Witchcraft Exposed
a research paper written by Kraig J. Rice in 1972
(when I was in Bible College)
My college professor gave me an A+ on it
Witchcraft Exposed
a research paper written by Kraig J. Rice in 1972
(when I was in Bible College)
My college professor gave me an A+ on it
"There has been a revival of interest in witchcraft in recent years,
so much so that there are now people who openly avow themselves to be
witches by means of press, television, and radio. This is perfectly legitimate,
since there has been no law against witchcraft since 1951.
Parrinder says,
"A simple definition of a witch might be one which being eluded by a league
made with the devil through his persuasion, inspiration and juggling,
thinketh she can design what manner of things soever, either by thought or
imprecation, as to shake the air with lightnings and thunder, to cause hail and
tempests, etc." 1
Witchcraft is still practiced in Africa. The modern African dislikes and fears
both the witch and the sorcerer. Against both of them he employs diviners,
oracles, and magical medicines. The witch-doctor is a person who seeks to
doctor and cure those who are believed to have been bewitched. He is
honored and works in public, whereas the witch is supposed to work in secret
and is greatly feared.
Those who maintain that European witchcraft was a cult are not sure whether it
was the remains of Druidic religion or of some more ancient fertility cult.
However, witchcraft is seen to be a cult or resurgence of paganism. The
witch-cult, being a survival of an ancient religion, many of the beliefs and rites
of these early religions are to be found in it. Of these the principal are: the voluntary substitute, the
temporary transference of power to the substitute, and the
self-devotion to death. 2
The word coven is a derivative of "convene", and is variously spelt
coven, coeven, covine, cuwing, and even covey. The special meaning of
the word among the witches is a "band" or "company", who were set
apart for the practice of the rites of the religion and for the performance of magical ceremonies; in short, a kind of priesthood. Sacrifices of blood are said to have been demanded of the witch as the price of her admission to the coven. With the blood of the sacrifice, or sometimes with the witch’s own blood, a contract might be written to bind the witch faithfully to the society. The
coven is said to be the nucleus of the witches’ organization. The
main assemblies themselves are often called Sabbaths.
Witches usually possess animals or familiars as they are called. It
was sometimes, but not always, identified with the devil, and was
usually called an "imp." It acted as the devil’s substitute when he
himself was not present, and was endowed with some, though not all,
of his power: for this reason the witch often had more than one
familiar, each to serve a single purpose.3
There seem to have been four methods of obtaining familiars:
(1) by gift from the devil,
(2) by gift from a fellow witch,
(3) by inheritance, and
(4) by magical ceremonies.
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Common Witchcraft Practices Today
Many people become aware of witches only once a year on Halloween, a time for youngsters to
dress in grotesque costumes, don masks and ring doorbells; happy little demons, hobgoblins,
and witches who demand, "trick or treat!"
Unknowingly some people perform acts of witchcraft every day. Getting
out of the wrong side of the bed is the left or sinister side. When a
person crosses his fingers, he uses his hand- universally the instrument
of blessing- either to promote good luck or ward off evil. If a person
knocks on wood he is symbolically invoking the assistance or protective
influence of a magic wand, the oldest mystic instrument used by man in
an effort to bend the forces of nature to his will. If a person tosses a
pinch of salt over his left shoulder, he is employing an ancient
counter-charm against quarreling. Saying "God Bless You" just after
someone sneezes has it's roots in witchcraft. During the middle ages it
was believed that one's soul left his or her body temporarily when one sneezed.
Therefore it was necessary to ask God to bless that soul while it was
out of the body before Satan could grab it and claim it for his own.
A person who permits a black cat to cross the path ahead of him will
have bad luck. This is not superstition, as popularly believed.
Students of witchcraft point out that when Satan emerges from Hell to
consort with witches on earth he often assumes the form of a black cat.
Originally, mascara (eye make-up), containing the witchcraft magic
metal, antimony, was dispensed by witches and sorcerers to both men
and women to immunize them against the power of the evil eye. Hiding a
bride’s face behind a veil screened her from evil and
ill-omened glances. Eyebrow plucking began when women whose eyebrows
grew together were suspected in Scandinavian countries of being
witches, vampires in the Balkans, and evil spirits in Greece. 4
The Witches’ Sabbath
Many covens may have a large get-together known as the witches’
Sabbath. This may be any day of the week, but it is usually on
Friday. This is a time when communal sex orgies take place. It is
officiated over by one known as the Grand-master. This is also the
time for the witches to adore the devil while on their knees, address
their prayers to him, give thanks to him as the giver of food and the
necessities of life, and dedicate their children to him.
The nocturnal Sabbaths took place while ordinary folk were asleep.
According to ancient beliefs this would be explained by the dream
activity of the witch herself. The common notion was that the
sleeper’s soul had wandered away to other places, enabling her to see
distant people and even to hold conversations with the dead. In modern
Africa the witch is believed to go out at night, in spirit only, and
to leave her body behind asleep. Yet on waking she will confess to
having made the most extraordinary journeys.5 This is
called Transmigration.
Usually the Black Mass is held every time the witches hold their
Sabbath, which is usually every Friday evening.
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White and Black Magicians
In the past, the white witch was the creation of the age of magic
when sickness and death were ascribed to the influence of hostile
spirits which could only be subdued by magic of a more powerful kind.
This was white magic, benevolent, lifegiving, holy, and the magician
who knew its secrets became a figure of immense importance in society,
especially for the service of pointing out who the black witches were.
The white witches had cured sickness when doctors were unknown, and
their skill with animal diseases was sometimes of a high order. They
had been psychiatrists of sorts and they had in some respects
anticipated the method of logical interrogation in their attempts to
track down lost and stolen property, a skill later to be rediscovered
by criminologists.
Throughout all the ages of man the white witch of the ancient world
ruled some part of the life of humanity, but with the advance of human
knowledge his kingdom grew ever smaller and with the final triumph of
science he became extinct in Western society.6
In striking contrast to the white witch is the black witch who uses
her powers only for evil and bewitching purposes. Anton LaVey, the Black Pope of San
Francisco, has this to say concerning the matter:
"There is no difference between ‘white’
and ‘black’ magic, except in the smug hypocrisy, guilt-ridden
righteousness, and self-deceit of the ‘white’ magician himself."7
It is interesting to note in the Old Testament that Balaam could have
been a white witch (warlock). The context of
Jude verse 11, 2 Peter 2:15, and Revelation 2:14, could substantiate the idea
as a reference to
witchcraft. The Amplified Bible has in brackets after the name of Balaam
"a foreteller of events"
(Numbers 22:5), and Balaam used enchantment and divination
(Numbers 23:23). Joshua 13:22 does not contradict this idea in
saying he was a soothsayer because a witch can be a sorcer and magician,
and witchcraft includes any and all facets of occultism. Balaam's real god was money.
