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If you're a Wiccan, please read this.
If you are a
Wiccan, thank you for reading this
article. We at CARM want you to
understand that we do not hold animosity
towards you. We are not
afraid of Wicca, of the spells or the
incantations, have not been wronged by
any Wiccan's, and we do not believe that
you purposefully worship Satan. We understand that
you seek to develop a personal and valid
path with "The All" as you
perceive it and that you
seek to use the energies and balance of
nature to achieve harmony, purpose, and
influence.
Though we recognize that there may be
some who claim to be Christians who are
very bigoted, harsh, unloving, and even
violent (in the past), we want you to know that this
is not the teaching of Christ. Just
because some people say they are Christians and
then behave badly, it does not mean
they are true believers in Christianity. Nevertheless,
it is out of concern for your spiritual
destiny that we write about Wicca.
Our desire is to help you.
Christians derive their spiritual
authority and doctrine from the Word of
God. According to the Bible, there
are demonic forces as well as angelic
ones. The reason the Bible forbids
witchcraft is because the power that
comes through the incantations and
spells are
derived from demonic forces, not from
God. These
forces are manifested through people who
contradict God's teaching and open
themselves up to their dark and
deceptive influence. Now,
before you dismiss this outright, please
bear with us a little bit longer.
How do you know that what you are
contacting is good or bad? What standard
do you have by which you can judge whether
or not the results you are getting are
from the God and Goddess or are instead
from some demonic forces that
impersonate various deities in order to
deceive you?
If you answer that it is because good things come as a
result of your efforts, so what?
The demonic forces are not dumb and can
easily get people to believe that what
they are doing is good all the while
deceiving them into continuing with
their occult practices.
If you dismiss
this line of questioning, that is your
privilege. But, the questions are valid
questions that ought to be answered. We
are all open to being tricked and none
of us wants to be made a fool. Since
eternity is a long time to be wrong, it
is all the more important that we try
and establish some way of verifying what
is occurring in the spiritual realm and
that what you contact is not a harmful
force masquerading as something good.
At this point, we appeal to Jesus. The Bible is a
collection of 66 books written by about
40 different people. It claims to be inspired and it points to
the person of Jesus. Jesus claimed to be
God in flesh (John 8:58 with
Exodus 3:14. He fulfilled many Old Testament
prophecies, performed many miracles,
raised people from the dead, died on the
cross, and rose from the dead himself (1 Cor. 15:1-4). This means that what he
says takes on incredible significance.
If he said that there are demonic forces
that trick people, then it is true. It
he says not to get involved with séances,
necromancy, divination, spells, etc., then we shouldn't.
But, you might say that the Bible has
been corrupted. No, it has not been
corrupted. The New Testament documents
are more than 99.6% textually pure. In
other words, they are incredibly well
preserved and transmitted to us.
Scholars translate the original
documents into English and this is how
we get our English Bibles.
Even though you may discredit the
historical and theological accuracy of
the Bible, it does not mean in the Bible
is not true. This is why you must continue to ask
yourself what is it that you are
contacting? How do you know that the
theology of Wicca is true? How do you
know there are not demonic elements that
work through your occult practices?
Just because you can get results from
spells and incantations, it does not mean
that it is good. The Bible tells us that
the devil can go around and deceive
people making them believe that what
they're doing is right when it is not. Therefore, we
must be very careful. But, you
might respond that you don't believe in
the Devil. Okay, but Jesus did!
The safest bet is to trust Jesus who
has been to the other side and come back. The safest
bet is to trust the Lord Jesus who died,
was buried, and rose from the dead. He
has authenticated the Old Testament
Scriptures as being true and he
appointed the apostles who
wrote the New Testament. Therefore, the
Bible as a whole is validated by Jesus
and the Bible clearly states that
mediums, channeling,
séances, witchcraft, spells, and divination
can only result in being deceived.
Darkness
Finally, there is one last comment. The
further you get into Wicca, the further
you will move into darkness. The further
you move into darkness, the more hostile
you may become to Christianity, the idea
of the cross and it's sacrifice, etc.
Oftentimes those who are involved in
occult practices develop an attraction
for dark things, the nighttime, skulls,
various forms of rebellion, dark
clothing, and a desire for power. These
things are the fingerprints of the enemy
that gradually overtake a person
involved in occult practices.
Have you been touched by the enemy? Do
you desire these things? If so,
have you been touched by the darkness?
The
Gospel according to Jesus
The gospel is Greek for "good news."
But, why is it good news? In the Bible
we learn that God is absolute and never
changing. This means that he cannot
improve in his Majesty, glory, and
wonder. Because he is absolute and
unchanging, the standards of holiness
and perfection are also absolute. Since
God is not self-contradictory. He cannot
lie, steal, or bear false witness.
He is perfect. Therefore, the standard
of righteousness is also perfect. For
example, lying is wrong because it is
against God's holy and absolute
perfection. Anyone who lies, as an
example, has offended an infinitely holy
God. The consequence is judgment.
This judgment is necessary because if God did not
punish those who broke his law, then he
is not dealing with the problem of sin
and rebellion.
If he does not deal with it then he is
approving of it since he is letting it
go unpunished. This is wrong.
Therefore, all sin must be dealt with.
Because all of us have sinned, all of us have either
lied, or stolen, etc., we have all done something
against the true God. That is why
there is a natural and proper judgment
abiding upon all of us. That is the bad news.
The good news is that Jesus, who is God in flesh, lived
the righteous law of God perfectly. He
never sinned. When Jesus was nailed to
the cross, our sins were "put upon him".
In other words, they were given to him
and he died with them (1 Pet. 2:24; 2 Cor. 5:21). He
did what we could not do. He was able to
fulfill the perfect law of God where we
could not.
The good news is that if you trust to what Christ has
done on the cross for our deliverance
from God's righteous judgment, then you
can escape the judgment and enjoy
eternal fellowship with God. There is
no reincarnation. There is no karma. There is
no Summerland. There is only eternity
and eternity is a long time to be wrong.
Isn't it best to trust the one who claimed to be
divine, proved his divinity,
performed miraculous deeds, and rose
from the dead rather than trusting
spells and incantations whose source
cannot be verified?
Jesus does not lie. Please trust in him and ask Jesus
to forgive your sins and to show the
true path. After all, Jesus said
"I am
the way, the truth, and the life, and no
one comes to the Father but by me,"
(John 14:6). If Jesus is the way
just as he said he was, then
he is THE only truth path.
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