Many people celebrate Halloween.  Children dress in costumes and knock on strangers’ doors begging for candy.  Many adults wear costumes and celebrate, too.  Harmless fun?  No.

Celebrating Halloween is flirting with evil; a flirtation God warns us to stay away from.  He tells us in Deuteronomy 18:10-11 to stay away from forms of evil including horoscopes, sorcery and witchcraft.  Embracing Halloween fits right in with the things God tells us to avoid.

Halloween originated with an ancient festival called Samhain.  People would light bonfires and burn crops and animals as sacrifices to false gods.  They wore costumes to ward off ghosts, and practiced fortune-telling.  To this day, October 31st is an unholy holiday for people who practice witchcraft and satanic worship.  Statistically, more crime is committed on Halloween than on any other holiday.  Why would we want to celebrate that?

Our children do not need candy from strangers, a practice ever more dangerous in today’s society.  As parents, we don’t want to lead them or ourselves, into sin.  Instead, let’s celebrate the only supernatural power that loves us, protects us, saves us and offers the gift of everlasting life: our heavenly Father, God (John 3:16 | Romans 10:9-13).

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