Participants: David Shin and Steve Wohlberg
Series Code: BOF
Program Code: BOF000037
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00:15 Right, welcome you today the Battles of Faith
00:16 my name is David Shin and I am here with 00:18 Steve Wohlberg who is the speaker director of 00:20 White Horse media based in Fresno California, 00:22 he is the author of several books and will be 00:24 delving into this topic of the super natural from 00:27 the Biblical perspective and I would like to welcome 00:29 you to our program you know its strange to three ADN 00:32 and I've just been fascinating 00:34 as we've been going through scripture 00:35 and masking some of the deceptions 00:38 is behind the occult and awake a magic and so 00:40 far then I'm just been amazed 00:42 at the pervasive nature that this is taken 00:44 there is almost inoculums thing that this taken 00:46 society by storm. And I'm just fascinated 00:49 with what you have to show with us today. 00:51 Yeah, it looks inoculums, it looks friendly, 00:53 it looks safe and positive and that's why 00:56 so many young people in grows are just 00:59 getting into the occult and experimenting with 01:02 magic, but there is a immense behind the magic 01:04 and that's why we are doing this special 13 part series 01:08 dealing with magic and ghosts, 01:09 ghosts and the Bible. And we'll be dealing with 01:12 Ghosts like a couple of program that had of us. 01:15 Today we are going to talk about 01:16 what i called the dark side of wicker 01:18 which craft is presenting itself to society 01:21 with a friendly face times had change to used 01:25 to be that people would think about which craft 01:27 and which is and they thought about 01:28 old woman with a big black hats 01:31 and long noses with the with words on their nose 01:33 and always dressed in black and they were just you 01:36 know, very sinister looking people, 01:39 but times have change, I've read number of time 01:42 from an article called season in the witched 01:44 that appear in world magazine, 01:45 not too long ago and it says that followers of wicker 01:48 are working hard to erase negative sterile types 01:52 of witches and they are finding 01:54 extraordinary success. Today they look more like 01:57 the good witch glender in the visit of us 01:59 then the wicked witch of the west. 02:01 Wicked has grown in numbers and influence 02:03 and entertainment value and beautiful witches seem 02:06 to be eveyr where, they are hip, 02:07 they are slick and they have power. 02:10 Wicked are really tranferred to America 02:13 in the 1960's. It's pretty common 02:16 knowledge that it really can go goes back to 02:19 a Britich witched name Gerald Gardner 02:22 and in the 60s the couple of his disciples 02:24 came to America and began a slowly disseminates 02:28 among the American public 02:29 the teachings of witched craft. 02:31 And it was at the same time that to be witched 02:34 series, the TV series came out. 02:36 and it became extremely popular 02:38 and looks like Montgomery the friendly house wife 02:40 you know who wiggled her nose. 02:41 In 1964 to 1972 it one 23 emmy awards, 02:46 and that program began to make people think 02:51 more positively of witches especially housewives, 02:55 because Elizabeth Montgomery 02:56 you know, that would be witched star was the 02:58 house wife and then after that you've got some 03:00 brain of the teenage witch, the Charm series 03:03 Practical Magic with Nicole Kidman, and 03:05 Sandra Bullock, I Married a Witch 03:07 again starring Nicole Kidman and of course Harry Potter 03:10 and you can trace the popularity and the inroads 03:15 of TV program that make witch craft 03:18 how to seem really cool and fun and magic 03:21 as exciting, you can trace the 03:23 a parallel growth of interest in real 03:27 witch craft specially among teenage growth. 