CRITICAL SPIRIT:
What does the Bible say?
Bible Reference Matthew. 7:1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
Bible Reference James 2:13 Because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
Bible Reference John 8:7 The Jews were about to stone a young woman to death who was accused of adultery. When they kept on questioning Him, (Jesus) He straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
Bible Reference Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant?
Bible Reference Romans 12:19-20 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says The Lord.
Bible Reference Psalms 7:11-13 God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses His wrath every day. 12 If He does not relent, He will sharpen His sword; He will bend and string His bow. 13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes ready His flaming arrows.
Bible Reference Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Bible Reference Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Bible Reference Isaiah 64:6 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled before You.
Bible Reference Acts 3:19 Repent then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from The Lord.
Bible Reference Romans 10:9-10 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Bible Reference Ephesians 4:2-3 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Bible Reference Matthew 7:1-2 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Bible Reference 1 Peter 2:1-3 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
Bible Reference Philippians 4:4-8 Rejoice in The Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
CULT / OCCULT / FALSE RELIGIONS
What does the Bible say?
When confronted by a cult or false religion, God's Word, the Bible says:
Bible Reference Ephesians 6:11-12 http://christiananswers.net/bible/eph6.html "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
WHAT IS A CULT OR FALSE RELIGION?
A Cult or False Religion is a psychic, fortune teller, palm reader, oujia board user, medium, spiritualist, astrologist, or any another form of witchcraft or any person, church, group or organization who denies the Triune-God of the Christian Bible: One God in three co-equal and co-eternal persons who is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Or who denies either explicitly or implicitly one or more of the central doctrines taught in the sixty-six books of the Christian Bible, which include dabbling in or practicing any kind of witchcraft, spiritualism, psychic powers, fortune telling, palm reading, oujia board uses, mediums, reincarnation mediums, astrologists, or any person, church, group or organization who denies the Triune-God or anyone who worships any other god, gods, or goddesses other than the God of the Christian Bible. Or who believes they are a god, or that they can become a god. Or who believes that there is any other name by which they can be saved other than In the Name of Jesus Christ. Or who denies that Jesus Christ is Lord, the Son of God and that He died for our sins, arose on the third day, ascended into Heaven and is coming back for His Church, the redeemed born-again believers who have accepted Him, Jesus Christ as their LORD and Personal Savior.
God knowing the end from the beginning foresaw how the Canaanites and the other tribes who inhabited the land of Israel would influence the Jews by introducing them to occultic practices warned them to not get involved in any occult practices:
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 18:9-12 When you come into the land which The Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire [an ancient sacrificial occult practice], or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination [and are detestable] to The Lord.
The Bible warns us against the heathenistic practice of the false predictions used by Astrology / Horoscopes to predict future events.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 10:2-5 Hear what The Lord says to you, O house of Israel. 2 This is whatThe Lord says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. 3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. 5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
Bible Reference Jeremiah 27:9-10 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, `You will not serve the king of Babylon.' 10 They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish.
Bible Reference Daniel 5:7-9 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way. 7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers and diviners to be brought and said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom." 8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
After this, Belshazzar sent for Daniel who was blessed from God with the gift of interpreting dreams and Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall. Daniel 5:25
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 17:2-5 If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns The Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of The Lord your God in violation of His covenant, 3 and contrary to my command has worshiped other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or the moon or the stars of the sky, 4 and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, 5 take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.
Bible Reference 2 Kings 21:3-5 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the temple of The Lord, of which The Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My Name." 5 In both courts of the temple of The Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
Bible Reference Zephaniah 1:5 Those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by The Lord and who also swear by Molech.
Bible Reference Job 31:26-28 http://christiananswers.net/bible/job31.html If I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, 28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 8:1-2 At that time, declares The Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.
Bible Reference Isaiah http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/isaiahthebookof.html 47:10-14 God rebukes Israel for practicing astrology http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/astrologer.html "…For you have trusted in your wickedness… Therefore, evil shall come upon you… trouble shall fall upon you… Let now the astrologers <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/astrologer.html>, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from what shall come upon you. Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame."
Those who practice occult magic or divination receive their power through their own bodies being demon possessed, or through the power and manifestation of demons.
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 18:10-12 http://christiananswers.net/bible/deu18.html Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to The Lord, and because of these detestable practices, The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.
Bible Reference 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of The Lord, provoking Him to anger.
Bible Reference Micah 5:12 "I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells."
Bible Reference Isaiah 47:12-15 "Keep on then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror. 13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. 14 Surely, they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone; here is no fire to sit by. 15 That is all they can do for you--these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error; there is not one that can save you."
Bible Reference Ezekiel 13:18-20 And say, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people, but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned Me among My people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live."
20 Therefore this is what The Sovereign LORD says: "I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds."
Bible Reference Acts 8:11-24 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic. 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive The Holy Spirit, 16 because The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the Name of The Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received The Holy Spirit.
