What Every Believer Ought To

Know About Halloween!

Deuteronomy 18:9-14 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. There
shall not be found among you any one that
maketh his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire, or that useth divination, or
an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a
witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with
familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. 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. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD
thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt
possess, hearkened unto observers of times,
and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD
thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh

expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Explain the Text and What It Means;

A. Gods LawGod Has Not Changed

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I change
not

B. Idolatry Strictly Forbidden - Thou shalt

not make unto thee any graven image, or
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous
God Exodus 20:4-5

C. No ImitationWhen Jethro Saw God

Deliver His People Out Of The Hands Of
The Egyptians (The Mightiest People In The
Land) He Said This Now I know that the
Lord is greater than all gods Exodus 18:11

D. Do Not Allow Your Children To Do This

Not Be Found Among You
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
reprove them.

Satan has a kingdom

Matthew 12:22-26 Then was brought unto

him one possessed with a devil, blind, and
dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the
blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all
the people were amazed, and said, Is not this
the son of David? But when the Pharisees
heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast
out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the
devils. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and
said unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and
every city or house divided against itself
shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan,
he is divided against himself; how shall
then his kingdom stand?

Matthew 4:8-9 Again, the devil taketh him

up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world,
and the glory of them; And saith unto him,
All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt
fall down and worship me.

1 John 5:18-19 We know that whosoever is

born of God sinneth not; but he that is
begotten of God keepeth himself, and that
wicked one toucheth him not. And we know
that we are of God, and the whole world
lieth in wickedness. (Greek word WICKED
ONE)

I. Where Did Halloween Come From

A. Celtic From Ireland Druids The

Celtic Priest
B. First day of the New Year was nov.1st
when they thought the dead would
rise and seek for souls. Oct. 31st all
hallows eve the veil between the dead
and the living is thinnest on this day.
C. Samhain the god of the dead
would rise up and gather in the dead
from the past year to allow them to go
into the body of animals (see attached
picture) look at Revelation 20:10-15
10
And the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and
ever.
11
And I saw a great white throne, and
him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away; and
there was found no place for them. 12
And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and
the dead were judged out of those
things which were written in the
books, according to their works. 13
And the sea gave up the dead which
were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in
them: and they were judged every
man according to their works. 14 And
death and hell were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death. 15 And
whosoever was not found written in
the book of life was cast into the lake
 of fire. When the dead are gathered in,
do not be mistaken, God will gather
them, including Satan himself.
D. All of the dead rose up and tortured
and tormented people until the next
day!
E. The druid priest would offer sacrifice
to Samhain. Virgins and babies
normally, sometimes animals
F. It came to America in 1845 during the
Irish potato famine. Made a national
holiday (Halloween) in the early
1900s this nation (believe it or not) is
a Christian nation and the bible very
plainly says thou shalt not learn to
do after the abominations of those
nations.

II. Look At The Similarities To The Text

A. Sacrifice vs.10 - children sent out

- abortion 42 million since Roe v.
Wade
B. Divination obtaining secret
knowledge of the future counter to
 prophesy - tarot cards
C. Observer of times - astrology -
Deuteronomy 17:2-7
2
If there be found among you, within
any of thy gates which the LORD thy
God giveth thee, man or woman, that
hath wrought wickedness in the sight
of the LORD thy God, in
transgressing his covenant,
3
And hath gone and served other
gods, and worshipped them, either the
sun, or moon, or any of the host of
heaven, which I have not commanded;
4
And it be told thee, and thou hast
heard of it, and enquired diligently,
and, behold, it be true, and the thing
certain, that such abomination is
wrought in Israel:
5
Then shalt thou bring forth that man
or that woman, which have committed
that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even
that man or that woman, and shalt
stone them with stones, till they die.
6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or
three witnesses, shall he that is
 worthy of death be put to death; but at
the mouth of one witness he shall not
be put to death.
7
The hands of the witnesses shall be
first upon him to put him to death, and
afterward the hands of all the people.
So thou shalt put the evil away from
among you.