Jude 1:11 says,
"...Like Balaam, they will do anything for money."
So regardless of what Balaam was, his will went
contrary to the will of God and he died because of it
(Numbers 31:8).
My thoughts are completely different from yours, says the LORD.
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Black Mass
The Black Mass has never played any part in English witchcraft. Until
the close of the nineteenth century the term itself was quite unknown
in England, and there is good reason for the belief that it was a
modern conception in Continental Europe.8
The inner significance of the Black Mass is the fraternity of man with
man, defiance of the
Christians’ heaven, and worship of Nature’s God under unnatural and
perverted forms.9
Anton LaVey, author of the Satanic Bible, gives this
description of the Black Mass:
"A defrocked priest stands before an altar consisting of a nude woman,
her legs spread-eagled and vagina thrust open, each of her outstretched
fists grasping a black candle made from the fat of unbaptized babies,
and a chalice containing the urine of a prostitute (or blood of a
child who had his throat cut) reposing on her belly. An inverted cross
hangs above the altar, and triangular hosts of ergot-laden bread or
black-stained turnip are methodically blessed as the priest dutifully
slips them in and out of the altar-lady’s labia. Then an invocation
to Satan and various demons is followed by an array of prayers and
psalms chanted backwards or interspersed with obscenities...all
performed within the confines of a ‘protective’ pentagram drawn on
the floor. Then follows a potpourri of flagellation, prayer-book
burning, cunnilingus, fellatio, and general hindquarters kissing- all
done to a background of ribald recitations from the Holy Bible, and
audible expectorations on the cross."10
It must be remembered that the Black Mass is performed at every witches’ Sabbath.
Biblical Notations
According to prophecy, it seems there will be a recurrence of witchcraft
and sorcery during the last days
The so-called "witch" of Endor has frequently been quoted as a clear
example of a Biblical witch. Yet the remarkable thing about this
notorious lady is that not only is she plainly not a witch, but she is
not even called one in the Biblical text.
There is a command in Exodus 22:18 about not allowing a witch to live.
The Hebrew word used here for witch is kashaph. The word comes from an
Arabic root meaning to obscure or to eclipse, used of the sun or moon.
From this the Hebrew might mean dark or gloomy, or muttering in a dark
and low tone. Magicians are generally associated with darkness, and are
given to low mumblings:
"Thy speech shall be low out of the dust"
It has long been thought that this word "witch" in
In James Chapter One is quoted Samuel’s words to Saul,
"disobedience is as the sin of witchcraft"
(properly sorcery). Sorcery is linked again with whoredom
and idolatry in the famous retort of Jehu to Joram
Another Biblical word for witchcraft or wizardry (qesem) is more
properly translated "divination". It is used of obtaining oracles by
casting lots. Men wished to know the future and used various means
which might help them to discover the unknown or to decide important
actions. One of the most popular ways of casting lots was by using
arrows, special pointless arrows, originally rods. By the manner in
which they fell action was decided. This divination has nothing to do
with witchcraft.
These and other types of activity, loosely translated "witchcraft"
are in reality magic, good or bad, and sorcery.
They are conscious and deliberate practices, that may be intended for
useful or for harmful ends. They are not the unconscious or nocturnal
witchcraft in which Europeans and Africans have believed.11
If the Biblical words for a witch do not describe the sort of person
later called a witch, yet there may be some practices which resemble
witchcraft. There is a strange passage in
The word rendered "pillows" may refer to some bands sewn on to the
garments, like the phylacteries which were worn by Pharisees at a
later date. This would mean that magical strips are sewn on to robes
as charms and amulets, either for protection against or for
incitement towards demonic forces. The Hebrew literally translated
suggests that the women sew these bands on to the hands of God, as if
to tie him, but this is hard to credit. It is easier to understand as
an action of sewing by
these women on to the garments of people who come to them.
The word "kerchief" is uncertain, but it may refer to veils
which were worn as protections against evil, or else to prevent the
victims seeing what was happening to them.
There are other scattered references in the Old Testament to evil
forces, which may mean either the magic arts in general or evil
spirits which operate at night. Thus in the Psalms, in particular, there is
"you shall not be afraid for the terror by night"
Evil men and women practise what the Hebrew calls awen, a word which includes
evil deeds, magic, and sorcery. These are the ones who set
"the snare of the fowler"
for the unwary
He who fears God need fear nothing else
Psychological Analysis
Basically, witches are people mentally afflicted with the obsession
that they have the power to harm others by thinking them harm. The
Freudian doctrine of the Omnipotence of Thought shows that men
imagine that they can affect their fellows, and even the course of
nature, simply by the power of thought.
Regarding the spell or hex, so long as man knows the meaning of fear,
he will need the ways and means to defend himself against his fears.
Man always fears those things he does not understand. This is the
philosophy of the spell-casting witch. She uses a person’s own fears
against him.
The real secret of witch-belief lies in the nature of mind itself,
and the whole problem of what psychologists call projection is worthy
of far greater study than it has so far received. The conversion of
feelings of guilt into hostility towards others is a well-known human
frailty which is responsible not only for the illusion of persecution
but the need for a scapegoat. This seems to be a permanent tendency
in the human mind.13
Spiritual Warfare
Witches and warlocks are demon-filled people sold out to doing Satan's will. They do
his bidding and many times they clash against devout Christians doing
God's will. When this happens they can send demons to torment Christians
and thwart their work. A true Christian can be oppressed but not possessed.
When this happens, the Christian must put on his or her suit of armor
mentioned in the bible
Every form of superstition is an attempt to penetrate the
unknown- either to forestall evil or to foretell the future. Men have always
wanted to know. That is why, down the ages, they have consulted
oracles and listened to the predictions of prophets and augurs,
wizards and witches; that is why they have looked for omens in the
flights of birds: that is why they have sacrificed animals and examined their
entrails, interpreted dreams and believed in numbers, cast horoscopes and
consulted the stars.
All such superstition is a substitute faith. It capitalizes and grows
on ignorance and fear: it bewitches and bemuses the credulous and the
gullible. It makes no moral nor ethical demands; it is selfish and
self-centered; it is irrational and absurd. The most powerful
corrective of superstition is a right belief in God.14
The reasons are many as to why a generation claiming to be the most
enlightened and best informed in history are embracing this ancient
cult of the Chaldeans:
This is why there has been a recurrence of witchcraft in modern day America. It
is significant that European belief in witchcraft only received its death-blow
with the spread of modern medical and scientific knowledge, and with the spread
of revivalistic Christianity. America needs a revival and great turning to God.
