Problem: Jesus says, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone” (Lk. 18:19). Cultists and skeptics argue that Jesus is claiming that he is not God in this passage. Is this the case?
05
Dec
2020
Apologetics
28
Nov
2020
Mark 7:26-29 – Was Jesus cruel to this Canaanite woman?
Problem: When a Canaanite woman came to Jesus pleading for help, he told her that he “was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Mt. 15:24). When she persisted, he said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs” (v.26). He eventually healed her daughter, but why did he call her and her daughter “dogs”?
22
Oct
2020
Freedom Of Speech
(The following article is from DefendChristians.org)
This week the Supreme Court began its new session with its new Justice, Elena Kagan and a low 51% approval rating, according to Gallop. Front and center is a very controversial First Amendment case regarding the freedom of speech of a sect of Christians who engage in picketing military funerals. Rev. Fred Phelps and members of Westboro Baptist Church assert on large signs that the death of service men is the result of God judging America for embracing homosexuality. Their signs say things like, “Thank God for dead soldiers,” “Thank God for IEDs” (improvised explosive devices responsible for the deaths of many soldiers) and “God Hates Fags.”
Of course, people are infuriated with the messages. Some out of compassion for the grieving family and others because of the jarring messages about homosexuality. But does the First Amendment allow for such speech? Even if it’s legal, should Christians engage in this kind of activity? First, let’s consider the issue of the legality of their message. There is no absolute right to free speech. Conspiracy to commit a crime is not protected speech. You can’t legally incite violence, make terrorist threats or cry fire in a crowded theater. So there can be time and place restrictions on speech if there is an overriding state interest, i.e. the preservation of life. But just because a message is offensive [doesn’t mean it must] be censored. There is much that occurs in the name of free speech that many find very offensive. Pornography, blasphemy and vulgarity are considered protected forms of speech, even burning the American flag.
As someone who is an advocate for liberty, I hope that they rule in favor of protecting free speech and not limiting it in anyway. Why? The problem is with standards. Who gets to decide what’s offensive or not? Some people are very offended by the greatest message the world has ever heard. They are affronted that God calls all mankind sinners and that only by faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as their substitute can they be saved from the wrath to come. If I want to be free to declare the Gospel message, then I must be prepared to defend the right of others to declare their’s.
But, even if it is legal, is it ethical for Fred Phelps to do what he does? Most people would say no, based on Christian compassion for the grieving family of the service men. That is a very strong ethical argument, but there are other questions to consider. The fact is Mathew Snyder was a brave service man who gave his life to defend liberty for all, even Westboro’s. Others have effectively exercised their right to counter-protest the church, like the bikers that showed up at Arlington Cemetery for the funeral of a Navy Seal. So, is it right to use the occasion of the funeral of a “freedom fighter” to restrict freedom? Using a funeral to advance a message is undoubtedly provocative, but it has accomplished Westboro’s objective of calling attention to their message. Even the lawsuit against them has worked to advance Phelp’s propaganda. But, most people are scandalized by the funeral tactic, even those who oppose homosexuality.
But if you can’t picket military funerals, what other occasions might be deemed too provocative for free speech? Love and Truth exist perfectly within God. In today’s morally rebellious and spiritually confused world, God’s Truth, especially about homosexuality, is considered to be hate. Just because Phelps taps into fallen man’s resentment against God’s standards should he be silenced? Phelps may even be delivering a message in what some consider a hateful way, but last time I checked there is no right ‘not to be offended’ in the Constitution.
Satan would love to exploit the emotions this case engenders to silence God’s Truth; homosexuals can be and have been saved and transformed by God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Back in March of 2001, I was a pastor and on the local school board and fighting the homosexual agenda tooth and nail in our school district when a tragic shooting took place. Two students were killed and thirteen were wounded. In June, Phelp’s group came to town and picketed the school’s graduation. Westboro blamed the tragedy on the acceptance of homosexuality in California schools. Then, because I was on the school board, Westboro picketed my church that Sunday. I know first hand how frustrating it is to be the object of Phelp’s indignation. It’s ironic that I have been picketed both by homosexual activists and by Westboro Baptist Church, but I am glad for their liberty to express their views. Pray that God will keep the Supreme Court from limiting our ability to freely declare both the convicting Truth of God’s Law and the liberating Love of Christ’s Gospel.
