Halloween is a dark day that is celebrated by witches, warlocks, satanist, occultist, & many others .
The earliest Halloween activities began among the Celts. The Celts had a priestly class called the Druids. They began their New Year on November 1. They believed that on October 31, the last day of the old year, the Lord of Death gathered the souls of the evil dead and released other dead who turned into animals.
Druid worshippers in an attempt to appease the Lord of Death would put on ugly masks & dance around bonfires, while putting-out food to welcome the "ghosts of the dead, whom they believed were their relatives."
Also, the Roman Catholic religion has a holiday that is/was close to the Druids celebration. On May 13, 1609 Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Roman Pantheon to the Virgin Mary and all the Christian Martyrs. In 1835 Pop Gregory IV transfered this feast to November 1 and extended it to ALL SAINTS. Along these same lines November 2nd was declared as a day to pray for the dead after Saint Odilo had a supposed vision of souls in purgatory (a catholic belief). Hence,"All Saints Day" & "All Souls Day" (Hallow Day) respectively.
Some say these Catholic holidays were started to oppose the pagan festival of the Druids. What has happened over the centuries is the mixing of these two events.
Many call this a Christian holiday while witches, neo-pagans & other occultist also observe this holiday as a very serious event.
Many witches & satanic
groups consider Halloween a special night for various reasons.
Also the infamous Black Mass is performed on this night.
Is it acceptable to participate in an activity that has a large degree of occultism? For sure the occult is anything but a harmless pastime, and to associate one's child with that aspect of it would be unwise. Halloween activities can lead children and adults to cultivate a fascination with the more sinister aspects of this holiday, after all the DOMINANT THEME of Halloween has always been one of witches, ghosts, spirits and the dead.
Aside from the fascination with the dead, witchcraft is the most recurring theme in Halloween. Unfortunately, witchcraft is no laughing matter. From a biblical perspective ALL witchcraft is EVIL.
Today some christians don't seem to convinced about the dangers of witchcraft. One evangelist even says it is "harmless". BUT the history of witchcraft itself and the personal testimonies of former witches contradict this greatly. (if the testimony of Jesus Christ is not enough).
The use of Halloween to encourage witchcraft and occult activities is terribly misguided. However innocent Halloween may be at one level, at another level it is very, very dangerous. Halloween practices can open doors into the occult world that introduces forces into peoples lives that they often cannot control or combat. Halloween is not an innocent festival of fun and games. It has left a wide destructive path through all the ages. There are occult (hidden) strings attached. It is becoming more sinister as the years go by and Satan's hand is becoming more obvious to those who are taking notice.
Halloween is the kindergarten of the occult, and various types of involvement can lead to serious consequences. Stop and think: Why would the Creator of all warn us if there wasn't a serious danger lurking in this darkness. There is indeed a world of demonic spirits and ignorance of God's laws does not cancel the logical consequences of violating such laws.
The testimony of Jesus Christ proves it.
The bible refers to Satan (the God of this holiday) in many ways, such as a roaring lion and an "angel of light"; but the scriptures never refer to him as a fool.
There are movies and other forms of media emanating from Hollywood that would have you believe that witches, warlocks, demons, occultist & other sorts, are really friendly, or yet do not even exist. Yet, what better mask to hide behind? Camouflage has always been a key ingredient in warfare, even spiritual warfare.
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Such camouflage could assume any number of guises; from promoting itself as a myth to the opposite extreme of promoting itself as coming from God. We are never in greater danger than in times when we deceive ourselves to the real nature and intent of evil.
Who are the casualties in warfare? The disobedient, the unarmed, the weak, the undisciplined, and those with the illusion about the war being somewhere else. So too are the casualties in spiritual warfare.
Deuteronomy 18, verse 10,11,12 :
....There shall not be found among you anyone..... that makes his son or daughter to pass through the fire, (become involved with darkness),or use divination (horoscopes), or an enchanter (one who casts spells by using "words of power"), or a WITCH (one who practices witchcraft) or a charmer (one who uses symbols and amulets for casting spells),or a consulter of familiar spirits (psychics that seek knowledge from evil spirits), or a wizard, or a necromancer......for all these things are an abomination (detestable) unto the Lord.
Are you unknowingly "celebrating" darkness with the forces of darkness.
There are warnings in the bible that God has given to man. "Failure to heed" these warnings can be disastrous, because the excitement and attraction of this darkness can lead one to begin a journey down a path that can eventually cause emotional and spiritual HELL.
