American actor Kirk Cameron has been denounced by evangelicals for saying Halloween is a festival that Christians should reclaim from the pagans.
“When you go out on Halloween and see all people dressed in costumes and see someone in a great big bobble head Obama costume with great big ears and an Obama face, are they honoring him or poking fun?” the actor asked end October. “They are poking fun at him.”
Cameron went on to say Halloween requires Christians to dress up in outfits of ghosts, witches, goblins and the devil, only so it can make the point that those beings were once defeated and overthrown by the resurrected Jesus Christ.
“The costumes poke fun at the fact that the devil and other evils were publicly humiliated by Christ at His resurrection. That’s what the Scriptures say, that He publicly humiliated the devil when He triumphed over power and principality and put them under his feet,” he said.
Reportedly, all this was said as Cameron urged his audience to throw the biggest party on the block to prove how Christians celebrate the very day that death was defeated. He asked Christians to hand over the Gospel to non-believers so they can learn how every goblin, ghost, demon and witch was defeated the day Jesus rose from his grave.
However, Mike Gendron from Proclaiming the Gospel told the media that Cameron was grossly mistaken because from a historical perspective, the rituals practiced on Halloween’s Day are connected with the same pagan rituals associated with Roman Catholicism and thus, not in sync with Biblical Christianity.
“The two faiths are diametrically opposed to one another,” Gendron said. “I strongly disagree with Kirk Cameron and would encourage him to avoid celebrating anything that has to do with the pagan practices of the apostate Roman Catholic Church. ... The reason Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis on a church door on Oct. 31, 1517 was because the very next day, All Saints Day, Catholics would be coming to the church to venerate the bones and relics of dead ‘saints’. The Castle Church of Wittenberg had over 1900 relics of dead ‘saints’ on display. Catholics were granted indulgences for the remission of sins if they venerated the relics and made confession of their sins. This practice of necromancy is strictly forbidden by God.”
Gendron went on to say Cameron must repent for his message since it encourages Christians to participate in a dark holiday that is used to revere goblins, witches, ghosts and the devil. He also reminded his audience that on October 31, while Cameron’s fans celebrate Halloween, his own ministry will be helping people remember the Reformers who were tortured, burned and murdered for defending the Gospel of Jesus Christ against the whims of the Roman Catholic Church.
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