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Amen, that is why the Lord is breaking many out of this corrupt system in these days. The enemy turns that around as well as the enemy then brands those who leave the mainline church as the fakes.

You and others might think how does this guy know about all these pastors? Well, I was an "elder" and functioned in a pastoral role for years which is why I was exposed to this. In my position I know personally a few dozen lead Sr pastors in my area and state. Many are compromised entirely.

Thank God that He intervened and granted you the clarity to see clearly. That must've been against tremendous odds.
 
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The word pharmakeia is the source of our English word "pharmacy." Is there a connection with sorcery and "drug use?" Very interesting!
Yes, the abuse of narcotics is sorcery.
It is also sorcery to use things like a Ouija board to attempt to contact the spirit world. Having a seance is sorcery. Taking hallucinogens is sorcery. All of these leave the spirit exposed to demonic influences.
 
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Thank God that He intervened and granted you the clarity to see clearly. That must've been against tremendous odds.

Tremendous pressure spiritually and from pastors to compromise under the guise of changing the system from within. But when you study Jezebel, she must be thrown to the dogs and will not step down willingly.
 
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Tremendous pressure spiritually and from pastors to compromise under the guise of changing the system from within. But when you study Jezebel, she must be thrown to the dogs and will not step down willingly.

God is GOOD. He got you through that web of a quagmire.

Interestingly enough David Wilkerson also has a sermon on the Jezebel Spirit in the church.

Yes, it was judgment when she was pushed out of the tower, hitting the ground, and the dogs eating her, just as it was said it would happen.
 
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This isn't necessarily the Biblical terms used, but here is some info and Bible verses on black magic:
Maleficium
Black magic, sorcery, witchcraft, divination, voodoo, occult, curse, hex, necromancy, spells, incantations, hoodoo, wizardry, jinx, conjuring, satanism. Magic or sorcery is the use of rituals, symbols, actions, gestures, and langage with the aim of exploiting supernatural forces. A supernatural intervention from the Devil or demons, or an attempt to conjure such. An evil spiritual occurrence or ritual, the opposite of miracles which are good supernatural events caused by God.

Maleficium is a Latin term meaning "wrongdoing" or "mischief", and describes malevolent, dangerous, or harmful magic, "evildoing", or "malevolent sorcery". In general, the term applies to any magical act intended to cause harm or death to people or property. Maleficium can involve the act of poisoning or drugging someone.

Verses that have to do with Maleficium or Miracles:

Exodus 4:30

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.


Exodus 7:10-12

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.


Exodus 14:31

Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.


Exodus 22:18

“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.


Leviticus 19:26

“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. thou shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.


Leviticus 19:31

“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord thy God.


Leviticus 20:6

“If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set mine face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.


Leviticus 20:27

“A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”


Deuteronomy 12:32-13:18

“Everything that I command you, thou shall be careful to do. thou shall not add to it or take from it. “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among thou and gives thou a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells thou comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which thou have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ thou shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord thy God is testing you, to know whether thou love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. thou shall walk after the Lord thy God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and thou shall serve him and hold fast to him. ...


Deuteronomy 18:9

“When thou come into the land that the Lord thy God is giving you, thou shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.


Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found among thou anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer


Deuteronomy 18:11-12

or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whomsoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord thy God is driving them out before you.


Deuteronomy 18:14

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.


1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected thou from being king.”


1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.


1 Samuel 28:7

Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.”


1 Samuel 28:9

The woman said to him, “Surely thou know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then art thou laying a trap for mine life to bring about mine death?”


1 Samuel 28:7-25

Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.” So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.” The woman said to him, “Surely thou know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then art thou laying a trap for mine life to bring about mine death?” But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon thou for this thing.” Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.” ...


2 Kings 9:22

And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of thy mother Jezebel art so many?”


2 Kings 17:17

And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.


2 Kings 21:6

And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.


2 Kings 23:24

Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.



1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.


1 Chronicles 10:13-14

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.


2 Chronicles 33:6

And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.


Psalm 77:14

You art the God who works wonders; thou have made known thy might among the peoples.


Isaiah 2:6-22

For thou have rejected thy people, the house of Jacob, because they art full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— do not forgive them! Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty. ...


Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?


Isaiah 11:2-3

And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. He will delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by appearance nor make a decision based on hearsay.


