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10/23/2023 Keep Honoring God; Don't Worry About What Others Say

Scripture mentions six forms of demonic practice! Horoscopes: Seeking direction for your life from any other source than God is idolatry and behind every physical idol is a demon spirit. Isaiah 47:13-14. Divination: Briefly defined, divination is the employment of supernatural revelation to predict your future. Any revelation of the future that does not glorify Christ and is not uplifting is the spirit of divination. Necromancy: Necromancy is the consulting of the dead for direction in life. Saul did this 1 Samuel 28:8 and God took the throne of Israel from him and he committed suicide the next day. Magic: The magicians of Egypt had supernatural powers through magic. The superior power of God’s kingdom was evidenced by the fact that Moses’ snake consumed the snakes of the magicians. Witchcraft: This is the use of supernatural power to place curses or spells on other people. Any person who seeks to control another person beyond the dimension of spiritual authority God has permitted in Scripture is practicing witchcraft. Sorcery: This is the use of power gained from the assistance or control of evil spirits. Sorcery is distinguished from witchcraft in that it may be practiced by anyone with the appropriate knowledge, using charms, spells or potions. Witchcraft is considered to result from an inherent mystical power and to be practiced by invisible means. In Acts 19:19 Paul had the Jews and Greeks of Ephesus burn their books “which used curious arts sorcery formulas.”