The spoken magical words were considered to activate a force and only qualified individuals were able to understand its powerful language and transfer it on suitable objects. Even meaningless and meaningful words, names, numbers, vowels and certain phrases recited backward have been viewed as a force magically powered.
Magic can be described as the art of influencing the course of events by the use of hidden forces in control of natural phenomena through the application of known oral or written ritual observances.
Deuteronomy 18: 9-12 says, "When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the incantation practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you."
Ezekiel 13:18 says, "Thus says the Lord God: 'Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to My people and keep your own souls alive?' "
Micah 5: 12 says, "And I will cut off incantations from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes."
Exodus 7: 10-12 says, "So Moses and Aaron went to the Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Acts 19: 17-19 says, "And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them, and the Name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to 50,000 pieces of silver."
1 John 4: 1 says, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."
Colossians 2:8 says, "See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."
Colossians 2: 20 says, "If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations."
Acts 8: 9-24 says, "But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the City and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, 'This man is the power of God that is called Great.' And they paid attention to him for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached Good News about the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed."
"Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet He was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus). Then laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, Simon offered them money, saying, 'Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.' But Peter said unto him, 'Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the Gift of God may be purchased with money. You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee, for I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.' Then Simon answered and said, 'Pray you to the Lord for me, that none of these things which you have spoken come upon me.' "
Many Christian believers are guilty of using the precious power of the Name of Jesus Christ like an incantation or magic spell. They use this power as a means of communication trying to make demands of and direct God as to what He should and should not do. This type of action is incantation. The use of any formula of particular words during a prayer and use it as a spell or verbal charm in order so that it will produce the desired effect is an incantation.
There is a clear evidence in the Scripture that the enemy uses the Word of God and twist its effect to his own purpose. Do not be fooled by him because what he wants is your soul. That is why it is important to look at the entire Word of God, not just a tiny piece of it. When we pray and ask in His Name, we pray as an authorized of and approved soul by Him and directed by the Holy Ghost, then He will listen to it. We are in essence, acting as His agent in this world. We have no authority on our own but He has given us authority to do as he directs our actions according to His plan of action. This not something to be taken lightly. This is very serious!
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