by: Richard W. De HaanUnseen Yet Real
One amazing development of this enlightened, scientific age has been the resurgence of interest in occultic activity. In past days, witchcraft, seances, magic, and fortunetelling were prevalent. In areas dominated by ignorance and superstition. In recent years, however, highly respected secular magazines have been publishing articles dealing with the spirit world. They have seriously discussed prominent individuals who claim they have received personal messages from the spirits of those who have died. People who claim the ability to foretell the future have been the objects of much interest. And in Europe, I've been told, the number of those who earn a livelihood in occultic practices has exceeded the sum total of all ministers and priests serving churches. Finding out about the unseen world has become big business, exciting the imagination of the curious. Some universities even offer special courses on strange psychic phenomena.
The informed Christian is not surprised by this interest in the occult. He knows the earth has many mysteries that scientists find impossible to analyze and that brilliant men cannot explain. He also understands that a great, invisible host of evil beings is involved in a battle against God and His people. He realizes that believers are engaged in a spiritual warfare and that the enemy is an army of well-organized intelligent, supernatural spirit creatures. The Bible tells:
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blodd, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12)
The spiritual foes identified in that verse exercise a tyrannical control over the world. They oppose God. They do everything in their power to defeat Christians. And they are continually generating hostility and opposition to the gospel. Therefore, to prepare for the vivious onslaughts of our spiritual foes, we must be aware of their nature, be able to identify them, and be able to recognize their activities.
Next issuess:
- The Evil Defection
- Their Nature
The informed Christian is not surprised by this interest in the occult. He knows the earth has many mysteries that scientists find impossible to analyze and that brilliant men cannot explain. He also understands that a great, invisible host of evil beings is involved in a battle against God and His people. He realizes that believers are engaged in a spiritual warfare and that the enemy is an army of well-organized intelligent, supernatural spirit creatures. The Bible tells:
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blodd, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12)
The spiritual foes identified in that verse exercise a tyrannical control over the world. They oppose God. They do everything in their power to defeat Christians. And they are continually generating hostility and opposition to the gospel. Therefore, to prepare for the vivious onslaughts of our spiritual foes, we must be aware of their nature, be able to identify them, and be able to recognize their activities.
Next issuess:
- The Evil Defection
- Their Nature
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