The following scriptures that God has given can be your "LIGHT" on your pathway through this life. However, God has given to all of us the ability to choose our path in life.
Hosea 4 verse 6..........My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge you shall no longer be a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Exodus 20;v5.... Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
1 Thessalonians 5 verse 5......You are all the children of light, and the children of the day; We are not of the night, nor of the darkness.
Isaiah 47:...... Stand with your enchantments, and sorceries, wherein you have labored, if your able to profit..... let your astrologers and stargazers save you at your time of death.
Colossian 1 verse 12....... Give thanks unto the Father which made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in LIGHT. Jesus has delivered us from the power of darkness and given us the kingdom of LIGHT !
Isaiah 5 verse 20 ..... Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.
John 3 verse 19..... and this is the CONDEMNATION, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light.
Matthew 6 verse 23.... if the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness.
1Corinthians 10 verse 21....... You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils; you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table of devils.
2 Corinthians 6 verses 14,15,16 ...... and what communion has light with darkness?......and what concord has Christ with Satan?......what agreement has the temple of God with idols?....for you are the temple of the Living God.
Eph. 5 verse 8..... For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord; walk as children of LIGHT.
Eph. 5 verse 11..... and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, BUT RATHER REPROVE THEM.
Eph.6 verse 12..... For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The signs and symbols of Halloween are representatives of evil (even if some are in cartoon form); just as the Cross is representative of Christianity.
The dictionary defines a symbol as; something that represents something else by association or resemblance, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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It is an established fact that on this night, witches celebrate "The Witches Sabbath", (paying homage to Satan; to them a holiday above all holidays.) "The Black Mass" is also celebrated on this very night. Beyond any stretch of the imagination, this night is in honor of Satan.
Have you ever warned your children not to become involved in something you know to be dangerous; yet your children cannot understand why, and only later, from their errors, can they begin to understand. In this same way the word of God warns us not to become involved with darkness and its associates. Because their may be no immediate harm does not mean it's safe to indulge in these activities.
Those who disregard God's warnings and dabble with various types of occult activities are 'giving ground' to occult spirits and risk repercussions to themselves and to their children.
What is "DABBLING"?....... Dabble to undertake something without serious intent. 'Dabbling' can predispose people to be psychically oriented and sensitive to the psychic realm. A living Hell.
The bible says in 2nd Corinthians 10 verse 4 that Satan can develop a stronghold in a persons life such as deceiving a person into paying homage to him(Halloween). If a wife or husband believes in celebrating Halloween, but her husband or wife does not she or he can break the stronghold of evil: (through prayer and lots of love). Although as a stronghold can sometimes take years to develop, it might also take years to break, be patient & loving.
ARE YOU PSYCHIC ? Do not "give heed" to the seducing spirits involved in psychic activity. Psychic ability is not a gift from God. In fact God forbids any involvement with this type activity. (See Deuteronomy 18).
1 Timothy 4 verses 1.......... Now the spirit speaks expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Some of these seducing spirits can be seen on "PSYCHIC FRIENDS NETWORK". What they will not tell you is that: if you continue your involvement with their darkness, you will cultivate an unwanted psychic awareness. A psychic awareness that produces psychosis, neurosis, or schizophrenia. In time you will loose your ability to "control" your psychic receptions. The seducing spirits you think you control, will turn on you and rightfully claim your mind, spirit, and body.
IT IS NOT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.
Just as PSYCHIC FRIENDS NETWORK is deceptive behind it's painted smiles and pretended friendliness, so is Halloween deceptive behind it's pretended innocence. You can say you are not worshiping nor are you celebrating death, you are just "trick or treating", YET this dark celebration
everything that God calls an abomination. Can one not be true to themselves? The truth will set you free!
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him is not condemned; but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus Christ died on the Cross of Calvary, so that you might have eternal life in Heaven. Jesus is our sin bearer. Come to the giver of LIFE, not death. Jesus said,
"Come unto me all of you that labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest for your soul....."
He will cleanse you and make you whole again.
The THINGS of Halloween are
ALL DIRECTLY RELATED to the occult....There is no way you CAN
NOT associate the things of Halloween with witchcraft.....just
as there is no way you can not associate the swastika with HITLER...If
we dressed up like little german soliders with swastikas on our
arms and threw parties to celebrate the day Hitler took power.....there
would uproars........why? because of the association in people's
minds between the symbols of Germany and evil.....