Isaiah 19:3

And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers;


Isaiah 44:25

Who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,


Isaiah 47:8-14

Now therefore hear this, thou lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in thy heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children”: These two things shall come to thou in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon thou in full measure, in spite of thy many sorceries and the great power of thy enchantments. thou felt secure in thy wickedness, thou said, “No one sees me”; thy wisdom and thy knowledge led thou astray, and thou said in thy heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” But evil shall come upon you, which thou will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, for which thou will not be able to atone; and ruin shall come upon thou suddenly, of which thou know nothing. Stand fast in thy enchantments and thy many sorceries, with which thou have labored from thy youth; perhaps thou may be able to succeed; perhaps thou may inspire terror. ...


Jeremiah 27:9

Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:


Jeremiah 29:8-9

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let thy prophets and thy diviners who art among thou deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, for it is a lie that they art prophesying to thou in mine name; I did not send them, declares the Lord.



Ezekiel 1:1-20:49

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there. As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, ...


Ezekiel 13:1-23

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who art prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! thy prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel. thou have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord. ...


Ezekiel 13:18

And say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will thou hunt down souls belonging to mine people and keep thy own souls alive?


Ezekiel 13:20

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against thy magic bands with which thou hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from thy arms, and I will let the souls whom thou hunt go free, the souls like birds.


Daniel 2:27-28

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries,

and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. thy dream and the visions of thy head as thou lay in bed art these:


Daniel 3:28

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.


Daniel 4:7

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.


Micah 5:12

And I will cut off sorceries from thy hand, and thou shall have no more tellers of fortunes;


Nahum 3:4

And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms.


Zechariah 10:2

For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they art afflicted for lack of a shepherd.


Matthew 2:1-9

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: ...


Matthew 4:3

And the tempter came and said to him, “If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”


Matthew 7:22

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and cast out demons in thy name, and do many mighty works in thy name?’


Matthew 8:1-4

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if thou will, thou can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that thou say nothing to anyone, but go, show thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”

Matthew 8:5-13

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, mine servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have thou come under mine roof, but only say the word, and mine servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to mine servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ...


Matthew 8:28-34

And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, “What have thou to do with us, O Son of God? Have thou come here to torment us before the time?” Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, saying, “If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. ...


Matthew 8:23-27

And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we art perishing.” And he said to them, “Why art thou afraid, O thou of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”


Matthew 9:1-8

And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, mine son; thy sins art forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do thou think evil in thy hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins art forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? ...


Matthew 9:18

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay thy hand on her, and she will live.”


Matthew 9:20-22

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.” Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; thy faith has made thou well.” And instantly the woman was made well.


Matthew 9:23-26

And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. And the report of this went through all that district.


Matthew 9:27-31

And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do thou believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to thy faith be it done to you.” And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it.” But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.


Matthew 9:28

When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do thou believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”


Matthew 9:32

As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.


Matthew 9:33

And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”


Matthew 11:3-5

And said to him, “Are thou the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what thou hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers art cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead art raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Matthew 12:9-13

He went on from there and entered their synagogue. And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. He said to them, “Which one of thou who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Then he said to the man, “Stretch out thy hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.


Matthew 12:22-37

Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.” Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ...


Matthew 12:28

But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.


Matthew 12:38

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”


Matthew 12:39

But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


Matthew 17:14-20

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, “Lord, have mercy on mine son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.” And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. ...


Matthew 17:20

He said to them, “Because of thy little faith. For truly, I say to you, if thou have faith like a grain of mustard seed, thou will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”


Matthew 21:18-22

In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from thou again!” And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if thou have faith and do not doubt, thou will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if thou say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever thou ask in prayer, thou will receive, if thou have faith.”


Mark 3:15

And have authority to cast out demons.


Mark 9:23

And Jesus said to him, “‘If thou can’! All things art possible for one who believes.”


Mark 16:17

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in mine name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;


Mark 16:20

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.


Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.”


Luke 4:33-36

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have thou to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have thou come to destroy us? I know who thou are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”


Luke 8:43-48

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround thou and art pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. ...


Luke 11:29

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.


Luke 14:1-6

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” ...


Luke 17:11-19

On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; ...


John 2:11

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.


John 4:48

So Jesus said to him, “Unless thou see signs and wonders thou will not believe.”


John 4:48-53

So Jesus said to him, “Unless thou see signs and wonders thou will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before mine child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; thy son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” ...


John 11:1-44

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom thou love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ...


John 11:4

But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”


John 11:40-42

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell thou that if thou believed thou would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank thou that thou have heard me. I knew that thou always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that thou sent me.”


John 14:12

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whomsoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.


John 20:30

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which art not written in this book;


Acts 2:1-4

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.


Acts 3:6

But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”


Acts 3:16

And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom thou see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of thou all.


Acts 4:10

Let it be known to all of thou and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom thou crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before thou well.