This would be an effective way of destroying the influence of witchcraft and the
occult sciences.
Christianity is not interested in the question of mere survival; what matters is
the quality of life beyond the grave. What the creeds affirm is a life which is
rich and full, splendid and transcendent: the resurrection of the body and life
everlasting."
Sources for the above references:
"In 1981 the Witches International Coven Council (Wicca) listed
several goals at their convention in Mexico. This list was intercepted
and confiscated by law-enforcement officials. Among their objectives are:
1. To bring about personal debts, causing discord and disharmony within families.
2. To remove or educate the "new-age youth" by:
3. To have laws changed to benefit our ways, such as
Healed by Satan?
My late friend, Cal Midgley, once told me, "Satan is like a mad dog on
the end of a chain. God will only allow him to go so far."
16Lauren Stratford, Satan's Underground, Eugene, Oregon, 97402, 1988, page 201.
Jesus Christ created Lucifer who later became the devil by his own choice
"For you are the children of your father the Devil, and you love to
do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and
has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies,
it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies".
How was the Devil a murderer? According to the Word of God, Satan
was the one behind Cain influencing and helping him to murder his brother.
"We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed
his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what
was evil, and his brother had been doing what was right".
What are some other lies from Satan to you?
One lie is that witchcraft has come out of Christianity. Where
did they get that idea? Because early Christians also held their ceremonies
at night, used abandoned crypts to hold the ceremonies, and wore dark
robes with hoods to shield their identities.
This is as bad a lie as the erroneous Mormon belief that Satan is the
brother of Jesus Christ.
"Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last days some
will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and
teachings that come from demons..."
If you are a witch or satanist, or thinking about becoming one,
I have a question to ask you.
Do you really want to love, worship, and obey a being like Satan who is a
murderer and a liar?
Satanism is divided into two major camps:
1. Traditional Satanism (also called LaVeyan Satanism)
What's the difference between these two different Satanic camps?
The big difference is in the perception of Satan
and the group's activities towards him.
The traditionalists
do not worship Satan- they may not even believe that he even exists.
Most don't believe in God or in a literal hell.
Also their code of conduct is strictly followed. It was written by
Anton Szandor LaVey in 1967 and is called
1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
I got an email from a lady who is a Satanist. She wanted to make sure
that I did not get her higher brand of traditional Satanism confused with
the devil worshippers. She was insistent that traditional Satanism
does not harm little children. She said that she liked Satanism because of the
consensual sex among adults.
If you let the Devil ride with you
The Nine Satanic Statements:
Another trick of Satan is
The Devil Worshippers believe that Satan exists and literally worship
him. They also know God exists but have made a choice to serve Satan
rather than God. To these people Satan is god. They do certain things
to prove their worship for Satan, for doing Satan's will, and to
prove their sincerety to others in the group.
The methods of worship to Satan varies from group to group:
Jesus said, "For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder,
adultery, all other sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
These are what defile you".
Most Satanic groups practice man's inhumanity to man.
They follow the pathway of hate rather than love.
It's the spirit of rebellion and lawlessness.
A requirement in
each of these groups is for each member to become demon possessed.
This possession is mandantory in order to receive the necessary power
involved to commit the crimes of secrecy and to participate in and perform the devil rites.
Another trick of the Devil is for him to do something contrary to you. Then he will lie to you and deceive you into believing that it is Jesus Christ who is to blame.
Being a satanist isn't just about being against God- it isn't just
about raising your fist in the face of the God who loves you-
rather, it is also about hurting those persons who love you.
Hurting your parents, sabotaging your boss or your friend's ministry,
cheating a relative in a business
deal, being unfaithful to your mate, sexually abusing one or more of
your children, playing off people against one another, destroying trust
in God and in others, and harming others in various ways who love you
are just a few examples of what it means to live the satanic lifestyle.
And you can justify it all as long as you get your own selfish way.
If you live like hell you are likely to get there someday!
It's called the spiritual law of sowing and reaping. You will reap on
this earth what you have sowed on this earth. And this law from God
cannot be nullified or changed in any way. It will happen to you. For
every dirty, evil, foul deed that you have done to someone else it will
come back to you some how, some place, and some way. You are not going
to get away with it. Satan does not have the power to stop God from judging you on this
earth. And Satan does not have the power to stop God from judging you after you die.
Since you love Satan so much and since you call him Master then God
will allow you to spend eternity with him. An eternity in hell fire together.
A Warning From God To You Against Abusing Children:
How terrible it will be for anyone who causes others to sin.
Temptation to do wrong is inevitable, but how terrible it will be for
the person who does the tempting. So if your hand or foot causes you
to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better to enter heaven
crippled or lame than to be thrown into the unquenchable fire with
both of your hands and feet. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge
it out and throw it away. It is better to enter heaven half blind
than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.
Beware that you don't despise a single one of these little ones. For
I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of
my heavenly Father".
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
But there is good news. You can go to Heaven rather than Hell. I now
send you the invitation to change sides and to invite Jesus Christ to
come and live in your heart. When Jesus literally comes into your heart any
Satanic demons there will be literally and instantly cast out by Him.
It's time that you were immersed in love rather than in pain and in
hate. It's time that you felt peace in your heart rather than torment.
It's time that your conscience be cleansed from guilt. It's time that
your sins be instantly washed away by the blood of Christ.
God can set you free from everything evil that you have been involved in.
And it's done just like the old hymn says: Nothing But The Blood of Jesus.
Jesus Christ offers you a new life in Him. Jesus loves you and He wants you.
He is willing to forgive you for anything that you did as a devil
worshipper. Repent right now, ask Him to take away your sins, ask Him
to apply His cleansing blood to your heart and soul, acknowledge that
Jesus Christ is God the Son and ask Him to possess you, and tell Him
that you are sorry for making a mess of your life. Tell him that you
are sorry for hurting the people who love you. Tell him that you are
sorry and made a mistake by worshipping Satan and his imps. Then watch
what Christ does for you- expect a miracle!
You should view God in the image of Jesus Christ-
Once Christ comes to literally live inside of your heart take your
Satanic books and relics and burn them. Then find the nearest
Once you are strong in the resurrection power of Jesus Christ the
pastor will encourage you to receive the power of the Holy Spirit
in an act of spiritual baptism
There is never a right way to do wrong.
SABBATS/FESTIVALS
PAGANISM, WITCHCRAFT & SATANISM
January 1st (New Years Day) A druid (spirit) Feast Day (lights fires on hill tops).