So where should the limits lie? Discussions about freedom of speech often begin with a statement attributed to the French writer Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
(The following is taken from Wikipedia)
“Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one’s opinions and ideas using one’s body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
The right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and is commonly subject to limitations based on the speech implications of the harm principle including libel, slander, obscenity and pornography, sedition, hate speech, classified information, copyright violation, trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements.
The term “offense principle” is also used to expand the range of free speech limitations to prohibit forms of expression where they are considered offensive to society, special interest groups or individuals. For example, freedom of speech is limited in many jurisdictions to widely differing degrees by religious legal systems, religious offense, or incitement to ethnic or racial hatred laws.
Despite the exceptions, the legal protections of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution are some of the broadest of any industrialized nation, and remain a critical, and occasionally controversial, component of American jurisprudence.”
(The following is taken from uscourts.gov)
The U.S. Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. The following are examples of speech, both direct (words) and symbolic (actions), that the Court has decided are either entitled to First Amendment protections, or not.
The First Amendment states, in relevant part, that:
“Congress shall make no law…abridging freedom of speech.”
Freedom of speech includes the right:
Not to speak (specifically, the right not to salute the flag). West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).
Of students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war (“Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”). Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503 (1969).
To use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages. Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).
To contribute money (under certain circumstances) to political campaigns. Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976).
To engage in symbolic speech, (e.g., burning the flag in protest). United States v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990).
Freedom of speech does not include the right:
To incite actions that would harm others (e.g., “Shouting ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.”). Schenck v. United States,249 U.S. 47 (1919).
To make or distribute obscene materials. Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest. United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968).
To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event. Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event. Morse v. Frederick, __ U.S. __ (2007).
(The following is an editorial by Gerald F. Uelmen, Dean of Santa Clara University School of Law)
At Emory University, certain conduct that is permissible off campus is not allowed on campus. Specifically, some speech and behaviors are prohibited in Emory’s version of what are derogatorily labeled “politically correct” codes but are more commonly known as hate speech codes. Emory’s code begins with its definition of banned behavior.
Discriminatory harassment includes conduct (oral, written, graphic or physical) directed against any person or, group of persons because of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran’s status and that has the purpose or reasonably foreseeable effect of creating an offensive, demeaning, intimidating, or hostile environment for that person or group of persons.
Hate speech codes follow several formats. Some codes, including Emory’s, prohibit speech or conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment. Others ban behavior that intentionally inflicts emotional distress. Still others outlaw general harassment and threats,” without clarifying what constitutes such conduct. Court rulings have prohibited public (state-run) colleges and universities from enacting codes that restrict the constitutional right to free speech based on content. Private institutions, in contrast, are not subject to these decisions. Emory, for example, as a private university, can ignore public law rulings and draft whatever hate speech policy it chooses.
Hate speech codes raise important ethical questions. When [Hate Speech codes] are pitted against the right to freedom of speech, which does justice favor? Do the costs of hate speech codes outweigh their benefits? Is the harm that results from hate speech so serious that codes to restrict freedom of speech are morally required?
The most fundamental argument against hate speech codes rests on the idea that they violate a fundamental human right, freedom of speech. Such a fundamental right, it is argued, should not be limited except to prevent serious harm to others. Libel or shouting “Fire!” in a movie theater, for example, can cause serious harm and, therefore, are legitimately banned. In contrast, what campuses prohibit as “hate speech” is primarily opinion, that, while often offensive and unpopular, does not cause serious harm. The fundamental right to free speech should not be restricted merely to prevent hate speech.
Those who advocate hate speech codes believe that the harm codes prevent is more important than the freedom they restrict. When hate speech is directed at a student from a protected group, like those listed in Emory University’s code, the effect is much more than hurt feelings. The verbal attack is a symptom of an oppressive history of discrimination and subjugation that plagues the harmed student and hinders his or her ability to compete fairly in the academic arena. The resulting harm is clearly significant and, therefore, justifies limiting speech rights.