03:30 And we have seen that just explode in the 03:33 last few years. Now i want a book on the 03:37 screen and there it is right on target 03:39 The truth about witchcraft today 03:41 is a popular book and there you see on the 03:43 front cover a very slicky looking young lady 03:46 and that is the face of witchcraft today 03:48 it's not a dark sinners took face 03:50 that's right, its very bright, 03:52 its a friendly face and that's one of the reason 03:55 why witchcraft is growing now 03:57 there is another book and i want to just 03:58 mentioned briefly and then actually read if you think 04:01 fragment i mean it do something that 04:02 often is not done on Christian television, 04:04 but we'll do it, we are going to do it 04:06 for reason and I'll make that clear and the book 04:08 there is called teen witch wake up for a 04:10 new generation it's one of many books 04:12 that are targetting young people to get them 04:15 involve in witchcraft. I've got the particular book 04:18 right here and its, its fascinating David to see 04:21 just a few other things that are actualy 04:24 in this book I related that book this book 04:25 is a mother of four is she useb to be a Baptist. 04:28 Formal Baptist, formal Baptit and she became 04:31 witch, she is a mom a mother of four 04:32 and she has a section in her book here teenwitch, 04:37 the title there it says this little lap of mine 04:40 I'm get to let it shine. You can see some of her 04:43 Christian background you know, 04:44 and what she does here she lists 04:47 a series of bullets, a series of things 04:50 under the heading real witches do not do these 04:53 things and the first thing she says a real witch is 04:56 do not hurt people physically, mentally, 04:58 spiritually or magically she says we are not trying 05:01 to hurt anybody. We don't take legal drugs, 05:03 we do not work black magic she is a promoter of 05:08 what's called white magic which is wicker 05:11 a religion the practises witchcraft or white magic 05:14 she says that we do not she says we don't fly 05:17 in the sky on broomsticks, and we buy cars and trucks 05:20 and stay on the road and just like everybody else 05:22 if we feel the knee to take to the skies 05:26 we choose Delta Northwestern or American 05:27 airlines, she has got a sense of humor 05:30 we don't need babies we love babies 05:32 we want them to grow up to make them strong 05:34 and do good thing for people like hopefully find 05:37 cure of aids or cancer we don't kill animals 05:40 we have big pet people, we had dogs and cats 05:43 gerbils bunnies etc. and they all live 05:45 long happy lives and they see the wet regularly 05:49 we don't tell fibs or pigs whopper lives 05:51 we don't get into the sexual provisions, 05:53 we don't drink or use blood in anyway from animals 05:57 or from ourselves or from any person alive or dead. 06:00 Now some people and they called do this 06:02 that those that are generally in the wickened 06:05 stream which is the most popular she says, 06:08 we don't do anything like this. 06:09 we don't change hair color in the blinking of eye 06:11 we go to the grocery store and buy hair dryer 06:14 hair dye to cover the great just like your mother does 06:17 she says we don't steal, we don't take part 06:20 in any criminal behaviour we don't semen demons 06:24 and we don't believe in satan. 06:26 These are some of the teachings of this 06:29 particular lady and there is a lot of books 06:31 like this that you know, promote these things 06:34 and say look we are not we are not into the 06:37 dark stuff, we are not into the black magic, 06:39 that's right, that's right, we were into witchcraft 06:42 and we are trying to stand for good things. 06:45 and I want to I don't think it's unfair for us 06:50 as Christians to acknowledge you know, that there are 06:54 some things that people out there 06:56 to get into this standup for that are not 06:59 that are not Evil. And many of them 07:01 are not even people, they are trying to 07:03 you know, find spiritual path 07:05 they may live right next door to you, 07:07 they may be relatives of yours, 07:08 they maybe your boss or someone that you know 07:10 closely. I know someone that just minds me of reading 07:15 through this book there is someone that i know 07:17 that was one of our school she was a nice young lady 07:20 very engaging, positive personality, 07:23 but she was involve a wicker her mom her broad into in 07:25 and when you meet her face to face 07:28 you would think this is a very seguin individual, 07:30 a very bright happy individual the kids 07:32 loved her and so this is almost a make over 07:35 I would say a witchcraft into the 24th century. 07:38 That's right, its witchcraft with a new face 07:41 that is the face that is being presented 07:44 by this book and by many other books 07:47 and I want to make very clear as i just read 07:50 those things that I am very concerned 07:53 that there is a dark side behind even white magic 07:58 which these people actually themselves 08:01 don't really understand, they are promoting 08:03 wicker with Ishmael with a friendly face 08:07 and when I read my Bible and I want to make this 08:10 very clear that according this book 08:12 it is really Satan with Ismail. 