Today I’m going to talk about “Halloween:
1st Thess. 5:22 22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Someone may be asking; why is Brother Brown wasting his time talking about “Halloween?
Well did you every really have someone explain the origins of this so-called holiday? People in our country are all caught up in this so-called holiday; not realizing it’s of the Devil himself.
I want you to listen and then ask your self if you really think you should allow your children to participate in such ungodly activity.
Tom Sanguinet, former high priest in the Celtic tradition of Wicca (witchcraft) said "The modern holiday we call Halloween has its origins in the full moon closest to November 1, the witches’ New Year. It was a time when the "spirits" (demons) were supposed to be at their peak power” He went on to say, "Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have or will do that would make it acceptable to the Lord Jesus."
How did it come about to start with? Allow me to pass this information on to you;
The origin of Halloween is the Celtic Festival of Samhain, lord of death and evil spirits.
Long before Christ (at least 2000 years), Druids in Britain, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany and other Celtic countries observed the end of summer by making sacrifices to Samhain.
The Celtics considered November 1st as being the day of death because the leaves were falling, it was getting darker sooner and temperatures were dropping.
They believed Muck Olla, their sun god was losing strength and Samhain, lord of death, was overpowering him.
They *[the Celtics} also believed that on October 31st Samhain lord of death assembled the spirits of all who had died during the previous year.
And they also believed that their spirits had been confined to inhabit animals’ bodies for the past year, as punishment for their evil deeds, and that they were allowed to return to their former home to visit the living on the eve (Oct. 31) of the Feast of Samhain.
Druid priests led the people in diabolical worship ceremonies in which horses, cats, black sheep, oxen, human beings and other offerings were rounded up, stuffed into wicker cages and burned to death.
This was done, they, the Celtics believed to appease Samhain and keep spirits from harming them.
HALLOWEEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CELEBRATION OF DEATH.
Let me say right here that most folks today have not a clue as to where and how Halloween come into existence, and they see absolutely nothing at all harmful about it, people today don’t take Halloween serious at all.
But let me say that we can be assured that the witches and Satan worshippers of today take it very serious.
Did you know that there are women that are tied up in these satanic cults that have babies for the sole purpose of offering it to the devil on this Halloween night?
_There’s no medical record of the little baby every being born, Halloween is the high holiday of the year for satanic cults.--
All of our public stores are selling products that glorify this evil time of year whether knowing it are not.
Do you dear heart truly think that God is pleased with this evil activity?
Well back in the time of the Celtic people when this was getting a good toehold so to speak, how were these sacrifices obtained?
Druid priests and people would go from house to house asking for calves, black sheep, and even human beings.
Those who gave were promised prosperity and those who refused to give were cursed and threatened.
The people were also told it was likely that all of the "wandering spirits" would get hungry.
If you set out a treat for them, they would not trick or curse you.
Here is THE ORIGIN OF TRICK OR TREAT.
"Trick or Treat is a reenactment of the Druidic practices. The candy has replaced the human
Sacrifices of old, but it is still an appeasement of the deceptive evil spirits,
When folks give out Halloween candy today, they are, although innocently, providing a sacrifice to false gods.
They are participating in idolatry" says the former high priest of Wicca, Tom Sanguinet.
Did you know that even the Jack-O-Lantern has its origin with these pagan practices?
In the book “Occult Conceit” the author says on page 190, "The candlelit pumpkin or skull served as a signal to mark those farms and homes that were sympathetic to the Satanists and thus deserving of mercy when the terror or, today("trick or treat") of the night began."
Further, an old edition of The World Book Encyclopedia says, "The apparently harmless lighted pumpkin face of the Jack-O-Lantern is an ancient symbol of a damned soul."
What about COSTUMES? They originated with the Druid death rites also. As people and animals were screaming in agony while being burned to death the observers would dress in costumes made of animal skins and heads. They would dance, chant and jump through the flames in hope of warding off the evil spirits. [Fallen angels]
It is obvious that Halloween is a pagan day rooted in the worst kind of pagan rituals and worship.
The Bible commands Christians in (Ephesians 5:1). To "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness"
There is obviously nothing at all to do with Halloween that is Christ honoring.
It is a pagan sacrifice day and the Bible warns Christians in 1st Corinthians 10:20. "The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with devils." Halloween is glorifying wickedness and evil.
Who are some of the so-called heroes that are gloried at this time of year?
Well you could not celebrate Halloween without the WITCH. The oldest known illustration of a witch dates back to the pre-Columbian era.
A drawing showing the pagan goddess Tla-zol-te-olf naked, wearing a pointed hat and riding a broomstick.
Where you find witchcraft you will find nudity, divination, gross immorality and occultic practices just to name a few.
According to the Old Testament; witchcraft and the whole spectrum of the occult were capital crimes, punishable by death.
In the New Testament, in Galatians 5:20, witchcraft is listed among those things that are to be renounced by believers. 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Acts 19:18-19 records how that those who became Christians renounced all dealings with the occult and burned any occultic material they had. 18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver
Dr. John Macarthur says, "Dressing up like witches, ghosts, or goblins is incompatible with a Christian’s testimony. Furthermore, many of the customs of Halloween are associated with the worst kind of pagan ceremonies; they are usually centered on the sinister things such as demons, witchcraft, and superstition."
Halloween is a dangerous day and here area few reasons why.
HALLOWEEN IS FOCUSED ON VIOLENCE
Halloween emphasizes mutilation, murder, blood, guts and gore. It even glorifies it!
Millions of people, and many little children will be exposed to some of the almost endless string of TV programs, videos, and community and even at church activities that GLORIFY MUTILATION, TORTURE, and BIZARRE MURDERS this Halloween.
HALLOWEEN IS HARMFULL BECAUSE OF ITS FOCUS ON VIOLENCE. When we read of a violent murder any other time we gasp. But we laugh, tease, call it fun and glorify the same things when Halloween comes.
Halloween’s focus on VIOLENCE, children some time have difficulty separating between fantasy and fact. And that is taking its toll on our society. There is another reason Halloween is harmful...
HALLOWEEN IS HARMFUL BECAUSE OF THE EMPHASIS ON FEAR
Fear is no joke. Fear is a powerful and often damages emotions. Why expose our children with such traumatizing influences?
They serve no useful purpose. In fact long lasting emotional problems can develop as a result of the frightening experiences that are encountered at Halloween activities, such as going through a "haunted house."
HALLOWEEN IS HARMFUL BECAUSE OF ITS FOCUS ON THE OCCULT
more and teachers in the public schools are introducing more children to the occult. And unfortunately, Halloween is one of the two Holidays that public schools celebrate. They choose Halloween (and Valentine’s Day) because supposedly there is no "religious" significance. How wrong they are about Halloween. To be sure, there is no Christian significance to Halloween but it is obviously a religious day.
An increasing number of people are seeing the dangers associated with celebrating Halloween.
Christians, when exposed to the dark side of the day, are deciding that celebrating it is not pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 12:21 21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
