BLOUGH@USMCP6 (DONALD BLOUGH) (01/12/90)
Witches, whether they use "white" magic or "black" magic, are doing
nothing more than sending demons to do their bidding. That's the
only source of power for any witch. That means they would have to be
in league with the demons and with Satan. In that sense, there is
no such thing as a good witch. However, we should not condemn them,
but we should pray for them and share Jesus with them.
In His service and love,
Gene Blough
Gene Blough <BLOUGH@USMCP6.BITNET>MCMV9048@WOOSTER (Mark V. McGrew) (01/12/90)
Gene Blough writes: >Witches, whether they use "white" magic or "black" magic, are doing >nothing more than sending demons to do their bidding. That's the >only source of power for any witch. "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'" -- Matthew 7:21-23 Witches of any kind have no love for Jesus, therefore do not do the will of the Father. The 'will of God' is summed up in, 'Love God & love your neighbor...' Part of loving God is bringing glory to Him. If a 'power' does not bring glory to God, it is not of God. The above quote shows that, even though good may appear to result from something, if it is done with no love, it does not have heavenly approval. Mark McGrew
JIM@AUVM (Jim McIntosh) (01/12/90)
In article <900111.11374190.056807@USM.CP6>, DONALD BLOUGH <BLOUGH@USMCP6> says: >Witches, whether they use "white" magic or "black" magic, are doing >nothing more than sending demons to do their bidding. That's the >only source of power for any witch. That means they would have to be >in league with the demons and with Satan. In that sense, there is >no such thing as a good witch. I have often marveled at the way the Lord has chosen to be revealed to the world. The revealing has been so gentle and subtle. Over the tens of thousands of years that humankind has existed, it has only been the last two thousand that we have had the access to the most complete information (though Jesus Christ). What of those who lived before God started revealing details of the Godhead? Weren't cave people doing the will of God when when they attempted to understand their reality by finding God in wood spirts and weather phenomenon? It was all that God had revealed up to that point. And can people be blamed if they still believe these simple (incomplete) understandings of God? Even when Jesus was here in the flesh there were many who were unconvinced by him and refused to believe. Those of us who are Christian know the completeness and wonderfulness of his message, but there are many who find God in other ways. It is my understanding that many "witches" are not anti-Christian (who exist simply as a reaction to Christianity and mock Christian symbols) but are instead remnants of earlier understandings of God. As such, it is sad that they do not share our more-complete understanding of God, but I would hesitate before calling them "bad". > However, we should not condemn them, >but we should pray for them and share Jesus with them. Yes! I agree completely. It would be nice if *everyone* could share our joy! ------- Jim McIntosh (JIM@AUVM) The American University Washington DC 20016 USA
MCMV9048@WOOSTER (Mark V. McGrew) (01/14/90)
>What of those who lived before God started revealing details of the >Godhead? Weren't cave people doing the will of God when when they >attempted to understand their reality by finding God in wood spirts and >weather phenomenon? It was all that God had revealed up to that point. > >And can people be blamed if they still believe these simple (incomplete) >understandings of God? Even when Jesus was here in the flesh there were >many who were unconvinced by him and refused to believe. Those of us who >are Christian know the completeness and wonderfulness of his message, but >there are many who find God in other ways. > >It is my understanding that many "witches" are not anti-Christian (who >exist simply as a reaction to Christianity and mock Christian symbols) >but are instead remnants of earlier understandings of God. As such, it is >sad that they do not share our more-complete understanding of God, but I >would hesitate before calling them "bad". Before Abraham, God spoke directly, in a mystical way possibly. To the Jews, God spoke through the Law and the Prophets. For us, God speaks through Jesus Christ. Each is superior to the one before, and anyone who rejects the superior is making a grave (consider the term) mistake. Read Hebrews. It explains it really well. God bless, "Jesus Christ alone knew answers to Mark McGrew all questions and knew how to feed 20,000 Jews with five loaves of bread. We don't possess that skill." --Official atheist Mikhail Gorbachov
JIM@AUVM (Jim McIntosh) (01/16/90)
In article <CHRISTIA%90011321380338@FINHUTC>, "Mark V. McGrew" <MCMV9048@WOOSTER> says: >Before Abraham, God spoke directly, in a mystical way possibly. To >the Jews, God spoke through the Law and the Prophets. For us, God >speaks through Jesus Christ. Each is superior to the one before, and >anyone who rejects the superior is making a grave (consider the term) >mistake. Read Hebrews. It explains it really well. Oh, I agree, Jesus is the way, but I have noticed that each stage in this religious progression involves most people accepting what is passed to them by their parents and rejecting the new. Most of the world rejected Abraham and the prophets and kept their older religions. The Jews rejected Jesus and kept only Yahweh. We reject Reverend Sun Young Moon (is that his name?) and keep Jesus. Each stage feels comfortable with its level of contact with God, and hesitates to move on to the new one. We do the same (and rightly so), so I think we should be able to understand those who fear to move to our level of understanding. It is a problem of fear (what if the new level is a misunderstanding of God?), of comfort (I feel comfortable with what my parents did) and of believing scriptures which may be true when written but now have different interpretation (like Exodus 20:2-3, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.") ------- Jim McIntosh (JIM@AUVM) The American University Washington DC 20016 USA