There are so many Filipino superstitions or folk beliefs associated with New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in the Philippines.
Filipinos say you should observe the following customs and traditions to ensure that the new year being welcomed is a prosperous one.
& many of these superstitious bear a strong Chinese influence.
But, GAANO NA BA KATAGAL GINAGAWA NG PINOY TO??
HOW SURE THEY ARE THAT BY FOLLOWING THOSE BELIEFS THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR EXPECTED LUCK, PROSPEROUS LIFE, HAPPINESS ETC.
the truth is “BAKA SAKALI LANG ANG LAHAT”
At sa pagbabakasakaling ginagawa nila,
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE DISOBEYING WHAT THE LORD OUR GOD COMMANDED IN THE BOOK OF
DEUTERONOMY 18:10-11
It says
:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Tagalog
:10 HUWAG makakasumpong sa iyo ng sinomang nagpaparaan sa apoy ng kaniyang anak na lalake o babae, o NANGHUHULA O NAGMAMASID NG MGA PAMAHIIN o enkantador, o manggagaway,
:11 O enkantador ng mga ahas, o nakikipagsanggunian sa mga masamang espiritu, o mahiko, o sumasangguni sa mga patay.
Any horoscopes are forms of divination or PANGHUHULA
the traditions and beliefs we are practicing every New year and New years eve are called PAMAHIIN...
Even the lucky charms, stones, figurines etc.
BY DOING THESE THINGS WHAT ARE WE COMMITTING THEN??
The Holy Bible says in verse 12
“For all that do these things are an ABOMINATION unto the Lord: and because of these abominations THE LORD THY GOD DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE.”
“Sapagka't SINOMANG GUMAWA NG MGA BAGAY NA ITO AY KARUMALDUMAL SA PANGINOON: at dahil sa mga karumaldumal na ito ay pinalalayas sila ng Panginoon mong Dios sa harap mo.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.(Hos 4:6)
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Here are some of the superstitious beliefs that usually practiced by filipinos...
Take note the reasons why they doing it and observe what the bible says about it...
15 Filipino Superstitions on New Year's Eve
1. ) Make as much noise as you can to “scare away evil spirits.”
HOW TO MAKE THE EVIL WORKS AND SPIRITS BE CAST AWAY FROM YOU ACCORDING TO HOLY SCRIPTURES??
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. ( Jas 2:19 )
Lk 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Lk 10
:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, AND OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY: AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU. ( Lk 10:19 )
“Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, BECAUSE YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN.” ( Lk 10:20 )
Mark 9:38-39
:38 Sinabi sa kaniya ni Juan, Guro, nakita namin ang isa na SA PANGALAN MO'Y NAGPAPALABAS NG MGA DEMONIO; at pinagbawalan namin siya, sapagka't hindi sumusunod sa atin.
:39 Datapuwa't sinabi ni Jesus, Huwag ninyong pagbawalan siya: sapagka't walang taong gumagawa ng makapangyarihang gawa sa pangalan ko, na pagdaka'y makapagsasalita ng masama tungkol sa akin.
2. ) Turn on all lights so that the coming year is bright.
3. ) Open all doors, windows, cabinets and drawers to let “good fortune in.”
4. ) Debts must be paid off. Fill you wallet with fresh peso bills. (Filipinos believe that whatever your financial state is in at the stroke of midnight, so it will be in the new year.)
5. ) Clean everything.
6. ) Wear polka-dots. Anything round signifies “prosperity.”
7. ) Scatter coins around the house, on tabletops.... inside drawers…
8. ) Jump twelve times at midnight to increase your height. (Observed by Filipino children.)
FOOD-RELATED SUPERSTITIONS
9. ) Prepare 12 round fruits, one for each month of the coming new year.
10. ) Have a very round grape in your mouth at the stroke of midnight.
11. ) Eat a native delicacy made from sticky rice to make “good fortune” stick in the new year.
12. ) Eat long noodles (pansit) for “LONG LIFE”.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.( Ex 20:12 )
Eph 6:2-3
:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Pss 91:14-16
:14 Because HE HATH SET HIS LOVE UPON ME, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
:16 With LONG LIFE WILL I SATISFY HIM, and shew him my salvation.
13. ) Don't have chicken or fish. They are associated with the scarcity of food.
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. (Jer 10:21)
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy. (
Prov 28:13 )
Mal 2:2-3
:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, [even] the dung of your solemn feasts; and [one] shall take you away with it.
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY ITSELF
14. ) Don't clean anything! You might sweep away the “good fortune” that came in on New Year's Eve.
15. ) Don't spend money at all. Your thriftiness on the first day of the year will augur your money management in the coming year.
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AI noticed that, most of the reason why they are doing these things is for PROSPERITY, good fortune and blessings for the coming year...
LET US KNOW WHAT THE HOLY SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOUT PROSPERITY...
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ( Mt 6:33 )
Mal 3:8-12
:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me.
But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee?
In tithes and offerings.
:9 YE ARE CURSED with a curse: FOR YE HAVE ROBBED ME,
:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
:12 And ALL NATIONS SHALL CALL YOU BLESSED:
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but THOU SHALT MEDITATE THEREIN DAY AND NIGHT, THAT THOU MAYEST OBSERVE TO DO according to all that is written therein:
for then “thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS.” (Josh 1:8)
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, SO SHALL YE ESTABLISHED ; BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS, SO YE SHALL PROSPER. (2Chr 20:20)
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. (1Tim 2:8)
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (1Pet 3:12 )
HAVE A BLESSED AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL, THROUGH THE FIRST PRAYER OF OUR BELOVED AND HONORABLE PASTOR WILDE E. ALMEDA
…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.(Jas 5:16)
IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS CHRIST
Jn 14:13-14
:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
:14 If ye shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” ( 3Jn 1:2 )
