The madness in town now is that some charlatans claim that mixing African Traditional Religion (ATR) with faith in Christ Jesus is acceptable for surviving Nigeria’s insecurity.
They also claim that returning to our roots (invoking demons through incantations, idol worship, making incisions, eating concoctions, and so many other things) does not violate the word of God or his will. This madness is not new; it has been with humanity since God began interacting with them. Jacob told the people traveling with him on his way back to Isaac from Laban’s house to get rid of the idols they were carrying.
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟓:𝟐–𝟒 (𝐊𝐉𝐕)
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴:
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘩𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮.
Jacob knew that God would scan him and all the people in his company, and the result would be negative if anyone was found with an idol during the building of an altar for God. The God of that time has not changed.
If you want to understand God’s position on any matter, just check his word. The word of God consistently instructs its children, in both the Old and New Testaments, to have nothing to do with the devil and his works.
𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟐
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, 𝘖𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋…
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴.
𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟏𝟗:𝟏𝟖–𝟐𝟎 (𝐊𝐉𝐕)
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫.
𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.
The word of God cannot grow in an environment where the believer is mixing faith with occultism. It is an environment where the demons thrive.
Simon the sorcerer had used sorcery to control people with great influence, and he pretended to be born again. Later, when Peter and John came to lay hands on the people to receive the Holy Ghost baptism. Simon the sorcerer offered them money to receive the ability to lay hands on people to receive the holy ghost.
𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟖:𝟐𝟏 (𝐊𝐉𝐕)
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
Anyone who advocates mixing darkness and light has no part in the matter of light but in darkness.
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