WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN Halloween has

WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN

• Halloween has strong roots in paganism • Closely connected with the worship of Satan • Glorifies dark things of this world, rather than the light of Jesus Christ • Costumes & decorations are scary, and getting worse each year • Grotesque is increasingly glorified in North America (TV & games)

• Origin dates back to 2, 000 years ago - Druids honoured the dead (Celtic culture in Ireland, England & Northern Europe) • Celebration based on superstition • Celts believed souls of the dead roamed at night – tormenting the living • To be friendly, gifts and treats were offered: “trick-or-treating”

• We are NOT “missingout” by NOT participating in scary costumes • As Christians, we are different, and not of this world • “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul” (1 Pet. 2: 11)

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS … • "Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. “ 1 Thessalonians 5: 21 -22 • "keep oneself from being polluted by the world“ James 1: 27 • "do not imitate what is evil" 3 John 1: 11 • “Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. “ Romans 12: 9 • “do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft” Deuteronomy 18: 9 -14 • "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness … live as children of light" Ephesians 5: 11 -12

Celebrate the True Light of the World … our LORD JESUS CHRIST with all His saints ALL SAINTS DAY … ALLELUIA CELEBRATION!