"Halloween"
Trick of the Devil or Treat from God?
IF THE DEVIL WALKED INTO YOUR HOUSE OR INTO YOUR CHURCH BUILDING WITH A RED SUIT, LONG RED TAIL AND HORNS, YOU WOULD KNOW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT HE WAS THE DEVIL. EVEN THE DEVIL KNOWS THIS.
UNFORTUNATELY, MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT BELIEVE IT’S THE DEVIL UNLESS HE SHOWS UP THIS WAY. BUT, THAT’S NOT THE WAY THE DEVIL COMES. HE COMES CUNNINGLY DECEITFUL AND THIS IS WHY HE CATCHES MOST PEOPLE OFF GUARD. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN WARNED BY GOD INNUMERABLE TIMES - -
I PETER 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
EPHESIANS 6:11,12
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
JAMES 4:7,8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
EVEN JESUS HIMSELF TALKED MORE ABOUT BEING AWARE OF THE DEVIL AND HIS ANTICS THAN HE TALKED ABOUT ANY OTHER BEING.
- EVEN IN AMERICA, WHICH IS FOUNDED UPON GOD, CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN FOOLED BY ONE OF SHREWDEST TRICKS OF SATAN - - THAT IS THE CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN. SATAN HAS CUNNINGLY DEVISED A SCHEME WHEREBY HE ALLURES US AND OUR CHILDREN BY SEEMINGLY HARMLESS COSTUMES, SYMBOLS AND SO CALLED “FUN,” AND WE STAND BY AND LOOK AT THEM AND CALL IT “CUTE.” THEN WE WONDER WHY OUR CHILDREN ARE AFRAID OF THE DARK, AFRAID TO SLEEP ALONE AND AFRAID TO WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE ALONE…..AFRAID, AFRAID, AFRAID! SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO HEAR (EVIL COMMUNICATION), TO SEE (EVIL CARTOONS) AND TO PARTICIPATE IN (HALLOWEEN) HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THEIR STABILITY AND CAUSES THEM GREAT FEAR.
LUKE 8:18
18 – TAKE HEED THEREFORE HOW YOU HEAR:
JER. 10:2
2 – LEARN NOT THE WAY OF THE HEATHEN…
IN II CORINTHIANS 6, GOD TELLS US
THAT THERE IS NO FELLOWSHIP WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND THAT THERE IS NO FELLOWSHIP WITH LIGHT AND DARKNESS
HALLOWEEN ORIGINATES STRAIGHT FROM THE PIT OF HELL, AND IT’S TIME FOR GOD’S PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND BE WITNESSES FOR THE LORD!
HOSEA 4:6, states
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children
(HANDOUTS WERE GIVEN)
CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED:
I JOHN 1:9
9 – IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
THEN WHAT DO WE DO???
WE GET RID OF ALL THINGS CONNECTED WITH THE DEVIL, JUST LIKE THEY DID IN - -
ACTS 19:18 & 19
18 – AND MANY THAT BELIEVED CAME, AND CONFESSED, AND SHEWED THEIR DEEDS.
19 – MANY 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.
FINAL SCRIPTURES:
EPHESIANS 6:12 - YOU ARE IN A SPIRITUAL WARFARE
I JOHN 4:4 - THE GREATER ONE LIVES WITHIN YOU
I CORINTHIANS 10:31 - GOD SHOULD GET THE GLORY
JOHN 8:36 - FREEDOM
GALATIANS 5:1 - DON’T LET NOTHING PUT YOU BACK IN BONDAGE AGAIN!
Pastor B. Peebles