January 7th (St. Winebald Day) Animal or Human Sacrifice/Dismemberment (use a human male adult). Age 15-33.
January 17th Satanic Revels Celebrated- Sexual (oral/anal/vaginal). Use Females Age 7- 17.
January 20th (St. Agnes’s Eve) Divination (see future husband). Cast spells.
February 2nd (Candlemas) - One of the Witches Sabbats (Sexual-oral/anal/Vaginal). Uses Females Age 7-17.
February 25th (St. Walpugis Day) Host of Blood and Dismemberment. Uses animals.
March 1st (St. Eichatadt) Drinking of human blood for strength and homage to Demons. Use both Males and Females.
March 20th (Feast Day) - Spring Equinox. Orgies.
APRIL 19-26TH (PREPARATION FOR THE SACRIFICE)
April 24th (St. Marks Eve) Divining/Herb gathering
APRIL 26--31ST (GRAND CLIMAX/DA MUER) Corpus de Baahl. Uses Females Age 1-25.
MAY 1st (BELTANE-- MAY DAY) Fire festival (same as above).
June 21st (Feast Day) - Summer solstice. Orgies.
June 23rd (midsummer’s Eve or St. John’s Eve) most important time for the practice of Magic-fire festival.
July 1st (Demon Revels Celebrated) Druids Sexual Sensual Association with the Demons. Use Females of any age.
July 25th (St James’ Day) Gathering of Herbs.
August 1st (Lammas) --Great Sabbat. Feast of the Sun God. The beginning of autumn and the harvest season.
August 3rd (Satanic Revels) -- use Females Age 7 -17. Oral/Anal/Vaginal.
August 24th (St. Bartholomew’s Day) - Great Sabbat and Fire Festival. Large herb gathering.
September 7th (Marriage to the Beast Satan) - Sacrifice/Dismemberment. Female child under the age of 21.
September 20th (midnight Host) - Dismemberment. Hands planted. Use Female child under the age of 21.
September 22nd (Feast Day) - Fall/Autumn Equinox. Orgies.
October 29 - November 1st (All Hollows Eve) - Sexual climax, sensual association with the demons. Use any human male or female.
October 31st (Halloween) - Great Sabbat and Fire Festival. Night dead thought to return to earth.
November 4th (Satanic Revels) Sexual oral/anal/vaginal. Use Females After 7-17.
December 21st (St. Thomas’ Day) - Great Sabbat and Fire Festival.
December 24th - (Demon Revels/Da Muer) - High Grand Climax. Use Males or Females.
Individuals Birthday - Highest of all holidays - involves victim and someone in authority.
Shrovetide (3 days before Ash Wednesday) Another witches Sabbat date.
Good Friday/Black Mass
Easter -- Children given to High Priest (rebirth to Satan).
Add five weeks and one day to dates will present the Grand Climax to all underworld Demons.
All holiday’s dates change from year to year according to the satanic calendar and differs from cult to cult.
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(Revelation 9:21; 18:23:21:8; and 22:15).
I Samuel chapter 28 is the reference.
The medium of Endor is called baalath ob in Hebrew, a mistress of a
familiar spirit or talisman. This does not mean a familiar animal, as
in later European witchcraft. It refers probably to the "control", as
modern spiritualism terms it, which is supposed to take charge of the
medium and through her mouth gives messages from the dead.
(Isaiah 29:4).
Exodus chapter 22 is best
understood as "poisoner". This explanation was much quoted
in King Charles II’s time, when capital punishment for witchcraft ceased. Men argued
that the Biblical verse did not refer to all manner of magic or
witches’ assemblies, but only to poisoning. A man who killed his
enemy with poison was guilty, of course, of a capital crime. This is
still true.
But apart from poisoning all the many other activities attributed to
witches were not capital offences, or indeed based on actual
occurrences. There was no Biblical support for applying capital
punishment to them.
(2 Kings 9:22). Both sorcery and whoredom are connected with the magical and
fertility cults of Canaan which so often culminated in prostitution
and human sacrifice. The Hebrew prophets declaimed in great
indignation against this immorality and magic which undermined true
religion and ethics. The man who practices magic uses an evil power,
to undermine the righteous by crooked ways and secret arts. He is a
man of Belial, a man of blood and wicked ways.
Ezekiel 13:18-21 that cries,
"Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make
kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls."
This sounds like authentic witchcraft belief, as found in other parts
of the world, and it is significant that it occurs in a late period
of Israel’s history, spoken by a prophet who was living in exile in
Babylon in the sixth century B.C. Here he would be in contact with
new ideas and beliefs, such as may have been little known to the
inhabitants of Palestine.
(Psalm 91:5). It is at night that evil is thought to be unleashed and then the wicked
do their plotting
(Psalm 36:4). That this is not mere enmity but could refer to a form of witchcraft is
clear from
Psalm 11:2. Here the soul is thought to fly like a bird while the wicked shoot at it
by night.
(Psalm 91:3). The just call upon the Lord so that
"the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands"
(Psalm 9:16). No doubt many of these verses may be taken in several ways, as the
oppression of the poor by the rich, the envy of an enemy at the upright and
prosperous, or as the evil deeds of magicians and night-workers. These words, which
to western ears sound like plain enmity, are found as technical terms among the
Babylonians and neighbors of the Jews. Nets and snares
(Psalm 140:5) are common words for magic and cursing, and they have a deeper meaning
than is apparent on the surface.12
but
he who fears not God
needs to fear everything else.
(Ephesians 6:10-18) and then go to spiritual warfare against the devil
and his imps. Take the authority of the name of Jesus Christ and rebuke
Satan with this. Satan cannot stand against the power and authority of the
One (Jesus) who defeated him at Calvary and he will flee when you confront
him in the name of Jesus. Jesus is greater than Satan and Jesus has more
power than Satan does. You cannot fight Satan in your own power but you
can use the spiritual power of the Lord to fight him with.
Conclusion
People must believe something. If they have nothing sensible to
believe, then they will believe nonsense. It is
a fact commonly observed that when faith in God decays, superstition
grows; and today, with the withering of faith, there is seen the
flowering of credulity. This means that an amazing number of
civilized people have adopted a view of the universe which can most
properly be designated as magical.
