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What The Bible Says About

Magic And The Occult, Wicca &


Paganism
Cults Lecture -3

Some Terms
Divination - foretelling the future by a system e.g palm-

reading, water-reading, tea-leaves, I-Ching etc


Soothsaying much the same as divination but without
a system, false prophetic reading of omens, portents
and signs
Reading of omens telling what a certain puzzling event
means in occult terms
Witchcraft the practice of casting spells, may involve
the use of potions etc as well, a very general word
Conjuring spells the specific act of using magic words
and sometimes smoke and ceremony for occult purposes
Sorcery the ability to influence people and objects
through magic and to perform false miracles
Charms objects worn to protect from spirits or to work
magic

Terms contd
Mediums someone that speaks with the voice of

a spirit, or who channels a spirit being, or who


contacts the dead
Spiritist one who communes with spirits.
Familiar spirits spirits of family members,
ancestors, the deceased, spirits that haunt an
area or are familiar to it
Calling up the dead people who contact the dead
and talk with them
Making son / daughter to pass through the fire:
occult initiation ceremonies, in other cases the
child may have been offered as a sacrifice to the
god Moloch

What The Bible Says About


Magic

(Leviticus 19:26-31 NKJV) {26} 'You shall not eat anything

with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or


soothsaying. {27} 'You shall not shave around the sides of
your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.
{28} 'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the
dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD. {29}
'Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a
harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become
full of wickedness. {30} 'You shall keep My Sabbaths and
reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD. {31} 'Give no
regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after
them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

(Leviticus 20:6 NKJV) 'And the person who turns to

mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with


them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off
from his people.

Contd.
(Deuteronomy 18:10-14 NKJV) 10 "There shall

not be found among you anyone who makes his


son or his daughter pass through the fire, or
one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer,
or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,11
"or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a
spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.12 "For all
who do these things are an abomination to the
LORD, and because of these abominations the
LORD your God drives them out from before
you. 13 "You shall be blameless before the
LORD your God.14 "For these nations which you
will dispossess listened to soothsayers and
diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has
not appointed such for you

Astrology
Isaiah 47:12-14 MKJV Stand now with your spells, and with

the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have wearied


yourself since your youth. Perhaps you will be able to
profit; perhaps you may bring terror. (13) You are
exhausted by your many plans; now let the astrologers
stand up and save you, the stargazers, making known what
is coming on you into the new moons. (14) Behold, they
shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not
deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall
not be a coal to warm them; nor fire, to sit before it.
Deuteronomy 4:19 MKJV and lest you lift up your eyes to
the heavens, and when you see the sun, and the moon,
and the stars, all the host of heaven, lest you should be
driven to worship them and serve them,

See also.
OT History: 2 Kings 17:17, 21:6,

23:24; 2 Chronicles: 33:6


OT Prophets: Isaiah 8:19; Jeremiah

14;14, 27:9
Ezekiel 12:24; 13:6-7,18,20,23;
Malachi 3:5

Why The Bible Forbids Magic


etc.

It connects people with evil and degrading

(Satanic) powers
It misrepresents God and His plans (false
divination!)
It portrays the spiritual world as only about power
It is an abomination that leads to the wrath of God
It brings a curse to the third and fourth generation
It makes people fearful and superstitious and takes
away their free will and ability to think clearly
It frequently leads to mental and emotional
instability
It is ultimately futile and worthless

Idols & Paganism


.(Exodus 20:4-5 NKJV) "You shall not make for yourself a

carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven


above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth; {5} you shall not bow down to them
nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to
the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Deuteronomy 5:8-10 MKJV (8) You shall not make a graven
image for you, any likeness of anything that is in the
heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters
beneath the earth. (9) You shall not bow yourself down to
them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the
third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, (10)
and doing mercy to thousands of those who love Me and
keep My commandments.

What To Do With Idols


Deuteronomy 7:5 NKJV) "But thus you shall deal with

them: you shall destroy their altars, and break down


their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden
images, and burn their carved images with fire.
(Deuteronomy 7:25,26 NKJV) "You shall burn the
carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not
covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it
for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an
abomination to the LORD your God."Nor shall you
bring an abomination into your house, lest you be
doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest
it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.