(The following is taken from GotQuestions.org)
Question: “Are Christians guilty of hate speech?”
Answer: A working definition of hate speech is “speech that is intended to insult, intimidate, or cause prejudice against a person or people based on their race, gender, age, sexual orientation, political affiliation, occupation, disability, or physical appearance.” If that is the accepted definition, a Christian should never participate in hate speech. However, the problem is that the definition of hate speech is broadening over time. Proclaiming that a certain belief is wrong or that a certain activity is sinful, based on biblical principles, is increasingly being included in the definition of hate speech.
Ephesians 4:15 refers to “speaking the truth in love.” First Peter 3:15 instructs Christians to defend their faith, but to do so “with [meekness and fear].” Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Colossians 4:6 proclaims, “Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” Sadly, some Christians fail to follow these biblical instructions. Some Christians (or at least people who claim to be Christians) speak the truth, but speak it in such a way that it is very hateful. One prominent example would be Westboro Baptist Church and its “God hates fags” slogan. Westboro Baptist Church is correct in declaring the Bible’s teaching that homosexuality is sinful, but they are declaring this truth in such a way that it is intended to be incendiary, offensive, and hurtful. Needless to say, the Bible does not support such methods.
It is likely that in the near future, governments will begin declaring more speech as hate speech, thereby making it illegal. In some parts of the world, it is illegal to say that homosexuality is a sin. In some countries, it is illegal to declare one religion right and other religions wrong. This steady broadening of what qualifies as hate speech could eventually lead to any effort to evangelize being declared hate speech, since it would be “hateful” to tell a person that what he/she currently believes is incorrect.
What the perpetrators of this expanded hate speech definition fail to realize (or admit) is that to tell someone the truth is an act of love, not hate. Is it hateful for a teacher to tell a student that his/her answer is wrong? Is it hateful for a building inspector to tell a construction company that they are building on a faulty foundation? Of course, the answer to these questions is no. However, that is precisely the illogic that is being applied to current hate speech legislation. Telling someone that his/her religious views are wrong is somehow hateful. Telling someone that his/her lifestyle is immoral is somehow hateful. The logic is not, in any sense, consistent with how truth is determined in other areas of society.
Acts 5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
28
May
2020
Zionism
The term “Zionism” was coined in 1890 by Nathan Birnbaum.
Its general definition [involves] the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel.
Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Zionism has come to include the movement for the development of the State of Israel and the protection of the Jewish nation in Israel through support for the Israel Defense Forces.
From inception, Zionism avocated tangible as well as spiritual aims. Jews of all persuasions – left, right, religious and secular – formed the Zionist movement and worked together toward its goals.
23
Mar
2020
Was Jesus anti-Jewish?
Some Jewish investigators of Jesus assume that Jesus wasn’t very Jewish, and Christianity is an anti-Jewish religion. But nothing could be further from the truth! Jesus was as Jewish as they come. In fact, the NT explains that Jesus:
11
Mar
2020
Ezekiel 28:1 Does this passage describe Satan or the prince of Tyre?
24
Jan
2020
Halloween
Historian Nicholas Rogers claims “Halloween is currently the second most important party night in North America. In terms of its retail potential, it is second only to Christmas; it brings in $3.2 billion in America. This commercialism fortifies its significance as a time of public license, a custom-designed opportunity to have a blast. Regardless of its spiritual complications, Halloween is big business.”
Oct. 30 is National Candy Corn Day. More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to nearly nine billion pieces, that is enough to circle the moon nearly four times if laid end-to-end. The National Retail Federation says the average consumer will spend about $43.57 on Halloween related items.
Over 96% of children will go out trick or treating. About 82 percent of Americans over 55 years old plan to hand out candy. Some 54 percent of Americans aged 18-24 plan to wear a costume.
Halloween imagery tends to involve death, magic, or mythical monsters. Common Halloween costumes include ghosts, witches, vampires, haunted houses, zombies, mummies, skeletons, werewolves and demons. Halloween has always been a celebration of death and evil.
