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Should Christians celebrate Halloween? What does the Bible say? Are there any hints in the scripture, especially in the New Testament that would indicate that Christians should and perhaps

use this holiday or this event to draw people to salvation or should we

completely stay away from it. I'm going to share my seven reasons why I don't celebrate Halloween

and why you shouldn't celebrate Halloween either. But first, I want to highlight something that Paul

mentioned in 1 Corinthians chapter 10. He didn't talk about Halloween, but he did

talk about something that Christians were wrestling with in the city of Corinth. So 1st Corinthians

chapter 10, Paul talked about believers to stay away from idol worship, verse 14. Then he talked about

the idea that the cup of bread, the communion, you know, represents unity with Christ's body and blood.

And then he would continue to talk about that the sacrifices to idols are actually sacrifices to demons.

And even though idols, physical statues are nothing, but there are demons behind them,

and Christians should not fellowship with demons.

And that believers cannot participate in both the Lord's table and the table of demons

because it provokes God to jealousy.

And then he highlights these four main principles that sometimes are being used

to apply to other areas of our life where we don't have a specific instruction from the Bible.

When it comes to food offered to idols in 1 Corinthians chapter 8 and chapter 10, Paul says

these four parameters. He sets these four principles for believers to follow. The first one is meat

in the market. Buy without asking what it came from. So like if this meat was

dedicated to demons, you know, you don't ask, you just buy the meat and don't worry about it. The

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