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Anthony Smith is the Author of the Article - Snake Charmer (Part 1&2) He will be explaining below the deception of these kind of people - The Charmers! Getting straight into the Holy Scriptures: Key Verse - 2 Kings 9:30-9:36 - (Hold on to that verse)
How many here today believe in the existence of, witches, war-locks and sorcerers? If you noticed, my hand was up first. Now we are not talking about Halloween and spooks and goblins, witches with bumps on their noses, flying brooms or black cats or anything the like! I'm talking about, Spell Casters and Po-shun Makers and Predictors, Psychics, Mediums, Numerology, Astrology-st, Horoscope Writers, Satan Worshipers, Observers of Times, Diviners believe it or not the world is full of such people, that believe in what they are doing.
I took a quick glance on the internet and found that there were;
2,197,261 sites containing witches.
110,157 sites containing war-locks.
2,006,921 sites containing witchcraft.
1,119,088 sites containing Satan Worshipers. And the list goes on and on.
The question today is, Does God acknowledge the existence of such people in the Bible? The answer is yes, over and over again. Where you ask? Lets read a little scripture.
Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Deuteronomy18:10-12 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Jeremiah 27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanter-s, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.
[Other references: Isaiah-19:3; Leviticus -20:6; Deuteronomy -8:11; 1Samuel -28:8; 1Chronicles -10:13; 2Chronicles -33:6., Zechariah - 10:2, Mic 3:7, Jeremiah - 29:8, Isaiah -44:25 , 1Samuel - 6:2, Deuteronomy- 18:14, 2nd Kings-10:18- 30, 1st Kings- 18:1-40]
The most notable of them all was Jezebel.
Key Verse - 2Kings. 9:30-36
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trampled her under foot. And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel.
Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Leviticus 19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.Cursed for speaking to the dead.
Another Incident:
1Samuel 28:7-20
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
Can we speak to the dead? Yes. Will we be cursed By God for doing so? Yes. Witches, war-locks and sorcerers , a present danger to all of us, not just the Christian but also to the lost. Bringing their sorcery and other charms to our children, teaching them un-Godly things that should be buried with them. Deceivers and snake charmers that inhabit the world, there are many in India, that today, are worshiping snakes, because of the witches influence over them!
End of Snake Charmer Part 1
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