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0:11Grace and peace, beloved brothers. The
0:15time for the famous, or increasingly
0:17famous, celebration of Halloween is
0:19arriving in many countries around the
0:22world. And with the celebration of
0:42Halloween, there is no lack of debates
0:43among believers regarding this topic.
0:47Despite that, I think the debate
0:49regarding the Halloween topic is
0:51smaller than the debate regarding the
0:53Christmas topic. Why? Because I get the
0:57feeling—this is a personal perception
1:00and I don't know what you think—but I
1:02get the feeling that with the topic of
1:04Christmas there is more division
1:06regarding the celebration or
1:08non-celebration of Christmas, but that
1:11regarding Halloween there is not as
1:13much division. I believe that if
1:17statistics were taken, the percentage
1:20of people reluctant to celebrate
1:22Halloween, who reject the celebration
1:25of Halloween, is significantly higher
1:27than the percentage of people who are
1:30in favor of being able to participate
1:33in a fun way, let's put it that way.
1:37But why have I wanted to make this
1:39video? I have never hidden my stance on
1:43Halloween. What’s more, I don't
1:45usually hide my thoughts on any subject
1:48. I have even touched on delicate
1:50topics. We recently talked about topics
1:52that were, well, controversial: at a
1:54political level, a social level,
1:56regarding immigration, the legalization
1:59of weapons, and things like that, where
2:01we have gotten into some matters that
2:03have generated, well, disputes and
2:06disagreements. But I believe that
2:09dialogue is always a good thing,
2:11because when there is dialogue and at
2:13the same time there is humility to
2:16listen, to try to understand another
2:18person's stance...When humility is
2:20present and love is present, dialogue
2:23can result in something very edifying.
2:27If we remove humility and remove love,
2:29obviously we are not going to have a
2:31dialogue; we are going to have an
2:33argument of imposing our thoughts and
2:35ideas. And I believe that intellectual
2:39pride, spiritual arrogance, can
2:40manifest in many ways. Why do I say
2:44this? Recently, a person accused me of
2:48being a Pharisee for explaining why I
2:51personally advise abstaining from the
2:53celebration of Halloween. I have to say
2:56something: I have never told anyone
2:59what they have to do. In other words, I
3:01have not imposed a law on that. People
3:04simply ask me, and they have to
3:05understand that. Well, because I serve
3:09as a pastor in a church, or because
3:11I’ve been professing my Christian
3:12faith for many years, or because people
3:15know me and see that I’m, well, very
3:17detached from many of these
3:18celebrations like Carnival or Halloween
3:20, people end up asking me: "Hey, Juan
3:23Manuel, do you celebrate it or not?" Or
3:25how do you see it? Or what do you think
3:27? Or if you...The other day, a person
3:30was like that, a person who told me: "
3:32Look, my kids are in school, they’re
3:34going to have Halloween, they’re
3:35going to dress them up, they’re going
3:37to go out on the city streets, well,
3:39trick-or-treating, uh, for candy and
3:41such, and they have to dress up, well,
3:42in typical Halloween things, right?"
3:46Ghosts, dead people, vampires, Dracula,
3:48zombies, things like that. And they
3:51asked me, uh, what would you tell me?
3:53What do you recommend? They were new in
3:56the faith, a person relatively new to
3:58the ways of the Lord and, well, they
4:00asked for my personal opinion, and I
4:02was happy to give it to them. And I
4:05didn’t give it to them like: "Look, I
4:07recommend you don’t participate," but
4:09I started the sentence by saying: "Look
4:11, I don’t participate in that
4:13celebration and personally, that
4:14celebration makes me quite
4:16uncomfortable for several reasons, and
4:18if I could give you advice, it would be
4:20that neither you nor your children
4:22participate." And then I gave them the
4:25explanation, but it all started with my
4:27opinion is this, this is my thinking,
4:29and I gave them my arguments. This led
4:32someone to say, "Don't you think it's
4:34very Pharisaical to tell someone not to
4:36celebrate Halloween when it's just
4:37something childish? The kids aren't
4:40going to perform a satanic ritual. The
4:42kids are just going to dress up and eat
4:44candy. The kids aren't even thinking
4:48about the spiritual, nor thinking about
4:50Satanism, nor thinking about dark,
4:52occult rituals. The kids just go out to
4:55play and I don't think there's any
4:56problem. So, what bothered me was that
5:00it was quickly labeled as Pharisaism.
