The Truth about St. Valentine s Day

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1 The Truth about St. Valentine s Day The greeting goes Happy St.Valentine s day... Heureuse Saint Valentin, Feliz día de San Valentín, Glücklicher Valentinstag, Obi ụtọ ụbọchị Onye nso Valentine. Etc. St. Valentine s Day is the world s holiday of love. According to the Holy Scriptures, God is Love (I John 4:8, 16). Now, the question is: Does the Eternal Father approve the celebration of this holiday called Valentine? Does He want His people - true Christians to partake of this celebration in any ways with its customs and traditions? What is the origin of this holiday? In this eye opener, the answers will shock you! The Eternal Father loves us and wants us to be happy and enjoy life to the fullest but how about the St. Valentine s Day? As Christians, should we follow in the celebration of this world s holiday of love? Now, before you get started, I want to advice you. Do not be so certain that you know! Do not assume anything. Do not merely at face value take this article s word for it. And do not even argue without accurate knowledge or regress to normalcy bias syndrome. Go to true and original history books, archeological records, encyclopedias, men and women with sound and accurate knowledge of the truth. Above all go to the Holy Scriptures the Word of God which is the Truth. Then you will know for real the truth about this celebration, how millions have been deceived and what the Eternal Father expects from you. Let no devil tell you any different for you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free (John 8:32). The Origin of St. Valentine Like Christmas, Easter, Halloween, New Year s and other holidays of this world, St. Valentine s Day is another attempt to whitewash perverted customs and observances of pagan gods and idols by Christianizing them. But according to the Holy Scriptures we are freed from the perversions and pollutions of this world by the accurate knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2Pet. 2:20). As innocent and harmless as St. Valentine s Day may appear to the unsuspecting and simple mind, it is important to know that its traditions and customs originate from two of the most sexually perverted pagan festivals of ancient history: Lupercalia and the feast day of Juno Februata celebrated on

2 February 15, Lupercalia (known as the festival of sexual license ) was held by the ancient Romans in honor of Lupercus, god of fertility and husbandry, protector of herds and crops, and a mighty hunter especially of wolves. The Romans believed that Lupercus would protect Rome from roving bands of wolves, which devoured livestock and people. Assisted by Vestal Virgins, the Luperci (male priests) conducted purification rites by sacrificing goats and a dog in the Lupercal cave on Palatine Hill, where the Romans believed the twins Romulus and Remus had been sheltered and nursed by a she-wolf before they eventually founded Rome. Clothed in loincloths made from sacrificed goats and smeared in their blood, the Luperci would run about Rome, striking women with februa, thongs made from skins of the sacrificed goats. The Luperci believed that the floggings purified women and guaranteed their fertility and ease of childbirth. February derives from februa or means of purification. Always remember this! To the Romans, February was also sacred to Juno Februata, the goddess of febris ( fever ) of love, and of women and marriage. On February 14, billets (small pieces of paper, each of which had the name of a teen-aged girl written on it) were put into a container. Teen-aged boys would then choose one billet at random. The boy and the girl whose name was drawn would become a couple, joining in erotic games at feasts and parties celebrated throughout Rome. After the festival, they would remain sexual partners for the rest of the year. This custom was observed in the Roman Empire for centuries. Whitewashing perversion In A.D. 494, Pope Gelasius renamed the festival of Juno Februata as the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary. The date of its observance was later changed from February 14 to February 2, then changed back to the 14. It is also known as Candlemas, the Presentation of the Lord, the Purification of the Blessed Virgin and the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. After Constantine had made the Roman church s brand of Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire (A.D. 325), church leaders wanted to do away with the pagan festivals of the people. Lupercalia was high on their list. But the Roman citizens thought otherwise. It was not until A.D. 496 that the church at Rome was able to do anything about Lupercalia. Powerless to get rid of it, Pope Gelasius instead changed it from February 15 to the 14th and called it St. Valentine s Day. As it were, this festival was named after one of that church s saints, who, in A.D. 270, was executed by the emperor for his beliefs. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in early martyrologies under the date of 14 February. One is described as a priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both to have suffered in the second half of the third century and to have been buried on the Flaminian Way, but at different distances from the city Of the third Saint Valentine, who suffered in Africa with a number of companions, nothing is further known. Several biographies of different men named Valentine were merged into one official St. Valentine by the Roman Catholic church.