The farther one drifts into the occult world of witchcraft and paganism, the more one's mind becomes controlled by delusion and fantasy. Anyone who willingly yields to the influence of occult ritual and/or uses psychoactive drugs to attain an altered state of consciousness experiences a personality change.
Far from being a positive change, however, a personality weakened by occult influences is increasingly at the mercy of subconscious drives or demonic influence.
WITCHCRAFT.........The power that is used in magic is derived from the forces of evil spirits.....this power is strengthened both within and without. It is formed by linking one aspect of the witchs's personality with the corresponding aspect of the cosmic mind. This sets up a current of power which the witch can draw upon for ITS own purpose.
Witchcraft....denies any ultimate distinction between good and evil, past and present, structure and change........and will eventually lead to rampant immorality......in it is the predominance of the feminine energy theme....
Witchcraft and Satanism involves spiritual powers that are CONDEMNED in the Bible. We should view them as an enemy of true faith in Christ and oppose them intelligently. Therefore we should understand their messages and why people are getting caught up in different elements of this New Age..............
Any attempt to give the trappings of so called "white witchcraft" or witchcraft a "pure" image is a direct attempt from the evil spirit trying to validate this pagan practice.....and IT will use every possible disguise to suit ITS purpose.....
Where in the bible is witchcraft divided into white and black??...The bible just reads witchcraft...
Witchcraft & Spiritism are two of the oldest known forms of religious expression......(except from the roots of Christianity) They are also one of the deadliest forms of religion where the certainty of divine judgment is concerned.....
Witchcraft is terminal error, since it demonstrates not only an active rejection of God, but an active embrace of God's replacement. It is, as the prophets put it, "spiritual adultery" carried to completion. It is faithfulness fulfilled............Scripture clearly indicates warnings against witchcraft, spiritism, and the occult. Just as clearly, those who practice it disobey what God's word commands.
Witchcraft activity courts deception and betrayal from the demonic realm as well as judgment from God for engaging in it. Witchcraft promotes spiritual evil under the guise of legitimate religious practice. (Do not be deceived...God cannot be mocked.....
The New Testament describes sorcery, spiritism, and witchcraft as dangerous, Satanic pervisions. People such as Simon Magus (Acts 8:9-11), Elymas the sorcer (Acts 13;6-12), the demon-possessed psychic girl (Acts 16;16-18), and the vagabond Jewish exorcists (Acts 19;13-16) were condemned. In Ephesus, new believers burned their occult books (Acts19 ;19). Paul listed "witchcraft" as one of the "works of the flesh" (Gal. 5;20), and Jesus said sorcerers will not be in heaven. (Rev. 22;15)...
An evil spirit of witchcraft starving to gain the confidence of its victim, will be a catholic to a catholic, a unitarian to a unitarian, a baptist to a baptist, even a nihilist to an anitchrist. It will defend and declare the reasonableness of any abusrd fad or belief that may be characteristic of the inquirer.......When trust and confidence have been secured, the spirit will SLOWLY begin to undermine any true Christian foundation that may exist, deny the divinity of Christ, the authority of conscience, and the reality of judgment to come......It will feed the christian mind with empty platitudes that seem very acceptable to the natural man, but ultimately contradicts christianity........
Who are the casualties in warfare? The disobedient, the unarmed, the undisciplined, and those with illusions about the war being somewhere else. So too are the casualties in spiritual warfare. Remember, there is a beautiful side of evil deceptive, subtle, adorned with all manner of spiritual refinements, a kind of cute little kindergarten, but no less from the depths of hell than that which is blatantly demonic. Satan and his hosts have declard war against God. They fight not for territory, but for souls. And like it or not, we are the battlefield. Men and women are the target, and the weapons of warfare can be cunning or brutal.......for the more people who are converted to the occult, the less are converted to Christ.
A theme repeated by witches..........Many people, especially the young, are taking a fresh interest in the occult. It is important to give witchcraft a new look, and lay down these guidelines:......NEVER FRIGHTEN anyone. Offer new realms of mystery and excitement. Make witchcraft less sinsister. Make it look like natural, innocent adventure. (Because everyone is attracted by adventure and mystery). Cover up evil with appealing wrappings. New recuits are needed if EVIL is to conquer......Time is short......Once people get involved in witchcraft, it will be too late to get out.....FEAR would hold many back from retreating....There would be no way out.......