D. Enchanter omens, spell caster

E. A witch sold out to practice
witchcraft - Harry Potter - (parents
killed on Halloween, he survived and
was given a lightning bolt in his
forehead , and gets special powers of
witchcraft lets look at that lightning
bolt Luke 10:18 18 And he said unto
them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall
from heaven. L.K. Rowling the author
admits she studied the Wiccan
witchcraft to right the book. Exodus
22:18 thou shalt not suffer a witch to
live.
F. Charmer cast spells of good luck
G. Consulter with familiar spirits
 conjurer
H. Wizard male witch
I. Necromancer worship and talk to
the dead

III. Look At The Similarities To Samhain

A. Costumes around the bonfire

omens disguise - they would put on
animal skins and heads to scare away
the dead. Rom 13:12the night is far
spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of
darkness, and let us put on the
armour of light.
B. Bonfires bone-fire human
sacrifice
C. Trick or treat begging for offerings
to the evil spirits to keep them from
taking a person from the home to
sacrifice.
D. Jack-o- lantern skull with human fat
candle inside to let the druids know
that a person had already been taken
 from the home for sacrifice.
E. Black cats reincarnated evil spirits
F. Decorating your house to drive
away evil spirits
G. Ghosts - are not the spirits of dead
people read Luke 16:19-31 19 There
was a certain rich man, which was
clothed in purple and fine linen, and
fared sumptuously every day:
20
And there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was laid at his
gate, full of sores,
21
And desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich man's
table: moreover the dogs came and
licked his sores.
22
And it came to pass, that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels
into Abraham's bosom: the rich man
also died, and was buried;
23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being
in torments, and seeth Abraham afar
off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24
And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip
of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue; for I am tormented in this
flame.
25
But Abraham said, Son, remember
that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil
things: but now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented.
26
And beside all this, between us and
you there is a great gulf fixed: so that
they which would pass from hence to
you cannot; neither can they pass to
us, that would come from thence.
27
Then he said, I pray thee therefore,
father, that thou wouldest send him to
my father's house:
28
For I have five brethren; that he
may testify unto them, lest they also
come into this place of torment.
29
Abraham saith unto him, They have
Moses and the prophets; let them hear
them.
30
And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent.
31
And he said unto him, If they hear
not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.
But they are rather evil spirits cast out
angels which the bible warns us about
(Leviticus 19:31
31
Regard not them that have familiar
spirits, neither seek after wizards, to
be defiled by them: I am the LORD
your God.

Leviticus 20:27
27
A man also 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.

2 Kings 23:24
24
Moreover the workers with familiar
spirits, and the wizards, and the
images, and the idols, and all the
abominations that were spied in the
land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did
Josiah put away, that he might
perform the words of the law which
were written in the book that Hilkiah
the priest found in the house of the
LORD.

Matthew 10:1
1
And when he had called unto him his
twelve disciples, he gave them power
against unclean spirits, to cast them
out, and to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease.

Mark 3:11
11
And unclean spirits, when they saw
him, fell down before him, and cried,
saying, Thou art the Son of God.

Acts 8:7
7
For unclean spirits, crying with loud
voice, came out of many that were
possessed with them: and many taken
with palsies, and that were lame, were
 healed.

Revelation 16:13
13
And I saw three unclean spirits like
frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet.)

IV. The Harm Of Halloween

People Say Aw It Is Just Harmless;

1. Adam and eve thought it was

harmless to eat the fruit
2. Cain thought it was harmless to bring
the wrong sacrifice
3. Lot thought it was harmless to live in
Sodom
4. Abraham thought it was harmless to
have a child with Hagar
5. Saul thought it was harmless to keep
Agag alive
A. Following evil
 1 Corinthians 11:1
1
Be ye followers of me, even as I also
am of Christ.
Ephesians 5:11
11
And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
If the sodomites had a day would
you let your children participate?
B. Idolatry 1 John 1:5-6
5
This then is the message which we
have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all.
6
If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth:
C. To be pleasing to god should be our
goal.
D. It glorifies death - Rom. 6:23 for
the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of god is eternal life through jesus
christ our lord.
 E. It honors Satan - 1 Peter 5:8
8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour: - he is not all powerful
F. It minimizes what Jesus did because
of our sins - 2 Corinthians 6:15-17
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
Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you,

V. What Should We Do?

A. Can We Celebrate Halloween - The
Choice Is Yours - God, Or Satan
B. Can We Replace It Romans 12:21
 21
Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good.
C. Except the Truth and Live In It

Samhain

The god of the dead.