08:15 There is a dark side and that's we are going 08:17 to talk out today. There is dark side 08:19 of wicker and in spite of the fact that many of them 08:22 are standing up for good things, 08:23 they believe in the environment 08:25 helping environment, they are wickened charities 08:27 that are springing up have a friend 08:29 she said to me not too longer 08:31 or she said my aunt is the wicken 08:33 and she said she is my favorite aunt 08:35 and she said I love her to death 08:37 she is a wonderful person and nice person 08:39 I don't agree with what she is doing 08:40 but she is really a nice lady 08:42 and I think that it's fair for Christian to do 08:46 to realize that there are many people 08:48 out there, they are getting into this 08:50 that you know, think they are getting 08:52 into something that's good and friendly and positive 08:55 and they are doing the best they can 08:57 but what we are here to do is to share 09:00 that there is dark side that they don't understand 09:03 themselves. And that side is a very, 09:05 very real and very dangerous and we here on three ABN 09:10 on this program we don't promote any 09:13 kind of witchcraft or sorcery or magic 09:15 and that includes black magic and also include 09:18 white magic, because white magic in fact, 09:21 is even more dangerous, because it presents 09:25 itself as being friendly where as underneath it. 09:29 There are spiritual forces that are out to destroy 09:34 people that get involved in this and we are here 09:37 to sound a volume. So there is a lot of people 09:39 like your saying that are sincere that are evidently 09:44 involved in society promoting the good will 09:46 society and like this book mentioned, but your saying 09:48 that there is a danger behind this and that's what 09:51 this program is all about saying that hey, 09:52 you dabling something that you don't know yourself 09:55 about and we are not out to bash witches like you said 09:58 in the first book, but we are here as a warning 10:00 from the word of God showing that there is 10:03 power beyond this that is take you down a role 10:05 that you may not want to go later. 10:06 That's exactly right one of the reasons 10:07 why witchcraft is growing wicked is growing, 10:09 because they say it's white magic 10:11 which means they are trying to cast good spouse 10:14 not bad spouse they are not practising 10:16 black magic only white magic that's what they believe 10:19 that's their line that's what their promoting 10:22 but the truth is this book the Bible doesn't 10:25 differentiate between black magic and white magic 10:28 it says that all magic, all witchcraft, 10:31 all spells, all sorcery are all 10:33 door ways to the demonic and they all 10:36 extremely dangerous. Now when if you have 10:38 the Bible out there I would like to direct you 10:40 to the book Galatians chapter 5 we have looked 10:43 in the past in this series we've looked at the book 10:46 book of exodus and seen the battle 10:47 between God and the magicians 10:49 at the time of Moses we've seen in the 10:51 book of Axe, we've seen in the book of revelation 10:53 sorcer is going into the lake of fire. 10:55 We've seen in Daniel chapter 2 the weakness 10:59 the magicians or the sorceres of the Babylon 11:01 who couldn't understand the dream that was given 11:03 to kind Nebakanezer, but Daniel could because 11:05 he had a connection with God and now we are going to 11:08 look galatians chapter 5, we have Paul talks 11:11 about the battle, he talks about a struggle 11:14 and that's what this program is called battles of faith. 11:17 And there is a battle and it's right here 11:19 in the Bible. In Galatians chapter 5 11:22 verse 16 well Paul says this I say then, 11:25 walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust 11:28 of the flesh. For the flesh lusted against the Spirit, 11:33 and the Spirit against the flesh: 11:36 and these are contrary the one to the other. 11:43 So here it's drawing a line and it says there was the 11:44 flesh on the one side and there is the Holy Spirit 11:45 on the other side and these two are at adds 11:47 there is a conflict, there is a clash 11:50 it says they are against each other 11:52 and the flesh is something that we all 11:54 we've been born with as cute as your baby 11:57 as your kids are and less they are born from above 12:01 we are just naturally born of the flesh. 