Thomas Hale once observed.....We must not so much as taste of the devil's broth.....lest he brings us to eat of his beef.........God's grace and mercy may always be taken into account......but never taken for granted.......The scripture warns all men....Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap (Galatians 6;7)
The bible is very clear that there are false teachings given to man by decietful spirits and they infulence both the church and society.....1Timothy 4:1.....The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith, and follow deceitful spirits and things taught by demons..............2 Corin. 11:14...."and no wonder for even Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light".........
These spirits of withcraft and psychics are in fact the personal, malevolent spirit beings that the Bible classifies as "unclean spirits" or demons.
It is they who are the underlying power behind "modern" New Age practices and teachings that are infiltrating the "WORD OF FAITH" movement. The basic reason that people cannot bring themselves to accept this conclusion is because the spirtis disguise their motives and deceptively appear as good and friendly beings. Thus, most persons trust the spirits' claims about themselves. In return they receive blessings from them in the form of exciting revelations, blissful experiences, loving encounters, help and encourgement, protection from dangers, and endless assurances about their divinity ( not to mention their lack of need for repentance and faith in the Biblical Jesus Christ).
THE ILLUSIONS AND IMAGINATIONS OF SATAN CAN BE AS HARD AND AS STRONG AS CONCRETE.....IT TAKES GOD'S SLEDGEHAMMER OF TRUTH (REALITY) TO BREAK THEM INTO LITTLE PIECES.....It is a terrible reality to be alive in the grip of the snake.....
Today a lot of Christians do not seem to convinced about the dangers of witchcraft. Some even claim that ritual magic appears to be relatively harmless......but such attitudes are contradicted by the HISTORY of witchcraft and ritual magic....and the testimony of former practioners prove.....if the testimony of Jesus Christ was not enough......The scriptures are very clear that anyone who engages in witchcraft and psychic activity ....IS DETESTABLE TO THE LORD...(DEUT. 18 V.10,12).........WHY WOULD GOD WARN SO STRONGLY AGAINST INVOLVEMENT WITH SUCH PRACTICES IF THEY ARE HARMLESS?
Ignorance of God's laws does not cancel the logical consequences of violating such laws, just as taking poision by mistake will still cause injury...........To this end...to one degree or another......OCCULT activity involves aligning oneself with the spiritual enemies of God (Satan & his demons).......
The effects of seeking out spirits are sometimes not discernible (such as an imperceptible yet increasing resistance to the gospel of Jesus)....... .Non-Christians would think nothing of this consequence...... but if the gospel of Jesus is true....... which it is..... then one would have to be insane to have your belief hardened against the one true God....... which would have eternal consequences.....
If real dangers exist in the physical world.......... can we logically expect the spiritual world to be full of goodness and no evil?.....If a race of powerful demon spirits inhabits that world as the bible says it does...........If their hatred for man is proven.........If experimentation can mean deception with eternal consequences.........WHO in their right mind would risk everything to explore this phenomenon of evil ?
The fact of man's historic belief in demons and evil spirits tells us something about learning a lesson the hard way......... mean wicked demons far greater in power (2Peter 2;11), seek to deceive men in such a way as to ensure their spiritual death.........there are THOUSANDS of personal testimonies to these very facts: that deceptive and evil spirits exist, and that their purpose is man's spiritual and physical destruction.....be warned....
The 'pretended' innocence of witchcraft and psychic activities often becomes the MEANS of a person's conversion to the occult.........The majority of people who become involved in the occult are drawn there because they have witnessed a small but insignificant (supernatural) event that has been very exciting to them......they then tend to lean towards INVESTIGATION of such matters, thus becoming deeper and deeper involved.....the old carrot on a stick routine ......SIMPLE.... but very effective....
witchcraft HARMLESS?...such a conclusion is contradicted by the HISTORY of witchcraft and ritual magic PLUS the testimony of current and former practioners plus the testimony of Jesus Christ............
All information received from witches and spiritist...... unmistakably concludes that the basics of occult practice allows for contact with demons. From this information received from demonic spirits flows a number of other concerns...... Idolatry.... spiritual deception... the likelihood of spiritual possession... .psycological harm.... and the (immoral teachings) that always accompany demonic involvement........
This information is to simply document that God does indeed warn against the occult......in spite of the many claims by many occult practitioners (witches & psychics) that they derive their power from God....... .one can but wonder how witches & psychic practioners think themselves immune from all the dangers associated with demon trafficking ...........
