HAVING GIFTS DOES NOT MEAN BEING SPIRITUAL. THE CHURCH OF CORINTH HAD ALL THE GIFTS, BUT PAUL CALLED THEM CARNAL. SPIRITUALITY IS MEASURED BY CHARACTER AND NOT BY GIFTS (GALATIANS 5.22-23)

 

 

POST PHRASE: ADDICTION KILLS NOT ONLY THE ADDICT, IT KILLS THE FAMILY AND EVERYTHING GOOD THEY HAVE.

 Vices- WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS:

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to prove what God’s will is—his good, acceptable and perfect will.

Romans 12:1,2

Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:36

He who conceals his sins will never prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

Proverbs 28:13

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31,32

You are the salt of the earth. and if the salt has lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trampled underfoot by men.

Matthew 5:13

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

Romans 14:11,12

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Matthew 6:13

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:1

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

1 Corinthians 6:12

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Ephesians 5:18

Envying, murder, drunkenness, revelry, and things like these; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:21,23

Therefore if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:36

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

That ye should no longer live the rest of your time in the flesh according to the lusts of men, but according to the will of God.

For the time past of your life suffices us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, drunkenness, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

And they think it strange that ye run not with them in the same excess of lasciviousness, speaking evil of you.

Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit:

And the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

1 Peter 4:2-7

Knowing this, that the testing of your faith worketh patience.

James 1:3

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

1 John 2:16

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whoever errs in them will never be wise.

Proverbs 20:1

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.

Titus 2:11,12

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore let not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

Romans 6:11-13

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Matthew 26:41

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7

Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

John 8:34

Drink no longer just water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

1 Timothy 5:23

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make a way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:8,9

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

1 Corinthians 6:12

Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

1 Corinthians 6:19

For if we have been united together in the likeness of his death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that henceforth we should not be slaves of sin.

 

 

 

HALLOWEEN IS A PAGAN CELEBRATION OF DEATH THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD AVOID.

Halloween's roots in witchcraft and Druidic paganism are undeniable. When we examine the history of Halloween, one thing we discover very quickly is that it is based on the ancient pagan religion of the Celtics in Northern Ireland and their celebration of the festival of the dead, known as Samhain.

In Northern Ireland, a class of ruthless priests known as Druids ruled Northern Ireland through occult terror and human sacrifice for centuries. According to Ronald Hutton in The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain, 'Samhain' referred to Celtic Halloween customs until the 19th century (Hutton, Ronald, The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 369)

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Today, Ireland celebrates Halloween with fireworks displays and is the only nation on earth that recognizes Halloween as a national holiday. Children in Ireland are given a week off from school to observe it.

FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD

Halloween, as we know it today, is a modernized version of the Druidic festival of the dead. The powerful Druid priests were considered kings of the occult practitioners, and were known to worship evil spirits and sacrifice humans to their demon gods!

The Celts celebrated the day of the dead in anticipation of the dark and cold winter months. Samhain Eve marked the special time of year when the Druids taught that demons, souls, and gods were released into the world to bring blessing or wreak havoc and destruction on unsuspecting souls.

The Encyclopedia Britannica states:

“In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic festival of Samhain was observed on October 31 at the end of summer... The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day, and the autumn festival acquired a sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies, and demons of all kinds said to be about. It was a time to placate the supernatural powers that controlled the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was considered the most favorable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the devil’s help was invoked for such purposes.” ” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2005, “Halloween”)

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Today, Halloween is a truly occult holiday for many Celtic neo-pagans, witches, and Satanists. Many who are involved in the black arts and the trade in spiritualism view Halloween as a religious holiday and are aware that it is rooted in the occult. (Hutton, Ronald, The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy, Oxford: Blackwell, 1991, pp. 327–341)

A WITCH’S VIEW...

Witch and Wiccan high priestess Doreen Valiente, author of “The Witches’ Rune” and helped write a significant amount of the occult content that is central to modern Wicca, has stated that Halloween is a special holiday for witches.