Acts 4:30

While thou stretch out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders art performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.


Acts 5:15

So that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.


Acts 8:9

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.


Acts 8:9-17

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed. ...


Acts 9:34

And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make thy bed.” And immediately he rose.


Acts 14:3

So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.


Acts 14:10

Said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on thy feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.


Acts 16:16

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.


Acts 16:18

And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command thou in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.


Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.


Acts 19:11

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,


Acts 19:17-19

And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.


Acts 19:19

And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.


Acts 20:9-12

And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.


Acts 28:5

He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.


Acts 28:8

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.


Acts 28:9

And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.


Romans 15:19

By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;


1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Now there art varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there art varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there art varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.


1 Corinthians 12:7

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.


1 Corinthians 12:7-11

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these art the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.


1 Corinthians 12:10

To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.


1 Corinthians 12:28

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.


1 Corinthians 12:30

Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?


1 Corinthians 12:31

But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show thou a still more excellent way.


1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.


1 Corinthians 14:13

Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.



2 Corinthians 12:12

The signs of a true apostle were performed among thou with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.


Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh art evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,


Galatians 5:20

Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.


Galatians 5:21

I warn you, as I warned thou before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.


Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes thou captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.


1 Thessalonians 5:20

Do not despise prophecies,


2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,


1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift thou have, which was given thou by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.


2 Timothy 1:6

For this reason I remind thou to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in thou through the laying on of mine hands,


Hebrews 2:4

While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.


Revelation 13:14

And by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.


Revelation 16:13

And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.


Revelation 16:14

For they art demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.


Revelation 18:23

And the light of a lamp will shine in thou no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in thou no more, for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.


Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.


Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”


Revelation 22:15

Outside art the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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This isn't necessarily the Biblical terms used, but here is some info and Bible verses on black magic:
Maleficium
Black magic, sorcery, witchcraft, divination, voodoo, occult, curse, hex, necromancy, spells, incantations, hoodoo, wizardry, jinx, conjuring, satanism. Magic or sorcery is the use of rituals, symbols, actions, gestures, and langage with the aim of exploiting supernatural forces. A supernatural intervention from the Devil or demons, or an attempt to conjure such. An evil spiritual occurrence or ritual, the opposite of miracles which are good supernatural events caused by God.

Maleficium is a Latin term meaning "wrongdoing" or "mischief", and describes malevolent, dangerous, or harmful magic, "evildoing", or "malevolent sorcery". In general, the term applies to any magical act intended to cause harm or death to people or property. Maleficium can involve the act of poisoning or drugging someone.

Verses that have to do with Maleficium or Miracles:

Exodus 4:30

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.


Exodus 7:10-12

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.


Exodus 14:31

Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.


Exodus 22:18

“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.


Leviticus 19:26

“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. thou shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.


Leviticus 19:31

“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord thy God.


Leviticus 20:6

“If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set mine face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.


Leviticus 20:27

“A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”


Deuteronomy 12:32-13:18

“Everything that I command you, thou shall be careful to do. thou shall not add to it or take from it. “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among thou and gives thou a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells thou comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which thou have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ thou shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord thy God is testing you, to know whether thou love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. thou shall walk after the Lord thy God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and thou shall serve him and hold fast to him. ...


Deuteronomy 18:9

“When thou come into the land that the Lord thy God is giving you, thou shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.


Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found among thou anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer


Deuteronomy 18:11-12

or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whomsoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord thy God is driving them out before you.


Deuteronomy 18:14

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.


1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected thou from being king.”


1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.


1 Samuel 28:7

Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.”


1 Samuel 28:9

The woman said to him, “Surely thou know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then art thou laying a trap for mine life to bring about mine death?”


1 Samuel 28:7-25

Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.” So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.” The woman said to him, “Surely thou know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then art thou laying a trap for mine life to bring about mine death?” But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon thou for this thing.” Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.” ...


2 Kings 9:22

And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of thy mother Jezebel art so many?”


2 Kings 17:17

And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.


2 Kings 21:6

And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.


2 Kings 23:24

Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.



1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.


1 Chronicles 10:13-14

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.


2 Chronicles 33:6

And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.


Psalm 77:14

You art the God who works wonders; thou have made known thy might among the peoples.


Isaiah 2:6-22

For thou have rejected thy people, the house of Jacob, because they art full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— do not forgive them! Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty. ...


Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?


Isaiah 11:2-3

And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. He will delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by appearance nor make a decision based on hearsay.