3 The church whitewashed Lupercalia even further. Instead of putting the names of girls into a box, the names of saints were drawn by both boys and girls. It was then each person s duty to emulate the life of the saint whose name he or she had drawn or picked. This was Rome s vain attempt to whitewash a pagan observance by Christianizing it, which God the Eternal Father has not given any man or any organization the power or authority to do. Though the church at Rome had banned the sexual lottery, young men still practiced a much toned down version, sending women whom they desired handwritten romantic messages containing St. Valentine s name. Over the centuries, St. Valentine s Day cards became popular, especially by the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. These cards were painted with pictures of Cupids and hearts, and meticulously decorated with lace, silk or flowers. Which are familiar with the modern day society today. The Meaning of the name Valentine Who was the original Valentine and what does the name Valentine mean? Valentine comes from the Latin word Valentinus, which derives from valens to be strong, powerful, mighty. In Spain, there is a city called Valencia. I have been in this city several times. Some of my friends live there. Now, this will amaze you. The Holy Scriptures describe a man with a similar title: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord (Gen.10:8-9). He was said to have hunted with bow and arrow. Keep this last sentence in mind (He was said to have hunted with bow and arrow). Remember as mentioned before, the Romans celebrated Lupercalia to honor the hunter god Lupercus. To the Greeks, from whom the Romans had copied most of their mythology, Lupercus was known as Pan, the god of light. (In Spain, Pan is a type of special and native bread celebrated for strength and might. During my investigation, I discovered that the name Pan was long ago derived from almost the same mythology here in Spain handed down from the ancient Romans). The Phoenicians worshipped the same deity as Baal, the sun god. Baal was one of many names or titles for Nimrod, a mighty hunter, especially of wolves. He was also the founder and first lord of Babel (Gen. 10:10-12). The spirit and perverted symbols and manifestations of Babel are all over the world. But the simple and unsuspecting do not know it. How the devil has deceived the entire world. Defying God, Nimrod was the originator of the Babylonian Mystery Religion, whose mythologies have been copied by the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans and a multitude of other ancient peoples. Under different names or titles Pan, Lupercus, Saturn, Osiris Nimrod is the strong man and hunter-warrior god of the ancients. But what does the heart symbol have to do with a day honoring Nimrod/ Valentine? The title Baal means lord or master, and is mentioned throughout your Bible as the god of pagans. God warned His people not to worship or even tolerate the ways of Baal (Nimrod, Pan, Lupercus, Saturn, Osiris). Do you get it now? The following discoveries will amaze you. In ancient Chaldean (the language of the Babylonians), bal, which is similar to Baal, meant, heart. This is where the Valentine

4 heart symbol originated. Now notice the name Cupid. It comes from the Latin verb cupere, meaning to desire. Cupid was the son of Venus, Roman goddess of beauty and love. Also known as Eros in ancient Greece, he was the son of Aphrodite. {Further, in classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido or Cupere, meaning "desire" or to desire ) is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddessvenus, and is known in Latin or Spanish also as Amor ("Love"). His Greek counterpart is Eros. Now, from the above descriptions, you can understand that there is nothing relating or truly involving the Eternal Father here or His word. The are all based on the customs of the heathen nations He dislikes and warned His people not to be part of. Although Eros appears in Classical Greek art as a slender winged youth, during the Hellenistic period he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios, such as "Love conquers all" and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid. In art, Cupid often appears in multiples as the Amores, or amorini in the later terminology of art history, the equivalent of the Greek erotes. Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition. In the 15th century, the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the Putto. Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages, when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. In the Renaissance, a renewed interest in classical philosophy endowed him with complex allegorical meanings. In contemporary popular culture, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's Day ( According to myth, he (Cupid) was responsible for impregnating numerous goddesses and mortals. Cupid was a child-like archer (remember, Nimrod was a skilled archer). This