The scriptures also WARNS that false prophets are linked to evil spirits and that there are "doctrines of demons" (1John 4:1....1 Timothy 4:1); that there is great power in the occult (Isaiah 47:9); that Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4); that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19); that demons work through people by giving them psycic powers (Acts 16:16-19) Exodus 7:11, 22,8:7); and that Satan and his hordes are active in the affairs of the planet (Ephesians 2:2; Daneil 10:12, 13 20)........
Scripture VERY CLEARLY cites Satan or his demons as the reality behind occult involvement, idolatry, and false teaching (Deuteronomy 32:16,17; 1 Corinthian 10: 19-21: 1 Timothy 4:1,2; 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10; Acts 16-16-19)...........This is one reason why God considers occult activity in virtually all its forms as an abomination (Deut. 18: 9-12).....................ALL forms of sorcery and divination (Hosea 4;12; Exodus 22;18:...Isaiah 44:25)........... and Astrology, (Deut. 17; 2-5)..........and magic (Acts 13:8; 19: 16-19; Isaiah 47: 9,12)
BLAME Christianity for all the evils in the world???......From the burning of Rome to the....... ill treatment of the indians......to the Salem witch trials..... and on and on..... Depends on which history book you read, they are all different .......... Does no one ever consider..........How many serial killers were bred and born within the blood-soaked segment of occutlism.....which has traveled throughout history...and throughout all cultures, murdering and sacrificing collectively MILLIONS of innocent people?
Those that burned witches in the dark ages were no more Christian, than the Romans who burned Christians were witches....
People can tap into power of the occult............they can feel joy and love, and at first these powers and experiences appear nice and loving. But the tip of the iceberg masks a deeper and much more conusuming reality. These powers have a hidden agenda which explains why these powers EVENTUALLY TURN DESTRUCTIVE......... Only CHRIST, the creator, has power over these forces. It is to him and him alone someone can turn for deliverance.
How do people find deliverance from occult & psychic practices?????........... Practicing occultist are wrong when they claim they can deliver someone by magical techniques, psychic counseling, or emotional appeals to supposedly more evolved spirits.........Victory from occult practices come only from the power of Christ.......
Drugs provide "INSTANT TRANSCENDENCE" and openness to the spirit world through alterd states of conscienceness........
Rev. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Those drawn into the occult world through dabbling in astrology, psychic development, witchcraft etc. eventually will EVENTUALLY relax all moral standards and make morality a relative matter, they will EVENTUALLY become mentally oppressed and/or enslaved by inexplicable forces. OFTEN they suffer from strong depression, melancholia, psychopathic disorders, sever psychosis, and are easily controlled and influenced by SUPERSTITUTION and immoral beliefs...
Psychic practices introduce people to spiritual beings who seek their destruction. This occult involvement does not merely involve consorting with the enemies of God, but also with one's own adversaries. Any enemy, of course, may pretend friendship for ulterior motives, but sooner or later it will seek to injure or destroy. In this sense, the spiritual underworld operates in ways similar to the criminal underworld. Just as the criminal underworld will use its hirelings only for its personal plans or glory and dispose of them when convenient, the spiritual underworld operates in the same manner.
It is known that prolonged activity with mediumistic forces produce symptoms of schizophrenia. This has been termed mediumistic psychosis. Professor Bender, from the University of Frieburg in his booklet entitled, "Parapsychology It's Results and Problems," has warned people in these words......."Thousands of people base their hopes on the deceptive statements of psychic practitioners and subsequently become dependent upon the advice they receive from the 'other side'. "I have quite a number of patients who have suffered serious psychic disturbances through the use of such practices. Their personalities have been split and they have been utterly confused by the spirits on which they have called. They often suffer from strong depression, melancholia, psychopathic disorders, and severe psychoses." Elsewhere he points out that those involved in occult or psychic activity commonly develop a hatred toward true spirituality and reject the Bible as the authoritative word of God.
Professor Bender, continues:....... "It is clear that the world of psychic pursuit and witchcraft is a demonic playground and the level of demonic involvement depends a lot on the level of temptationTherefore it is impossible to say that "X" amount ofoccult involvement will result in demonic contact. I would suggest that the neural and mental patterns set up by occult involvement provide an interface with other forms of consciousness, which are extra-dimensional and demonic in nature." The effects of these mental patterns are such that they are sometimes not discerniblesuch as an imperceptible stage of psychological damage or an increasing resistance to spiritual truth. As those who have been involved will testify, anyone can open the door to the psychic world, but closing it is another matter entirely. The occult spirits have a vested interest at stake. They can make a person's life a living hell unless that individual gives in to their agenda.
