Reasons not to celebrate Onam?

1.Christians should not be involved with occultic practice or divination. Note God's command against divination in Deuteronomy 18. will participate in activities that could potentially open up a door for demonic activity. 2.Onam is originated in paganism. Participating in Onam gives Satan a foothold and not glorifying one true God and our Lord Jesus Christ. pagan traditions practices holidays are “Christianize d by lost Christian religious leaders. The parents or church leaders who DON'T see Onam as pagan are either carnal believers or not saved at all. The roots of this festival are found to be in demonic idolatry of pagan origin, there is nothing Christian about it or Christ honoring. 3. We are commanded to observe God’s Holy Days and to be lights to the world and to be separate from the world. Bible call us to be lights in the darkness, and to bring life and healing to those areas which are full of death and destruction. We should have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but instead, reprove them. 4. The Christians who justify Onam What does scripture says about onam or pagan practices? Christians are supposed to set the standard, not imitate the world and have a "Christian" version of every pagan Holiday. Leviticus 19:31 REGARD NOT them that have familiar spirits, NEITHER SEEK AFTER wizards, to be DEFILED by them: I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 20:6 And THE SOUL THAT TURNETH AFTER such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 2 Chronicles 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and DEALT WITH a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, TO PROVOKE HIM TO ANGER. 1 Samuel 15:23: For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king.” Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the abominable, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars shall have their portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.” Jeremiah 10:2 : Thus says the Lord: Do not learn the way of the nations; do not be terrified at the signs of heaven, although the nations are terrified at them. When Christian leaders/pastors/priests/nuns encourage others to celebrate onam . Scripture says you will know by their fruits (Matthew 7:16). 2nd Timothy 4:3 perfectly describes those church who celebrates this onam in their congregation... “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. 5. Those Christians who claim there is nothing wrong with Onam and its for fun and cultural thing. These are the scriptural warning for them "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." -Ephesians 5:11 Galatians 5:19,20: "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft. 1 Corinthians 10:21 says You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. 2 Corinthians 6:17 says Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. Galatians 4:9-11: But now, after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elemental forces to which you desire again to be in bondage? You observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have worked for you in vain. 6.Those who say that they participate in onam to eat different types of food, For them God forbids in Acts 15:29 to Abstain from food offered to idols 1 Corinthians 8:4 says: Therefore, concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one. Jeremiah 5:7: How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. Judas was a faithful follower of Christ and yet went to Hell. Our churches have lost their authority because our preachers /Priests /churches don't abide in the Word of God anymore and have accepted pagan doctines. 2nd Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.” So beware of such religious people. 7.We are living in an evil generation of compromised Christianity Our Church leaders have become religious but lost walking in their own wickedness and our churches have become more worldly and pagan. They don’t preach against sin because they themselves live and comfortable in their sinful lives, they don’t the hell or God's judgment. 2nd Corinthians 4:4 tells us that Satan is the god of this sinful world, and he disguises himself (2nd Corinthians 11:13,14) because his nature is evil (John 10:10). Satan is a master deceiver, counterfeiter, and liar of liars. God is not worshipped in rituals, ceremonies and manmade traditions (Mark 7:6-13; Matthew 15:8). Beware of the false teaching and preachers who pervert the Gospel, who are wolf in sheep’s clothing.in most churches today Our churches are lead by false pastors and false priests who are uniting professing Christians to pagan practices and beliefs. These rebellious Preachers have a height of arrogance, self-exaltation, and pompous stiff-necked prideful people, are the blind leading the blind, knowing not the Scriptures nor God's saving power. 8. God's Word is neglected; sound doctrine is rejected. Instead of preaching the Doctrine of Christ there are leading their congregations to false doctrines. The Doctrine of Christ is OFFENSIVE to many unsaved religious people. Churchgoers are being led into the New Age/pagan doctrines, denying the power thereof (2nd Timothy 3:5) of the Gospel (Romans 1:16). Satan can only deceive people who are woefully ignorant of the Words of God. If you SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES for the answers as Jesus commanded, then you will be prepared to ward off demonic attacks against your faith. Ephesians 6:17 tells us that the Bible is our sword, our weapon to fight the Devil. Even Jesus Christ Himself used the Scriptures to defeat Satan when he was tempted in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-10). These rebellious Preachers/priests when you rebuke them, they will neither receive correction nor repent. We are seeing apostasy creep in all churches during these end times. 