While the courts remove all theistic references from America’s public square, the void is being filled with a pervasive fascination with evil, paganism and new forms of occultism.
Just look at the plethera of good quality films that come out this time of year: My Soul to Take; Hereafter; Paranormal Activity II; Saw VII; Let Me In (vampire); Night of the Demons; The Last Exorcism; etc..
Americans seem fascinated with evil, the occult, dark spiritual forces, violence, blood and guts, torture. A quick parousel of todays tv shows, cartoons, movies, video games, novels, games, and toys will emphatically prove this to be true. The Devil is made out to be a “cool dude” and ghosts and goblins are “funny and goofy”. If it’s odd, strange, bizarre, scary, or downright evil, then it is popular. No wonder Halloween is a favorite time of year for kids to old alike.
Tom Sanguinet, a former high priest in Wicca has said: “The modern holiday that we call Halloween has its origins in the full moon closest to November 1, the witches’ new year. It is a time when the spirits (demons) are supposed to be at their peak power and revisiting planet earth.”
“The two most frequent ways children are introduced into the occult are through rock music and Halloween. I was introduced to the occult at a Halloween party. Tragically, more an more children are being introduced to the occult by teachers in the public schools. And unfortunately, Halloween is one of the two Holidays that public schools celebrate. They choose Halloween (and Valentine’s Day) because supposedly there is no “religious” significance. How wrong they are about Halloween. To be sure, there is no Christian significance to Halloween but it is obviously a religious day.
Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have, or will do, that would make it acceptable to the Lord Jesus.”
The Devil is extatic at our trivializing of evil and he is going to be sure to take full advantage of this. It is interesting to note that Anton LeVey, the head of the Satanic Church, said that he was glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year!
A former Satanist told of his experience growing up in a Satanic coven where he recalls his childhood of fear and sexual abuse. At age 11, he participated in a Hallowe’en ceremony in which a young girl was sacrificed on an altar and her blood was shared by adult participants.
Hallowe’en is the most common night of the year when these sacrifices are performed. Do you really want to be roaming the dark streets with the like of these potentially wandering about also….?!
The ancient history of Halloween
The word “Halloween” comes from “Hallow” (holy) and “een” (evening). It is far from being a holy evening!
In ancient times, before Christ’s birth, the eve of October 31st was a very sacred day. It was the last day of the Celtic year and was considered a high holy day by the Druids. These Druids were the learned priestly class of the Celtic religion and believed in reincarnation and that evil humans would be reborn as animals. On October 31st, the eve of the New Year, there would be a feast to honor the lord of the dead (a feast to the dying sun), Samhaine. Samhaine would gather all these transmigrated souls together and then free them to go to Druid Heaven, having been considered “atoned”. The Celtics would try to appease Samhain on this eve to give maybe a “lighter sentence” to their loved ones who might die in the coming year by offering sacrifices, prayers, and gifts to this lord of death.
This ‘sacred day’, where the netherworld’s veil is said to be at its thinnest, is when spooks, goblins, demons, ghosts, ogres, poltergeists, witches, faries, and the like, were most likely to be out and about. It was a dreadful time in the Celtic villages, but in later years, witches and the like found it to be the most delightful time of year. In fact, of the 8 witches sabbats each year, October 31st eve is the most holy. For most children in America, Hallowe’en is a very delightful time of year. Satan has once again tricked and treated our innocent young ones!
Matt 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Halloween is rooted in honoring Samhaine. Samhaine is the lord of the dead….i.e. Satan. God has nothing to do with this; it is opposite Him.
The most evil practice on Samhaine was by the black-cloaked Druids who would bear torches and go door to door to select humans for their New Year’s sacrifice to the lord of the dead. In return for the human sacrifice, the Druids would leave on the doorstep a hollowed turnip with candle light shining through the carved face. This is a blatant satanic counterfeit for the Biblical Passover! Later, in other countries, homes would place these carved turnips on their doorsteps themselves, in hopes of causing the wandering spirits to leave them alone on Samhaine. Those selected for sacrifice (usually innocent children) would then be taken to an area for the Celtic ceremony, they would be then thrown into a “bonefire” and then the Druid priests would appease the lord of death and be better able to foretell the future for the village. This human sacrifice practice was done until 61 A.D. when it was outlawed by the Roman government. The Druids had been locking their human sacrificees in “wicker cages” and then would set them afire, thus roasting the victims alive! They then changed their practice to placing black cats and other various small animals into these cages and then burn them. Cats were typically used because of the conviction that these animals were “familiars” of witches.