5 makes no difference for they are the same personality portrayed differently. Mythology describes Cupid as having both a cruel and happy personality. He would use his invisible arrows, tipped with gold, to strike simple and unsuspecting men and women, causing them to fall madly in love. He did not do this for their benefit, but to drive them crazy with intense passion, to make their lives miserable, and to laugh at the results. Many people both young and old have experienced this in their lives but never knew the forces behind their uncontrollable passions and desires. But, later to discover how foolish, simple and untrained they were with much regrets and bitterness of heart. Many of the gods of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Assyrians and others were modeled after one man Nimrod. But what does this have to do with us today? Why should we be concerned with what happened in the past after all we are in a modern world free to think and do whatever that pleases us, right? No, you must be mistaken! What Does God the Eternal Father say. Read what God the Eternal Father commands His people concerning pagan customs and traditions: Learn not the way of the heathen For the customs of the people are vain (Jer. 10:2-3). Also notice the Lord s words in Matthew 15:9: in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. The Holy Scriptures are replete with the word heathens, been described as those who worship things that the Eternal Father created (animals, the sun, the moon, stars, trees, etc.), or manmade idols, or anything. He calls such people and their practices pagan. True Christians understand that the Eternal Father hates any customs, practices and traditions that are rooted in paganism. If your Father hates them so must you, period! Consider this: When He rescued the twelve tribes of Israel from brutal slavery and led them out of Egypt, He commanded them, After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelt, shall you not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their ordinances (Lev. 18:3). God demanded the Israelites not to defile themselves with the pagan practices and customs of surrounding nations (vs ). Therefore shall you keep Mine ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God (vs.30). God cursed Egypt a nation of nature-worshippers with ten plagues and freed Israel from slavery. He rescued Israel from Pharaoh s army by parting the Red Sea and leading His people to safety. He fed the Israelites manna special bread made by God from heaven. He protected them from battle-tested Gentile armies, delivered them into the Promised Land and drove out their enemies. How did Israel treat God in return? Our fathers understood not Your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of Your mercies; but provoked Him at the sea, even at the Red Sea They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass. They forgot God their Savior, which had done great

6 things in Egypt; wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red Sea they despised the pleasant land, they believed not His word: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. Thus they provoked Him to anger with their intentions (Psa. 106:7, 13-14, 19-22, 24-25, 28-29). Do those words sound familiar to you? You had better think fast now. God explicitly commanded Israel to cast out and utterly destroy all nations that occupied the Promised Land (Canaan). Above all, His people were not to make political alliances with them or marry into their families (Deut. 7:1-3, 5, 16). For they will turn away your sons from following Me, that they may serve other gods (vs. 4). But the Israelites thought they knew better than God. They decided to do things their own way. They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils - demons, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions (Psa.106:34-39). This is happening all over the world now big time. To wake them up and get them back on track as the model nation He had originally intended, God gave Israel over to their enemies. Israel repented and cried out to God. God rescued them. With their bellies full and lives protected, the Israelites went back to pursuing other gods. God punished Israel again. Israel repented and cried out to God. And so went the deliverance-idolatry-punishment-repentance cycle (vs.40-46), until finally, God had no other choice but to divorce unfaithful Israel (Jer. 3:6-11). He used the Assyrians, one of the most brutal warrior nations in history, to invade, conquer, enslave and relocate the entire northern kingdom of Israel (II Kings 17). Having disappeared from history, the modern-day descendants of those ten lost tribes are unaware of their true identity even to this day. Later, God sent the southern kingdom of Judah (mainly the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) into Babylonian exile (II Kings 24 and 25). The Israelites were severely punished because they lusted after pagan customs, rituals, traditions and practices. As you can see, God does not take paganism or idolatry lightly even today. Today the entire world is imbedded in idolatry of different sorts, ranging from power to possessions, from fame to fashion, from science to material toys just name it! The Nemesis of Paganism Just why does God hate anything that resembles pagan customs? Is it possible to whitewash or Christianize pagan practices and make them clean? Is it okay to practice pagan customs as long as you worship God? Notice what God says in Leviticus chapter 18. After rescuing Israel from slavery, God warned them not to practice the customs they had picked up in Egypt, or learn the ways, customs and traditions of the Gentile nations that they would encounter in the Promised Land (vs. 1-3). Instead, God