9.once when they are baptized in Christ in the Name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the former is gone and we are a new in Christ and how can we follow false God or celebrate demonic festival or walk with darkness as if there is no light of Jesus Christ shines? After having the knowledge of Jesus Christ, how can a Christian walk like a lost person justifying the old path? How can one walk and drink from the cup of Jesus and cup of Demon? What kind of faith one has when they trust God and Demon at the same time? Did God the father command to do the harvest festival in the one true God or false Gods, pagans, demons? Are you Christians trying to impress God or to please the pagan culture? God’s laborers in the spiritual harvest of souls are promised great reward for their faith and perseverance (James 1:12; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 11). This applies to all aspects of our spiritual lives, including witnessing and seeing people saved and growing in the Lord, which is the spiritual harvest we all long to see. What harvest has been taking place is it in the name of Jesus Christ or something else? By justifying walking with darkness or paganism, one is walking in carnal nature and according to worldview. How can a Christian who seeking one true living God, misleading the flock by preaching another false Gospel in the name of Culture or roots in the churches? 10. When WE are baptized with One true Living God we take the identity and roots of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ, how is paganism allowed and justified? For many who call themselves as Christian's their fellowship is with darkness and not the true light of Jesus Christ. Their celebrations in the church is just a religion or ritual, they dont have personal relationship with Jesus Christ nor they seek truth, nor one God the Father. Stay true to the one true gospel and to Christ, and do not follow or teach a false gospel. There is a serious warning for Priests and pastors in the scripture here Malachi 2. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 says For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Can Christian Celebrate Onam or Halloween?

# 1. Once when a person is baptized in Christ in the Name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the former is gone and we are new in Christ and how can we follow false God or celebrate demonic pagan festivals such as Halloween or Onam or walk with darkness as if there is no light of Jesus Christ shines? #2. After having the knowledge of Jesus Christ, how can a Christian walk like a lost person justifying the old path? How can one walk and drink from the cup of Jesus and cup of Demon? #3. What kind of faith one has, when they trust God and Demon at the same time? Did God the father command to do the harvest festival in the one true God or false Gods, pagans, demons? Are you Christians trying to impress God or to please the pagan culture? #4. God’s laborers in the spiritual harvest of souls are promised great reward for their faith and perseverance (James 1:12; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 11. This applies to all aspects of our spiritual lives, including witnessing and seeing people saved and growing in the Lord, which is the spiritual harvest we all long to see. What harvest has been taking place when you celebrating the pagan Holiday? Is it in the name of Jesus Christ? Did Jesus command you to worship one true God or bow down before false Gods or Demons? #5. By justifying walking with darkness or paganism, one is walking in carnal nature and according to worldview. How can a Christian or a Christian leader who seeking one true living God, misleading the flock by preaching another false Gospel in the name of Culture or roots in the churches? #6. When WE are baptized with One true Living God we take the identity and roots of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ, How is paganism allowed and justified? For many who call themselves as Christian's their fellowship is with darkness and not the true light of Jesus Christ. Their celebrations in the church are just a religion or ritual, they don’t have personal relationship with Jesus Christ nor they seek truth, nor one God the Father. #7. Stay true to the one true gospel and to Christ, and do not follow or teach a false gospel. There is a serious warning for Priests and pastors in the scripture here Malachi 2. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 says For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So, it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. Malachi 2:1-9: “And now, you priests, this warning is for you. If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me. “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD Almighty.

Scriptural warnings for Priests, Apostles and Pastors.