Contd
Deuteronomy 12:1-3 MKJV (1) These are the

statutes and judgments which you shall be careful


to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of your
fathers gives you to possess it, all the days that
you live upon the earth. (2) You shall completely
destroy all the places in which the nations which
you shall possess served their gods, on the high
mountains and on the hills and under every green
tree. (3) And you shall overthrow their altars and
break their pillars, and burn their pillars with fire.
And you shall cut down the carved images of their
gods, and destroy their names out of that place.

The NT, Magic & Idols


(Acts 19:19 NKJV) Also, many of those who had

practiced magic brought their books together


and burned them in the sight of all. And they
counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty
thousand pieces of silver.
(Revelation 21:8 NKJV) "But the cowardly,
unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall
have their part in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death."
(Revelation 22:15 NKJV) But outside are dogs and
sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers
and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a
lie.
1 Corinthians 10:14 MKJV (14) Therefore, my
dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 John 5:21 MKJV Little children, guard
yourselves from idols. Amen.

Why The Bible Forbids Idol


Worship

They take away worship and glory from the One

True Living God and lead people to follow other


gods
Idols misrepresent God - Who is invisible and
eternal and living, and not visible, temporal, and
static.
Idols are futile man-made objects and cannot
speak, walk, talk or do anything
Idols are cursed objects which bring a curse to
the household that contains them
Idols lead people into spiritual bondage, wrath
and judgment

Occult, Wicca & Freemasonry


Freemasonry Fatherhood of God, brotherhood of Man,

free-thinking, Masons start as part of the Blue Lodge


then move to other lodges, blood oaths at all levels,
occult practices in the Scottish Rite levels 19 and above
Satanists many different kinds from disturbed
teenagers to religious Satanists
Church of Satan Anton La Vey & Church of Set, selfindulgence
Occult use of dark powers, rituals, secret knowledge
and rites, numerology, astrology etc Kabala uses the
Hebrew alphabet
Wicca a modern nature religion based on old
witchcraft traditions, shamanism, spells, fertility gods,
nature worship, seeks to Harm None and believes in
the Law of Three, does not belief in Satan

Modern Paganism
Paganism is a broad, eclectic contemporary religious movement that

encompasses shamanistic, ecstatic, polytheistic, and magical religions. Most of


the religions termed Pagan are characterized by nature-centered spirituality,
honoring of pre-Christian deities, dynamic, personal belief systems, lack of
institutionalization, a quest to develop the self, and acceptance and
encouragement of diversity. Paganism is sometimes referred to as NeoPaganism to emphasize its connections to as well as difference from preChristian religions.
Paganism is a worldwide phenomenon and includes revived and updated
ancient European practices and religions, feminist Goddess-worship, and
religions inspired by science-fiction writings. For their inspiration, Pagans look
to non-Abrahamic, ecstatic, and mystery religions of Europe as well as
indigenous and magic-using traditions from around the world. Contemporary
Paganism is interwoven with artistic, visionary, and libertarian traditions and
emphasizes the free will of the individual. Many traditions celebrate rituals to
mark transitions in the natural world (such as solstices, lunar phases, or a
birth) as well as in a person's life (such as marriage or moving to a new home).
While the largest segment of the Pagan population is Caucasian and middle
class, Paganism cuts across all lines, whether racial, occupational, or class- or
gender-based. Most Pagans, however, are avid readers with interests in
ecology, creativity, and personal growth. Many come from the scientific,
computer, and technical fields. Since it is not an organized movement, it is
very difficult to determine the number of its practitioners, but it is estimated
that there are between 100,000 and 600,000 in the U.S. alone. Some have
termed Paganism the fastest-growing religion in the West.

Conclusion.
We have barely scratched the surface of the huge

movements of astrology, magic, paganism, the


occult and Babylonian mystery religions that abound
today and fill our bookstores and unfortunately the
minds of many people
These movements are nearly always very hostile to
Christianity often openly so. At best they tolerate
Christianity as a vague philosophy, but never as the
Truth
Involvement in these groups, beliefs or practices can
bring long-term spiritual trouble and such things
must be confessed and renounced completely. This
used to be part of pre-baptism instruction in the early
church I renounce the Devil and all his works

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