Deut 18:9-14 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
God doesn’t want you to have your children ‘pretend’ to use divination, to be a witch, to be a wizard, etc.; He doesn’t want them to pretend to be involved with the occult. Anything that is favorably associated with the occult is an abomination to the Lord. I am fairly confident that Halloween, as practiced today in America, is an abomination to the Lord!
All Saints’ or All Hallows’ Day is November 1, which according to Catholic tradition starts at sundown on the evening before. This is a festival for the dead, it was made into a celebration of all the known and unknown saints and martyrs of the Catholic Church by Pope Boniface IV in the seventh century. They decided to put it on a day which was already widely celebrated, a special harvest festival to the pagan god of fruits and nuts, Pomona, November 1st. Halloween gets its name from this Catholic holiday: it is a Hallowed evening, because it precedes All Hallows’ Day. Thus: Hallow’en.
The Catholics repeatedly assigned their religious holy days to coincide with popular pagan festival days. Our “Holydays” today in America reek of paganism! Christ-Mass and Easter (Astarte)!
Protestants have continued the celebration of Halloween in part because “it was on this day in 1517, that Martin Luther posted his epoch-making ninety-five theses on the door of the castle church at Wittenberg” which started the Protestant Reformation. “He chose Halloween night because he knew that the townsfolk would be coming to the church that night.”
American history of Halloween
Our Christian forefathers well knew of Halloween’s evil pagan root, and initially banned celebrating Halloween in America. However, in 1845, Halloween began being officially celebrated in this country when multiplied thousands of Irish emigrants flooded into New York because of the Irish Potato Famine, bringing with them their beloved custom of Halloween. Due to America’s infestation with Roman Catholicism, it has blossomed into almost a national pasttime, for Roman Catholicism has made a fine art of mixing pagan religious practices with that of Christianity.
Jer 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
How did you and your children ever begin observing these customs of Halloween?
You learned the way of the heathen from dear Mommy and Daddy (or granny and grumpy). Do you really want to keep teaching this to your dear children, grandchildren? But, so many will say: “It’s just harmless fun.”
“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.” (Galatians 4:8).
It’s somewhat understandable for the heathen who know not God to do service to devils and the like; but, not the blood-bought child of God!
Occult symbolisms
‘A little evil here, a little there; what’s the big hub-bub about?….It’s not like we are going to be possessed with devils!’
Rom 16:19 …but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Costumes and masks: The wearing of masks and costumes originated from the ancient Celtics. They would gather around their bonfires to offer their crops, animals, and sometimes themselves as sacrifices to their gods. Often they would wear the skins and heads of these animals and while doing so would tell the fortunes of their friends and neighbors for the coming year. October 31st was the one day of the year where the help of the devil was actively sought in these pursuits.
Pumpkin: The Jack-o-lantern is the festival light for Halloween and is the ancient symbol of a damned soul. Originally the Irish would carve out turnips or beets as lanterns as representations of the souls of the dead or goblins freed from the dead. When the Irish emigrated to America they could not find many turnips to carve into Jack O’Lanterns but they did find an abundance of pumpkins. Pumpkins seemed to be a suitable substitute for the turnips and pumpkins have been an essential part of Halloween celebrations ever since. Pumpkins were cut with faces representing demons and was originally intended to frighten away evil spirits.
Trick-or-Treating: In ancient times, Druid priests would go from house to house on this evening demanding contributions to their demonic worship celebration; to ward off evil spirits that were given liberty on this day to roam the earth. If they didn’t give something, they might be the ‘contribution’ themselves! Later, as the common folk adopted the practice, groups of poor farmers would go house to house begging for food for the village’s festivities that night in order to honor their ancient gods; good luck was promised to the donors, but threats were made to the selfish. Later, candy became the favorite ‘gift’ as more and more of younger town folk participated in this pagan custom. These ancient pagan traditions continue today as youngsters, masquerading as ghosts, skeletons and demons go “trick-or-treating” – begging in a sense for food while promising to refrain from evil deeds.