Isaiah 19:3

And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers;


Isaiah 44:25

Who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,


Isaiah 47:8-14

Now therefore hear this, thou lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in thy heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children”: These two things shall come to thou in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon thou in full measure, in spite of thy many sorceries and the great power of thy enchantments. thou felt secure in thy wickedness, thou said, “No one sees me”; thy wisdom and thy knowledge led thou astray, and thou said in thy heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” But evil shall come upon you, which thou will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, for which thou will not be able to atone; and ruin shall come upon thou suddenly, of which thou know nothing. Stand fast in thy enchantments and thy many sorceries, with which thou have labored from thy youth; perhaps thou may be able to succeed; perhaps thou may inspire terror. ...


Jeremiah 27:9

Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:


Jeremiah 29:8-9

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let thy prophets and thy diviners who art among thou deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, for it is a lie that they art prophesying to thou in mine name; I did not send them, declares the Lord.



Ezekiel 1:1-20:49

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there. As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, ...


Ezekiel 13:1-23

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who art prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! thy prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel. thou have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord. ...


Ezekiel 13:18

And say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will thou hunt down souls belonging to mine people and keep thy own souls alive?


Ezekiel 13:20

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against thy magic bands with which thou hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from thy arms, and I will let the souls whom thou hunt go free, the souls like birds.


Daniel 2:27-28

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries,

and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. thy dream and the visions of thy head as thou lay in bed art these:


Daniel 3:28

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.


Daniel 4:7

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.


Micah 5:12

And I will cut off sorceries from thy hand, and thou shall have no more tellers of fortunes;


Nahum 3:4

And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms.


Zechariah 10:2

For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they art afflicted for lack of a shepherd.


Matthew 2:1-9

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: ...


Matthew 4:3

And the tempter came and said to him, “If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”


Matthew 7:22

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and cast out demons in thy name, and do many mighty works in thy name?’


Matthew 8:1-4

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if thou will, thou can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that thou say nothing to anyone, but go, show thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”

Matthew 8:5-13

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, mine servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have thou come under mine roof, but only say the word, and mine servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to mine servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ...


Matthew 8:28-34

And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, “What have thou to do with us, O Son of God? Have thou come here to torment us before the time?” Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, saying, “If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. ...


Matthew 8:23-27

And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we art perishing.” And he said to them, “Why art thou afraid, O thou of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”


Matthew 9:1-8

And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, mine son; thy sins art forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do thou think evil in thy hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins art forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? ...


Matthew 9:18

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay thy hand on her, and she will live.”


Matthew 9:20-22

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.” Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; thy faith has made thou well.” And instantly the woman was made well.


Matthew 9:23-26

And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. And the report of this went through all that district.


Matthew 9:27-31

And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do thou believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to thy faith be it done to you.” And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it.” But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.


Matthew 9:28

When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do thou believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”


Matthew 9:32

As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.


Matthew 9:33

And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”


Matthew 11:3-5

And said to him, “Are thou the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what thou hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers art cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead art raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Matthew 12:9-13

He went on from there and entered their synagogue. And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. He said to them, “Which one of thou who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Then he said to the man, “Stretch out thy hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.


Matthew 12:22-37

Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.” Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ...


Matthew 12:28

But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.


Matthew 12:38

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”


Matthew 12:39

But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


Matthew 17:14-20

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, “Lord, have mercy on mine son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.” And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. ...


Matthew 17:20

He said to them, “Because of thy little faith. For truly, I say to you, if thou have faith like a grain of mustard seed, thou will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”


Matthew 21:18-22

In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from thou again!” And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if thou have faith and do not doubt, thou will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if thou say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever thou ask in prayer, thou will receive, if thou have faith.”


Mark 3:15

And have authority to cast out demons.


Mark 9:23

And Jesus said to him, “‘If thou can’! All things art possible for one who believes.”


Mark 16:17

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in mine name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;


Mark 16:20

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.


Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.”


Luke 4:33-36

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have thou to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have thou come to destroy us? I know who thou are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”


Luke 8:43-48

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround thou and art pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. ...


Luke 11:29

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.


Luke 14:1-6

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” ...


Luke 17:11-19

On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; ...


John 2:11

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.


John 4:48

So Jesus said to him, “Unless thou see signs and wonders thou will not believe.”


John 4:48-53

So Jesus said to him, “Unless thou see signs and wonders thou will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before mine child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; thy son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” ...


John 11:1-44

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom thou love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ...


John 11:4

But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”


John 11:40-42

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell thou that if thou believed thou would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank thou that thou have heard me. I knew that thou always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that thou sent me.”


John 14:12

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whomsoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.


John 20:30

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which art not written in this book;


Acts 2:1-4

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.