(1) It is an age of wide-spread fear and anxiety, aggravated by war
abroad and violence at home,
(2) It is a time of confusion and moral disintegration, when
traditional mores of behavior are being discarded,
(3) Institutionalized religion has failed to provide answers to the
questions that men are asking,
(4)It is an age of space exploits when men’s thoughts are being
geared to interplanetary travel and to the myriad mysteries of the astronomic universe,
(5) It is an age of depersonalization, and
(6) Man has always been attracted by the mysterious and the unknown,
and finds it a pleasant diversion from the humdrum and drudgery of
day-to-day existence.15
1 Parrinder, Geoggrey: Witchcraft: European and African, New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1963, p. 18.
2 Margaret Murray, The Witch-cult in Western Europe, London: Oxford Press, 1967, p. 161.
3 lbid., p. 223.
4 Emile Schurmacher, Witchcraft in America Today, New York: Coronet Communications, 1970, p. 95.
5 Parrinder, op. cit., p. 41.
6 Eric Maple, The Dark World of Witches, New York: Barnes and Co., 1970, p. 196
7 Anton LaVey, The Satanic Bible, New York: Avon Books, 1971, p. 110.
8 Maple, op. cit., p. 198.
9 Jules Michelet, Satanism and Witchcraft, New York: The Citadel Press, 1965, p. 103.
10 LaVey, op. cit., p. 99.
11 Parrinder, op. cit., p. 121.
12 Parinder, op. cit., p. 123.
13 Maple, op. cit., p. 200.
14 Stuart Babbage, Aquarian Fever, Philadelphia: the Evangelical Foundation, 1970, p. 22.
15 I. Thomas, The Age of Aquarius, Philadelphia: the Evangelical Foundation, 1970, page 5.
a) infiltrating boys'and girls' clubs and big sister and big brother programs
b) infiltrating schools, having prayers removed, having teachers teach
about drugs, sex, freedoms
c) instigating and promoting rebellion against parents and all authority
a) removing children from the home environment and placing them in our foster homes
b) mandatory placement of children in our day-care centers
c) open the drug and pornography market to everyone"16
There is a trick of the devil used here. Satan will
afflict a person. Then the evil worker will "pray for healing in Satan's name."
Satan will then stop afflicting the person so that they return back to
normal again. However, being deceived, the person thinks that he or she is
healed in the devil's name. Then the devil get's glory and worship.
This is what Satan wants but he is a cheat, a fraud, and a deceiver in his
character and methods.
Satan's agenda is to kill, steal, and destroy, not to heal or do good.
Rather, Satan's method is to use a person for awhile and then kill him or her.
SATANISM EXPOSED
(John 1:3). And what did the
devil's creator say about him? I'm afraid what He said is not very flattering:
(John 8:44)
(I John 3:12)
(I Timothy 4:1).
and
2. Theistic Satanism (also called Devil Worship)
2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
3. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
6. Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.
8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
9. Do not harm little children.
10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
he will want to drive
1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence!
2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!
5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek!
6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires!
7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his divine spiritual and intellectual development, has become the most vicious animal of all!
8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!
9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years!
to convince you that he isn't evil.
murder
sexual perversion
kissing the anus (rear end) of a goat under it's tail
deliberate or random acts of violence
various forms of canabalism
eating fecal matter (human manure)
drinking urine
drinking menstrual, animal, or sacrificial blood
the illegal use of a narcotic, a hallucinogenic, or an anaesthetic drug
and child abuse in all it's hellish forms
are just tips of the ice berg to some groups.
(Matthew 15: 19-20)
Satan may promise you money, sex, fame, or power and you may get it all.
At least, for a time. But, there's a payback time coming to you
while you are on this earth. This payback is from
God- isn't it interesting that the Satanic Bible does not happen to
mention it. However, it is mentioned
in the Holy Bible from God in Galatians Chapter 6:
"Don't be misled. Remember that you can't ignore God and get away
with it. You will always reap what you sow! Those who live only to
satisfy their own sinful desires will harvest the consequences of decay and death."
(Galatians 6:7-8).
Jesus called a small child over to him and put the child among them. Then He said,
"I assure you, unless you turn from your
sins and become as little children, you will never get into the
Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, anyone who becomes as humble as this
little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And anyone who
welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me. But
if anyone causes one of these little ones who trusts in me to lose
faith, it would be better for that person to be thrown into the sea
with a large millstone tied around the neck.
(Matthew 18:2 - 10)
NOT
in the image of your earthy father
or earthly caretaker
Assemblies of God church and make an appointment to speak with the
pastor there. Explain to him what has just happened to you and he will
help you get into God's word and help you get sound Biblical teaching.
If he can't help you directly I am sure that he will be able to find someone who can.
(Acts 2:4). This dynamic power from God
is greater than anything that Satan has to offer. You need this power
to help you live the Christian life and to help you fight against the
power of the enemy. And God is always happy to share His power with you to help you.
(that show you how much God loves you)
Satanists and witches celebrate eight major Sabbats during the year. Each one holds special
significance to them. In addition, Satanists hold a member’s birthdate in reverence. On these dates
there should be a significant amount of activity amongst traditional worshippers of Satanism and
witchcraft. If bizarre rituals are to occur, within organized satanic groups, they will most likely occur
on or about one of these dates.
Officer Sandi Gallant
Believe the Children
San Francisco Police
Dept. P.O. Box 26-8462
also
Intelligence Division
Chicago, Illinois 60626
(415) 553-1133 (708) 515-5432
also
Dale W. Griffis, PhD.
Box 309
Tiffin, Ohio 44883
(419) 447-8611
Those ministers and priests in robes |
"She thought she could mess with Satan and then quit. But someone had to pay the
price."
Have you been set up |
"The thing possessed poor Maria. It drove her to do strange things. But Jesus' power
delivered her so the thing couldn't hurt her anymore."
Don't let Satan deceive you any longer |
"When the collapsing roof dumped him into the flames, Fred thought he
had seen hell. But the real hell is much worse".
You can live your life without Christ inside of your heart |
One of the best studies on this subject was written by
I now quote his writing from this booklet:
"It is clear from scripture that the angels as created by God were
good, and that there were those who became evil and suffered a fall.
It is characteristic of God to create that which is good as is
evidenced by the sevenfold repetition of the word "good" in
describing the reaction of God to his handiwork during the creative
week. Concerning angels, however, Peter wrote:
"...God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down into hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness"
"It is clear from 2 Peter 2:4 that sin was the cause of the fall of
angels. In some manner they evidently participated in a deliberate,
willful, self-determined revolt against God. Undoubtedly Satan was
their leader in this downfall. John describes events
"And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth"
In point of time, it would seem evident that the angels fell prior to
the time of the creation of Adam and Eve. Satan, at the time of the
temptation in the garden, was already the head of a kingdom of fallen
beings in the realm of the angels. The events that occured and the
nature of satan's enticement of the angels is not set forth in
Scripture. Evidently the pride of Satan that was responsible for his
own rebellion subsequently infected the angelic hosts (armies) and
eventually mankind on earth."
