Celebrating Halloween

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

prove all things; hold fast that which is good; — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah. — read the full passage →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. — read the full passage →

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: — read the full passage →

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; — read the full passage →

neither give place to the devil.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus; — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. — read the full passage →

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: — read the full passage →

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. — read the full passage →

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. — read the full passage →

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith. — read the full passage →

To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. — read the full passage →

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. — read the full passage →

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. — read the full passage →

These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. — read the full passage →

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. — read the full passage →

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. — read the full passage →

know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen. — read the full passage →

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; — read the full passage →

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: — read the full passage →

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

And not a few of them that practised magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. — read the full passage →

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: — read the full passage →

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. — read the full passage →

Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, — read the full passage →

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: — read the full passage →

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood. — read the full passage →

The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. — read the full passage →

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. — read the full passage →

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. — read the full passage →

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death. — read the full passage →

The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit. — read the full passage →

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city. — read the full passage →

But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away. — read the full passage →

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king. — read the full passage →

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. — read the full passage →

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. — read the full passage →

The priests the Levites, evenall the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance. — read the full passage →