Halloween Tract


  The doorbell rings, and you open the door to several little ones yelling, “TRICK OR TREAT!” with all the gusto they have. Those in store-bought costumes are so cute, and those whose Mom’s put their costumes together for them show how ingenious their mothers really are. Everyone is as cute as a button and full of excitement. Who could resist?

Halloween has become one of the biggest holidays for decorating the house, buying candy, making up treats, and making it a special evening for the youngest in our culture. Goblins, Batman, Pumpkins, and Princesses; spiders, black cats, bats, scarecrows, and tombstones; it all seems like so much fun!  

Behind all the fun, however, lay traditions that might best be avoided altogether, and laid to rest and forgotten. The roots of “Happy Halloween” are anything but happy. Long before Christianity was founded, Samhaim was a pagan celebration of the Celts and the Druids. Coincidentally, “All Hallows Eve,” or Halloween as it became known, falls the night before a holy day of the Catholic Church, All Saints Day. On November 1st of each year Catholics offer prayers and Masses said for the dead.

The ancient Druids and Celts believed that the spirits of the dead returned to their earthly haunts during the end of harvest season, October 31st, Halloween Night.  The people would light torches and set out food for these unwelcome spirits of the dead. This was done out of fear and dread. Jack-o-Lanterns were made to ward off evil spirits so that no harm would come to a household, and the spirits would be placated and the people would gain the favor of these disembodied spirits.

Our Trick or Treat of today is based in that concept; seeking favor, and pacifying those that would do evil on this highly charged evening. The costumes worn by our innocent little ones actually represent the spirits of the dead and mystical. It’s no wonder that skeletons, graves, witchcraft, and zombie-like creatures are so popular this time of year. Underlying our cute Halloween celebrations and costumes, is an air of pain, suffering, evil, and death. It is hard to imagine that any such celebration could possibly be a happy one! How can we celebrate such morose and morbid observances? 


The Bible teaches us to avoid such things. The Old Testament teaches in Deuteronomy 18:10-12, “There shall not be found among you anyone that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire [human sacrifice] OR that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter of familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do such things are an abomination unto the Lord.” (See also Ex. 22:18; Lev. 19:31 & 20:6; 1 Sam. 15:23; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chron. 33:6; Is. 19:3; Gal. 5:20 : there are many!)

The teachings in the New Testament also reflect the error of focusing on the dark things of this world: Philippians 4:8 – “…whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things.”

The occult Druid and Celtic practices invaded our society and they prompt participants (usually unwittingly) to celebrate the occult, the dark side of the spirit realm. Every Satanist is aware that the powers of darkness are very real. That little 5 year old Witch may be cute; that 7 year old goblin may be grinning ear-to-ear, but their parents have actually encouraged them to participate in pagan rituals! Peer pressure in our schools and neighborhoods also plays a big part in the deception surrounding Halloween. Fun replaces discernment as parents desensitize their children to the true, dark nature of evil. A child cannot possibly comprehend these practices, especially when Mom and Dad encourage them, and reward them with treats!

Just what are we teaching our children by celebrating Halloween?

As loving parents, we naturally protect our children from harm. We teach them, nurture them, and love them into adulthood. How can Halloween fit in with that loving, parental goal?

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when
he is old, he will not depart from it.  ~ Proverbs 22:6

Exactly what are we training up our children to do by observing and honoring the cult practices of the Ancients?



Pastor Bob Lawrenz
Whitestone Christian Fellowship
21 Maple Avenue
Victor, NY 14564





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