Acts 3:6

But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”


Acts 3:16

And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom thou see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of thou all.


Acts 4:10

Let it be known to all of thou and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom thou crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before thou well.


Acts 4:30

While thou stretch out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders art performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.


Acts 5:15

So that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.


Acts 8:9

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.


Acts 8:9-17

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed. ...


Acts 9:34

And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make thy bed.” And immediately he rose.


Acts 14:3

So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.


Acts 14:10

Said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on thy feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.


Acts 16:16

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.


Acts 16:18

And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command thou in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.


Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.


Acts 19:11

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,


Acts 19:17-19

And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.


Acts 19:19

And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.


Acts 20:9-12

And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.


Acts 28:5

He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.


Acts 28:8

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.


Acts 28:9

And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.


Romans 15:19

By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;


1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Now there art varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there art varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there art varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.


1 Corinthians 12:7

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.


1 Corinthians 12:7-11

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these art the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.


1 Corinthians 12:10

To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.


1 Corinthians 12:28

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.


1 Corinthians 12:30

Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?


1 Corinthians 12:31

But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show thou a still more excellent way.


1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.


1 Corinthians 14:13

Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.



2 Corinthians 12:12

The signs of a true apostle were performed among thou with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.


Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh art evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,


Galatians 5:20

Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.


Galatians 5:21

I warn you, as I warned thou before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.


Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes thou captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.


1 Thessalonians 5:20

Do not despise prophecies,


2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,


1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift thou have, which was given thou by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.


2 Timothy 1:6

For this reason I remind thou to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in thou through the laying on of mine hands,


Hebrews 2:4

While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.


Revelation 13:14

And by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.


Revelation 16:13

And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.


Revelation 16:14

For they art demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.


Revelation 18:23

And the light of a lamp will shine in thou no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in thou no more, for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.


Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.


Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”


Revelation 22:15

Outside art the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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Yes, the abuse of narcotics is sorcery.
It is also sorcery to use things like a Ouija board to attempt to contact the spirit world. Having a seance is sorcery. Taking hallucinogens is sorcery. All of these leave the spirit exposed to demonic influences.

Thank you KW, and a very happy happy birthday to you :)
 
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When the bible mentions sorcery, what words do they use and what do they mean?
In 1 Samuel 28, Saul was disturbed by a large army encampment threatening him. Samuel was dead. Saul could not get counsel from Yahweh or the prophets. He sought a woman sorceress who pretended to summon the spirit of the dead Samuel.

I suppose the closest thing to a sorcerer today are astrologers, psychics, palm readers, fortune tellers, etc. These are usually frauds. Sometimes they guess right or recite some clever saying.

There was much mythology throughout Biblical times. People prayed to gods and goddeses of mythology. They offered prayers and sacrifices in vain. Priests of false religion claimed to serve powerful gods who could help people.
 
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I would suggest that you read The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America by Robert Thurston or The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America edited by Brian P. Levack.

A driving force behind the witchcraft trials in Europe was the Black Death which killed a large percentage of the European population. Many Christians believed that it had been caused by evil forces.

The most famous, though by no means the only, witchcraft trials in America were those at Salem. The church, the state legislature, one of the original accusers and several of those who served on the jury later apologized for what was done. If the 24 victims were witches, why would those apologies have been issued?

I have spoken on the subject several times around the US, and will be speaking in Salem in November.
 
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I would suggest that you read The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America by Robert Thurston or The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America edited by Brian P. Levack.

A driving force behind the witchcraft trials in Europe was the Black Death which killed a large percentage of the European population. Many Christians believed that it had been caused by evil forces.

The most famous, though by no means the only, witchcraft trials in America were those at Salem. The church, the state legislature, one of the original accusers and several of those who served on the jury later apologized for what was done. If the 24 victims were witches, why would those apologies have been issued?

I have spoken on the subject several times around the US, and will be speaking in Salem in November.
Thank you, I will check those out.
Salem was a sad case. But do we have any evidence that the majority of witch trials were against innocent people? I have no doubt many were-but then witchcraft really was a problem then.
 
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When the bible mentions sorcery, what words do they use and what do they mean?

in short, according to the biblical terminology, "sorcery" is how to get the "stars" to work the way we want through an occult/heretical/idolatrous method, and the "stars" are in essence unsouled spirits, each of which has a distinctive nature/character; for example, homosexuality is also a product of sorcery - certain "stars" are set to cause homosexual feelings, attraction, arousal and demeanor in certain people...