5:03That is to say, I...I haven't imposed
5:04anything on the lady. The lady came,
5:07asked for my opinion, and I gave her my
5:08opinion, and in the end, the lady said,
5:09" Oh, okay, well, I’d better not do
5:11it. "It was her decision. Ah, but you
5:14influenced her. Well, if she had asked
5:16you, from what I can see, you would
5:18have influenced her to think it’s
5:20fine. Meaning, I understand that, based
5:23on what you’re telling me, your
5:25children are going to dress up as a
5:27vampire, or a zombie, or Dracula, or
5:28whatever, or a skeleton, and your kids
5:30are going to go out. I mean, if she had
5:34asked you, you probably would have told
5:35her," There’s no problem. We have our
5:37Christian liberty. Eh, I don’t see
5:40anything wrong with it, my conscience
5:41doesn't accuse me. It’s just a game
5:43for the kids. Nobody here is performing
5:45dark rituals at home; in the end,
5:47it’s just decorations we put up and
5:49such. "And surely, if she had asked you
5:51, well, the lady would have gone on to
5:54dress up her child. In the end, our
5:56opinions can indeed influence some
5:59people, and that is why we must be more
6:02careful when saying" God says "versus
6:04when we say" I think. "And regarding
6:07Halloween, I have my own thoughts and
6:09my conscience is clear on that subject,
6:11but I don’t believe that makes me a
6:13Pharisee. That is why I believe that
6:16today we are using the word" Pharisee "
6:18too lightly. And you know, it’s
6:20curious that in the name of Christian
6:21liberty—and now I’m going to get
6:23into the Halloween topic because I want
6:25to explain to you why I am very
6:27reluctant. And I will give you my
6:28opinion. You can post whatever you want
6:30down below and leave any comment you
6:32like, whatever you feel like, but I am
6:34going to give you my opinion on why I
6:36abstain. I’m not interfering in your
6:38home or your life, either. Dress your
6:40child up as the living dead, take them
6:42out to the street as whatever you want
6:43for your child, even if you want them
6:45to celebrate Carnival, if for you
6:46it’s just innocent fun and that’s
6:47it. They are your children, it’s your
6:50decision. And I believe that for our
6:52lives and what we do in our home, our
6:54household, our children, all of that,
6:57we will each give an account for our
6:59own decisions and that’s that. And I
7:01will give an account for mine, and you
7:03will give an account for yours. But
7:05what I have noticed is that in the name
7:07of Christian liberty and in the name of
7:09grace, everything is labeled as
7:11legalism. Now everything, everything,
7:13absolutely everything. And it’s very
7:16interesting because sometimes there are
7:18people who are typically Reformed, and
7:20the thing that makes me curious about
7:23us Reformed folk is that we like to
7:25read a lot just for the theoretical
7:27part. What do I mean by this? Sometimes
7:31, when you look back at the Reformation
7:33, when you look back at the beginnings,
7:36when you continue with your reading and
7:38studies, you go to the Puritans; but
7:40you shouldn't just stay in theory,
7:42because those people also had an idea
7:44of holiness, of consecration, of
7:46separating themselves, of abstaining
7:48from certain things that could be a
7:50stumbling block—not that they were
7:52sinful in themselves, but that they
7:54could even be a stumbling block that
7:57leads to sin, or even a stumbling block
8:00to others. Today, in the name of
8:03Christian liberty, I also have to say
8:05one thing: many people are accused of
8:07pharisaism, many people. And there is
8:11an interesting thing when we read the
8:13Bible, and you can go to the scriptures
8:15if you want, when we read the Bible we