7 commanded Israel to follow His ways (vs. 4-5). God then describes the pagan ways of these ungodly nations in great detail. In verses 7-20, He condemns all kinds of heterosexual sex relations that fall outside the holy boundaries of marriage incest, fornication, adultery, etc. In verses 22-23, God condemns homosexuality and bestiality. Together, these sins break down and destroy the family unit that God had so lovingly created and instituted. September, 1998, the Lord spoke to me saying, Pray for the families for I am still interested in the families, The same month that the Lord told me to pray for Michael Jackson and that he should seek him now. Furthermore, notice what God links to these perversions: And you shall not let any of your seed - children pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord (vs. 21). God ties in the perverse sexual practices of ungodly, pagan nations with human sacrifices parents offering the lives of their children to pagan gods! The Bible shows that Israel not only disobeyed God and wholeheartedly embraced the sexual immorality of the Gentiles, they even went a step further. And they have turned unto Me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. But they set their abominations in the house (the temple at Jerusalem), which is called by My name, to defile it. And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into My mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin (Jer. 32:33-35). Imagine. Israel committed a sin so vile, so disgusting, that it even shocked God! Just think about it. The same thing is happening today every where even with this celebration of St. Valentine. In this period and with this festival people all over the world with the intense inflammation of lust and sensual love disobey God and insult the Spirit of grace. People take all these practices lightly thinking them to be innocent but not knowing their great consequences or retributive effects. In the Spirit of Valentine Parents today expect their little ones to fall in love and have boyfriends and girlfriends. They think it is cute when little boys and girls hold hands and act like a couple, sneaking a kiss or two when no one is watching. Some parents get worried when their kids do not show romantic interest in the opposite sex. They constantly ask them, Do you have a boyfriend yet? or Who s your girlfriend? February 2009, I was at Montcada I reixach for a meeting and as I neared a garden, I saw a small boy and girl by the corner of the tree kissing and touching themselves. I approached them without them noticing that I was there. I greeted them which they faintly answered. I wanted to know how old they were. Well, the boy told me that he was nine years (9) and the girl was Ten years (10). I asked, Do you know what you are doing? To which they answered in unison saying, yes we know and we do it always. Why, I asked. And the girl said, he

8 is my novio my fiancé. I had to escape for good. Imagine 9 and 10 years children doing all that without any sense of respect or fear in public in the name of valentine! I wondered what the attitude and approach of their parents would be at that. Yet these same parents are surprised when their teen-aged little girl gets pregnant. Or catches a sexually transmitted disease. Or gets an abortion behind their back. St. Valentine s Day is just one of many tools the god of this world (II Cor. 4:4) uses to get parents to sacrifice the innocence of their children. When little boys and girls draw each other s names in a lottery and send Valentine cards and gifts to each other, declaring their love, they are learning the first stages of intimate relations that the Creator God designed specifically for emotionally mature adults. Instead of embracing the carefree innocence of youth, growing up without the headaches and heartaches of adulthood (finding a job, paying bills, marriage, raising a family, etc.), children today are taught to lust after each other. They are caught up in a daily drama of If you love me you should sleep with me; Just once let s do it; In the name of love (but lust), then, I m-pregnant; It s not mine, she has to have an abortion; Or have the baby for my grand parents or government; Or well, it s my baby, I ll have it and I will care for my baby, it s my life and all I ve got; And today we have a world of single parents and illegitimate society ( Not against single parents or children born outside wedlock. Many of them are great and geniuses) But, the Eternal Father never intended a system of single parent families. Now, many of these children grow outside real homes and many of them become street monsters and in process of time end up in prison houses, correction centers, they somehow keep the circle going - reproducing after their kind - virtually every shred of innocence, sincerity and moral decency has been stripped from them. Emotionally drained, more or less with half baked education in the very basic aspects of life, without true life s principles and purposes based of the truth of God s word, they become tired or angry with life displaying been there, done that attitudes. While I write this, these attitudes or life styles mentioned above are with exemptions anyway! This is one of the reasons why we live in a world where a teen-aged virgin is a rare find. Where what used to be called shacking up and living in sin is now simply living together. Where sex outside God ordained premises is nothing more than meaningless physical recreation; no emotional attachments, no cares, no concerns. Some called it mutual enjoyment. Where people change sex partners as conveniently as they change clothes. Where unmarried twenty- or thirty-somethings have had at least five sexual partners or more and that is considered a low number, especially in the Western world. Where men are not referred to as my husband, or my fiancé, but as my second baby s father or my living partner and etc. So disheartening indeed! High on the board now is legalized prostitution, gays and lesbians, child abuse and trafficking. Because of all these abominations, many nations are under strong curses today without knowing it. Our nations sincerely need the help of God not just governments and every one of us is involved. We can t continue living the way we have