"Fallen angels and demons have a great deal in common, for both are
servants of Satan and they work contrary to God and seek to thwart His
kingdom. Even though these creatures appear to be different beings, they
have in common that their basic work and purposes appear to be
virtually identical. Among those elements that these creatures have in common are:
It is clearly evident that demons are personal beings. To substitute
disease, habit, or some other term for demons would be to deny the plain sense of Scripture.
"The New Testament depicts demons as spiritual beings who are
intelligent, vicious, and unclean and who have the power to afflict
men with physical hurt and with moral and spiritual contamination."
The term demon in ancient Greek mythology originally meant "god,"
particularily a lesser god. By the New Testament era, the term
became strictly limited to evil spirits. Scripture uses interchangeably
the word "demon" and the word "spirit"
"In spite of the difficulties, a good number of Bible scholars
advocate the view that fallen angels are identical with demons.
These include Lewis Sperry Chafer, J.J. Owen, G. Campbell Morgan,
A.A. Hodge, Charles Hodge, A.H. Strong, and A.C. Gaebelein. Such
scholars would either ignore or explain away the apparent differences
between fallen angels and demons which include such factors as:
It seems warranted to include in a single discussion the work, not
only of fallen angels, but also of demons, evil spirits, unclean
spirits and Satan's angels. All of these spiritual creatures who seek
to oppose the work of God in the realm of man may be classed together.
In general, these creatures all acknowledge Satan as their king, and
thereby they oppose God and try to defeat His will. They oppress man
and hinder his welfare; as the emissaries of Satan they unleash their
vicious attacks upon man. Nevertheless, in the remarkable providence
of God, these creatures may become His instruments to chasten and
discipline God's erring subjects and therefore in an ultimate sense
fulfill the divine will."
"Evil spirits or fallen angels are responsible for much heresy and error.
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to...doctrines of devils."
Unclean spirits cause various physical infirmities that plague mankind.
Among the demonic diseases of the Gospels are:
"It is evident that demon possession involves the loss by the
victim of his power of choice. His whole personality is dominated
and overshadowed so that he cannot separate his own consciousness
and mental processes from that of the demon. There is a merger of
personalities; the basic control of the individual is in the hand of the demon.
It is to be noted that demon possession tends to be a local or regional
phenomenon. Even in Bible times almost all cases with which Jesus
dealt were in Galilee rather than among the religiously cultured people
of Jerusalem. There is evidence that the accumulation of the standards
and behavorial practices of even nominal Godly leaders constitute a
certain kind of a safeguard against excessive demonism. However, in the
case of the Christian, regardless of where he is, there is in no wise
a threat of demon possession. Only those who deliberately place
themselves under the domination of Satan's representatives can expect
to become their victims."
"It is customary to make a distinction between demon possession and
demon oppression, or demon influence. In the case of the latter, it is
not a matter of the victim falling into the hands of the demon, but
rather simply that the demon through pressure, temptation, and
suggestion imposes an external attack upon him."
"Scripture gives no hope whatsoever for any part of salvation for these
creatures. Their inevitable destiny is the lake of fire. Currently the
abode of demons or fallen angels is in the "abyss," or as
sometimes translated, "the bottomless pit." At Gadera,
when confronted by Jesus Christ, the demons were fearful of their
future fate, but they acknowledged its certainty without dispute.
"...they cried out saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?"
"The popular mind tends to think of Satan in terms either of
skepticism, or of outright denial, and the whole concept frequently
is considered a matter of simple minded humor. The literary concepts
of authors such as Milton or Goethe have impressed the popular mind to
consider Satan as a repulsive creature with horns, a tail, a
three-pronged pitchfork, and surrounded by fiery red imps. Although
there is a willingness on the part of modern thinkers to accept a
principle of evil existing in the universe, the claim of a personal
Satan is highly suspect."
"Scripture makes it clear that Satan is a very real person of noteworthy
beauty and ability. His basic being is spiritual and not physical,
and he therefore is not subject to description in the manner of physical
beings. Martin Luther somewhat set the pattern for evangelicals in his
awareness of the reality of Satan with his constant opposition. Said
Luther, "A Christian will know that he sits in the very midst of
devils, and that the Devil is closer to him than his coat or shirt, or
even than his own skin. If anyone dies of the plague, is drowned, or
falls dead, this is the work of the Devil."
"The Christian is interested in Satan, not to satisfy a morbid
curiosity, but because Satan is our chief enemy and the one who
would desire to see our faith brought to nought. Satan is the
mainspring of sin; he is the archfiend, liar, perverter, schemer,
and the enemy of God. The recognition of the power and personality
of Satan brings into true focus the intensity of the church's battle against sin."
1. His Existence and Origin
"That Satan exists is freely set forth in the Bible. His footprints
are evident in the world about us. The Bible includes mention of Satan
174 times and depicts him as the source of anarchy and rebellion in
the universe, and of personal problems in the lives of believers. He is
depicted as a schemer, and a deceiver who would change his presentation
and mode of attack from moment to moment. Thus he is both a roaring
lion and a counterfeit angel of light. He remains unknown and anonymous
only to those who identify with his principles and purposes; those who
stand for righteousness and godly virtue inevitably come in conflict
with Satan and have no doubt of his reality."
"Satan was created by God for a position of high honor in relation
to this earth. Chapter 28 of Ezekiel describes him under the figure of
the King of Tyre, a description which obviously transcends any mere
earthly ruler. Satan is there depicted as the sum of created perfection
(verse 12), dwelling in God's garden of mineral glory (verse 13). He
was upon God's holy mountain (verse 14), and walked up and down in the
midst of the stones of fire (verse 14). These statements seem to
indicate that he fellowshiped with God in His eternal glory. He was
created a Cherubim (verse 14) which constituted him a being of special
rank or status, and in his role of covering, overshadowing, or
overspreading, he evidently enjoyed a special realm of administration.
In his original state, this being is depicted as
"full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty" (verse 12).
Both in Ezekiel and elsewhere in the Bible, the story continues with an
account of the fall of Satan. Scripture reports that this exalted,
glorious being of God's creation fell from his exalted estate and
became the adversary both of God and of the people of God. The cause
of Satan's fall is revealed to be pride and selfishness.
"Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness"
"Scripture plainly teaches that Lucifer was once in truth and blessing
and in favor with God. The status of Lucifer or Satan today represents
his voluntary choice and a departure from his original position. God
did not create Lucifer to be a Satan but to be a very special angel
who was to have a part in administering the earth. Lucifer perverted the
exercise of his free will to establish himself as Satan, and for that
God was not responsible. God had created Lucifer with moral
freedom, for such
freedom is an essential element of moral beings who were to be God's
co-workers in determining the affairs of the universe. Lucifer possessed
the possibility of sinning, and tragically but truly this was the course
of action he chose."
2. The Personality of Satan
"It is essential to a Biblical theology to hold to the personality
of Satan. He is as real a personal being as any living person on
earth, or as the angels, or even God Himself. The denial of the
personality of Satan is usually an attempt by sinful man to delude
himself into minimizing the factors of his own sinfulness."
Scripture makes it clear that Satan is a person.
"In a number of scriptural incidents, Satan definitively operated
as a person. His relations to God and to Job in the opening chapters
of the book of Job are certainly personal relations. He appeared to
Christ as a person to tempt Him, and the entire relationship was on a
person-to-person basis. It was not a mere metaphor who appeared before
Jesus, it was certainly an actual person."
1. He is a being of Might and Power
"Satan still retains his status as a mighty angel and he is of
sufficient power that he may oppose even the chief angels of God.
"Yet Michael, the Archangel, contending with the devil- he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing acusation, but saith, The Lord rebuke thee"
2. He is the god of this World
Saint Paul wrote of the unconverted
"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not..."
3. He Heads an Antichristian Kingdom
"The kingdom of Satan contrasts to the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
"Who delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of his dear son"
"In his leadership of an antichristian kingdom, Satan constantly seeks to destroy Christian believers.
"...for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ, lest Satan should get an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices"
4. He Administers Human Misery and Physical Death
"Although the destiny of mankind and the pronouncement of death are
exclusively maintained in the hands of God, the implementation of these
experiences appear to be in the hands of Satan. He delights to
administer torment in death and until the consummation of this age he
fulfills this role. Thus Jesus described the woman with the crooked spine
"And ought not this woman...whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed?"
"The writer of Hebrews described the work of Jesus
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part in the same- that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the devil"
5. He is Eternally Contrary to God's Principles and God's Will
"Satan opposes all that is good and promotes all that is evil. He operates by deceit and seeks to be as much like God as possible. The Lord described some of Satan's followers:
"I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan"
Forbidden fruit
"The name "Satan" means "adversary, enemy, or one who hinders". The name occurs nineteen times in the Old Testament and thirty-four times in the New Testament. Saint Paul exhorted the Corinthians to manifest Christian grace
"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices"
"The name "wicked one" (the Revised Version renders it evil one) portrays Satan as the embodiment of wickedness in contrast with God who is the embodiment of good.
"When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart"
"Satan is called "destroyer" or "killer," although our version leaves this name untranslated:
"And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon but in the Greek tongue had this name, Apollyon"
"In spite of the intimations of the vast power and the unrestrained hostility of Satan against all that is of God, the believer does not need to live in fear of Satan. The believer possesses the power to resist him and to escape his evil intentions.
"Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith..."
"By virtue of the victory of Calvary, Satan is a conquered enemy.
"For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil"
"The inevitable destiny of Satan has been pronounced by God and there is no hope for the lifting of the divine curse.
"Thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit"
"Although Scripture depicts that Satan will retain his liberty until the end of the tribulation period (except he will be cast out of the heavenlies during the tribulation) his long course of wicked conduct comes to an end at the close of the tribulation. Thus John wrote,
"And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up..."
Note:
1. Here is a link to a testimony of a former male witch, G. P. Taylor, who accepted Christ as his Master and Lord:
2. Here is another link to a testimony of a former male witch, Jean-Luc DeVere, who accepted Jesus Christ:
3. Here is a link to another testimony, victoria
4. Here is a link to another testimony, Nicky Cruz
or
a Bible study for everyone about our arch enemies in the spiritual realm
and how to defeat them
by
L. Thomas Holdcroft
L. Thomas Holdcroft in his looseleaf large booklet titled
The Moral Universe (pages 33-44)
I have placed the words of Jesus Christ in red color symbolizing His shed blood.
I have placed the words of Holy Scripture in purple color symbolizing the royalty of their Author.
(2 Peter 2:4).
Jude records:
"And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness"
(Jude 6).
Obviously there are fallen angels who are today imprisoned and awaiting judgment."
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 33)
(Revelation 12:4). It might be understood that this description
from Revelation actually is identifying events in the eternity of God.
Thus, it is not a matter of requiring the fall of angels to be future,
but understanding that this is simply one aspect of the outworking of
God's eternal program. Jesus said,
"I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Heaven"
(Luke 10:18).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 34)
they both recognize the person of Christ
(Matthew 8:31 & 32; Mark 1:24; Acts 9:15);
both are spiritual beings who are accomplices of Satan who face
certain judgment;
and both are eternally destined to the lake of fire
(Matthew 25:41, I Corinthians 6:3; 2 Peter 2:4;
Jude 6; Revelation 12:7-9).
Jesus freely recognized the existence of
demons, for He cast them out
(Matthew 15:22, 28).
He rebuked them (Mark 5:8), and
He commanded His disciples to cast them out
(Matthew 10:1)."
(Matthew 8:16; Luke 10:17 & 20).
demons go to and fro on the earth and are not chained
(Matthew 12:43; Luke 11:24)
demons seek embodiment and seem not to be able to perform unless
embodied; they posess both men and beasts.
One would likely be impressed to conclude that if demons are fallen
angels, they are a special branch or species of fallen angel, and
that there exists other fallen angels who are not demons."
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 35)
(I Timothy 4:1).
They seek to hinder the believer's spiritual life and the success of his prayers:
"Then said He unto me...from the first day that thou didst set thine heart...
thy words were heard and I am come for thy words. But the Prince of
the Kingdom of Persia (a Satanic emissary) withstood me one and twenty days."
(Daniel 10:12 & 13).
In the New Testament Saint Paul depicts the believer's struggle against unclean spiritual powers:
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"
(Ephesians 6:12).
dumbness
"...they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil."
(Matthew 9:32)
blindness
"Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind..."
(Matthew 12:22)
mental illness
"For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters."
(Luke 8:29)
Frequently, along with the catalog of healings wrought by Jesus, is listed His work of casting out demons."
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 36)
(Matthew 8:29)
James commented "demons believe and tremble"
(James 2:19) but he made it clear that this belief and fear are no
grounds for conversion. Inevitably, demons must acknowledge the
sovereignty of deity but they do so without any accompanying worshipful belief.
