WITCHCRAFT AND GOD

WITCHCRAFT ACCORDING TO GOD

Exod. 22:18 “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”

Lev. 20:27 “A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.”

Deut. 18:10-11 “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.”

Exod. 22:18 Thus with blunt directness and complete finality the law of God against all traffic with the world of evil spirits was officially announced. The enactment reveals the possibility of such communications; and by punishing with the death penalty, makes perfectly clear the heinousness of all such action. Christian people have often made the mistake of denying the possibility of such communications, they have treated witchcraft, sorcery, spiritism, as unreal things, to be laughed at, or denied. No graver blunder can be made. There are very real dealings with spirits. The Biblical revelation recognizes this everywhere; and the evidences of the possibility abound on all hands in human history and experience. But it is equally true that the whole Biblical teaching is opposed to the practice: it views it as essentially evil, it strictly forbids it; and all human experience shows the evil effects of all such traffic. Wherever it is indulged in, sooner or later it produces terrible results, physically, mentally, or morally, and generally in every way. It is clearly against the will of God that in this life man should hold any communication with the spirit world, except that of direct fellowship with Himself, through His Son, by the Holy Spirit. Wherever it is done, we may rest assured that those with whom communication is gained are evil and impure spirits, for the good and pure, abiding in the perfect love of God, would neither desire nor be able to break His law.