BBD 10.30.06 The Holiday of Darkness
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10.30.06
The Holiday of Darkness
(Originally sent 10.30.98. Rewritten for today.)
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The
night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works
of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as
in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in
strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for
the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. - Romans 13:11-14.
Halloween was a holiday, which I as a young boy was allowed to participate
in. I remember trick or treating around my grandparent's house since they
lived in town. The very first time that I remember going trick or treating
on Halloween was when we were visiting relatives in San Francisco. When my
sons were old enough I took them trick or treating. However, as I have grown
as a Christian and learned more, my thoughts about Halloween have changed.
I have come to realize that at the very best Halloween is a pagan holiday
(The pagan holiday, Samhain, was long in existence prior to the Catholic
church trying to establish All Saints Day in 741 A.D. on November 1 and the
evening before as preparation for the day.) and at the very worst it is the
devil's holiday. I have read testimonies of people who claim because of
Halloween experiences they were launched on the wrong course for a major
portion of their lives. Halloween does seem to say that bad is good. It does
seem to say that fear is good for you. It does seem to say that the devil is
just a good old boy and not all that bad. But that is in direct
contradiction of the Word of God.
The more we are exposed to evil the less we are sensitive to the evil of it.
The more fear is put into us the more it seems good to put fear into others.
The more bad is presented to us as being good the more likely we are to do
bad. If we are honest, Halloween is a holiday of darkness, of evil. We are
very familiar with the armor of Ephesians but there is another element of
armor that we need to have. In a day of evil and darkness, surely we need
the armor of light. "...let us put on the armor of light."
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