8:17encounter a moment where Paul is
8:19dealing with differences in thought and
8:21conscience on some issues, for example,
8:23the topic of food. Paul says," Look,
8:26this person abstains and does so for
8:28the glory of God. Their conscience
8:30tells them that this will not please
8:31God, and they decide to abstain. "And
8:33this person feels comfortable eating
8:35this and does not believe that it
8:36interferes with their relationship with
8:38God. Now, Paul says that the person who
8:41abstains should not look at the one who
8:43eats and say," Oh, you are less of a
8:45believer than I am. "That is true. But
8:49on the other hand, Paul also calls the
8:51attention of the one who eats as if to
8:52say," Don't look at the other and say,
8:54'What a fool with a weak conscience,
8:55useless, someone who doesn't live out
8:57grace and freedom.' "So, Paul's rebuke
9:01goes in both directions, because some
9:03may look down on others, considering
9:05them less spiritual because they don't
9:08abstain from certain things. But other
9:12people can also look down on others
9:14because they do abstain, and they
9:16shouldn't do that. In the end, contempt
9:20can be in everyone's heart, and then
9:23both would be sinning because, in some
9:25way, both would be looking down on
9:27their brothers over a secondary matter.
9:31Therefore, I think there is also much
9:33sin today in the hearts of some in the
9:34name of Christian liberty, because they
9:36also believe they possess intellectual
9:38superiority, moral superiority, and
9:39spiritual superiority. They say," These
9:43people think they are spiritually
9:45superior because they think they are
9:47holier since they abstain. "But we
9:50could say that you think you are
9:52spiritually superior because you don't
9:54abstain, because you are free, you have
9:56an open mind, you have understood all
9:57things, and therefore, since you have
9:59understood all things, you are not weak
10:01in conscience like the rest. So both
10:05can fall into moral superiority,
10:07spiritual superiority, or ethical
10:09superiority. It can happen to both, it
10:12can happen in both directions. So the
10:14problem is in the heart, and that is
10:16the first thing I have to say. Now,
10:19having mentioned the subject of
10:21Pharisaism and these two directions in
10:24which we can fall into spiritual or
10:26intellectual pride, now I am basically
10:28going to tell you, I will not go into
10:31the history. There are very good videos
10:34about this, eh. That is why there are
10:36very good videos on the networks about
10:38the history of Halloween, what it
10:40implies, its beginnings, its meaning,
10:43and all that, but I am going to tell
10:45you in a synthesized, simple way, the
10:47reasons that lead me to say:" I do not
10:49want Halloween in my home or in my life
10:51. "This is something personal, but we
10:54have this very clear at a family level.
10:56In the first place, the origin, the
10:59origin of Halloween itself. I mean,
11:01when one looks at it, and as I tell you
11:03, there are very good videos on the
11:05internet about this, the origin of
11:06Halloween has to do with paganism, it
11:08has to do with occultism. Later it
11:12started to be linked to Satanism, but
11:14in itself, Halloween has a lot to do
11:17with druids, pagan traditions, the
11:19origin, we are talking about the origin
11:21, its meaning. They celebrated what was
11:26known as Samhain. You can look it up if
11:28you want information about that
11:30celebration. Everything linked to what
11:33has now become a game was something
11:35very perverse. For example, the druids
11:39would go around asking, obviously for
11:41offerings, for donations for them.
