Screaming Birds & Open Paganism

It was Wednesday October 22nd, and I was with a friend and her children when we heard a ruckus that was so loud and persistent, it drew us to the edge of a line of trees, to see what was happening in the creek bed below. Birds sounded like they were screaming in unison. I had never heard this sound before, and it seemed there were hundreds of them, and dare I say, perhaps thousands? I have since, looked up what may have been the cause of such a startling cacophony, and there wasn't much information on the subject, except for perhaps, the birds where trying to ward off a predator in their midst, maybe a fox or coyote, hungry for a tasty feathered treat. We went into the library after not being able to see anything significant to explain the phenomenon, and even as the doors closed, the screaming continued to be loud enough to hear. A predator may very well have run from the sound to save its ears from bleeding!

The birds were my introduction to what I really want to talk to you about today, dear reader. Recently, a friend of mine challenged an elder at her church regarding a newsletter sent to members about halloween and what looks like, a planned party for the event. I wrote about this in another blog entitled, Walgreens & Halloween Churches, published on the 21rst day of this month of October. The mixing of the sacred with the sacrilegious, namely, of giving out candy to children in costumes, with Christ riding on the coat tails of the grim reaper in the form of gospel tracks handed out as light shining in the darkness, is apparently a fashionable decision for this apostate church, that pretends to profess Christ, while inviting the devil into there flock, and also inviting the scorn of residents nearby, that will not be able to distinguish this church, from the pagan world. 

My friend addressed the elder with her disappointment, her concern, and her clear course of action, if this event is to go ahead as planned. Dear one, her voice ought to have been matched in outrage, and the body of Christ ought to have been screaming and screeching in unison, to stop this predatory invasion into the house of God but alas, today she received confirmation that yes indeed, the travesty to indulge pagan practices, inside of the church building and out in the community, was full steam ahead a go, for Friday the 31st of October; I presume it will be bible business as usual, on the reformation Sunday immediate following? 

My faithful friend will not be attending this synagogue of Satan any longer, but she did want them to explain their strange and disappointing choices to her. I suggested no one will care what she thinks, because clearly, they don't care what God thinks. If a person is willing to go in the direction of dastardly deeds and they disregard warnings from the faithful, then it is clear, they aren't bothered about God's directives. For shame, but then again, this is a sign of the times, is it not, dear one?

The birds, the birds, worked together in their screaming to scare off a predator, if that is indeed what they were instinctively and in unison, trying to accomplish. We humans, we Christians, ought to be working together to ward off what is sinister and insinuates itself into our lives, our homes, our places of work, and on Sundays, and even Fridays, in our churches. The pastor, and his tight knit team of men at this church, have made it clear that they will carry on in the course of action they have deemed acceptable, despite God's Word making it very clear what we are not to participate in as believers. They have opened the door to darkness, by planning this event, and if they indeed follow through, they are welcoming in the hounds of hell. 

If you think I make too big a deal of this celebration of death that is called halloween, and think it an innocuous annual event that does no harm, and you call yourself a Christian, then hear my screeching and screaming, a sound I hope scares you away, because I simply do not, want you to come near me, or mine. 

What is forbidden ought not to be entertained, not even in our thoughts. This church was once at a Crossroads, and I pray it is not too late for them to be convicted of conscience and to right the ship, steering clear of the destruction that lies ahead if they do not abide in God's Word as obedient servants of the Lord. There is time for them to stop the wheels from continuing to turn in the wrong direction. I pray they do refrain from this vulgar display of paganism, for the sake of the men and women that made a terrible decision, and for the sake of the vulnerable children that they are exposing to evil, and the vileness of demonic corrupting forces. 

NOTE: My faithful friend, has gone to the church I speak of this day, to strongly rebuke the churchmen gone afoul. This, dear reader, is what we must do, when the enemy of souls dares attempt theft, in the body of Christ. 

Matthew 18:15-17

If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or tax collector. 

Dear reader, men of God do not go against the church and Word of God. The offence is despicable in the eyes of God, and must be seen similarly by the body of Christ.

1 Timothy 5:20

Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

My faithful friend was appalled at the invitation, twice over, that she received, to participate in halloween events as an attending member of her church. She addressed her concerns and upset directly with an elder she trusted, and yet, all remained as previously plotted and planned. Today, she was compelled to go directly to the church and challenge the churchmen's position. For shame, that this woman is doing the rebuking, when it was the elder's job to do so, when informed what travesty was soon to take place. Apparently, some elders were in the dark regarding this celebration of death that is halloween... a house divided against itself cannot stand. 

Titus 2:15

Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.