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Demons Behind Pagan Holidays and False Gods |
Many Christians don't see the harm in partaking in the unholy pagan days such as Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. They see Halloween as "innocent fun," and Christmas as Christ's birth, and Easter as Christ's resurrection.
Halloween has nothing in Christ:
"all things prove; that which is good hold fast; from all appearance of evil abstain ye; and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;" -1 Thessalonians 5:21-23
- Christians are called to be Christians in ALL things.
- Christians are called to be doing and partaking in that which is GOOD.
- Christians are commanded to abstain from ALL appearance of evil. This means even if you don't think it is actually evil, you are not to partake even if it just has the "harmless" appearance of it.
- Christians are to be sanctified in God. Sanctify means to be set apart as holy. Set apart as holy means the Christian doesn't do the things the world does that gives an appearance of evil, such as Halloween, for example.
As for Christmas, Christ wasn't born on December 25th, the pagan God Baal was. Jesus was born around September 29, 3BC, as the Scriptures clearly teach us.
The Scriptures repeatedly say Christians are not supposed to serve Baal in any way, and this includes Baal's holy days. Christians are not supposed to celebrate "Christmas."
As for Easter, Easter is the English name of the goddess Ashtoreth. The Scriptures tell us that we, as children of God, are not supposed to serve Ashtoreth, or keep any of her holy days. Jesus didn't resurrect on Easter, He resurrected three days after Passover, as the Scriptures clearly tell us. Christians are not supposed to celebrate Easter.
Why is it any big deal if Christians partake in these pagan days or not? Just as long as the Christians aren't purposely celebrating the false gods, does it matter? YES, it does. The Scriptures teach us that there are demons behind the false gods:
"They sacrifice to demons
-- no god! Gods they have not known -- New ones -- from the vicinity
they came; Not feared them have your fathers!" -Deuteronomy 32:17
These people were making sacrifices to other gods - false gods, and the above says that in actuality, these false gods weren't actually gods, but were DEMONS.
There are demons behind the false gods, and false gods are behind Halloween, Easter, and Christmas.
Christians are told that they are not to partake of the festivities of these demons, in addition to following the one, true God. Christians are supposed to choose to go for God fully, or not at all. Professing children of God are forbidden from partaking of the Lord God, in addition to the festivities of the demons/false gods - which are behind those holidays:
"what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? -- [no,]
but that the things that the nations sacrifice -- they sacrifice to
demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship
of the demons. Ye
are not able the cup of the Lord to drink, and the cup of demons; ye
are not able of the table of the Lord to partake, and of the table of
demons;" -1 Corinthians 10:19-21
- We see above that the idol is nothing (for example in modern days - the Easter Bunny and the Christmas tree).
- However, the above teaches us that it's not the idol that's the big deal, it's the POWER behind the idol - the false god it represents is backed by a real demon - "the things that the nations sacrifice -- they sacrifice to
demons and not to God." Therefore the idol itself holds no power, but the Christian is not to have or keep the idol, for there is a demon behind it, and further, and idol is an appearance of evil.
- Christians are told to not have any fellowship with demons - "I do not wish you to come into the fellowship
of the demons."
- A person partaking of the Lord is not to also partake "of the table of
demons."
The Scriptures don't only tell us to not worship the false gods/demons, but that we are not to serve them either, and partaking in their holy days serves them whether we acknowledge these demons' existence or not:
"Thou
dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God,
[am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third
[generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me" -Exodus 20:5
Jesus says we are either for or against Him, not both:
"`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter." -Matthew 12:30
Those who claim to be Christians, but who are also trying to keep the world/pagan holidays and service to the gods of their youth, etc. make Christ want to vomit:
"I have known thy works, that neither cold art thou nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. So -- because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;" -Revelation 3:15-16
God calls His children to have perfect hearts after Him:
"and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind, for your proving what [is] the will of God -- the good, and
acceptable, and perfect." -Romans 12:2
"And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be
divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment" -1 Corinthians 1:10
"Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God" -2 Corinthians 7:1
God defines what a perfect heart after Him is, via King David. David was an adulterer and a murderer, yet he repented, but that's not why his heart was perfect with Jehovah. It's deeper than that:
"And it
cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have
turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been
perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father. And Solomon goeth after Ashtoreth god[dess] of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites; and Solomon doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and hath not been fully after Jehovah, like David his father." -1 Kings 11:4-6
- Solomon, the man who was given wisdom by God Himself, was not perfect like David his father was.
- The above says Solomon wasn't perfect because he went after the false gods (which have demons behind them). We see mentioned: Ashtoreth - which is Easter in English, and Milcom, which is another name for Molech or Baal - the false deity supposedly born around December 25th. Solomon went after the predecessors to Easter and Christmas!
- Yet, we see that Solomon didn't abandon God. He kept worshipping Jehovah God, while adding Ashtoreth and Milcom - "and hath not been fully after Jehovah, like David his father."
For a child of God to be perfect in the eyes of Jehovah, the Christian must be FULLY after Jehovah, like King David was. David wasn't actually perfect, he messed up, but he repented and received full pardon and forgiveness from God the Father. David was considered perfect, because he didn't go after the demon religious things of the peoples of the land, he stayed fully after the One, True God, and after Him alone.
Christian, this is what God wants. Will you be perfect?