God warns us many times in Scripture to be aware of false teaching. Christians need to be able to recognize false teachers, False prophets, false priests, false pastors and apostles who are motivated by greed or selfish gain because they contradict sound doctrine, turn the grace of our God into licentiousness, promote and justify immoral living, seeks to divide and conquer God’s people, even though they look and act like Christian You will know them by their fruits. Malachi 2:3: Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. Ezekiel 22:26: Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Zephaniah 3:4: Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. Matthew 27:20: But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death. Acts 20:28: We dare not play games with the lives of those who were purchased at the high cost of Jesus' blood. As Paul said to the Ephesian elders, "Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood" Jeremiah 23:14: The prophets of Samaria had been guilty of prophesying in the name of Baal, misleading the nation. But what the prophets of Jerusalem did was even worse, "... in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah" Lamentations 2:14: And it was the sin of the false prophets that led to the destruction of Jerusalem: "Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading" Acts 20:29-30: Paul was so burdened about false teachers that he warned the Ephesian believers about this for three years, night and day with tears, saying, "I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 1 Timothy 4:12, 16: That’s why he exhorted Timothy, as a young leader, to "set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity," reminding him to "keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. 2 Peter 2:14: In the words of Peter, "They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!" 2 Corinthians 5:10:Repent, my fellow-leaders, before it is too late, "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil" Malachi 1:6-12: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. And you say, ‘How have we polluted it?’ By thinking that the Lord’s table may be despised. 8 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that no evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that no evil? Present that to your governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts. 9 And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. 10 Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. 12 But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and the food for it may be despised. Malachi 1:13, 2:1-5: ‘What a weariness this is,’ you say, and you sniff at me, says the Lord of hosts…. 21 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence. 4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him, that he might fear; and he feared me, he stood in awe of my name Hebrews 7:23–25 There is no official priesthood in the New Testament church. The reason for this is very clear: Jesus Christ himself has become a permanent priest for us and the Old Testament priesthood is now obsolete. Hebrews 7:16 Christ is now the one and only priest between us and God. The reason for this is that his sacrifice was final and his life is indestructible. Hebrews 9:11–12 When Christ appeared as a high priest . . . he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. Malachi 2:7, "For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts." 1 Timothy 4:1-3:The Spirit clearly says that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe. They will obey spirits that tell lies. And they will follow the teachings of demons. 2 Those teachings come through people who tell lies and trick others. These evil people cannot see what is right and what is wrong. It is like their conscience has been destroyed with a hot iron. 3 They say that it is wrong to marry. And they say that there are some foods that people must not eat. But God made these foods, and those who believe and who understand the truth can eat them with thanks. Jeremiah 50:6: My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place. Jeremiah 23:1: Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord. Isaiah 56:11 And the dogs are greedy; they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one. Jeremiah 12:10“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness. 1 Timothy 3:1-7:The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? Jeremiah 10:21: For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore, they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered. 1 Peter 5:3 Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. Titus 1:7 For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Jeremiah 23:16-17 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you...They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord. They continually say to those who despise Me,‘The Lord has said, 'You shall have peace’; And to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, 'No evil shall come upon you. Jeremiah 23:21: I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have turned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings. Jeremiah 6:14-15: They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; nor did they know how to blush. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall;At the time I punish them, they shall be cast down,” says the Lord. Deuteronomy 18:20-22: the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Luke 6:26:"Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets." 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12: The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." Psalm 95:9: For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My ways. Jeremiah 23:30-32: Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says. ‘Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,' says the Lord,“and... cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them. Nehemiah 6:12-13: Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me. Jeremiah 29:8-9:For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord. Psalm 81:11-14: But My people would not heed My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, to walk in their own counsels. OH, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries." Isaiah 58:1-3: Cry out aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways,As a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching God. ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice? Jeremiah 23:39-40: ‘therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence. And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’ Jeremiah 5:30-31: An astonishing and 'horrible thing has been committed in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? Ezekiel 11:16-21: Thus says the Lord God: 'Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone. "I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” ’ And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there. "Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God. Mark 13:22-23: For false Christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand. Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 1 John 4:1: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 Thessalonians 5:3-8: For when they say, 'Peace and safety!' then 'sudden destruction comes upon them, 'as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 'But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 'You are all 'sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 'Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober... putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. Deuteronomy 30:17-18:17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing. Deuteronomy 28:15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you Malachi 2:2: If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me. Matthew 7:15-20: Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruits, you will know them.