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More Scary Than Halloween
Contributed by Arlen Payne on Oct 20, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: At Halloween many people will put on scary costumes, go to places where they hoped to be scared and entertained by scary scenarios, and eat a lot of candy. But, there is some things that are much scarier than Halloween activities.
More Scary than Halloween
Hebrew. 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Intro.
Tomorrow is Halloween
The actual holiday is on November 1st.
All saints day
It’s actually a Catholic holiday
Halloween come’s from “All Hollow’s Eve”
-It was a night of sin and debauchery before celebrating such a
Holy Day.
- Many of the traditions of Halloween come from old pagan
traditions associated with early fall or the autumnal
equinox and connections to evil and evil spirits.
Most of the reasons for Halloween have been forgotten, and most
don’t even know why the practice it. They just want to have a
reason to have a good time with costumes and candy.
Some celebrate it’s evil and Satanic connections, not taking it
seriously.
Some enjoy being scary and/or scared
There are some thing more scary than Halloween
I. Separation From God.
A. Separation from God is the consequence of our sin.
Is. 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not hear.
B. This is an eternal separation
Luke 13:24-28
1. For now, you can always come back to God and get right
with him.
2. If you are not trusting Christ for your salvation, you will be
separated from God.
II. The judgment of God
Heb. 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
A. The Bible speaks of two different judgments.
1. The Judgment seat of Christ is for believers. 2 Cor. 5:10
2. The Great White Throne Judgment. Rev. 20:14-15
a. The book of life
b. The sentence — a lake of fire
B. Which judgment you come under will depend on what you have done with Christ.
II. The wrath of God
A. Eph. 5:3-7
1. Don’t be deceived. Vs. 5:6
2. A warning Vs. 5:7
B. Romans 1:18-25
C. The scariest thing in the world would be to face the wrath of
God.
D. A scary story. Luke 16:19-31
1. The poor man was carried to Abraham’s bosom — heaven.
2. The Rich man.
a. He would see, “seeth Abraham” Vs. 23
b. He could feel “being in torments” Vs. 23, 24
c. He could talk “he cried” Vs. 24
d. He could taste “cool my tongue”. Vs. 24
e. He could remember. Vs. 25
f. He could talk. Vs. 27
g. He had emotion. Vs. 26-26
E. God’s wrath is to be taken seriously.
Conclusion:
There is good news
God shows his mercy toward us
God shed His grace upon us
God sent His Son for us.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Hebrew. 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
It’s scary to see God’s wrath and judgment against sin.
It’s not so scary when you repent of your sin and trust Him.