11:45Sometimes it is stipulated that they
11:47also asked for children or asked for
11:49things for sacrifices, but they also
11:51asked for offerings, they asked for
11:53things to be given to them. And the
11:56houses that refused to give that to the
11:58druids, the houses that refused to give
12:00them what they asked for, they received
12:02a punishment, a curse, something would
12:04come against them. So, the origin of
12:07Halloween linked to the Celtic people,
12:11the pagan people, to occultism, is a
12:14very dark origin. It is an origin that
12:17has to do with darkness. And when I
12:20look at the scripture, we are called on
12:21more than one occasion to not have any
12:23kind of link with the works of darkness
12:25. And I don't think that just centers
12:29on issues of immorality, drunkenness,
12:32but also on issues of witchcraft,
12:34occultism, mediums. So, in the same way
12:39that I as a believer don't want to know
12:42anything about tarot, mediums,
12:44sorcerers, santeros, witches, occultism
12:46, and everything that has to do with
12:48practices that God clearly condemns in
12:51the scriptures. So, I don't feel
12:55comfortable knowing that I have enough
12:57biblical references to not participate
12:59in the works of darkness, but on the
13:01contrary, to expose them. I have enough
13:06foundation in my heart to know that the
13:09origin is totally occult, totally dark,
13:12totally perverse, totally, uh,
13:15diabolical. And I believe that as a
13:20believer now, I should not have any
13:22kind of bond, not even friendly,
13:24playful, in any format or game, with a
13:27celebration that from its origin and to
13:30the present is linked to something
13:32related to darkness. I am rather called
13:37to expose the works of darkness and not
13:39to participate in them. And throughout
13:42the Old Testament I see references.
13:45When the people of God began to mingle
13:48with other nations, the people of God
13:50fell into an error, and it was the
13:52error of embracing pagan customs. On
13:55some occasions, on various occasions,
13:57God calls his people's attention
13:59because of that. He says," Look, do not
14:02mix with the customs of those lands.
14:04You will end up worshipping their gods,
14:07you will end up doing evil. "But the
14:10people had a tendency to reach those
14:13towns and start socializing to the
14:15point of adapting cultures and forming
14:18mixed cultures; that is, cultures where
14:21they maintained some traditions brought
14:24from the people of God, but also began
14:27to mix with traditions of these pagan
14:30peoples and nations, and there began to
14:34be that mix of paganism and religious
14:36ritualism. Everything was wrapped up.
14:41So much so that many times God calls
14:43the people's attention because they did
14:45things God asked, they performed
14:46religious rituals, religious cults
14:48according to what God had established,
14:50but at the same time they did things
14:52that had to do with paganism, false
14:54deities. So, when I look at the Bible,
14:58for me there is a warning of be careful
15:00, be careful. This is not just food,
15:04drink, this is not just clothes, this
15:06is about customs, it is about
15:08traditions, values, principles,
15:10religion, spirituality. So it is like
15:13in some way I feel, and that is how I
15:15apply it to my life, that throughout
15:17history I see a call from God to be
15:19careful. I mean, you are in Spain, fine
15:22. I mean, there's potato omelet, eat it
15:24. There's there's shrimp, eat it.
15:27There's paella, eat it. There are
15:29certain cultural things that don't
15:31affect your communion with God at all.
15:33There's nothing wrong with that, but be
15:35careful, be careful because in every
15:38country, in every culture, there are
15:40certain customs and traditions that God
15:42does not call good, that God calls evil
15:44. And be careful about starting to
15:47socialize to the point of embracing the
15:50worldly, embracing the sinful,
15:51embracing the dark, the things of
15:53darkness, the occult. So, in the first
15:57place, for me, the origin of Halloween
16:00and everything it involves, which also
16:02transmits, even if we disguise it as a
16:04game, death and spirituality. So, in
16:07that sense, I prefer to disassociate
16:09myself. Secondly, secondly, there is
16:12also something that I think regarding
16:14Halloween, that it's not just about the
16:15origin. And this is another thing that
16:18worries me. In the past, I like to give
16:21things a lot of thought when making
16:23decisions. I don't like to just not
16:26celebrate Halloween and that's it. No,
16:29I like to be clear about the why so I
16:31can have a formed conscience and so
16:32that when people around me want to
16:34convince me otherwise, I can say," Look
16:36, this is what I believe for this, this
16:37, this, and this. "And well, you have
16:40your decision, I have mine. But when we
16:43have a very superficial decision, it
16:45will sway from one side to the other.
