8 reasons why you should not celebrate Halloween. Reason number one is the origins of Halloween are
pagan and I know you may say, "Well so is the origin of Christmas, so is the origin of Easter.
So is the origin of the Sunday, the god of the sun. Monday is the god of the Moon and all of
the days that we get." And while I do believe that beginnings of things are not everything but they
do matter. The origin of things do matter. The Bible says that "if the root is holy,
so are the branches" in Romans 11:16. Now the origin of Halloween as we know it today,
it's actually a pagan religious festival that started in Celtic traditions. It was celebrated
from October 31st till November 1st. When the tradition originated it was believed that at that
time there was a veil between the spiritual world and the natural world and this veil got so thin.
And people who celebrated this, they believed that the spirits of the dead could actually come from
the spiritual world into this world. And so they would dress up, so that these evil spirits will
not harass them. And they would actually act like these evil spirits, so the dead spirits and evil
spirits will not actually attack them, thinking they're just one of them. And then they would
set up food to appease these evil spirits from creating chaos and creating problems in their
neighborhoods, and a lot of that tradition, unfortunately still continues. That's why I
believe that we should pay attention to origins because a lot of the practices of this original
pagan holiday are still being practiced today. The second reason why you shouldn't celebrate
Halloween, is that Halloween is more than about candy and customs to those who are in witchcraft.
So we're not just talking about right now those who participate in Halloween but to people who
are in Wicca, in Satanism, people who are in witchcraft. To them, this holiday means way
more than candy, custumes and dressing up. In fact the founder of the satanic bible and the founder
of the Church of Satan says two major holidays, Halloween and another holiday that they celebrate
in the Church of Satan and he said this, "I am glad that Christian parents let their children
worship the devil at least one night out of the year." Wiccan's, they celebrate eight holidays
but the most important holiday is Halloween. It actually begins their year. If you watch
the testimony of John Ramirez, who was a former high-ranking satanic priest. He got married on
Halloween and he claims that it's a big deal in Satanism and in witchcraft to practice Halloween.
We had a girl that got saved in our ministry and she was a Satanist for over 10 years. She was
dedicated to Satan, her parents were Satanist and when she came through our school, our internship
and we asked her during Halloween. In fact she would get still like very scared during Halloween
time because of what it represented to her for so many years she lived in Satanism. And that was
the time from around 10-11 o'clock, this is when things just got weird for her. And so even when
she became a Christian, we had to renew her mind and really just keep her in prayer, so that she
doesn't you know fall prey to those fears. But for satanic witchcraft people, Halloween is not about
candies, it's not about costumes. This is their Easter Christmas put together. It's a big deal
for them and that's why I don't think we should celebrate. Third reason is that Halloween has
not been redeemed for God. It's actually darker today, than it was 50 years ago. Now the church
from its earliest history has invited its people to celebrate this season, this pagan holiday
differently. And a lot of times what they did, is actually they moved their All Saints Festival
to honor the people who died, to be celebrated on November 1st and all of the staff. So the
church tried to redeem and sometimes it worked. They tried to redeem certain pagan holidays,
like we see that would happen, it happened with Christmas. I don't think it worked with
Halloween. The reason why is because go in the mall today, go in the stores today. It's more and
more dark. It has more death and fear, not less. I don't think we're changing it or "redeeming" it.
I think it's changing our culture. Paganism and witchcraft is on the rise, not on decline in the
culture. I believe there are certain things you just can't redeem them, you have to remove them.
When Israel went to the promised land there were many things that Israel redeemed. You know there
were wells and cities that God let them possess and pretty much repackage for His purposes. But
there were many things God says, "Don't redeem it, burn it, destroy it." In Leviticus 18:3 it says:
God instructed that certain things, they can't be redeemed, they just have to be removed. Especially
things that deal with witchcraft, darkness, paganism or demonic things. The fourth reason
that I believe you shouldn't celebrate Halloween is it's conforming to the culture. People say, "If
we don't celebrate Halloween, the world will think we are weird because we don't know how to have
fun." Now as the church we are not to be known for our fun, we are to be known for our love.
And as the church our greatest view is not to be viewed by the world as good. In fact the world
doesn't think we are good because Christianity is offensive. We believe in the Jewish man that
died on a cross, who is God. We believe that we cannot be saved by good works and that's contrary
to the culture, and so our desire is not to be conformed to the culture. Scripture is very clear,
to be transformed by the renewing of our mind. The Bible says in Galatians 6:14, "That I boast
in nothing except the cross of Jesus, by whom the world has been crucified to me,
and I to the world." We are called to change the world, not to conform to the world. Daniel
did not bow to the idols of Babylon to fit into the Babylon. We are called to engage
the culture but we're not encouraged to imitate it. The church, like I've said, should be known
by their love not by their fun. The church should be a hospital not an entertaining arena and so to
try to redeem Halloween when it seems to not be working. It's better that we go to the original
assignment God has given us and that is to win the world, to preach the Gospel of the good news,
to be the light and to be the salt. And not to fit in but to stand out
and to seek to influence our culture for the cause of Christ. Fifth reason why Christians should not
celebrate Halloween is that Halloween promotes values that are contrary to the Christian faith.
