Is Halloween a Device of Satan? What is Halloween?

 

Is Halloween a device of Satan? What is Halloween? 

It is a day when schools, preschools, and daycares take a day (a month?) to devote their activities to tales of witches and warlocks, of drawing pictures of black cats, full moons, ghosts and goblins. It is a day of carving out jack-o-lanterns, of candy and more candy. After school, when darkness arrives, it is a time of costumes and going door to door to neighbors and friends, children shouting, "Trick or treat" for candy and apples, trips through haunted houses, and parties. 

The stores fill up with sections devoted to Halloween costumes and masks, scary makeup, fake blood and eyeballs, plastic jack-o-lanterns, ghost figures, witches on brooms, and more.

Is this a “holiday” where Satan appears as an angel of light? 

Halloween has a history filled with evil and violence. 

Years ago, Druids, coming to the door of castles threatened families with satanic curses (“trick") unless the father and mother would surrender their virgin daughter as a sacrifice to Satan for the upcoming rituals on the night of Halloween. If they surrendered their daughter, a hollowed-out squash would be lit by their door. Candle light sending out beacons through the openings in the squash signaled that this home was not to be cursed: they had surrendered their child at the Druid’s threat.

Several years ago, the underground evil seeped up into the candy gathering ritual to the point where hospitals were offering x-rays of apples and candy to reveal hidden razor blades. This and the possibility of poison in Halloween treats lead to supervised neighborhood trunk and treat events.

Is there other evil going on the night of this satanic holiday today? Underneath the sugar-coated celebrations, there are deadly satanic activities going on.

There are numerous accounts from those that have previously been involved with satanism of the animal and child sacrifices on this night. The horror of this goes beyond one’s imagination. It is truly a night of darkness and evil spiritual activity going on in remote areas, hidden beyond the “innocent” revellings of the night.

Halloween is a time to be discerning, to not step over the line into the realm of being caught by Satan’s devices. It is a time to intercede in prayer for those involved in satanic activities, for those that are victims or potential victims of the sexual abuse and violence that is a part of satanic rituals.

Ephesians 6:10-18

Forgiveness of Sins by the Blood of Jesus Through His Name

 

"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission [forgiveness of sins]." - Hebrews 9:22 KJV 

"For it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. [for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD.[fn] It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible. NLT]" - Leviticus 17:11 KJV

While the blood of animal sacrifices every year pushed ahead the sins of Israel, they could not take their sins away. 

"But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." - Hebrews 10:3-4 KJV

It took our Heavenly Father manifesting Himself in flesh, born holy and without sin, to shed His blood for us so our sins could be taken away. He came in His name Jesus.

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood." - Acts 20:28 KJV

Jesus told His disciples when He took the cup at the last supper before His death, that it was symbolic of the blood He was about to shed.

"For this is my blood of the new testament [the new covenant], which is shed for many for the remission of sins." - Matthew 26:28 KJV

This is what Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost when the church first began – baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV

Church! Doers of the Word

 

We need to not only hear the word of God but do it. 

At Mount Sinai, Israel said, “We will do.” Their willingness to obey God’s commandments brought them into covenant relationship with Him. 

"And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD." - Exodus 19:8

Jesus said, 

"If ye love me, keep my commandments." - John 14:15 

He then told his disciples after his death burial and resurrection that it is not good enough to simply believe the gospel, we must obey the gospel. He that believeth AND is baptized shall be saved. 

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." - Mark 16:15-16

Peter also said we need to be baptized to be saved. 

"The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:" - 1 Peter 3:21

Jesus said,

"Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." - Luke 24:46-47 

Obeying the command of Jesus, Peter preached the gospel - the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. He then obeyed Jesus and preached how to obey the gospel - repentance, baptism in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins, and receiving the promised gift of the Holy Ghost. 

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38

When the people believed Peter preaching the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, they asked,

"Men and brethren, what shall we do?" - Acts 2:37 KJV 

They were not hearers only; they were doers of the word. The same day there were added to the church about three thousand souls. 

"Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." - Acts 2:41-42

The Keys to the Kingdom

 

When Peter realized that Jesus is God in a human body – “the Christ, the Son of the living God” – Jesus told him He would give him the keys of the kingdom of heaven and authority.

"And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." - Matthew 16:19 

Jesus spoke to Nicodemus of the kingdom of God. (“The kingdom of heaven” is interchanged with “the kingdom of God” i.e. Mark 10:14, Matt. 19:14)

"Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." - John 3:5 

While Jesus made it clear we must be born of water and of the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God, he did not give specifics. Jesus gave Peter the keys as to how exactly we are born again. Peter revealed this on the Day of Pentecost after he received the Holy Ghost.

"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. ... And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." - Acts 2:1, 4 

When the people asked, “What meaneth this?” Peter preached the gospel, letting them know they had crucified their Messiah, the One they had been waiting for.

Then the people asked, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38 

Peter made it perfectly clear what Jesus meant when Jesus said a man must be born of water and of the Spirit. The keys to the kingdom of heaven are to repent, to be baptized by immersion in water in the name of Jesus Christ, and to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

We now understand what we must do.

The Bible Way

 

Paul prophetically warned the church of a tradition that would take the name of Jesus out of baptism and repace the NAME of JESUS with His TITLES Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (a trinity instead of One God). This happened in 325 AD with Constantine and the Council of Nicaea. It is BY THE NAME OF JESUS that sins are remitted (removed)! No wonder the Dark Ages soon followed.

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:" - Colossians 2:8-10 KJV

The BIBLE way:

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission ["forgiveness"] of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV

What is the Gospel?

 

What is the gospel?

Many say it is simply the good news.

What does the Bible say about the gospel?

Paul wrote to the church at Corinth that he preached unto them the gospel, they received the gospel and they stand in the gospel. 

Paul wrote to them that they are saved by the gospel if they keep in memory what he preached on to them, unless they believed in vain. 

In vain means "without success or effect."  

When we believe the gospel there needs to be some action on our part or it is in vain

Paul then describes how he delivered to

them that which he also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).

Simply put, the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.

What action is required on our part to be saved by the gospel?

Paul wrote to the church at Rome saying that our action requires becoming dead to sin, burial with him by baptism, and raised up by the glory of the Father to walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:1-23).

Peter made it very clear what we must do when he preached on the day of Pentecost.

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."  (Acts 2:38).

Just as Jesus said, we must be born of water and of the Spirit. (John 3:5).

Jesus makes it very clear that it is not enough to believe the gospel. There must also be action on our part. We must obey the gospel. We must be baptized - born of water and of the Spirit. 

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." 

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." - Mark 16:15-16  KJV

Here are some verses speaking about obeying the gospel: Romans 10:9-16, 1 Peter 4:17, 2Thessalonians 1:3-10.

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