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Once again October 31st is upon us and the celebration of Halloween.
Some LOVE Halloween and embrace all that it offers, a once a year moment to celebrate darkness, death, and everything gory and scary.
Blood, demons, terror, witches, goblins and the lot...
Some take this innocently as just for fun and thrills, or traditional practices like trick or treat, carving pumpkins and the like.
Others take it literally looking upon it as the of the year with heightened senses to the evil side, new age, and satanic worship and ritual.
Yes, there are literal witches and satanic practitioners that equate Halloween with Easter or Christmas and I wouldn’t want to be in their backyard.
There are those who DESPISE Halloween and dislike all that it stands for as a contrast to light and truth of the Gospel.
They want nothing to do with the decorations or celebrations and avoid it as best as possible - some even holding prayer vigils to hold back the darkness.
Many churches will engage in alternatives and/or events to take back the day with the light of spreading tracts and truth.
Others just don’t care!
LOL
This year, I want to not focus on Halloween, but take the opportunity to focus on the fact that there is a very real world of spiritual darkness.
Paul writes in
We also know that Jesus frequently set free the demon possessed and oppressed.
There is an evil one that fights for your soul and seeks to hold the world in bondage, but through Jesus we overcome!
1. DEMONS
I have some questions...
If we see a history in the Bible of demoniac activity, a real Satan, people being set free from demonic spirits, historical accounts of spiritual warfare --
WHY ARE THERE NO REAL DEMONS TODAY IN ACTIVITY?
Why do we think that spiritual warfare is no longer a part of our lives - just because we are in America?
Why are people in third world countries more keen to the demonic and spirit world and understand why there is a need for the power of the Holy Spirit to combat such forces?
Why are evil spirits relegated to Halloween only?
Satan is mentioned 55 times in Scripture, 16 by Jesus
Evil One 5 times, 4 by Jesus
Lucifer is mentioned once
Devil 35 times, 7 times by Jesus
So that is almost 100 times that Scripture makes reference to SATAN himself...
Demon or demons are mentioned 82 times and over half of those are in relation to Jesus speech or actions...
Evil Spirits - 6 times
At lease a half dozen spirits “demonic strongholds” mentioned by name.
and /or principle...
spirit of bondage - addiction and sin
wounded spirit - hurt and unforgivness, bitterness
spirit of infirmity - sickness physical and mental
spirit of jealousy - coveting and longing, desire
spirit of lust - sexual temptation and sin outside of marriage between a man and a woman
spirit of anger - unforgiveness, temper, hatred
spirit of pride - positioning, self elevation, refusal to submit to authority
spirit of division - keeps division in families, marriages, churches, nations
spirit of rebellion - rebels against authority and God’s Word, refusal to obey the will of God
spirit of witchcraft - the practicing of divination, fortune telling, magic, horoscope
spirit of fear -
The devil is not some fairy tale creature nor his demons with a pitch fork, tail, and horns… but a spiritual force, fallen angels that still operate in the spirit world of our day...
As we read earlier - Paul warns us that our warfare is against these principalities and strongholds
Thankfully, the Holy Spirit, if we will allow and ask for it - gives us discernment...
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are for today to assist us like tools in a tool box.
It is up to us to ask for and engage them as the Spirit will help us when needed.
There are three kinds of spirit - man’s, demonic (evil), and the Holy Spirit.
Through intimacy and connection with God we have authority over that which is evil.
2. FEAR
Another symbol of this season is FEAR.
Fear
1.an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat:
FDR may have said we have nothing to fear but fear itself - however
FEAR IS REAL generally has a principality working behind it.
There is fear that comes over us and grips us...
This season likes to play on that , and how often is that with demonic and evil things - crazy possessed people with axes and chainsaws, or crazy clowns???
Things that stir up fear --- DEATH is something that people are most afraid of as it represents end and total un-restorable loss
Fear goes beyond the evil also to the insecure
Death is the final loss of something, and fear is the insecurity of loss
a person, job, position, possession
Fear is what makes us insure stuff to protect it.
Have you ever noticed that twinge of fear when you make an expensive purchase and they ask if you want the warranty.
Your frugality says no, your fear says you want the peace of mind...
There is only one healthy fear and that is the fear of God! Reverencing the truth of HIs Word and walking it out in wisdom through obedience.
Funny, we fear everything but GOD!
The word fear appears 470 times in Scripture!
WOW - that is a lot!
The enemy desires to hold us in bondage to things, people, places and positions through FEAR.
He threatens all of our securities with insecurity and allows fearfulness to bring control over us often keeping us from the will and plans of God in our lives.
We can laugh at movies that invoke fear, or the haunted corn mazes where fear stalks us...
KJV - save with fear --- reminding people of eternal loss...
The Lord wants to restore fear with confidence in Him!
Reminded of His LOVE, POWER, and the SOUNDNESS OF MIND - peace that Jesus offers in place of fear.
3. BLOOD
Well, copious amounts of fake blood will adorn costumes and decorations as Halloween persists.
The old vampire movies - I want to drink your blood - statements come to mind...
The reality is BLOOD is a source of life for living things with breath!
Blood flow or the end of is what keeps us alive.
For all of time - blood shed was a means of appeasing gods for sins or to attain desires - innocence taken for the guilt of another...
BLOOD has been misused in sacrifice as a replacment for what it was intended -
Garden of Eden is a picture of blood being shed for the guilt of man’s sin...
This reminds us that forgiveness of true sin cannot be forgiven unless blood is shed...
Jesus fulfilled the price.
Our society has an aversion to blood and yet a fascination with it...
We see it in horror films and gore in movies, but the thought of sacrifice for sin is unbelievable and unacceptable
Possibly because we are so removed from animal sacrifice after the all fulfilling sacrifice of Jesus, but how quickly we have lost sight of what His blood really means!
You see, those demons we spoke about, and the fear we spoke about our all rendered powerless when the blood of Jesus is applied!
When by faith we plead His blood over these things.
Faith in Jesus atoning work has power over all darkness and all things that result from that darkness -
Jesus blood reverses the curse of sin and evil!
Like the blood over the doorpost of the house when the angel of death passed by in Egypt, the blood of Jesus applied to our hearts has POWER over the works of death and darkness.
CONCLUSION
This time of year as many will toy around with devils, fear and blood -
Remember that its all real!
The good news is that Jesus BLOOD paid the price and gives us authority over demons and over fear.
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