Friday Video Post #4...

In light of Halloween next week, I wanted to address the issue of whether or not Christians should participate in this national holiday. If you don't agree, make a stand. If you agree, make a stand. Learning comes from wrestling through God's word in conversations with other believers who eagerly seek out the truth :)

As balanced as I try to stay about the subject, I fully admit that I don't celebrate the holiday. Not because I'm uber spiritual, but because anything remotely scary will keep me at home, under warm blankets, thankful for happy thoughts! However, while researching this topic this week, I came across an interesting article written by William J. Schnoebelen, a former witch priest who is now a professing Christian. I've attached it below for your knowledge and pleasure.

Note: If you opt to go out next Saturday, eat some candy corn for me!

Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? from Bianca Juarez on Vimeo.

William J. Schnoebelen, a former witch high priest, on Halloween:

As a former witch high priest now saved by Jesus, I was astonished by how many Christians let their kids celebrate Halloween. Some churches even sponsor “haunted houses” and similar events on what is the Number One satanic “helliday” of the year. Halloween used to be called Samhain, and is still celebrated as an ancient pagan festival of the dead by witches all over the world. Unfortunately, just giving the date a “holy” name like All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve cannot change its grisly character. Halloween is an occasion when the ancient gods (actually demons) are worshiped with human sacrifice. The apostle Paul warns us: “But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils” (1 Cor. 10:20).

If you are a Christian parent, God has given you a precious responsibility in your children. Remember, their ability to resist spiritual wickedness is much less than yours. If you allow your children to participate in Halloween (Trick or Treating, costume parties, etc.) you are allowing them to play on “the devil’s turf,” and Satan will definitely press his home court advantage. You are opening up doorways into their young lives for evil by bringing them into a kind of “fellowship” with these ancient “gods.”

We are commanded not to become involved with the unfruitful works of darkness (Eph. 5:11). Both from my experience as a witch, and since getting saved, as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I have seen far too many examples of how breaking this command works out in lives. Remember, while we have God’s promise of protection for ourselves and our children, that promise may not hold if we allow our children to celebrate this dark holiday. Case after case has come to us of children in rebellion. In many of these families, the problem can be traced back to the children being exposed to Halloween at a young age. It is hard enough to raise children these days in a Godly way without exposing them to Satan’s realm.”