Many today will say they give out candy to just be nice to the neighborhood kids. The Devil greatly appreciates your enthusiastic participation in his most favorite holyday.
1 Cor 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
It’s time to be weened of evil…
Ween yourself and your children off of Hell and Halloween! Rid yourself of any attachment to it, once and for all.
Have you been ‘Halloweened’?!…
It is a bizarre time of year for sure, in that it seems to be the only acceptable time of the year for godly, separatist, fundamental, Christians to participate in the elements of the occult and the devil. Can any Christian give any scriptural – or even logical – reason for participation in, or approval of, that which is unmistakably associated with paganism, devil-worship, and witchcraft?
2 Kings 23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Perform the words of the Bible and put away from you the Halloween abomination. Put away the costumes; put away the carved pumkins on the front porch; put away going to haunted houses; put away going to Halloween parties; put away handing out candy; put away letting your young impressionable ones to go out trick or treating; put away watching the spooky Halloween movies; put away all abominations that the wicked pagans do, and have done for millennia!
Dt. 12:30-32 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, “how did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do likewise.” Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which He hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Don’t be snared in following how the pagan nations used to serve their devil gods! Don’t follow their demonic practices. Follow the commands of God; don’t cut corners with God; don’t involve yourself with pagan, evil things here and there; a little occultism here, a little occultism there; a little horror movie here, a little there; a little dark-themed Lord of the Rings or Star Trek here, a little there!…
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that say Halloween is good and fun. Woe unto them that think that Halloween is ok for kids. Woe unto them that call putting spooky looking pumkins and bats on their front porch ‘cool and funny’. Woe unto them that call “buying $30 worth of candy and joyfully giving it out to the cute little ‘goblins’ that come to their door ‘trick or treating’” a special time of the year!
What should we do on All Hallows’ Eve?
Leave our lovely homes because we don’t want to be bothered by the trick-or-treaters?
- won’t be bothered; won’t be tempted to participate – it’s our home, why should we have to leave it?!
Hide in our homes and pretend that no-one is home?
- we won’t feel bad by telling them we don’t participate with all this – your ignoring people at your door
Hand out candy to all the trick-or-treaters?
- you feel ok, and they feel ok – you are no different than your heathen neighbors
Hand out candy and tracts to them?
- you feel ok, and get the gospel out – it appears that you are condoning it all; confusion of devil and the Saviour
Prov 22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil , and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Be prudent and hide yourself from the evils of Halloween. Whatever ‘hiding’ might mean to you….
Ro 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
30
Oct
2019
Dating
Dating
Remember that ‘wicked’ 70’s tv show called ‘the Dating Game’? 3 male contestants answered questions out of view of the young lady; she made a choice of who she was going to go out on a date with based upon their answers to a bunch of foolish sounding questions.
Today, there are many, many perversions of this show: they are in the form of ‘reality tv shows’:
A Shot at Love; Dating in the Dar; Double Shot at Love; Flavor of Love; For the Love of Ray J; Megan Wants a Millionaire; Rock of Love Girls; The Bachelor Show; The Bachelorette TV Show; VH1 Tough Love; Wife Swap
We have gone from the somewhat innocent (but still wicked) Dating Game, to Wife Swap!
Do your kids watch tv? Are they watching these? How do you know? Are your children planning on dating? Are they dating right now? What’s your conviction on dating…on Christian dating…on courting? Continue reading →
18
Sep
2019
Channeling
1 Sam 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
Acts 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
05
Apr
2019
Numbers 21:9—Wasn’t making this bronze serpent a form of idolatry?
Problem: God commanded Moses not to make “any carved image” (Ex. 20:4), lest it be used as an idol. Yet here Moses was commanded to “make a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole.” Later, the people worshiped this very image (2 Kings 18:4). Does not God command Moses to violate the very command He gave him against idolatry?