Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? (Part 3)
Published October 31, 2009 by Pastor Adam Gislason
Great Adventure Ministries

The Introduction of Halloween into the Church

How did this happen, folks? Our natural tendency would be to just brush Halloween off as harmless fun, believing that it has no real meaning.


That same lie is behind Harry Potter.


That same lie is behind Pokemon.


Parents, in this day and age, you need to do your homework. Study what you’re allowing your kids to watch. Study what you’re allowing your kids to read. Study what you’re allowing your kids to play. There are so many subtle ways that the enemy is trying to get at your children without you even realizing it.


Halloween is not an innocent holiday. It is taken very seriously by those of the Celtic (including Wicca) religion and is considered one of their most holy days. And if that’s true, why would you want to participate?


Satan has worked very hard to get us, especially Christian, to think that Halloween is really harmless. In fact, part of the work of Satan has been to convince the world that he doesn’t exist.


And by doing so, satanic rituals such as the celebration of Samhain, are seen as not being real. When Christianity and the world celebrates the Festival of Samhain and the powers of darkness by masquerading as evil creatures or decorating their homes, schools, businesses and churches with occult symbols-Satanic power is glorified.


We are living in an age of plurality, but plurality started a long time ago. When Christianity spread to parts of Europe, instead of trying to abolish these pagan customs, people tried to introduce ideas which reflected a more Christian world-view.

Hmmm…now is that happening anywhere else in the church today-this blending of the world into the church to make Christianity more palatable? Do not be deceived folks-it’s Christianity Lite. It tastes great, but it’s less filling. This kind of deception is hitting the church today from every direction with very little discernment.


And because of this pluralism age we live in, Halloween has since become a confusing mixture of traditions and practices from pagan cultures and Christian tradition.


The Romans observed the holiday of Feralia which was intended to give rest and peace to the departed. Participants made sacrifices in honor of the dead. They offered up prayers for them and made oblations to them. This festival was celebrated on February 21st which was the end of the Roman year. However, in the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV introduced All Saints’ Day to replace the pagan festival of the dead.


It was observed on May 13. In 834, Gregory III moved All Saint’s Day from May 13th to November 1st and for Christians, this became an opportunity for remembering before God all the saints who had died and all the dead in the Christian community. October 31st thus became “All Hallows’ Eve” (hallow means saint).

And then somewhere, somehow down the line of history Satan tricked the church into coming up with the idea that it had the power to adopt pagan holidays and declare them holy to the Lord.

We see this in some of our Christian traditions of celebrating both Christmas and Easter. I hope if you are a Christian here today that you have noticed some things about both Christmas and Easter that have absolutely nothing to do with the Lord. That’s because the origins of Christmas and Easter are pagan. Do your homework.

The last time a checked, there is no scriptural basis for the church to adopt pagan holidays and declare them holy to the Lord. In fact, only the Lord is able to declare anything holy.

There is no evidence in scripture, in either the Old Testament or New Testament, of Moses, Joshua, the prophets, King David or Solomon, Jesus or the apostles ever “remembering before God all the saints who had died.”

That’s because their focus was always on God, not man. In an effort to separate itself from Israel, the church disregarded the holy days set forth by God in Leviticus 23.

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