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Well, all addictions are stronghold. (evil spirits)
Well honestly, from my understanding and how it has been explained to me, addiction is a physical disease as in a medical condition. That is why medical insurance companies agree to pay for the treatment of it. Insurance companies will not pay for any condition that cannot be proven to be a physical affliction.

In everyone's brain there is something called "The Reward Center" technically this is the ventral tegmental area (VTA), the nucleus accumbens, and the prefrontal cortex together. This system was put in our brain by our creator so that we may survive as a people. In essence it is the reason why food tastes good and why sex feels good. So that we will like it and eat and make babies to keep our generations surviving. when you eat, the VTA produces dopamine and this chemical is pleasurable to the brain. This triggers the nucleus acumen to release serotonin and dopamine which is pleasurable and motivational, the nucleus acumen connects to and stimulates the prefrontal cortex which is where the brain does things like planning, making plans etc.

So that is a very complicated way of saying, you eat something,it tastes good, that gives you feel good chemicals in your brain which trigger you to plan to eat that same thing again. Like I say this is for our survival so your brain plans to eat again beacuse you need to eat again.

When you introduce a recreational drug, this same system gets set off. You do it, it feels good, your brain plans to do it again. What happens with addiction is this system goes into overdrive and it gets broken and stuck on the "plans to do it again" stimulation in the prefrontal cortex so you get less and less feel good chemicals and more and more "plan to do it again stimulation" and this drive will overtake all other things that you used to have in your prefrontal cortex that you used to do like eat, sleep etc. I have seen brain scans where they show that area of the brain brightly lit up when the drug is mentioned lit u brighter than any other part of the brain.

So all that was not in response to you specifically, you didn't ask all that but for everybody else reading, that's why pharmakeia is sorcery. Because of the physical damage it does to your body mind and spirit. In my personal experience the only solution I have found or seen has been a spiritual one. God, prayer, and very importantly fellowship/relationships with people who care will actually activate that reward center again with something new and Holy. A person can have a physical change haooen in their brain where they will begin to crave God and fellowship instead of that drug but it takes work and people who care. AA has a God component and others just get transformed through their church but they have a supernatural transformation in their physical body that the medical community will recognize by saying it is in remission. Even Drs totally based in science say there is something about it that works. The first two people of AA one of them was a Dr and they were both Agnostic and borderline Atheist but by the time they figured out how to do the program they said it can't be done without a higher power now ain't that something?

Now I wrote too much, nobody is going to read all this. They just skip right on past it! :preach:
 
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A deamon is a background process that evokes a spirit (motivating principle, emotion, or personality) when certain conditions are met (physical or mental). If I call you "names" and you become "offended", I have successfully cast a spell on you and manipulated your spirits. This is why things like 'cursing' and even giving people 'dirty looks' (the evil eye) was for thousands of years considered witchcraft. Sorcery, witchcraft, and ritual magic are part of our everyday lives today.

Now, there are very real and true spiritual enemies whom most Christians completely ignore and have no understanding of and don't care to. There are very powerful sorcerers and magicians still working today. The city of Washington DC was designed by Rosicrucians using "Enochain" and "Solomonic" magic. The Pentagon for instance is actually a Temple of Mars and built to gain his blessing in warfare—the easiest things to see from the sky is the great pentacle meant to draw in spiritual power into the various "ministries" of government as well as a great hexagram which is the symbol of Saturn (the occult/kabbalistic god) and represents "heaven on earth"... The structures of governments themselves represent man attempting to create the perfect structures of the [spiritual] heavens here on earth—Democracy is a manifestation of Panentheism (all is god) which was the goal of the "Enlightened" U.S. and French Freemasons and Rosicrucians who formented the French and American Revolutions to create their Rosicrucian "New Jerusalem"...

Don't even get me in to how corporations like your 501c3 churches are actually idols created through witchcraft (legal proceedings) that replace Jesus Christ as the head of your organization. Pastors preach not to swear oaths while they turn around and sign legally binding papers that place the local or federal principality as the de facto authority that grants the organization it's right to exist which is completely opposite of what the Bible teaches—it's as if they don't believe that God has authority and power—but they want His blessing lol.

Every time you go into Walmart and exchange the fruits of your labor with a being that has no body, no soul, cannot speak, cannot eat, yet claims ownership of the life-giving necessities that you require, you are in effect trading with what magicians call a "godform" or "egregore" and you are worshiping it by simply recognizing it's existence and it's claimed authority—that god/demon then uses it's funds to influence the laws of the land that you live under and must obey. The everyday things you do in this world have real spiritual "meaning" and God is watching... The Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, all their 'sorceries' pale in comparison to what we have going on here today. The ultimate 'spell' is to get everyone to follow and practice a religion without them even knowing it! Ya, you can be a Christian, as long as the 'state' is Supreme and you recognize all these 'other gods' too... The early Christians were martyred in droves because they would not recognize the Emperor as the supreme authority on earth yet most of us bow down to these "principalities" or "watchers" on a daily basis.

