The Bible warns us *not* to participate, engage with, or practice magic/sorcery/necromancy/etc. And magic is seen throughout the Bible (not miracles, but magic) For example turning your rod into a serpent (Egypt vs God via Moses round 1)
> 2 Chronicles 33:6, Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; **he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery**, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.
> Revelation 21:8, But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, **sorcerers**, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death
> Galatians 5:19-20, Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, **sorcery**, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
> Micah 5:10-12, “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will cut off your horses from your midst
And destroy your chariots. I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds. I will cut off **sorceries** from your hand, And you shall have no **soothsayers**.
> Acts 19:17-20, This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. Also, **many of those who had practiced magic** brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed
> Isaiah 8:19-20, And when they say to you, “Seek those who are **mediums and wizards**, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
> Isaiah 47:9b Because of the multitude of **your sorceries**,
For the great abundance of **your enchantments**. (This one is too long to copy and paste see full passage of Isaiah 47:8-14 here
> Acts 8:9-13, [**The Sorcerer’s Profession of Faith**];
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> But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced **sorcery** in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.” And **they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries** for a long time. But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
> Deuteronomy 18:10-14, 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, 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 to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. For these nations which you will dispossess listened to **soothsayers and diviners**; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you.
And while the passage from deuteronomy/Chronicles mentions "passing through fire"... what exactly is magic as understood by the Scriptures? We are clearly warned off and God clearly commands us to avoid it as a sin.
So what is it? What am I definitely trying to avoid?
- Necromancy is obvious.
- Divination is obvious.
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Jul 31, 2024, 03:14 PM
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