Values like darkness, values like death and values like fear. On the Halloween you don't see
people decorating their front yard with virtues of light and life and eternal life. But graveyards,
skeletons, spiders and just just things that are gory, scary and dark. As Christians,
we don't celebrate fear we celebrate faith. We're believers, we belong to the household of faith. We
have the word of faith, we have the gift of faith, we have the fruit of faith and we're
called to live a life of faith. Fear is not our portion. As Christians we are people of the light,
not of darkness. Jesus is the light of the world, we are called to be the light of the world. That's
our values, as people, as Christians. Jesus defeated the grave and death. We believe in
the cross not in the skull. As Christians, we believe in the Holy Spirit and in Him alone we
rely for guidance and direction in our lives. Not the dead and not any other spirit from the
great beyond and therefore Halloween should not be something we participate. The values of Halloween
are contrary to the values of the Christians, and when do people celebrate Halloween? In the
night. But we're the people of the day and the Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:22:
Yes, the Bible doesn't say that don't celebrate Halloween but it is pretty clear, abstain from
every form of evil, and I don't see any good in Halloween. Number six. Halloween is having
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. In Ephesians 5:8-11, Paul tells us that:
The Scripture is very clear, we're not in darkness anymore. We should walk as children
of the light. So dressing up as a mermaid, dressing up as a demon, having a skull sitting,
having a skeleton sitting in the front porch and putting all kinds of pumpkins and creating spooky,
weird environment, dressing your kids as ghosts and going around and even pretending or playing.
"Oh but we don't believe in the witchcraft, we're just playing it." That's not us. We are people of
the light and we do what's acceptable to the Lord. We don't get involved with the unfruitful works of
darkness. These works of darkness, they're not fruitful. There's no fruit of the Holy Spirit
in that. It's just imitating and conforming to the culture that Jesus saved us from.
The seventh reason I believe that Christians should not celebrate Halloween
is that activities that people engage in while celebrating Halloween do not honor the Lord.
As I mentioned, the idea that you can dress up like a demon or a stripper is not pleasing to
God. And so much more including activities that happen on the Halloween night, like getting drunk,
parting, using drugs. The idea also that we're gonna put on a mask or put on a custom and
pretend to be someone else is not scriptural. If you see in the beginning, Genesis chapter 3,
the devil came to Adam and tried to confuse their identity, try to make them feel like they're God.
The devil tried to cast doubts on Jesus' identity in the wilderness. And in the culture we live in
today, where people are not sure which bathroom they should use and whether they are male or a
female in the gender confusion. I think putting on a custom and putting on the mask and trying to
pretend to be something you are not is not, it's just not who we are. We're already fighting with
this idea of people acting a part but not being it. We don't need to be a part of the culture
that is putting on a mask, putting on a costume, acting something that you are not. I'm sorry but
you're not a superman, you're not a batman. You're a human being loved by God, fallen in sin but can
be redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. The Bible makes it very clear in 1 John 2:15-17:
Sometimes parents say, "Well, if my children do not get dressed up as ghosts and do not
put a mask, you know, they will miss out." Come on, really? We can teach our children,
they don't need to dress up as darkness even for one night of their life. If they want the
candy take them to the store, give them a candy. But they don't need to be a part of the world,
participate in the world system because today it's with Halloween, tomorrow it's going to be
with something else. "Everybody's doing it. A lot of Christians are doing it." Well a lot of
pastors are watching porn, that doesn't mean we should all watch porn. A lot of people are
committing adultery. It doesn't mean we should commit adultery. A lot of people in the world,
they cohabitate. It doesn't mean that we should imitate that. We're not to participate in the
worldly ways. Halloween parties, all of those things, many times they carry so much of moral
depravity that we as Christians are called not to take part in. The eighth reason why you should not
participate in Halloween, on the Halloween night there's a higher crime rate than any other night.
About 175 million Americans will hit the street the trick and treat in masks in various states
but there is going to be other stuff that's going to be happening. On the October 31st there's a
rise of 50% higher of violent crime than on any other day during the year and about twice the
daily average, according to Northeastern University Professor, James Allen Fox.
National Holiday Traffic Safety Administration found that on Halloween nights between 2009 and
2013, over 40 percent of deaths caused by vehicle involved a driver who had been drinking. Parties
where alcohol is served are very common on Halloween night and as harsh as it sounds,
when the roads are wet and the streets are more crowded than usual, the chances of a
drunk driver hitting you and injuring you are much higher. It's a lot more than about candies,
costumes and just walking around pretending to be a mermaid. There's a lot of danger that's also
happening on the streets. We see that according to Travelers Insurance in 2016, crime related
insurance claims spike by 24% on October 31st. But the number one type of criminal activity
that's increased on Halloween is property crime. While vandalism is indeed common, 60% of these
claims involved theft from the home, including breaking in, entering while you're not there
and you're walking around and trick-or-treating. In the city of Los Angeles, they've seen on the
average of about 150 crimes on Halloween more than on a normal day. That's 26% increase according to
2014 to 2018 data from the Los Angeles Police Department. What does that mean? Halloween
is works of darkness. I'm not saying that that day belongs to the devil.
What I'm saying is that if the worldly people want to celebrate that, let them do it. As a Christian,
you shouldn't participate in it. Now does the Bible clearly state "thou shall not celebrate
Halloween?" We don't have that Scripture but looking at the origins, looking at what it
promotes, and looking at what it practices, and looking at the fruit of Halloween.
I personally don't know anyone who in there mind would advocate and as Christians would even push
this and say, "No, you should do it." If Satanists don't celebrate Good Friday, don't expect me to
celebrate Halloween. Thank you for watching this video. I know this was controversial but let's be
kind. In the comments below let me know, are you gonna celebrate Halloween? And please be nice to
people who are maybe celebrating Halloween. But let's create why are you not going to celebrate
Halloween and if you are celebrating why will you celebrate Halloween? Let's keep the discussion
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