By Buddy Dawson
Week 17 in a multi-part series
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light (I Peter 2:9 NKJV). At this reading another October 31 celebration of evil has come and gone. To me for the Church of Jesus Christ to participate in such evil, is liken unto a holocaust survivor dressing up once a year like Hitler to bring him honor. Under the guise of harmless fun, we dress up our children in grotesque costumes, decorate our homes in icons of darkness and sponsor haunted houses.
We have forgotten that we have escaped the kingdom of darkness only because of the awesome sacrifice of the Son of God who suffered beyond our imagination to provide us a way out. Should we be giving any glory to his enemy and our old taskmaster, Satan?
God has made it very clear how He feels about such actions.
Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them (Ephesians 5:11 Amplified).
Conversation with an ex-satanist opened my eyes to what is really happening behind the scenes on what they consider to be their most holy day. Human and animal sacrifices are offered to empower the demonic realm and give the worshipers more power to do evil. Drug-induced orgies and unimaginable acts of horror round out the exaltation of Satan on this special occasion. Human beings made in the image and likeness of God bow down to altars of Satan, giving him the worship he has so coveted for thousands of years (Luke 4:5,6).
In the natural realm, Halloween is portrayed as harmless family fun, but in the spirit realm where good and evil are contending for the souls of men, there is no limit to the damage that is done.
Skip this evil celebration and focus instead on November 27. Thanksgiving Day is when most people in this nation are giving thanks to God in their own way for His wonderful blessings. Good food, fellowship and expressions of love bring honor to our Creator. He has this to say about us in Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome (Amp.).
Isn’t that better than “TRICK OR TREAT”?
Buddy and Maude Dawson are the founders and directors of the River of Life Worship Center, 3504 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC. therolwc.org/[email protected]