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money 19 and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive The Holy Spirit."
20 Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to The Lord. Perhaps, He will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."
24 Then Simon answered, "Pray to The Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."
Bible Reference Leviticus 20:27 "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'"
Bible Reference Exodus 7:11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: 12 Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as The Lord had said.
Bible Reference Revelation 9:20-21 The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood-idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Bible Reference Revelation 22:15 http://christiananswers.net/bible/rev22.html Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
All through the Bible, God warns that those who "conjure spells, practice witchcraft and sorcery are detestable to The Lord."
Bible Reference Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
Bible Reference Galatians 5:20-21 Idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
For those who practice Divination, Fortunetelling, Mediums, Spiritism, Necromancy <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/necromancer.html>, Familiar Spirits, Wizardry, Seances, Channeling, Clairvoyance, and claim to be Spirit-guides, the Bible rebukes and denies them.
Bible Reference Isaiah 8:19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 18:9-14 "When you enter the land The Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to The Lord, and because of these detestable practices The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before The Lord your God. 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, The Lord your God has not permitted you to do so."
Bible Reference Isaiah 44:25 Who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 27:9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, "You will not serve the king of Babylon."
Bible Reference 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of The Lord, provoking Him to anger.
Bible Reference 2 Kings 23:24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple ofThe Lord.
Bible Reference Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.
Bible Reference Isaiah 19:3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.
Bible Reference 1 Samuel 28 When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. 6 He inquired of The Lord, but The Lord did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. 7 Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her." There is one in Endor," they said. 8 So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes and at night, he and two men went to the woman. "Consult a spirit for me," he said, "and bring up for me the one I name.
In 1 Chronicles 10:13-14, The Bible says that King Saul died "because he consulted a medium for guidance" instead of God.
Bible Reference 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 Saul died because he was unfaithful to The Lord; he did not keep the word of The Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, 14 and did not inquire of The Lord. So The Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
Bible Reference Daniel 2:27 Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there is a God in Heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come."
Bible Reference Ezekiel 13:8 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you," declares the Sovereign LORD.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 14:14 And the LORD said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in My Name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart."
Bible Reference Isaiah 44:25 http://christiananswers.net/bible/isa44.html God said, "Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!"
Bible Reference Ezekiel 13:3 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!"
Bible Reference Leviticus 20:27 "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads."
Bible Reference Leviticus 19:31 "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am The Lord your God."
What does the Bible say?
Bible Reference Matthew. 7:1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
Bible Reference James 2:13 Because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
Bible Reference John 8:7 The Jews were about to stone a young woman to death who was accused of adultery. When they kept on questioning Him, (Jesus) He straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
Bible Reference Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant?
Bible Reference Romans 12:19-20 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says The Lord.
Bible Reference Psalms 7:11-13 God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses His wrath every day. 12 If He does not relent, He will sharpen His sword; He will bend and string His bow. 13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes ready His flaming arrows.
Bible Reference Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Bible Reference Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Bible Reference Isaiah 64:6 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled before You.
Bible Reference Acts 3:19 Repent then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from The Lord.
Bible Reference Romans 10:9-10 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Bible Reference Ephesians 4:2-3 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Bible Reference Matthew 7:1-2 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Bible Reference 1 Peter 2:1-3 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
Bible Reference Philippians 4:4-8 Rejoice in The Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
CULT / OCCULT / FALSE RELIGIONS
What does the Bible say?
When confronted by a cult or false religion, God's Word, the Bible says:
Bible Reference Ephesians 6:11-12 http://christiananswers.net/bible/eph6.html "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
WHAT IS A CULT OR FALSE RELIGION?
A Cult or False Religion is a psychic, fortune teller, palm reader, oujia board user, medium, spiritualist, astrologist, or any another form of witchcraft or any person, church, group or organization who denies the Triune-God of the Christian Bible: One God in three co-equal and co-eternal persons who is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Or who denies either explicitly or implicitly one or more of the central doctrines taught in the sixty-six books of the Christian Bible, which include dabbling in or practicing any kind of witchcraft, spiritualism, psychic powers, fortune telling, palm reading, oujia board uses, mediums, reincarnation mediums, astrologists, or any person, church, group or organization who denies the Triune-God or anyone who worships any other god, gods, or goddesses other than the God of the Christian Bible. Or who believes they are a god, or that they can become a god. Or who believes that there is any other name by which they can be saved other than In the Name of Jesus Christ. Or who denies that Jesus Christ is Lord, the Son of God and that He died for our sins, arose on the third day, ascended into Heaven and is coming back for His Church, the redeemed born-again believers who have accepted Him, Jesus Christ as their LORD and Personal Savior.
God knowing the end from the beginning foresaw how the Canaanites and the other tribes who inhabited the land of Israel would influence the Jews by introducing them to occultic practices warned them to not get involved in any occult practices:
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 18:9-12 When you come into the land which The Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire [an ancient sacrificial occult practice], or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination [and are detestable] to The Lord.