Dr. Stuart Checkley warns, "It is hard to say whether a single deliberate exposure to a given psychic practice or event is dangerous, or can be safe. I have seen patients(mental) whose involvement with relatively minor forms of the occult has caused them to suffer mental illness".
Reincarnation? Ghosts?
That the dead can roam freely is clearly false from a biblical viewpoint......the bible plainly teaches that the unsaved dead are CONFINED in a place of punishment (luke 16; 19-31), while the saved dead ARE IN GLORY with Christ ( 2nd Cor. 5; 6,8).....therefore the implication that most people are contacting their deceased relatives or wise spirits .......IS FALSE.........THEY ARE DEMONS.....impersonating the dead...... why???.... because if they were dead relatives.....then the confinement and judgment of souls that the bible teaches would obviously be false and they would have succeeded in leading many astray from the bible....
The bible tells us there are such things as "unclean spirits" or demons....these spirits are so evil they will never be redeemed....these demons already know they will eventually be consigned forever to a place Jesus called HELL (Mat. 8:29).......the scriptures show us the real motive of the evil spirits is to take as many men to HELL with them as possible by preventing their salvation...(1John 8;44.... 2Cor. 1;3,4,13,14; Heb. 2;14; 1 Peter 5:8).....
WHY DO EVIL SPIRITS IMITATE THE DEAD????........ if these evil spirits really are the human dead, then men can only conclude the dead are free to roam and, therefore God has not judged them at the moment of death, as the Bible teaches (Luke 16;19-31...Heb 9;27; 2 Peter 2;9)....... If, as the spirits say..... the dead are not judged, then human sin is not an offense to God requiring separation from Him (Isaiah 59:2)......If sin does not seperate man from God, then Christ did not have to die for man's sin (1 Peter 2;24; 1 John 2;2)......This means man's faith in Christ as Savior from sin is unnecessary...... AND if men never trust Christ as savior for these reasons.... then at death they go to judgement and HELL and the DEMONS HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL (2 Thessal. 1 8-10)
Reincarnation is a belief that the soul is in a spiritual realm waiting to be born into a body on the earth; time and time again...... in order to work off our karma (spiritual imperfections) until we finally merge back into Brahman (oneness with the universe).......... The Bible tells us that ......It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this comes judgement: (Hebrews 9 v27) The apostle Paul, in the 15th chapter of Corinthians, tells us that the natural body comes first. From these earthly bodies will come our immortal spiritual bodies, not to be reincarnated, but to live in Heaven with Jesus. As the first man was earthly (Adam), we are earthly, and as the second man (Jesus) is from Heaven, we who have been born again from the spirit of God shall also ascend unto heaven. As we have born the image of the earth, we shall also bear the image of the Heavenly. For flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.......... At death there are only two destinations: Heaven or Hell. When we die these "husks" of our earthly bodies are cast off and we receive our new spiritual bodies, and depart to Heaven, (2nd Corinthians chapter 5) or if we have rejected God's plan for salvation we do not receive a glorified body, but rather go to Hell, as the rich man did in Luke 16.
WHY WOULD DEMONS BE INTERESTED IN ENCOURAGING A BELIEF IN REINCARNATION?..... because it is such an effective barrier to the Christian gospel. If men live through many lifetimes, then there is no biblical judgment at death, but Hebrews 9:27 teaches that there is. If men must work out their own salvation over many lifetimes, then Jesus Christ did not have to die on the cross for our sins, but 1 John 2;2 and Luke 24; 25-26 teach that he did. If all men will eventually be saved and absorbed into the impersonal Brahman, then there is no eternal heaven or hell, but Matthew 25:46 and Revelation 20: 10-15 teach that Heaven and Hell are real.
KARMA:These and many other factors reveal why it is logical to conclude that the teaching of reincarnation involves spiritual deception. Biblically, of courese, if Jesus Christ paid the full divine penalty for all our sin at the cross, there is no more karma, so to speak, for us to work off over many years.
IF CHRISTIANITY IS TRUE THEN REINCARNATION MUST BE FALSE (Reincarnation is a belief that the soul is in a spiritual realm waiting to be born into a body on the earth; time and time again...... in order to work off our karma (spiritual imperfections) until we finally merge back into Brahman (oneness with the universe)............ The bible is very clear at this point: "He forgave us all our sins" (Colossians 2:13), and "by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made Holy" (Hebrews 10"14)......