12:05 And the flesh is really like a term in the that we are 12:08 who just going the natural way just going the way 12:11 of your heart, doing what your flesh your natural 12:15 desires want to do and the reason why its called 12:18 of the flesh is because the sinful 12:20 natural human nature tense downward 12:25 like a rive down stream its the pull down 12:28 i have a garden, I've recently gardening 12:29 to in. It's restful for me to go out and plant 12:33 some peas and some tomatoes and we've got some squash 12:38 growing and some lettuce, and my 2-year-old, 12:40 he just love to take a seed and stick it in the ground 12:43 he could the excite the plant to see 12:44 and there are so many lessons from gardens 12:47 and from seeds and big lesson is that if you 12:50 don't do anything the seeds can't grow up 12:52 you know, you have to cultivate the soil 12:54 but if you do nothing those who greed's we've just 12:56 grow and they'll take over and that the way the 12:58 flesh is that's the way the natural human tendency is 13:01 and its interesting more than interesting its 13:04 significant and its life changing 13:06 to go down in Galatians 5 and to look at the list 13:10 of what are the works of the flesh 13:13 and let's take a look at this Galatians 5 13:16 Paul specifically says the works of the flesh 13:20 are these here they are they are manifest which are 13:23 adultery no 1, fonication no 2, 13:27 that sex outside of marriage uncleanness no 3, 13:31 less lasciviousness or just a loose 13:34 lustful way of living and then verse 20 says 13:37 idolatry putting the head of God 13:39 and then what's the next word as listed there 13:42 sorcery, that's right. Okay your Bible says sorcery 13:44 mine says witchcraft. Galatians 5:20 13:47 says witchcraft. Now it doesn't say 13:49 just black witchcraft, it doesn't say only 13:53 dark witchcraft, it just says witchcraft. 13:54 The Bible doesn't say there is white magic 13:57 white is okay and there is black magic which you need 13:59 stay away from. Bible doesn't say that 14:01 those who are enter witchcraft into wicker 14:03 they say that, but the Bible doesn't say that 14:05 the Bible says witchcraft itself is a work of 14:09 the flesh. And then it lists other 14:11 works of the flesh I hatred and that's interesting too 14:15 hatred if you have witches that's the work of the glesh 14:18 we don't want to be involved witchcraft that we don't 14:20 want to hate them witches either 14:22 you know we need to recognize their people 14:23 they are human beings and many of them are 14:26 trying to do many right things. 14:28 and its not sin to acknowledge that 14:30 to be fair, but we need to point out the danger 14:33 and that's what we are doing right here, its not the 14:36 people its the craft itself witchcraft and then it 14:39 goes on and lists okay hatred variance emulations 14:42 wrath strive editions heiresses. 14:44 that heiresses that's another term 14:46 did you know that there are code uncode Christians 14:49 that are practicing witchcraft they are 14:51 christian witches out there today 14:52 Its a whole growing movement are people that 14:55 are trying to integrate Christianity the craft 14:58 together. The Bible says don't do that 15:01 its all a work of the flesh and then it should 15:05 keep going and this is the very solegn part 15:08 Paul continues and says he mentions in these 15:13 murders drunken these reviling and such like 15:15 of which i tell you before as I've also talk you 15:18 in time past that they which do such things 15:23 shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 15:27 This is a solegn text Paul is very clear 15:31 witchcraft is the work of the flesh 15:33 and those that are doing it. Paul says will not 15:37 inherit the kingdom of God. So we are dealing 15:40 with the life and death matter and it doesn't matter 15:43 how friendly of a face you know, witches put on 15:49 the people maybe nice not smoking, not drinking, 15:53 not getting in the sexual provisions 15:55 you know, this is these are good things, 15:58 but when it comes to practicing witchcraft 16:01 itself doing their witchuals and preparing their portions 16:05 and practicing their magic and drawing their circles 16:08 and whatever they do and summoning the spirits 16:11 that they summon in their visuals this is a real 16:14 danger and the Bible refers to the whole category 16:18 of witchcraft as a work of flesh which means that 16:22 it tense downward. Many people get into 16:26 what they consider to be white witchcraft, 16:29 but it doesn't take long David it doesn't take long 16:32 until they start moving in an area that gets darker 16:36 and darker, and darker, and darker, and they have 16:39 no, they have no protection against these things. 