Search results
Jun 22, 2018 · Yet due to the influences of heretical teachers in the New Apostolic Reformation, Word of Faith, Emergent Church, and the New Age many have been successful in getting lots of churches and denominations into occult practices that have been thinly disguised as “Christian”.
- The Occult: For Christians Two Things Stand Out
- The Christian Response to The Occult
- Is There Supernatural Good in The Occult?
- But The Occult Power Works!
- What Is The Occult Power?
- How It Manipulates
- The Occult as Dictator
1. The hidden, secret nature of the occult. Whether or not we believe in a supernatural realm, it makes sense to be cautious of people whose motives and actions are hidden and secret. Jesus declared, ‘‘I have said nothing in secret’ (John 18:20)and Paul insisted that Christian believers have, ‘given up secret and shameful ways,’ and instead‘set for...
It is clear, for those who accept the statements the Bible makes about the occult, that there is potential danger in pursuing an interest in arcane, in secret powers we don’t begin to understand. However, for those who do not see it like this, or indeed for those who see no danger whatsoever, how do we make a reasoned defence? What follows are some...
For a start we must accept that supernatural activity is going on today, and this results in phenomena that have no human explanation. People will readily speak about, testify to things that ‘work,’ things that seem to do good. Can this then be the rule for checking things out? If they feel good and appear to work then can we go for them? This is a...
Many in the occult will answer the question, “where does the power come from?” with “I do not know, but it works and as we only do good that is okay.” As we shall see, this is not okay but first we need to underline the fact that they are being irresponsible by unleashing a power that will affect someone’s life, perhaps profoundly, and they don’t k...
When pressed and the matter investigated most in the occult realm would say that the power is a latent power within man which we learn to harness and use. However, from the Biblical point of view if it is a power within man then it is resident within fallen man and, as such, is not from God but from the work that Satan did within man at the Fall. S...
I [Doug Harris] was on a television programme with a witch (she called herself that and indicated she was of the ‘white’ variety as she did good). She explained to the presenter the difference between the powers of ‘black’ and ‘white’ witchcraft. What she said was something that many others also believe. She claimed that there was only one power in...
When the subject of power and its source has been discussed another strand in the debate is often opened with a question such as, “Why should God tell us what to do? The Bible may say that the occult is wrong but so what? We will do what we want to do and will not be dictated to.” What is important in such cases is that you make clear, by looking a...
The Bible has an account in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 28. 3-25) of a person who asks a medium to raise a spirit to give him advice. This account makes it clear that the dead are not to be called back to help the living.
Jan 7, 2022 · Christian Today has reported on recent rises in interest and practice in the occult. Perhaps this increase in popularity is why BibleGateway.com says it saw a 193% surge in searches for 'sorcery' on its website in 2021, compared to the year before.
The origin of magic and occultism according to the biblical account is surprising, even shocking, because it all began in the Garden of Eden. The starting point is associated with Satan when he disguised himself in the form of a serpent, the first medium (see Gen 3:1–6).
- Moskala ThD, Jiri
- 2015
Mar 11, 2014 · Ephesians 6:12 tells us, “ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in high places. ” The occult practices hidden things of darkness and promotes doctrines of demons.
People also ask
What does the Bible say about occultism?
What is occultism?
Where did magic and occultism come from?
What does occult mean?
Involvement in the occult is wrong because it is spiritual adultery, it is rebellion against the sovereignty of God, and it belittles his revelation while exalting human pride. Therefore, in conclusion, what is the positive Christian alternative to the occult?