Man is destined to die once...after that comes judgment (hebrew 9;27)
If they did not escape when they refused Moses, who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Jesus who warns us from heaven????? (Hebrews 12;25)
Is it dangerous to contact spirits??.... the entire history of doing so suggest that YES IT IS......... CONSIDER: Professor Gruss...author....Quija Board; Doorway to the Occult............ from advise given to her from a contacted spirit, a 15 year old daughter murdered her father.........a 77 year old man was literally forced to kill his wife in self-defense because she believed the lies the spirits told her about unfaithfulness .......... One serial killer roamed the countryside murdering people his SPIRIT GUIDE told him "deserved to die" .........Another man left a suicide note in his car that indicated he had been called to the OTHER WORLD....taking his girlfriend with him....
FACTS : The September 30, 1986 edition of WEEKLY WORLD NEWS reported that a 15 year old in Belfast, Ireland, committed suicide shortly after the Ouija board predicted his death before his sixteenth birthday. "I only have a short time to live, so i might as well choose the time to die"........he told friends. They thought he was joking - until they found him hanging in the churchyard.........
It is not that there are just a few cases but there are thousands of them littered throughout the history of occultism, spiritism, and parapsychology......... Dr. Kurt Kosh observed after 45 years of counseling the occultly oppressed that from his own experience ....... "NUMEROUS CASES OF SUICIDE, FATAL ACCIDENTS, STROKES, AND INSANITY ARE TO BE OBSERVED AMONG ALL OCCULT PRACTIONERS"......and that "ANYONE WHO HAS HAD TO OBSERVE FOR 45 YEARS THE EFFECTS OF SPIRITISM CAN ONLY WARN PEOPLE WITH ALL THE STRENGTH AT HIS DISPOSAL"
Psychic encounters can produce spiritistic influences within the person seeking psychic contact. This can (in time) impair one's ability to test reality, to think critically and logically AND CAN CREATE A PASSIVE STATE IN WHICH MENTAL EVENTS HAPPEN ON THEIR OWN, AND CAN NO LONGER BE CONTROLLED. THIS IN TURN CREATES SUBLTLE (sometimes very clearly) CHANGES IN A PERSON'S PERCEPTION OF REALITY. THE SPIRITS CONTROL OVER THE PSYCHIC PERSON INCREASES WITH EVER NEW "CONTACT".
The INFAMOUS "black" occultist Aleister Crowley ended up in an insane asylum for six months after trying to conjure satan. His attempts to conjure HELPING spirits often produced demons instead. His children died and his wives either went insane or drank themselves to death. Crowley's tragedies illustrates an important point, that even with GREAT KNOWLEDGE and EXPERTISE in the occult, one is still not safe. AND if experts in the occult aren't safe, how can anyone else guarantee their own protection?("The Confessions of Aliester Crowley" New York Bantom books:p.575-576)
Even though Demons have great power they are ultimately constrained by the sovereign power and purposes of God.....The Christian has power over them (1John 4;4....James 4;7)........ We know that Christ was victorious over Satan at the Cross (Heb. 2;14.... Col.2;15....John 13;31)....that this victory will be brought to completion at the Second Coming, and that Satan's eternal end will occur at the end of the millennium (Rev. 20;2,3, 7-10)
EXISTENCE OF GOD:
There are literally billions of creatures about us that we never see- in the air, water, and soil.
yet we know they exist, either by careful observation or the evidence of their visits.
It is strange that in a world where billions of creatures are not seen and yet believed in, that men refuse to accept the existence of God, angels, and demons merely because they have not yet seen them - when, in fact, their TRACKS are virtually everywhere. Perhaps some people cannot see them because they rule out their existence to begin with; hence, their TRACKS are explained by recourse to other theories. But for those persons who observe both nature and religion carefully, the TRACKS of the invisibles are only to obvious
can we see thoughts...yet we know they exist...can we see disease.....pestilience.....viruses......microscopic insects.......not all...and then only through microscopes.....yet we see their TRACKS.....their important role in the outcome of affairs on our planet......such as harvests and disease levels.......thus we cannot possibly ignore the posssibility of God & a real devil and demons.....
Proof of satan:
a person would be hard-pressed to maintain that satan simply does not exist...... after considering the divine authority of the Bible and the testimony of Christ......
