October thirty-first proves to be special for many due to the freedom to enjoy candies and costumes. Employees at most mega shops dress up with varieties of attire before Halloween to motivate customers to visit their stores. When the actual date comes, people are adorned with famous men’s outfits as though they cease to be themselves for the day; yet who can deny the comfort and emotional peak one experiences inside great people’s clothing?
As October thirty-first passes, cleaning up starts at the stores and homes. The process of normalization finally affects each individual, forcing them to shed their costumes. Yet, when the outfit is removed the dream of pretending to be a famous person also vanishes away, and one is left with the depressing reality of being himself.
In order to reverse this downer the Bible instructs to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” (Romans 13: 14).
But how does a person clothe himself with Jesus Christ?
One wraps himself with Jesus Christ when he understands wickedness is diminishing and Salvation is conquering. The Bible declares in Romans 13: 11 that God’s people must shed carousing, drunkenness, sexual immorality, and sensuality. The motivation behind paying the price of removing sinfulness is the immanence of salvation. Verse 12 asserts that this age of iniquity is coming to an end and encourages Christians to wage war against wickedness.
If good is about to prevail why do we experience evil with such great intensity? The Bible unveils that the author of evil having full awareness that his end is near still acts wildly to secure his survival (Revelation 12: 12). The question is not whether evil prevails, instead it is how much it struggled enough before succumbing to Jesus Christ.
Since normal people want to be in the winning party, donning with Jesus Christ, who is “the armor of light,” and girding up to fight the power of darkness is an astute decision. Therefore, let everybody remove the evil costume which the devil’s fans put on, such as carousing, drunkenness, sexual immorality, and sensuality. Let all start to hate the sins which those who do not have a positive future commit, and learn about Christ. Let everyone embrace Christ’s battle strategy to eradicate the surrounding evil beginning with the love of self, and obey Him as ever-living victorious Lord.