16:43 I read an article some time ago call protection magic, 16:47 where the people that are into witchcraft 16:49 or discussing how some times they feel dark forces 16:54 coming over their lives and harassing them and 16:57 they hear voices in their heads and 16:59 they you know, they have to deal with these things 17:01 and they struggle with these things 17:02 and they think what do we do 17:03 and the article that I read says one way to deal with 17:06 by laughing have a positive attitude 17:10 think good thoughts and the other option was to cast 17:13 a good spell against the negative forces 17:16 you know, and this what they are trying 17:17 to accomplish, but they don't realize that you can't 17:20 you can't fight Evil with Evil 17:23 witchcraft itself is a work of the flesh. 17:26 itself tense downward and the more you get involved 17:30 in it even though you think its a friendly face. 17:33 and you start thinking your practicing white magic 17:36 it will belong into forces move in and take control 17:41 and pull you down. And that's what God is 17:44 warning about here and its very clear 17:46 it is the work of the flesh and those who do it 17:50 will not inherit the kingdom of God. 17:54 So it seems like if i am understand you correct 17:56 after this point Paul delineate that 17:58 there is two entities within our human nature. 18:01 That the flesh and the Spirit 18:03 and these are owns with one and another and then 18:06 he defines what specifically is the works of the flesh 18:10 and one of those is witchcraft and categorically 18:12 it doesn't matter well there is white magic 18:14 doesn't matter whether dark magic 18:16 dark witchcraft or white witchcraft 18:18 it says categorically. This is the work of the flesh 18:21 and if you engaging this you will lose your salvation 18:25 you will inherit the kingdom of God. 18:26 That's right to call at white magic is a deceptive 18:28 distinction, its a deceptive distinction. 18:31 Now in verse 22, Paul gives the other side 18:35 and he says the fruit of Spirit 18:37 and this is the Holy Spirit. It is love, joy, it is peace, 18:42 it is longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 18:45 meekness, temperance or self control 18:48 the contrast, that's right. And so you have the flesh 18:50 that goes whoever it wants to go which pulls down 18:54 ultimately and then you've got the Holy Spirit 18:56 that lifts us up and that is full of love 18:59 and joy and peace. I have a personal friend 19:02 of mine we keep in touch fairly regularly 19:05 and her name is Pam and she has quite a testimony 19:08 she grow up in the church and then she got involved 19:13 in witchcraft, she felt the pull 19:15 to get into the craft and she did it, 19:18 and she emailed me and emailed some time ago 19:21 where she tells, she told me her story and its quite 19:25 amazing she says here that she was a wiccan. 19:28 She had the books the warned, the cauldron 19:31 the candles the alter of the jewellery, 19:33 the ruins every thing 1000s of dollars worth 19:36 of witchcraft paraphernalia, that she was very deeply 19:39 involved in she said i think most people are 19:42 attracted to wake up for the same reason then I was 19:44 the needful power and that's what 19:46 we've talked about the appeal of power 19:48 and then she says they needful power 19:50 to protect yourself, but also they need to 19:52 worship and the special the need to belong 19:54 the need to belong is great. And so she got into 19:57 for those reasons and then she says 19:59 the insidious part is that when you get involved 20:02 in witchcraft the power is actually taken away. 20:05 And the protection that you think your 20:08 getting is all facade. It's an conclusion, 20:11 it's a deception wicked it's not a game to play yet. 20:15 It is pure, witchcraft and entirely of the devil. 