9 lived all these years. It is time for a progressive change and that time starts now with you and me. It is time for 180 degrees change! He that has ears let him hear what the Spirit is saying. Is only the mercy of the Lord that is holding all things together now. And that mercy is for us to make the necessary changes we need to make in our lives, families and communities and nations. At that, not forgetting to understand between God s kindness and sternness. He is kind and at the same time just. Soonest He will surely intervene in the very affairs of the entire nations of this planet earth. And so, what will be your response now? Think! A Phenomenon Some years ago, the Lord gave me a vision. In that vision from where I was standing I was made able to see the ends of the earth. Right in the center of the earth, I saw something that amazed me. A mountain springing up and towering on high. And as this was happening I wondered what was the meaning, the angel of the Lord said to me, this is sexual perversion and it shall become a phenomenon on the earth than ever before 15 years from now. And he said to me, Remember, this is one of the signs of the end times like the time of that righteous man Noah and the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Today sexual perversion has become a phenomenon being supported by the governments of the nations. Nobody wants to speak the truth even the so called ministers of the gospel. They have watered it down because they do not want to loose their sponsoring members. They want to be politically correct. They want to appear nice and social. They say, Ah, we can t say anything now, it is up to the Lord to decide. Decide what? What He has made plain and clear in His word, right? This is serious though. Shame to every one of you who supports what His Master condemns! Today like a wild fire, homosexuality, bestiality and the likes are towering on high like never before but, whatever anyone sows the same shall he reap. This is the golden rule! The Lord is coming very soon! The Master Anti-Theologian The devil broadcasts doubts on God s word in the minds of people young and old, causing them to think that the way of God is imperfect and burdensome. And at the same time, devising whitewashed and perverted ways to deceive them. He always presents himself as an angel of light no wonder his agents too. Remember, he will never appear to you or approach you like the devil the world has painted him to be. No, capital no! He will appear or approach you as an angel of light. Seeking out to reach you in season or out of season in diverse ways and weaknesses. Take note of this. The devil knows that God is perfect and all His ways are just. He also knows how the mind of men works to a great extent and how to get at them. So, he sends out demons and principalities to enforce and cause men to walk in his perverted ways. Now, it is important to understand that just as God works today in this world or in His Body the Church through men, government and gifts by means of the Holy Spirit, so also the devil

