Witchcraft

by Johnny McCulloch

Since the time that man first started practicing witchcraft, it has been an abomination in the sight of God. The first mention in the Bible is in Exodus 22:18,
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Again in Leviticus 19:31, "Regard not them that have familiar spirits" and in Leviticus 20:27, "A man also a woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death."
Witchcraft includes the whole family of magic, fortune telling and predictions of the future.
What is the importance of such a discusion today? Are we going back to Salem, Mass. and start again to drown all the witches?
Why would God adopt such an attitude toward this class of people? Well perhaps the main reason would be because he. is God .and he can adopt any attitude he might choose. But God's edicts always have a practical reason. To
those who have made a deep study of witches, familiar spirits and demons there is no doubt that such are the works of the devil. The devil is Prince of the world and as such has certairi powers granted to him by God, the ruler of the universe. Read again the remarkable story of the "Witch of Endor" in 1 Samuel 28:2-25. The possession of certain people by demons is one such power granted Satan only during the time of Christ's humanity. There is no doubt there are many witches, fortune tellers and familiar spirits today who have powers granted them by Satan to read your mind, and tell you facts lost in your sub-conscious mind, but and it is a big BUT, they cannot tell the future.
This is a priviledge God reserves for himself and he is very jealous when man tries to invade his territory. Read again Isaiah 41:21.
Equally as strong a reason for God's hatred of witchcraft is that in his infinite wisdom, he knew that it could and would become a form of idolatry. How well his concerns have materialized will be discussed in a subsequent article, "Astrology a Type of Fortune Telling."

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