16:47But when we have a decision based on
16:49what we have searched for, read, and
16:51been personally convinced of, then
16:53that's it, our conscience will remain
16:55firmer. So, regarding Halloween, I
16:58heard many people say," Well, that was
17:00the origin, but it's not now. ""
17:03However, if you start searching,
17:05investigating, and reading, you will
17:07find that occultist, satanic groups,
17:10linked to the darkness...Because let's
17:13remember something: we worship in the
17:15light, but the darkness has its own
17:18cults, the darkness has its own
17:20religious practices, the darkness, to
17:22put it one way, has its own religion.
17:27And there is a reality that the time of
17:30Halloween continues to be, to this day,
17:34special days for occult religions, for
17:37occultism, satanism, for all those
17:40groups. The topic of Halloween has a
17:44lot to do with witches, with sorcerers,
17:47with dark groups. The day of Halloween
17:51is not just something from the past.
17:53The day of Halloween is still important
17:54to them to the present. And while yes,
17:58while there is a society that sees it
18:00as a game, costumes, uh, sweets and
18:02treats, there is a reality, and that is
18:05that there is a part of society today
18:07that still understands the spiritual
18:09meaning of Halloween, what Halloween
18:11represents, what these dates represent
18:14to them. And if you study and read, you
18:18will see that there are true atrocities
18:20that have to do with Halloween, true
18:22horrible aberrations. So, it is no
18:27longer just because of its origin, but
18:30because to this day Halloween is a
18:32celebration that continues to signify
18:35things that God calls evil and that
18:37remains linked to dark, pagan, and
18:40satanic cults. And that is another
18:43reason why I also prefer to abstain. On
18:46the other hand, I believe that when we
18:49—and this is personal—when we
18:51participate in it, we are downplaying
18:54the evil that it represents. When I
18:58teach my children or teach people that
19:00Halloween is just costumes and a game,
19:02that it is only that, it seems to me
19:04that I am telling them that the
19:06spiritual side does not exist. I want
19:11—and I speak personally—I would
19:13like the little ones, the children, the
19:15youngest ones, our kids, to understand
19:17that there is a spiritual reality. I
19:21want children to understand that angels
19:23exist, but that demons also exist. I
19:27want children to understand that God
19:29exists, that Christ Jesus, our Lord,
19:32exists, but also that Satan exists. I
19:35want children to understand that there
19:37is a spiritual battle, that our
19:39struggle is not against flesh and blood
19:41, but against principalities, powers,
19:43and spiritual hosts of wickedness in
19:44the heavenly places. I do not want
19:48children to see only this world and see
19:51only games, fun, and a correct morality
19:54based on Christian commandments. I want
19:57them to understand that there is a
20:00spiritual reality and that this
20:02spiritual reality is just that, it is a
20:04reality, and that for the most part,
20:07for us Christians, that spiritual
20:09reality is present. It is present that
20:12Satan walks about like a roaring lion
20:14seeking whom he may devour. That we
20:16must stand firm, dressed in the armor
20:18of God, to resist the wiles of the
20:20devil. That we have to be well-prepared
20:24for the battle, for when Satan, when
20:26the enemy throws his flaming darts,
20:28that we have to understand that there
20:30is a reality, that there is a spiritual
20:33world. And I do not want children to
20:37start seeing all of that as a joke, to
20:40start seeing death as a joke, demons as
20:42a joke, witches as a joke. the
20:46spiritual as a joke. Because if you
20:50watch Halloween movies, there are
20:52usually two types, right? There are
20:55some movies that are horror. Look at
20:57what Halloween is linked to. Look how
20:59interesting, because when Christmas
21:00arrives, usually the Christmas movies,
21:02what are they about? They are
21:03family-oriented, they are innocent,
21:05they are about reconciliation, asking
21:07for forgiveness, returning home,
21:09returning to the family, little things
21:11like that, right? About love, family.
