Children of Light

We were going to remain silent about this, but we guess the Lord won't let us. We don't want to be spoil sports but we take our calling as your spiritual leaders deadly serious.  The scripture below is a command every priest and deacon must obey for their sake and the sake of their flocks.   Ezekiel 33  7 "So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way,  that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.   It seems kind of harsh calling people "the wicked" - its Old Testament language. So don't worry we are not calling anyone wicked! J  What it basically it means is if the Lord gives us a word to speak particularly to highlight some potential sin or speak out a warning and we do not, then he will hold us accountable and we will be as guilty of the transgression as the people who actually committed it and their guilt will be on our hands.   So here comes the word from the Lord (paraphrased):   Tomorrow night, we as a church will be coming together to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion, our most sacred feast during which we commemorate Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension.   Part of his suffering while on the cross was to be tormented by the demonic. They spoke directly to him in the spirit realm and also through people who taunted him, telling him to "come down from the cross" and to "save yourself if you really are the Son of God".   Tomorrow night, Halloween or to give it its true name Oiche Shamhna is a night which celebrates and empowers the very demons who mocked our Lord on the cross. It is a demonic festival.   We could go into a whole lecture on the deeper meaning of Oiche Shamhna and all it's evil occultic significance, but we think what we have said is sufficient to encourage anyone who was thinking of celebrating Halloween instead of the Sacrament of Holy Communion tomorrow night to choose carefully. We are the people of God, Children of the Light who celebrate a Kingdom culture of holiness and life not a demonic culture of evil and death.   Afterwards there will still be time to visit friends and bring the Light of Christ into one of the darkest nights of the pagan year.   Blessings in Him Jim+        Peggy Fr. James Kennaugh       Rev. Dr.  Peggy Daly Rector                           Deacon   Kingdom Life Anglican Church www.KingdomLifeAnglicanChurch.org   Cell       (239) 404-0639 Office    (239) 263-1895