Today's passage: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20kings%207-11&version=NIV
In our culture today, we have countless tv shows, books and movies that focus on witchcraft and sorcery - Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Craft, Harry Potter and Twilight. Many young people and adults today look for answers from Ouija boards, tarot cards and psychics. Some are being charmed by the idea of deriving power from spells and potions. Teens can learn spells for summoning a loved ones spirit or for freeing themselves from depression or for passing a class in the book The Teen Spell Book. In face there are 100s of search results that come up when you key in the keywords teen and witchcraft on Amazon. According to an NPR report, WICCA is believed to be the fastest growing religion on college campuses and among teens. today. These young people are looking for answers and they are looking for power and they are looking in the wrong direction. Young people and adults are getting caught up in a whirlwind sorcery that goes against Christianity.
As a Christian, this is are scary. There is no light derived from these things, only darkness. They can cause us to look to another power, a dark power for answers and for power, but as Christians, our answers come from the Word of God and our power comes from God in the form of the Holy Spirit. Satan uses “harmless” books like Harry Potter to plan seeds in the minds of our youth that can draw them away from a worship of Christ and toward a worship of darkness. And according to 2 Kings 9:22, peace is impossible when idolatry and witchcraft abound:
"How can there be peace," Jehu replied, "as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?"
These things are sins and sin is what breaks our connection with God. Leviticus 19:26-31 lists divination, sorcery, witchcraft, mediums, interpreting of omens and casting of spells to be detestable practices. In Galatians 5, witchcraft, among other things is listed as sinful nature, contrary to the Spirit and will obstruct our inheritance in the Kingdom.
It’s not very popular to stand against this pop culture of witchcraft and darkness, but I believe it’s dangerous not to. Don’t allow satan to have an doorway into your life by taking part in these “harmless” shows and books. Arm yourself with the Word of God so that you may be nourished with truth. I leave you with Philippians 4:8. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
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