10 counterfeits Gods ways of operations. He uses men, governments or authorities through direct involvement or influence by means of his working cohorts to actualize his purposes. Satanic deception or operation through established authorities is still one of his highest ways of enforcing his agenda in this world. The devil has got a blue-print he is working out in the world today. No little wonder, the whole world is deceived by him. The devil and his ways are the direct antitheses of the just ways of God. In fact, he is the master anti-theologian! Satan has deceived the whole world (Rev. 12:9) in multiple ways especially when it comes to intimate relationships. St. Valentine s Day is just one of his tools for deception. Come Out of Her, My People. Concerning the near future, when man s Sataninfluenced world is about to collapse, God declares, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils - demons, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed (increased) rich through the abundance of her delicacies (Rev.18:2-3). Concerning this pagan, satanic system, the Eternal Father showed me a vision about it and told me that it is the ANDRENALINE HEAD. Which I will explain in another article. And so, He commands true Christians, Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues (vs. 4). Your Personal Response And someone says what is bad about that? How about celebrating it in a Christian way? The truth is that the Eternal Father never commanded it and there is nothing connecting God and this pagan Christianized festival. Its origin, customs, traditions and intentions are demonic. This love being celebrated in the name of St. Valentine is not the Eternal Father s kind of Love. God is love and 1 Cor. 13:1-13 let s us know the characteristics of this love. Many who get involved in the celebration of St. Valentine do not really have the love of God in them. It is evident by the pages of the Holy Scriptures that everyone who gets involved in this pagan celebration has got not the love of God in him or her, period! Consider Mark 12: The ability to love God s way comes only by the means of the Holy Spirit. He is the one who sheds God s love abroad in our hearts and if you have not the Holy Spirit you are not really His. So, to practically demonstrate true love in its real sense, you need the Holy Spirit. And to have the Holy Spirit you need to know the Lord Jesus as your Lord and Savior; and to know Him as your Lord and savior you need accurate knowledge of the truth. This is real love and eternal life for you. Today this message is being delivered to you by means of this article. This is God talking to you and remember, at the end, it is the truth that counts and your personal response to it.

11 True Love St. Valentine s Day originates from the ancient paganism of this Satan influenced world. It is designed to deceive mankind by appealing to fleshly, carnal desires or, as your Bible calls them, the works of the flesh. Now the works of the flesh are manifest made obvious, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry drunkenness, revellings, and such like (Gal. 5:19-21). Let this get into your head and do not find any way to absolve yourself from it or reason it out. This is God speaking and it is the truth! Think! Do any of the above sound like Lupercalia to you? Ultimately, they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. A true Christian is focused on true love, peace, joy and righteousness in the Holy Spirit - God s soon-coming kingdom (Matt. 6:33) which ushers in a new world of real abundance of all good things not on the fleshly cravings of this world. A true Christian must strive to put off the old man and actively imitate the perfect, righteous example of Jesus Christ character building by means of the word of God and Holy Spirit. A true Christian knows that he must actively come out of this world, out of its pagan infested customs, practices and traditions through the accurate knowledge of our Lord Jesus (2Pet. 2:20) Yes, indeed, true Christians do not celebrate St. Valentine s Day! Is 58:1 says, Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Israel their sins. Rev. 18:4 continues, And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that all of you be not partakers of her sins, and that all of you receive not her plagues. Gal. 5:1 says, Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard (Is 58:8). With this article you have a privilege only a few tiny few have. Now, what will you do? Continue the way you have lived celebrating St. Valentine s day in secret or open, directly or indirectly? Would you care to make the necessary changes and pass it across to your friends and families - would you do just that? What Will You Do Now? The ball is in your court the onus is on you. It has always been said that with knowledge comes responsibility. For you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. If you must escape the pollutions and perversions that are in this world now, then, you must allow even by the means of this article for the Eternal Father to sanctify you by means of His word which is perfect and just. You must act now! Remember, the heavens are not going to open and God falls down to talk to you. He is as it were by this article talking and calling you to know the truth. The knowledge and application of this truth delivers you from lies and destructions of Satan and this present system of things and into the great and eternal life the Eternal Father has prepared for you now and in the future. By means of this article, a good witness of the truth with love and wisdom has been given

12 to you. You have been warned. You have been encouraged. Now, the decision is yours. Would you allow the white-washed wicked arrow of Valentine to pierce your precious heart or obey the Eternal Father who has kept you and provided for you all these years of your earthly Journey. Life is all about choices. Take your stand and choose life or death. My heartfelt prayer is that the Lord will help you to make the right decision now and always in Jesus name. Amen! Shalom! ( A publication of WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS) Lead writer and editor for WTFH: Joseph Uchechukwu