20:18 There are some who argue that there is 20:20 white or good magic. And there is also 20:23 black or evil magic. That's what the woman 20:26 who wrote that book who left Christianity and 20:29 went into witchcraft. That's what she says. 20:31 And then my friend Pam said this is not true. 20:34 All witchcraft, all sorcery, all incantations, 20:37 all rights in ceremonies that in both Gods and 20:39 Goddesses are evil, very evil. I could always tell when 20:42 an evil presents was coming over me it was like all 20:46 of the sudden my thoughts become dark. 20:47 My emotions become muted and I felt like 20:50 I was all powerful. This was her experience 20:52 when the spirits of they craft, God enter her, 20:56 it made her think that she powerful, but she was 20:58 loosing her emotions. And she being moved 21:02 into a direction of darkness. And then she says that 21:05 they was a pretty amazing chain of events that took 21:08 me from right out of the missed of the witchcraft 21:12 to facing Jesus Christ had on. 21:14 And then she says God's hand has been on my life 21:16 for lot of years, but I had no clue. 21:19 And then as we discuss the two of us, all these 21:22 TV programs that are promoting witchcraft is a 21:24 positive thing, these books that are 21:26 making witchcraft look like, you know, cool 21:29 chick woman with a smile and professional lady 21:31 like we showed that, couple a while ago, 21:34 then Pam responded to this and she said 21:38 it overwhelms me. All these kids being 21:40 sucked into the devils hands. He must be delighted, 21:43 they are like lambs going to this slaughter. 21:46 Wow! Lambs being let this slaughter 21:49 Now here is a women that knows she has been 21:52 there she is done that. She thought that was a good 21:55 thing, she thought was a friendly thing, she thought 21:57 that would be something that in power for life, 21:59 but, she got in. She got hooked and forces 22:03 got into her that pulled her down. 22:06 Now she says here in the final parts of this email. 22:09 She said it hasn't then more than a few weeks 22:12 since I have absolutely turn myself over to Christ. 22:15 It overwhelms me when I think about 22:17 where I have been and where I am now, 22:20 where I am now. She learned what the 22:22 Bible says in Galatians 5 about the dangers of 22:27 witchcraft. That it is work of the flesh and those that 22:31 do it will not be in the kingdom of God. She learned 22:34 verse 22 the truth of the Holy Spirit is love and joy 22:37 and peace and she found a love and peace in her life. 22:40 When she surrounded her heart to God. 22:42 That it just is an available in witchcraft. 22:44 It's just not there, you know a lot of the people are 22:47 friendly people, but has he get in if you think about it 22:52 or has they get into it. I've never been into it. 22:56 I don't need to get into it to check it out. 22:59 We don't need to experiment and double with these kind 23:01 of things to find out. Some people who get in, 23:04 many people never get out. And I don't even want 23:06 to get started. I've got a two-year-old boy, 23:08 when he gets old I don't want him dabbling in this. 23:10 I don't want him watching these programs that 23:12 promote witchcraft to something cool and fun 23:14 and friendly for kids. I don't want him reading 23:16 those books. I don't want him being deceived by white magic. 23:19 I want him to read his Bible. And to know what the Bible 23:21 says that all witchcraft is work of the flesh. 23:23 It's dangerous stay of it, or you'll lose your soul 23:26 because of it. That's what the Bible says. 23:28 And then I want him to know that God has 23:30 something better. Something much more 23:34 positive and powerful. And it is the power 23:36 of the Holy Spirit. And that's where true love 23:39 joy and peace comes in. And they really is just 23:43 not in the craft. It's in the cross. 23:46 Peace and love is not in the craft, it's in the 23:48 cross of Jesus Christ. And my friend Pam 23:51 learned that by experience she has been there, 23:53 she has done that. She knows and we can 23:57 learn a lesson from her experience. 24:00 I think there is a lot of people out there that 24:02 want to have love, joy, peace long suffering 24:05 all the attributes of the spirit in there life and 24:07 the deception is with this makeover of white witchcraft 24:10 is that is says hey. If you double in white 24:13 witchcraft is more inocuos it will give you joy, 24:16 it will give peace, it will give all these bright things, 24:19 but as we seen in illustration of Pam 24:21 she went into and expecting one thing and found that 24:25 it was the opposite side. It was the Cornell nature. 