21:14But when you look at Halloween, there
21:15are two lines. On one hand, you have
21:17horror movies. Horror. Perverse people
21:20who dress up and go around chopping off
21:22heads. Horror. But then you have the
21:25children's movies. The children's ones
21:28have to do with the fact that there are
21:30spirits, there are demons, there are
21:32witches, there are little devils,
21:34things like that, ghosts, but
21:36everything ends up looking nice, like a
21:38fun, playful game. It's not just movies
21:42. Yeah, but I think that in some way
21:44it's teaching children two things. One,
21:47either that everything spiritual is
21:49just a movie, that everything having to
21:51do with witches, demons, is just cinema
21:54, childish and that's it, fantasy, or
21:56that it's a fun joke. But I think it
21:59takes weight away from understanding.
22:00Look, this is real. There are demons,
22:05there are some darknesses that do
22:06nothing good, that are not for playing
22:08with. So, in some way, I think that as
22:13parents and adults we also have the
22:15responsibility to instill in our
22:17children the reality of light and
22:20darkness, of good and evil, of God and
22:22Satan, and that making them participate
22:25in that can have a contradictory
22:27message. A contradictory message from
22:31my perspective, beyond what people
22:33might tell you, that you are making
22:35your children indirectly participate in
22:37a completely dark and pagan day. But
22:41for those reasons, for its origin, for
22:43what it implies today, for the
22:44responsibility I believe exists
22:46regarding children, for several of
22:48those reasons, because I believe the
22:50Bible clearly calls to separate
22:51ourselves from works linked to darkness
22:53and everything. So, I made that
22:56decision, if you don't want to make it,
22:58well, that seems great to me. If you
23:01want your children to see it only as a
23:02game, well, that seems great to me. It
23:04seems great to me, as I say, personal
23:07decisions, personal consequences,
23:10personal accountability before God.
23:14That I'm a Pharisee for thinking this
23:16way, well, pray for me so that the Lord
23:19gives me the grace to be as free as you
23:21are. But I am very calm and I am,
23:24honestly, very convinced of this. So
23:27personally, I consider that Halloween
23:30is not a celebration, not even for
23:32Christians to create a "light" version
23:35of that celebration. And I don't
23:39believe that believers, uh, should
23:41participate. If they ask me, I would
23:44tell any brother who asks me, I would
23:47abstain and keep my children from
23:49participating, no matter how much the
23:51school frames it as just a costume game
23:53, because in the end, what we have is
23:56an adaptation of something horrible,
23:58dark, and spiritually evil. So, that is
24:03my thought; if you see it differently,
24:05put it in the comments, but with
24:06respect, please; there is no need to
24:08label anyone anything just because they
24:10think differently about this, I believe
24:12. So, this is my opinion and this is
24:16what I believe, and this is the reason
24:18why both my household and I abstain
24:20completely from the practice and
24:22celebration of Halloween. We neither
24:25decorate the house nor give candy to
24:26the neighbors. Besides, the neighbors
24:29are already aware, in the sense that
24:31they have realized that it is not
24:33celebrated here, so the children
24:34shouldn't even try to come looking for
24:36candy because we might just preach the
24:38gospel to them. So if they want to
24:41knock on the door like Jehovah's
24:43Witnesses sometimes do, maybe what they
24:45will get is not a sweet, but they will
24:47receive the preaching of Christ and Him
24:50crucified. Well, this is my opinion,
24:53brothers. May the grace and peace of
24:54our Lord Jesus be with you all always.
24:56And remember that we love you in the
24:58Lord.

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