It’s hitting stores already: All the Halloween stuff. Have you noticed? Our neighborhood Walmart is decked out in orange and black and skeletons and spiders. Whether you get into Halloween or not, there is something genuinely scary about some of the things it represents: Demons are real. Death is real. Hell is real. Unseen evil spirits who can torment people? 1000+ ways to die? A place of fire where people will suffer eternally? All those ideas actually come from the Bible. The scary part is they are real!
But you don’t have to be afraid. Here’s why: “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). The Bible speaks very clearly about the forces of evil in our world. Demons aren’t something to mess around with! The Bible speaks very clearly about what we deserve for our sins: Hell! But the Bible also speaks very clearly about our Savior: Jesus! Jesus drove out demons over and over again during his life on earth. Jesus suffered hell in our place when he died on the cross. Jesus rose from the dead on Easter to prove his power over death. Jesus has set you free from demons, free from death, free from hell. So don’t be afraid. “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!”
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