24:27 It was the flesh that heal to; that's right; 24:29 and that's the exception. It feeds the flesh and I mean 24:32 there is a certain it's true there is a certain 24:35 freedom, a sense of freedom in doing 24:38 whatever you want to do. But, that freedom is 24:41 ultimately an illusion and it brings a person 24:43 into bondage. I mean in the garden of Eden 24:45 what will be discussing later on a different programs 24:47 Satan said that if you eat the forbidden fruit 24:50 you won't die and you will be God. 24:52 You will be your own God. You can do whatever you want. 24:55 You know good and evil and you will raised to a 24:57 higher level of experience try it, take a bit. 25:01 That's what the circum said and he thought hey 25:03 that sounds good. Looks good the Serpent looks nice, 25:05 you know he is the friendly looking Serpent 25:08 he has the melodious voice. He is smiling in the tree. 25:11 And I think I will try it. And she took a bit of that 25:14 fruit and then her eyes but instead of a raising 25:18 to a higher state of existence she realize that 25:21 she was necked. And she was in sin 25:25 and a cool sense of guilt kept over her soul 25:28 and that was the beginning of the all the problems 25:30 That have ever hit to planet earth, it all started 25:32 right there with the deception of the serpent and 25:35 a woman trying to be her own God. And that's really if 25:39 you study witchcraft, I mean that's what they teach. 25:41 They teach us no death and your God, your Goddess 25:44 and you worship the Goddess and there is sense of 25:47 freedom there a certain sense. 25:50 But it's not real. But it's not real, it's not 25:52 solid, it doesn't last and it just you have no protection, 25:56 no barrier so it just pulls you right into the darkness 26:01 and I can promise you that what may start out to look 26:05 white was slowly get darker and darker 26:08 and darker and darker. Have another friend my 26:09 name is Shay and she told me that she was 26:11 involved in witchcraft, but she said it got darker, 26:14 it got dark fast. And that's why she got out. 26:18 She said this is not for me. You know now she in the 26:20 light praise God the pure light. 26:23 The pure light of the lord Jesus Christ. 26:26 Now the last few seconds here Steve. 26:28 We have talked about the darkness and the dangerous 26:31 of witchcraft now. What about a person 26:33 that wants to experience the joy of the spirit? 26:36 What could you tell to them in the last few seconds 26:39 we have on this the program. Okay, sure we have read 26:41 now Bible said in Galatians 5:22 26:44 the scripture says the fruit of the spirit is love. 26:48 We need to make a chose to turn from the darkness 26:52 and to just pray and ask God to come into your 26:55 life's and to give us the Holy Spirit and to bring 26:57 his light. I remember one time my little boy 27:00 Seth was about, I don't may be seven months old 27:03 and he was in middle of night crying, 27:04 and crying, and crying. And he wouldn't stop 27:06 crying and I get off of the bed and I grabbed him 27:08 and I carried him around the house and I was just you know 27:10 talking and hoping he would stop crying and finally 27:13 I started singing a little song. 27:14 I just saying for God so loved the world 27:16 that he gave his only begotten son, for God 27:18 so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son 27:20 as I saying this song first of all he stop crying 27:24 and second of all it just and my heart was fluted with 27:28 the sense of Gods love. Love for my little boy 27:32 for me and in giving his own son to die for a Sins 27:37 and that's the choose we need to make. 27:39 Turn from sin, open your heart, 27:40 let Jesus and his love come in your life. 27:43 And that's will change you because he loves you 27:46 and he now loving witchcraft like the 27:48 love of Jesus Christ. Well that out of time, thank you 27:51 so much for sharing with us today and it's my appeal to 27:54 you as we go to the series in Battles of Faith to give 27:57 your life to Jesus Christ. There is no power in this 28:00 world, that can give you that sense of peace. 28:02 And it's a prayer that you live by every word 28:05 that proceeds from the mouth of god. 28:06 Join us again next time for 28:08 another edition of Battles of Faith. |
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