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God's Holy Spirit, by Skye Noe
Today, October 31st is the holiday known to many as Halloween. A day
that draws mixed feelings from all who witness it. Some people embrace
the opportunity to dress up in scary costumes and play pranks on
friends, while others see it as a children's holiday with no meaning
other than free candy and cute costumes. It's the dark origination and
history of Halloween that draws such mixed feelings from Christians.
There are many verses of scripture that speak to a Christian's
association with darkness.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live
as children of light and find out what pleases the Lord. Have
nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather
expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the
disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light
becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible.Ephesians
5:8-14 ERV
Do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what
is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:11
Many Christians and churches have attempted to find ways of embracing
this holiday without actually embracing its dark roots. These attempts
include everything from Christian haunted houses that depict a
non-believer's journey to hell, to family oriented Fall Festivals that
play host to a variety of games and food.
God's Holy Spirit is the only spirit worth celebrating
I can not make the decision for every Christian in reference to their
observation of Halloween. That is a decision that each believer must
reach on their own through prayer and study of scripture. As believers
we are faced with the dilemma of living in this world but not of this
world. Though scriptures teach this world is influenced by spirits of
good and evil, we can stand boldly for God has revealed to us that ...
The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4
No matter what evil spirits are present in this life, we know that God
has given us a spirit that is stronger than all others. The message of
God to this world is that God's Holy Spirit is the only spirit worth
celebrating, even on Halloween.
If you would like to learn more about the Holy Sprit of God please
visit our website at www.hopeforlife.org or contact me personally at
skye@hopeforlife.org.
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* Resolve to Follow Christ's Path
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* Invited into the Family
http://www.hopeforlife.org/resources/invited.asp
* Let Me Tell You About Jesus and His Church
http://www.hopeforlife.org/resources/jesuschurch.asp
* Hope for Life
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