Christians should not celebrate Halloween

We, Christians, tend to overreact. But sometimes the problem may be in the foreground. Let's go with the crowd even when it crumbles with Christian values. Sometimes, however, faith has to be dared to stick to the pressure of the environment.

It is perhaps the imagination of poverty if, as a Christian, he does not invent any kind of fun and thrill for his children during the halloween, except to dress them as vampires, dead and zombies. Not to refuse to obey the hellish framework of the hall will have to mean that the day is spent at home without doing anything.

Paul reminded Christians that they could not attend the Lord's table and the deserters table simultaneously, to be part of the Lord and the demons.

Culturally, the penetration of halloween into Finland has led me to reflect on the fact that the spiritual wisdom seems to be the same as what we were taught in the army: each state must have its own army. There is no defensive vacuum. There is either a military in the country or there is another army.

The alienation of Finnish society from Christianity does not seem to lead to a secular in a spiritual "vacuum". If society is not Christianized, then other spirits will be replaced, taking over the spiritual and spiritual state. Just as Jesus said: The devil who is driven out returns to his empty and crippled dwelling with seven worse spirits. Jesus spoke of the nation's house.

Christianity is a thing worthy of adherence, because it is true. The living space of Christianity should therefore not be given to ghosts and pumpkin bullets. After all, on the last day of October, the memorial day for Reformation, as Juha Ahvio wrote in his last Sunday's blog, was just fine. And at about the same time, there is a holy day, when traditionally remembered those who have given their life for the testimony of Christ. It would not be right for those who have shed their blood for the sake of their faith in Jesus that we give this day to demons.

I know that Halloween was already there. Wednesday went already. But it will be back in the year. Until then, there is time to think and think about what Christianity means to us each. I do not want to grumble, and I do not condemn what others do. Let me just think about it.

It's also worth remembering that marketers do not like halloween trinkets when marketing ghosts. They just want your money. The devil wants your life. And your kid.