From Wikipedia:
Egregore (also egregor) is an occult concept representing a "thoughtform" or "collective group mind", an autonomous psychic entity made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people. The symbiotic relationship between an egregore and its group has been compared to the more recent, non-occult concepts of the corporation (as a legal entity) and the meme.

Eliphas Lévi, in Le Grand Arcane ("The Great Mystery", 1868) identifies "egregors" with the tradition concerning the "Watchers", the fathers of the nephilim, describing them as "terrible beings" that "crush us without pity because they are unaware of our existence."[2]

The concept of the egregore as a group thoughtform was developed in works of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Rosicrucians[3] and has been referenced by writers such as Valentin Tomberg.

And from the Rosicrucian Archive:
Here we come to the end of our search. According to Gesenius:

ayr.gif
(he writes ir, not er) = "n. m. waking, or wakeful one, i.e. angel."

The root of the word is Syrian, in Hebrew it would be "er", plural form "irin" (Daniel, 4:10, etc.). Gesenius then continues: "c.f. Charles - Enoch..."

Thus, the mystery is solved. An egregor is an angel, sometimes called watcher; in Hebrew the word is ir, and the concept appears in The Book of Enoch, edited by Charles (that would be 1 Enoch).

ayr.gif
- also means city. (In modern Hebrew, ir - city; arim - cities).
 
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In 1 Samuel 28, Saul was disturbed by a large army encampment threatening him. Samuel was dead. Saul could not get counsel from Yahweh or the prophets. He sought a woman sorceress who pretended to summon the spirit of the dead Samuel.

I suppose the closest thing to a sorcerer today are astrologers, psychics, palm readers, fortune tellers, etc. These are usually frauds. Sometimes they guess right or recite some clever saying.

There was much mythology throughout Biblical times. People prayed to gods and goddeses of mythology. They offered prayers and sacrifices in vain. Priests of false religion claimed to serve powerful gods who could help people.
Thanks for your thoughts.
 
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in short, according to the biblical terminology, "sorcery" is how to get the "stars" to work the way we want through an occult/heretical/idolatrous method, and the "stars" are in essence unsouled spirits, each of which has a distinctive nature/character; for example, homosexuality is also a product of sorcery - certain "stars" are set to cause homosexual feelings, attraction, arousal and demeanor in certain people...

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Thank you toLiJC.
 
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A deamon is a background process that evokes a spirit (motivating principle, emotion, or personality) when certain conditions are met (physical or mental). If I call you "names" and you become "offended", I have successfully cast a spell on you and manipulated your spirits. This is why things like 'cursing' and even giving people 'dirty looks' (the evil eye) was for thousands of years considered witchcraft. Sorcery, witchcraft, and ritual magic are part of our everyday lives today.

Now, there are very real and true spiritual enemies whom most Christians completely ignore and have no understanding of and don't care to. There are very powerful sorcerers and magicians still working today. The city of Washington DC was designed by Rosicrucians using "Enochain" and "Solomonic" magic. The Pentagon for instance is actually a Temple of Mars and built to gain his blessing in warfare—the easiest things to see from the sky is the great pentacle meant to draw in spiritual power into the various "ministries" of government as well as a great hexagram which is the symbol of Saturn (the occult/kabbalistic god) and represents "heaven on earth"... The structures of governments themselves represent man attempting to create the perfect structures of the [spiritual] heavens here on earth—Democracy is a manifestation of Panentheism (all is god) which was the goal of the "Enlightened" U.S. and French Freemasons and Rosicrucians who formented the French and American Revolutions to create their Rosicrucian "New Jerusalem"...

Don't even get me in to how corporations like your 501c3 churches are actually idols created through witchcraft (legal proceedings) that replace Jesus Christ as the head of your organization. Pastors preach not to swear oaths while they turn around and sign legally binding papers that place the local or federal principality as the de facto authority that grants the organization it's right to exist which is completely opposite of what the Bible teaches—it's as if they don't believe that God has authority and power—but they want His blessing lol.

