Dear Mr. Nagy,
Exodus 22:18 says, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Deuteronomy 18:10-14 says, "10 There shall not be found among you [any one]
that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that
useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch ,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. 12 For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the
LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out
from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. 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 says, "23 For 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."
2 Chronicles 33:1-6 says, "33:1 Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2 But
did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children
of Israel. 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father
had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built
altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem
shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of
heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he caused his
children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also
he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft , and dealt
with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight
of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.".
Galatians 5:16-23 says, "6 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye
shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against
the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one
to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye
be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the
flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, 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. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law."
God's Word, the Bible, also has this to say about idolatry in general.
1 Peter 4:2-3 says, "2 That he no longer should live the rest of [his]
time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the
time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine,
revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries".
When we express intolerance of any other religion save Christianity, we are
expressing the Divine Will of God according to His Word. This same Bible,
which contains stern admonitions against Wiccan craft, idolatry, and
anti-Christian tripe, also says this:
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things
were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light
shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a
man sent from God, whose name [was] John. 7 The same came for a witness,
to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe. 8
He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light. 9
[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the
world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the
world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom
I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before
me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17
For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him]. " John 1:1-18.
Romans 8:14-19 advises, "14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs;
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
[him], that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the
sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the
glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."
Romans 1 says, "21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him]
not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations,
and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into
an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts,
and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness
through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between
themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and
served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And
likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their
lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28
And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave
them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit,
malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without
understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable,
unmerciful: 32 Who 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."
Mr. Nagy, when modes of worship and means of redemption against sin are so
clearly DIFFERENT between witchcraft and Christianity, with witchcraft
holding so many false gods and Christianity worshipping the only real God,
how dare you have the gall to say that the only difference between
Christianity and witchcraft are their trappings.
I dare you to prove, for example, that the Our Father is a form of casting a
spell, when this is given by the same God who authored the same Bible as
this text, Galatians 5:19-25, "19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 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.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is
no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit."
Can a work of the flesh be a work of God's Spirit, when God's own WORD
CLEARLY STATES IT ISN'T SO?
Honestly, I can't see what you see in witchcraft, when Christ was given ALL
authority in Heaven and Earth. Matthew 28:18 says, "18 And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth." Why only half-step, when you could go the full round with Jesus
Christ, who has all power (exousia - "authority") on Heaven and Earth?
Satan trembles at the mere breath of the Name of Christ. Satan is given one
more fatal blow when a new child of God is baptized into the death and
resurrection of Christ. Satan is further crushed when a beloved new child
of God continues to die daily to sin and drown his old sin nature in the
waters of Baptism, that the new man might rise daily unto repentance and
righteousness, better able to serve God. Can you say as much for Wiccan
crafts? Can you assure yourself, or me, or anyone else that Wiccan craft
has eternal redemption of sins? Does Wiccan craft even have a CONCEPT
called sin?
Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, became sin for us, bearing all our sins in
His Body on the Cross. By Christ's stripes of Blood alone are we ever
healed or redeemed. If this is hateful, if this is intolerant, if this is a
t all unloving or spiteful, then I challenge YOU to die for the redemption
of your sins, or those of someone else. Christ died for our sins so we
didn't have to die in our sins.
If you can reliably prove that there is salvation from death, hell, and the
devil in witchcraft, then millions of people have worshipped the wrong god.
The Holy Bible, millions of Christian worshippers, historical documents, and
church upon church, have proven the real salvation from the world, the
flesh, the devil, hell, and death, in the person of Jesus Christ alone, and
Him CRUCIFIED.
May you truly learn of the REAL LOVE Christ has for you, that HE DIED for
YOU.
In Christ,
Richard C. August
