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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"HALLOWEEN" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN OR ALL HALLOWS EVE AS IT IS ALSO CALLED. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A FEW IDEAS FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT. DO YOU CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?
I WAS NEVER COMFORTABLE WITH CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN BECAUSE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS ABOUT GHOSTS, WITCHES, VAMPIRES, WIZARDS, ETC. DRESSING ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN UP IN SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT THE BIBLE SPEAKS UNKINDLY TOWARD REALLY BOTHERED ME.
SO, IN ORDER FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ON THIS DAY, WE USED TO HAVE "PRAISE THE LORD" PARTIES WHERE WE WOULD SOMETIMES BUILD A BONFIRE AND THE PARENTS WOULD BRING COVERED DISHES. WE WOULD PLAY GAMES WITH THE CHILDREN BUT NO COSTUMES. WE WOULD SING PRAISE SONGS TO JESUS AND JUST HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
THIS IS JUST AN IDEA IF SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL HALLOWEEN PARTY. ALL THE KIDS WOULD GO HOME WITH A BAG OF CANDY AND WE KNEW OUR CANDY WAS SAFE. WITH THE NUTS OUT THERE THESE DAYS, WHY TAKE A CHANGE ON THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.
I LOOKED UP IN THE BIBLE THE THINGS I MENTION ABOVE AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU WHAT THE LORD SAYS ABOUT THEM.
GHOSTS
LEVITICUS 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
WITCHES
EXODUS 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
VAMPIRES
LEVITICUS 7:26-27 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
WIZARDS
DEUTERONOMY 18:10-12 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
NOW THE BIG QUESTION IS, SHOULD A CHRISTIAN CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN? I WILL GIVE YOU TWO THOUGHTS AND YOU CAN PRAY ABOUT IT AND HOPEFULLY WILL OBEY THE LORD IN WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. AS A CHRISTIAN WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE OCCULT, WITCHCRAFT, DEMONISM OR THINGS LIKE THAT. IF WE DO, I BELIEVE WE ARE CONTRADICTING GOD'S WORD. IF YOUR HALLOWEEN IS CENTERED AROUND THESE THINGS, I WOULD SAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
THE OTHER HAND, IS IT WRONG TO DRESS YOUR CHILDREN IN SOME CUTE COSTUME, NOTHING DEMONIC, AND LET THEM GO DOOR TO DOOR SAYING "TRICK OR TREAT?" YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I FELT I SHOULD WRITE ABOUT AND I HOPE IT HELP SOME OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE IN'S AND OUT'S OF HALLOWEEN.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
