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Witch Craft
Contributed by Pablo Catala on Jun 22, 2019 (message contributor)
Summary: Discernment
“Witchcraft comes to visit Part 1”
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,
Beloved tonight I want to preach on an area that God has truly placed upon my heart that I believe will help us and guide us to see the wiles of the enemy in every perspective possible but one arena I want to mention tonight is the arena of witchcraft. What is witchcraft?
Witchcraft by definition is an:
1. Exercise of allegedly magical powers: the art of using allegedly magical powers
2. Alleged effect of magical powers: the alleged effect or influence of magical powers
3. Seductive charm: alluring or seductive charm or influence
What is the biblical meaning of witchcraft?
They are called sorcerers and people that practice divination let alone those that are in pure rebellion of God’s word as the bible tells us that rebellion is the spirit of witchcraft. Beloved the church has been infiltrated by witches that pose as Christians especially new churches to try to stop a wonderful work of God. What do some witches do that pose as Christians:
1. They act like a Christian
2. They talk like a Christian
3. They pray like a Christian
They do not serve like a Christian, I love God and I love what God is doing in this church but only if we did this, if only the Pastor would do that, if only we could start something new, they start to create in the minds of those that love Jesus a mind of confusion and begin to cause strife amongst one another and even the Pastor and his congregation. Rebellion, people have asked me why is it we don’t do this and do that, well we have a proven testimony of what we have been doing that God draws men and women out not what we do but what God has done. Rebellion starts to form by trying to control the Pastor by giving, witches give generously and then they suggest and if the Pastor doesn’t respond they stop giving, they stop coming, and because they formed some type of voice they take some with them. Rebellion is witchcraft.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.”
This is biblical truth tonight in the name of Jesus and beloved you need to know truth and have discernment and understanding of such wickedness that can try to form itself in the image of a Christian and yet come to destroy the Christian. How do you kill a duck? You sound like a duck. Beloved how do you kill a Christian? You sound like a Christian.
A number of witches are going about the country today, this is a warning that Satanists are infiltrating the church--especially charismatic churches. Some of these former witches have authored books telling of a diabolical plot by evil witches to enter congregations posing as super-spiritual Christians. Their purpose is to deceive and shipwreck pastors and to lead multitudes of naive believers into occult worship.
Many of these evil witches, they say, are already firmly established in numerous churches, controlling both the pastor and congregation and causing great confusion, wickedness, divorce-even death.
Saints, we in the Body of Christ dare not allow the devil's power to be magnified in the house of God! His power is limited, and he cannot penetrate a Holy Ghost wall of fire. When the disciples were sent out with power to heal the sick and raise the dead, they came back rejoicing: "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name" (Luke 10:17).
1st "Those who walk in holiness resist the devil”
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Holiness is the wall that rejects and deflects the darts of the enemy, yes the enemy will come in but his powers will not penetrate the people of God, Pastor what do you mean the enemy will come to church, did not Satan stand before God when the angels of God came to give an account?
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
Beloved did not Satan try to seduce Christ to worship him and denounce God the Father by enticing Him with things of the world?
4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” 5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’” 7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’” 8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”