays and say does this bring glory to God? The problem with pagan holidays is they are... well pagan and God will not share that space in your life.
An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space 1 Samuel 5
An interesting part to read is where the Philistines took the ark of the covenant and put it next to Dagon. The next morning Dagon was destroyed. God is not willing to share that space
1 Samuel 5
He will not share or be mixed with our depraved carnal ways, that is why He says :
Come out of her my people !