"It’s like a person building a house by digging deep and laying the foundation on bedrock. When the flood came, the rising water smashed against that house, but the water couldn’t shake the house because it was well built. 49 But those who don’t put into practice what they hear are like a person who built a house without a foundation. The floodwater smashed against it and it collapsed instantly. It was completely destroyed." -Luke 6:48-49 CEB
"The Lord lives! Bless God, my rock! Let my God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high!" -2 Samuel 22:47 CEB
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:32 CEB
"Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -John 14:6 CEB |
The terms "Christian" and "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" have been thrown around so much, that for many people, they have lost their original savor. What is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Is it going to church? Is it being a "good person?" Is it via doing certain rituals, or following certain traditions? No, it is so much simpler than that.
Jesus says:
"Look! I’m standing at the door and knocking. If any hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to be with them, and will have dinner with them, and they will have dinner with me." -Revelation 3:20 CEB
Let Jesus into your heart and life. Put your faith and trust in Him, and in Him alone.
Why did Jesus Christ come to this earth? He came to pay for our sins. Have you ever broken any of the Ten Commandments? Did you know that Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount that just looking at someone with lust in your heart is the same thing as committing adultery in your heart?
Many people will say I'm a good person. Sure, I've stolen a few paper clips in my time, and I've told some lies, but I've never killed anyone, so I'm good enough for heaven. Don't be so sure. Have you ever felt hatred toward someone? If so, then you are guilty of committing murder in your heart:
"Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that murderers don’t have eternal life residing in them." -1 John 3:15 CEB
If you have stolen, lied, lusted after someone, hated someone, loved someone or something more than God, etc., then you have broken at least 5 of the Ten Commandments. Do you really think you'd make it to heaven? Not according to God's Word:
"Don’t you know that people who are unjust won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Those who are sexually immoral, those who worship false gods, adulterers, both participants in same-sex intercourse, thieves, the greedy, drunks, abusive people, and swindlers won’t inherit God’s kingdom." -1 Corinthians 6:9-10 CEB
But there is good news:
"That is what some of you used to be! But you were washed clean, you were made holy to God, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." -1 Corinthians 6:11 CEB
We are all sinners:
"All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory" -Romans 3:23 CEB
Even Mary, the woman chosen by God to be a vessel that would carry Jesus in her womb, was a sinner, and in need of a Savior:
"In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior." - Mary said this in Luke 1:47 (CEB). Only sinners need a Savior, and Mary also accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior.
We are all imperfect, fallible sinners:
"This is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you: “God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.” If we claim, “We have fellowship with him,” and live in the darkness, we are lying and do not act truthfully. But if we live in the light in the same way as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we claim, “We don’t have any sin,” we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." -1 John 1:5-8 CEB
The blood of Jesus Christ is what cleanses us from all sins. Jesus came to this earth to die to pay for our sins. You see, Leviticus tells us that 'the life is in the blood,' and that it takes spilt blood to atone for sin.
When we choose to truly believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and to live our lives for Christ, then Christ's spilt blood cleanses us from our sins:
"Come now, and let’s settle this, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow. If they are red as crimson, they will become like wool." -Isaiah 1:18 CEB
Jesus tells us this:
"God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him isn’t judged; whoever doesn’t believe in him is already judged, because they don’t believe in the name of God’s only Son." - Jesus said this, in John 3:16-18 (CEB)
Paul gives us a simple "step by step process" on how to be saved:
"Because if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and confessing with the mouth leads to salvation. The scripture says, All who have faith in him won’t be put to shame." -Romans 10:9-11 CEB
Jesus is our one and only mediator:
"There is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the human Christ Jesus" -1 Timothy 2:5 CEB
Jesus is our High Priest:
"Also, let’s hold on to the confession since we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens, who is Jesus, God’s Son; because we don’t have a high priest who can’t sympathize with our weaknesses but instead one who was tempted in every way that we are, except without sin." -Hebrews 4:14-15 CEB
We are to follow the Lord and the Bible, not traditions of people:
"Jesus replied, “Why do you break the command of God by keeping the rules handed down to you?" -Matthew 15:3 CEB
Jesus is God:
"Without question, the mystery of godliness is great: he was revealed as a human, declared righteous by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached throughout the nations, believed in around the world, and taken up in glory." -1 Timothy 3:16 CEB
If Jesus isn't the Lord of your life, then I hope that you will let Him into your heart and life this very moment.
"But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us." -Romans 5:8 CEB
Have you built your foundation on the Rock of Salvation?
Jesus is the way. If you would like to receive Jesus into your heart and life, then let Him know. Pray to the Lord, telling Him that you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and that you believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay the death penalty for your sins. Tell this to God in your own words, from your heart.
"The wages that sin pays are death, but God’s gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 6:23 CEB
Believe, and Receive:
"You too heard the word of truth in Christ, which is the good news of your salvation. You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you believed in Christ." -Ephesians 1:13 CEB
When you believe on Jesus Christ, you receive the Holy Spirit. You are sealed as a child of God.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ into your heart and life as your Lord and Savior, and you believe that Jesus died on the cross in your place, to pay the death penalty for your sins, and that Christ rose from the dead three days later, and you are ready to let Him lead your life, and you will live for Him, then you are saved, and born again.
