Hey, Forever GodGirl, I'm your host, Iz, and
welcome or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl
Podcast. In today's episode, we will talk about
Halloween. But before we do, I just want to say
happy season four, episode one. I'm so excited
for this season and I'm so excited for you to
enjoy this episode. So let's get into it. Now,
it is imperative to talk about this today because
by the time this episode comes out, Halloween
will be happening next Friday. But we really
got to get to the bottom of this because there
are a lot of opinions on whether us as Christians
should celebrate Halloween or not. Now I want
to quickly preface this episode by saying that
we as Christians have the responsibility to shine
our light to the world. So if on the most demonic
and dark day of the year we are looking like
the world and participating in darkness, then
we are actually being disobedient to Christ.
So here are five reasons why we as Christians
shouldn't celebrate Halloween. One. pagan and
occult origins halloween is rooted in the ancient
celtic festival of samhain which is focused on
spirits and the supernatural and remember any
spirit apart from the holy spirit is demonic
and evil halloween is also a day that occult
practitioners and believe it or not witches and
warlocks prepare for year round because spiritual
activity is heightened and welcomed on this specific
day on halloween almost everything is generally
accepted i mean it's all in the name of hocus
pocus but because it's a day that welcomes the
occult halloween features a lot of occult and
witchcraft symbols so that was reason number
one but reason number two is that the bible strongly
teaches against participating or celebrating
Satan? demons because the Bible tells us plainly
and bluntly that the devil is not our friend
and we shouldn't take him unseriously and we
shouldn't dabble in darkness either in John 8
44 Jesus tells us that Satan is the father of
all lies lies are his native language he cannot
tell the truth he was a murderer from the beginning
John 10 10 Jesus said that the devil comes to
steal kill and destroy and most importantly in
Zechariah 3 2 the Lord said to Satan the Lord
rebuke you because we need to rebuke satan and
while I'm recording this episode i just want
to put out a little disclaimer that satan is
not all powerful he is not omnipotent satan and
god aren't up there in the sky fighting every
day because two things one satan can't even fight
god and two satan has already been defeated as
we see in revelation 20 verse 10 but i say all
that to say that we shouldn't be scared of satan
when we know that Jesus lives inside of us but
we should be on guard because in first peter
chapter 5 verse 8 it says the devil is like a
roaring lion who prowls around looking for someone
to devour we need to put on the whole arm of
God to protect ourselves against the schemes
of Satan reason number three We are called to
be the light in a world that celebrates darkness.
Jesus said, we are the light of the world, a
city on a hill, the salt of the earth. So when
it comes to Halloween, let's not look like the
world and celebrate it with them. Because we
are set apart as it says in 1 Peter 2 .9, 1 Peter
1 .15 -16, 1 John 2 .15 -16, and Leviticus 20
.26. The reason I'm listing out so many scriptures
is because I want to show you all of us that
I'm not speaking from my own opinion, but I'm
speaking based on what the Bible says. So we
need to show the world more of Jesus, not more
of the world, as it says in Matthew 5, 16 and
Matthew 28, 19. So even with churches, I definitely
support having an event going on on Halloween
night so that people don't have to go trick -or
-treating or just feel like they have to lock
up in their homes. But I do not support doing
the same thing that the world does, but inside
of the church, calling it a trunk-or-treat.
Because really what is the difference in that?
How are we glorifying God? Let's think about
that. Reason number four is that Halloween celebrates
the dead, satan, and evil spirits. As Christians,
we are called to celebrate Jesus, the light of
the world, not the devil or the dead, as it says
in Luke 1:46 -47 and Philippians 4:4. Because
think about it, Halloween gets more hype than
Easter does, which is so backwards and so wrong.
We've taken the day that Jesus Christ rose from
the dead and turned it into a celebration for
a fictional bunny while halloween is so hyped
up and boldly celebrated about the dead reason
number five is simply who are we glorifying sometimes
we're unknowingly glorifying or worshiping satan
while other times we're just glorifying and gratifying
our flesh but the bible does say that whether
we eat or drink we do it all for the glory of
god in first corinthians 10:31 but the question
we all need to ask ourselves is Is participating
in Halloween or trick-or-treating honoring
or glorifying or pointing to Jesus? Take a moment
to think about that. Now it's time for our special
segment, Hot Takes. The results are in. Low -rise
jeans versus high -rise jeans. 25 % of you said
low -rise is the best. 25 % of you also said
high -rise. And 50 % of you said... I like both.
Now, this wouldn't actually be a hot take if
I didn't give my own opinion. But personally,
I think [in general] low rise is better than high rise. That
is my hot take. If you didn't get a chance to
vote, then follow us on Instagram at Forever
GodGirl Podcast so you can be a part of the
polls. And remember to ask your parents first!!!
That was such a great special segment. But now
it's time to talk about something even more important
and even more exciting, salvation. Here's a word
from Zi. So. If you have a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, then this message will help
you. But, if you don't have a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, I invite you to give your
heart to the Lord today. To receive Him into
your heart, go to Romans 10:9 -10. It says,
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved. for with
the heart one believes unto righteousness and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation
if you said this prayer with sincerity you are
saved and now have eternal life with Jesus you
are saved from all your sins present, and future
sins you may commit. This truth is not a free
pass to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you
power over all wrong choices and empowers you
to spread the gospel to others. You are saved
forever and your name is written in the book
of life. Did you just give your life to Jesus?
Because if you did, give yourself a pat on the
back. We are so godly proud of you. Thank you
so much for listening to this podcast episode,
season four, episode one. I trust that it helped
you and that you learned something. And remember,
we are set apart. So just because the rest of
the world is doing something doesn't mean we
should do it too. Hey, Forever GodGirl, did
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