Don't participate in the things the people of the world do. For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it! Have nothing to do with the worthless deeds of darkness; rather, it’s your job to expose them.
You always go trick-or-treating. You always go to that fun little church get-together where the kids play all those games and collect candy like they’re storing up for the apocalypse. Why not do something different? Just this one time. Say, a prayer night in the Warehouse around 9pm?
Yeah, I know you may or may not be anticipating this conversation:
Your friend: “What did you do for Halloween?”
You: “Oh, you know, I went to a prayer meeting.”
Your friend: “...”
Look. As much as we like to pretend it is, Halloween isn’t just all fun and games. There’s a darker side that most people either neglect or celebrate in ignorance. All Saint’s Day (a.k.a. Halloween) used to be pretty cool (for reals, look it up). But like everything can get over time, look how much it’s been skewed. Death, demons, and fear are glorified and acceptable. This is the only day it’s okay for 8-year-olds dress up as witches, demons, pimps, prostitutes, and ax murders, and we can call it harmless. Christians are pretty ignorant about the witchcraft and demonic activity that runs rampant, much less on a day like October 31st. I don’t know about you, but I’m not giving Satan any more attention than he already gets.
I understand this is a pretty controversial topic, and don’t think for a second I’m even saying not to celebrate Halloween. If you got a plan to celebrate it in a way that glorifies God and not the things I listed earlier, go for it! Way to walk in the light as He is in the light. Way to be in the world, not of it.
All I’m saying is to remember that as Christ-followers, we do have an enemy, and as long as we live in this world, we will have to keep fighting him off. Good news is, even though we may have to fight battles at times, Jesus won the war for us already.
You. Warehouse. 9pm. Halloween.
Let’s kick those suckers back to hell.
BY: Ariana Matty
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