I have always had a view that Christians should not celebrate Halloween or even look like they celebrate it. I know that there are people out there who say things like, "Oh come on it is all in fun." I understand their point very clearly. I remember as a child my mother used to dress us up and we used to go out and collect candy. We never danced around the fire or did a chant around a pentagram, we just had fun. So what is the deal and why are we so uptight about Halloween?
When we did these things we were ignorant to Halloween and what it really means and how we should have acted. Halloween promotes death and fear. That is why when Halloween comes around horror movies are on television. The masks and costumes are mostly darkening, scary and death. Evil, death and fear are exalted during this holiday. What are Christians supposed to do? Should we participate in this? Should make light of it? What does the Bible say?
Ephesians 5:11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather reprove them.
The word reprove means that we should rebuke it or hate it. In other words don't participate in the deeds of darkness but rather stand up against it.
Does dressing up and going to a church costume party during Halloween a reproving? Does dressing up and going out to a halloween party and collecting candy because it is fun, reproving the works of darkness? How are you standing against the deeds of darkness while you yourself are dressed up and going to a halloween party? How are you standing against the works and deeds of darkness while you are handing out candy? If a child dressed as a ghost , ghoul or vampire comes to your door and you give them candy, what is the message you are giving?
This is a lot to think about so I will comment more on it later. Meanwhile Christians need to stand against the works of darkness and show the light of God.
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