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Is Halloween a Christian holiday or pagan custom? Does a day that depicts fear and glorifies death fit in with the Word of God? What about dressing up children as witches, wizards, and other familiar spooks?

Here are plain verses from God's Word. You be the judge.

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Verses

  • Exodus 22:18: "You must not allow a sorceress to live.

  • Deuteronomy 18:10: There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,

  • Deuteronomy 18:11: one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.

  • Deuteronomy 18:12: Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.

  • Jeremiah 10:2: The LORD says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.

  • Galatians 5:19: Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

  • Galatians 5:20: idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,

  • Galatians 5:21: envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

  • 1 Corinthians 15:26: The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

  • Romans 8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."

  • 2 Timothy 1:7: For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

  • Matthew 15:2: "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

  • Matthew 15:3: He answered them, "And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

  • Mark 7:9: He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

  • Colossians 2:8: Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

  • Ephesians 5:6: Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God's wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

  • Ephesians 2:2: in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

  • 2 Corinthians 11:13: For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:14: And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:15: Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

  • Revelation 12:9: So that huge dragon - the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world - was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

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Created on Nov 8, 2015.

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