Witchcraft, spiritism, divination........ harmless???... the consensus of history and religion, the testimony of active and former occultists, the phenomenon of spirit possession, the hostility to biblical revelation displayed in spiritist literature, and the personal wreckage in the history of occultism........in light of so vast a testimony from history, culture, and religion, can anyone credibly remain skeptical about a real devil and the reality of spiritual evil in the world???............ IN THE END, ONE EITHER TRUSTS THE SPIRITS AND IGNORES THE FACTS, OR TRUSTS THE FACTS AND IGNORES THE SPIRITS.......
a person would be hard-pressed to maintain that satan simply does not exist after considering not only the divine authority of the Bible and the testimony of Christ......but ........the consensus of history and religion, the testimony of active and former occultists, the phenomenon of spirit possession, the hostility to biblical revelation displayed in spiritist literature, and the personal wreckage in the history of occultism.....CAN'T ALL BE WRONG....
The Scriptures could hardly offer more serious warnings about involvement in occultism. The Scriptures condemn all sorcery as opposed to a proper sense of dependence upon God. In Galatians 5:20 witchcraft is listed as being one of the acts of the sinful nature. The book of Revelation contains several passages that condemn sorcery in the strongest terms (9:21; 18:23; 21:8; 22:15).
The Bible teaches that only God has the right to understand the realm of the supernatural (Gen. 40:8), and that intrusion into the realm of the occult makes one worthy of death (Ex. 22:18).
(Also see Leviticus 19:31; 2 Kings 21:6; 23:24; 1 Chron. 10:13-14; Isaiah 8:19; 19:3)
It is interesting that several of the Greek words translated "witchcraft" and "sorcery" have the root pharm, from which our words "pharmacy" and "pharmaceuticals" are derived. This root (pharm) refers to "drugs, potions, and poisons." Those who are familiar with the practice of sorcery both among primitive tribespeople and "sophisticated" Westerners have noted that the drugs are often used to induce altered states of consciousness which, in turn, are claimed to bring increased knowledge, sensitivity, or even contact with spirits or "entities."
Regardless of personal belief, men are nevertherless spiritual beings created in the image of God.....as such they require some kind of spiritual reality to provide a true basis for meaning to life......without God in their lifes...... there is a vacuum.....like when you withdraw your foot from a tub of water......the hole is filled immediately.....the same with humans....when God is not within us there is a void that must be filled.......... Many young people are seeking to fill this void with answers they believe are hidden in the depths of their own souls....They are looking for a key that will unlock this hidden treasure.......Some use the key of drugs, sex, masochism, & occultism....others seek salvation through the inward focusing of Eastern religions.....But the pathway of drugs and the occult is littered with the wrecked lives of those who have given themselves to these false gods.....Many, many do not realize this wide pathway opens them up to the most immoral, destructive, and demonic realities that have ever been imagined.....
Those wishing to be freed from psychic or occult bondage must acknowledge & confess his participation in this activity as sin; this confession must be voluntary & a prayer of RENOUNCING everything psychic or occultic must be done.A prayer of renunciation is of great significance. Why? Every sin connected with sorcery is basically a contract with the powers of darkness. By means of sorcery, the arch enemy of mankind gains the right of ownership over a person's life.
Revelations 18 v23 .......by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Sorcery is a bewitching. It is a capturing of the mind, body, & spirit through many mediums......through seeking psychic counselors, psychic involvement, witchcraft, magic books, visual aids combined with graphic words (T.V. & movies), astrology, meditation, seances, drugs, etc. .
Witches have a lot of help from many religious liberals, radical feminists, those in the goddess movement and those within the neo-pagan revival.......all of them work together to support witchcraft as a form of goodness and a spiritually divine activitity.........BUT AT WHAT COST???????
Occut teachings offers spiritual JUSTIFICATION for freedom from morality......this occult philosophy will indeed free you from many moral restraints.....but at what costs??????
Whether it is SatanISM, HinduISM, BuddhISM, Astrology, UFO's, psychic healing, parapsychology, New Age medicine, all new religions, or any aspect of the occultISM.............the lowest common denominator is always the presence of SPIRITISM........
Even the cleverest and wisest witch and magician realizes that the demons of the pit are waiting for the one false step that will deliver him/her to them..........no????
Are you not aware of the death sentence you carry within you????
Are you looking for a candy-cane
Eden without the serpent????
Somes resources compiled from
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The John Ankerberg Theological
Research Institute
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