INTRODUCTION

In the eyes of man, witchcraft has grown more acceptable with each passing year, but God has not wavered on His opinion. In the Old Testament, being a witch (Exodus 22:18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
See All...; Leviticus 20:27A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
See All...) and seeking after a witch (Leviticus 20:6-7 [6] And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. [7] Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
See All...) were both crimes worthy of death. Even in the age where grace is much more evident, God calls witchcraft a work of the flesh and declares plainly that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:20-21 [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
See All...; Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
See All...). Not only should believers avoid the practice of such wickedness, they should also refuse to "have pleasure in them that do them" (Romans 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
See All...), regardless of how innocent it may appear.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Read Psalm 7:11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
  See All...b and Proverbs 17:11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
  See All.... God likens witchcraft to rebellion (1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
  See All...). He will judge it (Micah 5:12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
  See All..., 15). During Jonah's time, Nineveh repented of her wicked ways (Jonah 3:8-10 [8] But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. [9] Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? [10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  See All...) but later turned back to them and was destroyed (Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
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• Name some ways in which witchcraft has gained access into the homes of otherwise godly people. Has witchcraft found a way into your home as well?
• What steps should be taken to ensure that witchcraft does not become acceptable to your family?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God for the courage to do what is right.
• Ask the Lord to convict you of any witchcraft in your home.

HYMN

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