Halloween-A Call to Separate from Darkness
Updated: Oct 4
In keeping with the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, and His mandate to teach and obey all things commanded, we will cover a topic that is urgently needed in the church today.
Preliminary Questions
If King Jesus walked the streets of America Marana on Oct. 31, what would he see? What would he see on display in Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart? What would he conclude about Halloween?
Would Jesus partake in this holiday?
How should the Elect respond to Halloween?
In order to answer these questions, we need to first consider where Jesus’ heart is on this holiday. We can easily do that by discovering what His Word says about Halloween and holidays similar to it. The Bible is after all the mind of Christ
(v. 1 Cor 2:16).
Let’s first consider what Jesus’ own Father taught him about holidays that were similar to Halloween. We know that Jesus grew up following his Father’s will… perfectly…obeying every command of the Father...So, if we can know the Father’s will on Jesus’ life, then we can know the heart of Jesus as an adult...We can know how Jesus would respond to Halloween. God does not change, Amen? (Mal 3:6)
So, let’s take a look at some of the Father’s writings to Jesus because Jesus lived out scripture perfectly. He was sinless. Please turn to the Old Testament:
[Deu 18:9-13 KJV] 9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
[Exo 22:18 KJV]
18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
[Lev 19:31 KJV]
31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. (a familiar spirit is a demon that masquerades as a dead ancestor or as a spiritual guide)
[Lev 20:27 KJV]
27 A man or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
The Bible also speaks on several Hebrew Kings kept idols, consulted mediums, and spirits, instead of consulting with God
1 Sam 28—e,g, King Saul consulted a witch who then summoned up a demon disguised as the Prophet Samuel (a familiar spirit)
2 Chronicles 33:6 – Lists the sins of King Manasseh, noting that he "used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with wizards," which provoked God to anger.
There are many verses in the Old Testament that reveal the heart of Father God…and from what we’ve just seen, we know that he is absolutely against witches, wizards, evil spirits, and necromancy (paying homage to the dead). Father God hates these practices. He had called for the brutal execution of any of his people that participated in these practices. Is that not clearly stated??
Therefore, we can conclude that Jesus, God’s own Son, would not participate in Halloween because Halloween pays homage to things that the Father hates. Halloween has its origin in paying homage to spiritual darkness, and it continues today. It is a holiday that Jesus would be opposed to. This co called “hallowed eve” pays homage to spiritual darkness, does it not??
In the New Testament, we can confirm where Jesus stands on Halloween. What is Jesus’ view on items like sorcery, demons, devils, ghosts/spirits, murder, Hell? And, how does Jesus feel about the Christian’s involvement with this sort of stuff? An honest read across the New Testament will reveal that Jesus is absolutely against it…“like Father, like Son”...Jesus teaches the Christian to separate from these things.
We do know that throughout the Gospels, and the Epistles, Jesus went about casting out demons, and attempting to separate his disciples from all manner of spiritual darkness.
Let’s begin with a look at a general policy that the Holy Spirit gave to the Apostle Paul. The context of this passage is typically applied to marriage, business ventures, and other contractual arrangements. But this policy is also applicable to a Christian’s participation in the Halloween holiday:
[2Co 6:14-18 KJV]
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
In this passage the Apostle Paul, speaking as directed by the Holy Spirit, under the command of King Jesus, uses language that covers all forms of “union” or association with spiritual darkness…from appeasement, to the the written contract...Specific terms like “fellowship, communion, concord, and agreement” are used to cover all types of affiliation between his people and the unbelievers.
These terms are used to communicate that all agreements or “unions” with spiritual darkness are forbidden by our King…even if you do dress up as a cop or a soldier, and go door-to-door collecting candy. Are you not still supporting the ceremony? Are you not paying homage to that holiday?
The Christian parent is responsible before Christ, not the child. Is this not child indoctrination to a holiday that Jesus commands us to separate from? The true churches railed against this holiday in the early 1930’s, when it first came to this country. And now look what appeasement has done! The Christians must come back to centerline on this Holiday.
Repeat the Preliminary Questions
If Jesus walked the streets of America Marana on Oct. 31, what would he see? What would he conclude about Halloween?
Would Jesus partake in this holiday?
How should the Christian respond to Halloween?
“[Rom 12:2 KJV] – “…be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Application = Separate away to God’s Pavilion
My wife and I, as baby Christians, decided to separate from Halloween one year after our first child was born. We raised all four of our children to separate from Halloween. We did not appease the holiday with Trunk-or-Treat. We did not appease God by renaming the day All Saints Eve. We decided to separate away to God’s Pavilion...a place of God’s choosing where we could leave the world as a family for a night…sanctified away from spiritual darkness. And it has made all of the difference in our walk before God.
One year we ate pizza in our van and drove out to the country for a few hours. On other occasions we went night fishing, camping, a bon fire in the back yard. We kept the kids home from school the day before and the day after Halloween so that they did not have to be pressured.
Our mothers and fathers were angry or concerned about my wife and I not celebrating Halloween. We were sad for hurting them, but we got through the night, away in a secret place chosen by God–his pavilion. And during those times of testing, there in God's Pavilion, my family and I created some of our fondest memories, there as a family before God, under the stars, discussing the wonders of God, and our eventual call to his heavenly pavilion, where we will forever. Praise the Lord! Amen and amen!!
Let’s pray……
Father,,,Living Word Baptist Church has delivered your response to Halloween. We saw today that the entire Godhead is opposed to this holiday. Jesus’ policy against unholy union with unbelievers and with spiritual darkness.
Father, help your people to separate from Halloween. Put into their minds the reality of Halloween. And for your people who participate in this holiday, I pray that their eyes be opened to what they are doing.
Handing out tracks and trying to Christianize this holiday has little effect. It too looks like appeasement. What would send the loudedest, clearest message to our community? Total separation from this holiday. This would send the message of conviction across Marana, and across the United States! That is something that the Holy Spirit can work with! All hail our King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Amen and Amen!
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