Valiente helped formulate modern Wicca (known as Gardnerian Wicca) after it was first created by Satanist Gerald Gardner, who was also a disciple of Satanist Aleister Crowley and a member of Crowley's Satanic organization known as the O.T.O. Unbeknownst to most Wiccans, Gardner subsumed many of Crowley's Satanic teachings into ceremonial "magick" in Wicca and used a variation of Crowley's Satanic maxim "Do what thou wilt" for the Wiccan Rede (i.e., harm none, do what thou wilt).

Wiccan High Priestess Valiente said of Halloween:

"Halloween is one of the four Great Witches' Sabbats that everyone has heard of. To witches, Halloween is a serious occasion, though joyfully celebrated. It is the old Celtic eve of Samhain. ”

A SALEM WITCH SAYS...

Sharon Graham, who fancies herself as a high priestess of the Salem witches, and who was accused of a feud with other witches for intimidating a witness by allegedly placing a raccoon’s head on the doors of Angelica of the Angels and the Treasure Chest of the Goddess, said of Halloween:

“Salem (Massachusetts) is a mecca, especially around Samhain. It’s our holiday, our New Year, and a lot of witches come here from all over the world.”

Halloween is considered a Satanic holiday by many self-confessed Satanists, and for obvious reasons, as it is a day where demons, witches, and devils are glorified. The First Grand Church of Lucifer in Houston, Texas chose Halloween as the perfect day to officially open its doors to the public. (Source)

ANTON LAVEY, AUTHOR OF THE SATANIC BIBLE, SAYS THIS...

According to Anton LaVey, who founded the Church of Satan in 1966 and authored The Satanic Bible in 1969, Halloween is the third highest day on the Satanic calendar for Satanists. LaVey wrote in The Satanic Bible:

“After his own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht (May 1) and Halloween.” (LaVey, Anton Szandor, The Satanic Bible, 1969, p. 96)

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The official website of the Church of Satan states on its FAQ page that Halloween is a time when the masses “reach inside and touch the ‘darkness’ that for [us] Satanists is a daily mode of existence,” as they can freely “play their cards right in costume, wearing clothing that allows for intense role-playing and the release of their demonic core.” (Source)

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Halloween is steadily gaining ground on Christmas as America’s favorite holiday.

In 2014, the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer spending survey revealed that Americans spent an estimated $7.4 billion to celebrate Halloween. $2.8 billion went to costumes ($1.1 billion for children's costumes and $1.4 billion for adults). Another $2 billion was spent on demonic decorations and the rest on candy.

THE BIBLE SAYS...

“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8b).

“He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:13-14).

When we came to Christ we were delivered “from darkness to light and from the domain of Satan to God” (Acts 26:18), so should we go back to Satan's kingdom and celebrate after we have been delivered? As Christians, we are warned not to participate in the celebration of evil, but rather to expose it:

“Do not participate in the fruitless acts of darkness, but rather expose them” (Ephesians 5:11).

Instead of dressing up as devils, witches, and demons, we are to “abstain from every appearance of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:22).

We are told in 3 John 1:11, “Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not learn the way of the nations…’”

As Christians, we should be repelled by a holiday that celebrates the things our God and Creator calls abominations. We should be repelled to the point that we do not replace it as well!

Deuteronomy 18:9-14 is the Bible passage that most directly addresses the customs of Halloween. Notice how the Lord warns that He drove out those who had inhabited the Promised Land for engaging in such practices and warned His people that He would do the same to them if they imitated their practices:

“When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices divination, or one who practices sorcery, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For anyone who does these things is an abomination to the Lord; and because of these abominations the Lord your God will drive them out before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. For those nations which you dispossess, let them listen to those who practice sorcery and those who practice divination; But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so” (Deuteronomy 18:9-14).

We see above one of the most comprehensive lists of activities upon which Halloween was established that can be found anywhere in the Bible, and the practitioners of them are labeled “detestable.”

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These habits are, in fact, the very reason why the pagan nations were driven from the Promised Land.

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