"And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God"
(Mark 3:11).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 37)
(Ezekiel 28:17).
"Thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds- I will be like the most High
(Isaiah 14:13 & 14). Satan evidently became unwilling to rule the
earth as God's subordinate, and he sought to establish his rulership
independent of God. Our Lord corroborated the account of the fall of
Satan when He said to the seventy,
"I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Heaven"
(Luke 10:18). Saint Paul noted Satan's fall was through pride and thus included among the qualifications of a deacon
"...not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil"
(I Timothy 3:6).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 38)
Personal pronouns are applied to him
"Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan..."
(Matthew 4:10).
Personal attributes are applied to him- such as the power of rational speech
"Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?"
Personal acts are performed by him
"He that committeth sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth from the beginning"
(I John 3:8).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 39)
(Jude 9).
Jesus described Satan as the prince of this world:
"...for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me"
(John 14:30). (Also see John 16:11 and John 12:31).
Satan continues to be sovereign in the realm of the heavenlies and there he heads his evil spiritual forces which enables him to interfere in the realm of nature and physical things and to control the whole world of men outside of Christ.
"Wherein in times past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air..."
(Ephesians 2:2). "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"
(Ephesians 6:12). In a latter day- part of the reason that antichrist so freely will be acknowledged by men is explained by John
"...whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders"
(I Timothy 2:9).
(2 Corinthians 4:4). Thus, it is declared that the dominant spirit in
the world of men in this age is Satan. It is he rather than God who is
the ultimate object of this world's worship. By deliberate deceit,
Satan entices the homage of mankind so that they enthrone him as their
god at the expense of the acknowledgment of Jehovah.
"...Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light"
(2 Corinthians 11:14). Scripture reveals that Satan circulates freely
in the world of men, and that he operates therein to win all possible
followers and entice them into his circle of influence."
(Colossians 1:13). Satan is a king and his kingdom is the realm of the
underworld. Among the satanic subordinates who share with him the
administration of his kingdom are the: principalities, powers, rulers
of darkness, and wicked spirits. In contrast to the omnipotent power of
God there is the mighty power of Satan as a second power center in the
universe seeking to mislead human followers. Saint Paul was commissioned to minister to men
"to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God..."
(Acts 26:18).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 40)
(2 Corinthians 2:10 & 11). "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour"
(I Peter 5:8). To the church at Symrna the Lord declared
"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried"
(Revelation 2:10). Even in the ranks of believers, Satan would try to infiltrate his evil cohorts
"The tares are the children of the wicked one: The enemy that sowed them is the devil"
(Matthew 13:30) . Above all, Satan despises the Scriptures and would desire that the word of God be a forgotten book.
"...then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved"
(Luke 8:12).
(Luke 13:16). The special work of Jesus on earth was to minister to those who were in Satan's clutches
"Jesus of Nazareth...went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil"
(Acts 10:38). Saint Paul reported
"...there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me"
(2 Corinthians 12:7). Even his evangelistic and travel plans were affected
"Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, once and again but Satan hindered us"
(I Thessalonians 2:18).
(Hebrews 2:14). Where as scripture very carefully signifies that life is in the hands of God
(Matthew 10:28), nevertheless, the implementation of God's sentence of death constitutes the special task of Satan. Evidently he delightedly fulfills the ugly task of ministering death to unregenerate mankind."
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 41)
(Revelation 2:9). It was Satan who was the motivation for the evil act of Judas
"Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot"
(Luke 22:3). From the day that Satan beguiled Eve, he has done all possible to debase human decisions and conduct. In vainly numbering Israel, David was his victim
"And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel"
(I Chronicles 21:1). Satan motivated the deceitful Ananias
"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost"
(Acts 5:3). Satan is constantly scheming to trap God's people by whatever means possible.
"And the Lord said, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat"
(Luke 22:31). Saint Paul recognized that Satan would capitalize even upon the sex needs of married people and thus he advised
"So do not deprive each other of sexual relations. The only exception to this rule would be the agreement of both husband and wife to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time, so they can give themselves more completely to prayer. Afterward they should come together again so that Satan won't be able to tempt them because of their lack of self-control"
(I Corinthians 7:5) (NLT).
creates
many jams
(2 Corinthians 2:11). (Also see Zechariah 3:1, Matthew 4:10,
Matthew 16:23, I Thessalonians 2:18). Repeatedly he is depicted as the enemy of God's people who hinders and resists the accomplishment of righteousness and all achievement for God. The name "devil" meaning "accuser, slanderer" occurs some sixty times in the New Testament.
"And supper having ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simons son, to betray Him..."
(John 13:2).
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil...And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven...the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before God day and night"
(Revelation 12:9 & 10). Constantly the devil is engaged in accusing and slandering man to God and God to man."
(Matthew 13:19). The name "tempter" implies the work of Satan in seeking to discredit and lead astray all believers.
"And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread"
(Matthew 4:3). Satan comes not as an ugly, sinister force to tempt Christians- often he appears as an angel of light
(2 Corinthians 11:14). The Christian leader is to beware of the tempter with all his subtlities
"...he must have a good report of them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil"
(I Timothy 3:7).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 42)
(Revelation 9:11). The name "Dragon" may imply his operations in a destructive terrifying manner throughout mankind
"And there appeared another wonder in Heaven, and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns..."
(Revelation 12:3). The name "serpent" to the average mind implies loathesomeness and repulsiveness
"And he laid hold on this dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil"
(Revelation 20:2). In New Testament times a common name for Satan was Beelzebub, but its meaning is not significant except to imply that Satan won recognition as a lord. The expression "belial" applied to Satan in Scripture means worthless one or base one, low or abject. The name "Lucifer" means light-bearer and it applied to Satan before his fall."
(I Peter 5:8 & 9). "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil"
(Ephesians 6:11).
(I John 3:8). "And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it"
(Colossians 2:15). Satan's dominion today is limited to those who voluntarily submit themselves to him. He possesses neither physical, moral, nor legal power that entitles him to rule in the universe."
(Isaiah 14:15). Satan is confirmed in his wickedness and his final judgment is certain. Saint Paul commented on the outworking of the plan of God
"And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly"
(Romans 16:20).
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 43)
(Revelation 20:1 - 3). After the millennium Scripture reports that Satan is released briefly and then
"...the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever"
(Revelation 20:10). Jesus taught that the ultimate purpose of the tormenting fires of hell were expressly for Satan and his associates, and this indeed is to be his eternal state.
"Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels"
(Matthew 25:41)."
(L. Thomas Holdcroft- end of page 44- and the end of his discourse on this subject)
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