THE WORD OF YAHWEH (BIBLE) HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT WITCHCRAFT

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Witchcraft and its many cousins, such as fortune-telling and necromancy, are Satan’s counterfeits to holy spirituality. The Bible expressly condemns all forms of witchcraft.

Since early times, people have sought supernatural experiences YAHWEH did not endorse.

The nations that surrounded the Promised Land were saturated with such practices, and YAHWEH Elohim (God) had stern words for His people concerning any involvement with them. Deuteronomy 18:9-12 says,

“When you come to the land which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to you, you shall not learn to do according to the hateful acts of those nations.

There shall not be found in you one who passes his son or his daughter through the fire, one that uses divination, an observer of clouds, or one fortune-telling, or a spell caster, or a magic charmer, or one consulting spirits, or a wizard, or one communicating with the dead. °

For all doing these things are an abomination to YAHWEH. And because of these filthy acts YAHWEH your Elohim is expelling these nations before you.”

YAHWEH the Almighty Living Elohim (God) takes witchcraft very seriously. The penalty for practicing witchcraft under the Mosaic Law was death (Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 20:27.). First Chronicles 10:13 tells us that “Saul died because he was unfaithful to YAHWEH; he did not keep the word of YAHWEH and even consulted a medium for guidance.”

In the New Covenant (Testament), “sorcery” is translated from the Greek word pharmakeia, from which we get our word pharmacy (Galatians 5:20; Revelation 18:23). Witchcraft and spiritism often involve the ritualistic use of magic potions and mind-controlling drugs. Using illicit drugs can open ourselves up to the invasion of demonic spirits. Engaging in a practice or taking a substance to achieve an altered state of consciousness is a form of witchcraft.

There are only two sources of spiritual power: YAHWEH and Satan. Satan has only the power that YAHWEH Elohim (God) allows him to have, but it is considerable (Job 1:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 20:2).

To seek spirituality, knowledge, or power apart from YAHWEH is idolatry, closely related to witchcraft. First Samuel 15:23 says,

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.” Witchcraft is Satan’s realm, and he excels in counterfeiting what YAHWEH Elohim does. When Moses performed miracles before Pharaoh, the magicians did the same things through demonic power (Exodus 8:7).

At the heart of witchcraft is the desire to know the future and control events that are not ours to control. Those abilities belong only to YAHWEH the Almighty Living Elohim. This desire has its roots in Satan’s first temptation to Eve: “You can be like Elohim (God)” (Genesis 3:5).

Since the Garden of Eden, Satan’s major focus has been to divert human hearts away from worship of the true Elohim (Genesis 3:1). He entices humans with the suggestions of power, self-realization, and spiritual enlightenment apart from submission to YAHWEH Elohim.

Witchcraft is merely another branch of that enticement. To become involved in witchcraft in any way is to enter Satan’s realm. Seemingly “harmless” modern entanglements with witchcraft can include horoscopes, Ouija boards, Eastern meditation rituals, and some video and role-playing games. Any practice that dabbles in a power source other than the Master Yahshua Messiah (Christ) is witchcraft. Revelation 22:15 includes witches in a list of those who will not inherit eternal life:

“But the ones not there are the dogs and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone loving a lie, and doing falsehood.”

We don’t need to fear Satan’s power, but we should respect it and stay away from it. First John 4:4 says, “Greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world.”

Satan can create much havoc, harm, and destruction, even in the lives of believers (1 Thessalonians 2:18; Job 1:12-18; 1 Corinthians 5:5). However, if we belong to the Master Yahshua Messiah (Christ), there is no power that can ultimately defeat us (Isaiah 54:17). We are overcomers (1 John 5:4) as we “put on the whole armor of Elohim (God) so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes” (Ephesians 6:11). When we give our lives to Messiah, we must repent. This repentance should include renouncing any involvement with witchcraft, following the example of the early believers in Acts 19:19.

 Isaiah 8:19 says, “And when they say to you, Seek to the mediums, and to fortunetellers who peep and mutter; should not a people seek to its Elohim, rather than for the living to seek to the dead?”

 Why consult the dead-on behalf of the living? When we follow those words to their logical conclusion, we could also ask,

 “Why seek any power apart from the source of all real power? Why seek spirits who are not the Holy Spirit?” Witchcraft and its many counterparts promise spirituality but lead only to emptiness and death (Micah 5:12; Galatians 5:19-21). Only the Redeemer Yahshua Messiah has the words of life (John 6:68).

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