Every time you go into Walmart and exchange the fruits of your labor with a being that has no body, no soul, cannot speak, cannot eat, yet claims ownership of the life-giving necessities that you require, you are in effect trading with what magicians call a "godform" or "egregore" and you are worshiping it by simply recognizing it's existence and it's claimed authority—that god/demon then uses it's funds to influence the laws of the land that you live under and must obey. The everyday things you do in this world have real spiritual "meaning" and God is watching... The Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, all their 'sorceries' pale in comparison to what we have going on here today. The ultimate 'spell' is to get everyone to follow and practice a religion without them even knowing it! Ya, you can be a Christian, as long as the 'state' is Supreme and you recognize all these 'other gods' too... The early Christians were martyred in droves because they would not recognize the Emperor as the supreme authority on earth yet most of us bow down to these "principalities" or "watchers" on a daily basis.

From Wikipedia:
Egregore (also egregor) is an occult concept representing a "thoughtform" or "collective group mind", an autonomous psychic entity made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people. The symbiotic relationship between an egregore and its group has been compared to the more recent, non-occult concepts of the corporation (as a legal entity) and the meme.

Eliphas Lévi, in Le Grand Arcane ("The Great Mystery", 1868) identifies "egregors" with the tradition concerning the "Watchers", the fathers of the nephilim, describing them as "terrible beings" that "crush us without pity because they are unaware of our existence."[2]

The concept of the egregore as a group thoughtform was developed in works of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Rosicrucians[3] and has been referenced by writers such as Valentin Tomberg.

And from the Rosicrucian Archive:
Here we come to the end of our search. According to Gesenius:

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(he writes ir, not er) = "n. m. waking, or wakeful one, i.e. angel."

The root of the word is Syrian, in Hebrew it would be "er", plural form "irin" (Daniel, 4:10, etc.). Gesenius then continues: "c.f. Charles - Enoch..."

Thus, the mystery is solved. An egregor is an angel, sometimes called watcher; in Hebrew the word is ir, and the concept appears in The Book of Enoch, edited by Charles (that would be 1 Enoch).

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- also means city. (In modern Hebrew, ir - city; arim - cities).
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Well honestly, from my understanding and how it has been explained to me, addiction is a physical disease as in a medical condition. That is why medical insurance companies agree to pay for the treatment of it. Insurance companies will not pay for any condition that cannot be proven to be a physical affliction.





In everyone's brain there is something called "The Reward Center" technically this is the ventral tegmental area (VTA), the nucleus accumbens, and the prefrontal cortex together. This system was put in our brain by our creator so that we may survive as a people. In essence it is the reason why food tastes good and why sex feels good. So that we will like it and eat and make babies to keep our generations surviving. when you eat, the VTA produces dopamine and this chemical is pleasurable to the brain. This triggers the nucleus acumen to release serotonin and dopamine which is pleasurable and motivational, the nucleus acumen connects to and stimulates the prefrontal cortex which is where the brain does things like planning, making plans etc.

So that is a very complicated way of saying, you eat something,it tastes good, that gives you feel good chemicals in your brain which trigger you to plan to eat that same thing again. Like I say this is for our survival so your brain plans to eat again beacuse you need to eat again.

When you introduce a recreational drug, this same system gets set off. You do it, it feels good, your brain plans to do it again. What happens with addiction is this system goes into overdrive and it gets broken and stuck on the "plans to do it again" stimulation in the prefrontal cortex so you get less and less feel good chemicals and more and more "plan to do it again stimulation" and this drive will overtake all other things that you used to have in your prefrontal cortex that you used to do like eat, sleep etc. I have seen brain scans where they show that area of the brain brightly lit up when the drug is mentioned lit u brighter than any other part of the brain.

So all that was not in response to you specifically, you didn't ask all that but for everybody else reading, that's why pharmakeia is sorcery. Because of the physical damage it does to your body mind and spirit. In my personal experience the only solution I have found or seen has been a spiritual one. God, prayer, and very importantly fellowship/relationships with people who care will actually activate that reward center again with something new and Holy. A person can have a physical change haooen in their brain where they will begin to crave God and fellowship instead of that drug but it takes work and people who care. AA has a God component and others just get transformed through their church but they have a supernatural transformation in their physical body that the medical community will recognize by saying it is in remission. Even Drs totally based in science say there is something about it that works. The first two people of AA one of them was a Dr and they were both Agnostic and borderline Atheist but by the time they figured out how to do the program they said it can't be done without a higher power now ain't that something?

Now I wrote too much, nobody is going to read all this. They just skip right on past it! :preach:

Why don't we do as God says in Isaiah 61:1-11
Isaiah 61New King James Version (NKJV)
The Good News of Salvation
61 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

A lot of people are in captivity, because the preachers are not doing what they are called to do. It's about saving soul for Christ. God don't want any man to perish,
but to be redeemed.
 
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