The Bible warns us against the heathenistic practice of the false predictions used by Astrology / Horoscopes to predict future events.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 10:2-5 Hear what The Lord says to you, O house of Israel. 2 This is whatThe Lord says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. 3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. 5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
Bible Reference Jeremiah 27:9-10 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, `You will not serve the king of Babylon.' 10 They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish.
Bible Reference Daniel 5:7-9 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way. 7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers and diviners to be brought and said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom." 8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
After this, Belshazzar sent for Daniel who was blessed from God with the gift of interpreting dreams and Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall. Daniel 5:25
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 17:2-5 If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns The Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of The Lord your God in violation of His covenant, 3 and contrary to my command has worshiped other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or the moon or the stars of the sky, 4 and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, 5 take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.
Bible Reference 2 Kings 21:3-5 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the temple of The Lord, of which The Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My Name." 5 In both courts of the temple of The Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
Bible Reference Zephaniah 1:5 Those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by The Lord and who also swear by Molech.
Bible Reference Job 31:26-28 http://christiananswers.net/bible/job31.html If I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, 28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 8:1-2 At that time, declares The Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.
Bible Reference Isaiah http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/isaiahthebookof.html 47:10-14 God rebukes Israel for practicing astrology http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/astrologer.html "…For you have trusted in your wickedness… Therefore, evil shall come upon you… trouble shall fall upon you… Let now the astrologers <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/astrologer.html>, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from what shall come upon you. Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame."
Those who practice occult magic or divination receive their power through their own bodies being demon possessed, or through the power and manifestation of demons.
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 18:10-12 http://christiananswers.net/bible/deu18.html Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to The Lord, and because of these detestable practices, The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.
Bible Reference 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of The Lord, provoking Him to anger.
Bible Reference Micah 5:12 "I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells."
Bible Reference Isaiah 47:12-15 "Keep on then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror. 13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. 14 Surely, they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone; here is no fire to sit by. 15 That is all they can do for you--these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error; there is not one that can save you."
Bible Reference Ezekiel 13:18-20 And say, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people, but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned Me among My people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live."
20 Therefore this is what The Sovereign LORD says: "I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds."
Bible Reference Acts 8:11-24 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic. 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive The Holy Spirit, 16 because The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the Name of The Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received The Holy Spirit.
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money 19 and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive The Holy Spirit."
20 Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to The Lord. Perhaps, He will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."
24 Then Simon answered, "Pray to The Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."
Bible Reference Leviticus 20:27 "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'"
Bible Reference Exodus 7:11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: 12 Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as The Lord had said.
Bible Reference Revelation 9:20-21 The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood-idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Bible Reference Revelation 22:15 http://christiananswers.net/bible/rev22.html Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
All through the Bible, God warns that those who "conjure spells, practice witchcraft and sorcery are detestable to The Lord."
Bible Reference Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
Bible Reference Galatians 5:20-21 Idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
For those who practice Divination, Fortunetelling, Mediums, Spiritism, Necromancy <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/necromancer.html>, Familiar Spirits, Wizardry, Seances, Channeling, Clairvoyance, and claim to be Spirit-guides, the Bible rebukes and denies them.
Bible Reference Isaiah 8:19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Bible Reference Deuteronomy 18:9-14 "When you enter the land The Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to The Lord, and because of these detestable practices The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before The Lord your God. 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, The Lord your God has not permitted you to do so."
Bible Reference Isaiah 44:25 Who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 27:9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, "You will not serve the king of Babylon."
Bible Reference 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of The Lord, provoking Him to anger.
Bible Reference 2 Kings 23:24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple ofThe Lord.
Bible Reference Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.
Bible Reference Isaiah 19:3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.
Bible Reference 1 Samuel 28 When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. 6 He inquired of The Lord, but The Lord did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. 7 Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her." There is one in Endor," they said. 8 So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes and at night, he and two men went to the woman. "Consult a spirit for me," he said, "and bring up for me the one I name.
In 1 Chronicles 10:13-14, The Bible says that King Saul died "because he consulted a medium for guidance" instead of God.
Bible Reference 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 Saul died because he was unfaithful to The Lord; he did not keep the word of The Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, 14 and did not inquire of The Lord. So The Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
Bible Reference Daniel 2:27 Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there is a God in Heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come."
Bible Reference Ezekiel 13:8 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you," declares the Sovereign LORD.
Bible Reference Jeremiah 14:14 And the LORD said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in My Name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart."
Bible Reference Isaiah 44:25 http://christiananswers.net/bible/isa44.html God said, "Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!"
Bible Reference Ezekiel 13:3 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!"
Bible Reference Leviticus 20:27 "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads."
Bible Reference Leviticus 19:31 "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am The Lord your God."
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