Do Christians believe in Magic?

[irishcowboy]

I believe that people are mislead by things that are called magic, I do not follow those that are practicing those arts....

I do play with slight of hand from time to time, as a teaching tool, and to have fun with the kids ( actually had a friend of mines kids cell phone for close to an hour before they realized it was even missing and they handed it to me....)

as far as calling it magic, no, we do not, a trick is a trick. and what we some call magic, some of it is of the supernatural....

so, actually, there is no such thing as magic. deceite, lies, and such, but not magic.

we do have the Power given us thru the Holy Spirit to be used in the performance of miricles and such, but not magic.....

mike

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Do christians believe in Magic?

The occult arts are off limits. They are sinful, according to the Word of God. Therefore we are to avoid all participation or contact with such things.

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No....and all forms of magic is satanic. A person opens the door for the devil,

to come into their life.

LOVE and PEACE to everyone,

[kittylover0991]

Do CHristians believe in witchcraft? I don't know. It depends upon who you ask. Many could just say that it is fake and obviousl ycouldn't exist, and other could go to the bible and show how the bible talks about magic, witchcraft,. wizardry and automatically say it exists.

However, what i do know is that it is wrong and the bible specifically says so.

1Sa 15:23 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.

Deu 18:10 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,

Deu 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Deu 18:12 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.

[Guest CrossTheRiver]

Do christians believe in Magic?

The occult arts are off limits. They are sinful, according to the Word of God. Therefore we are to avoid all participation or contact with such things.

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No....and all forms of magic is satanic. A person opens the door for the devil,

to come into their life.

LOVE and PEACE to everyone,

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To piggy-back on this post: Magic is only another word for deciet. We see it in entertainment, and in life practice, the enemy uses it as like food to Pavlov's dogs. In other words, magic is only the string of the deciever to manipulate those it entraps. Sadly, it exists. Many stories I have heard of people claiming to be experts in witchcraft and other foolishness. And naught has any good come of it.

[gypc]

Rev 22:14

[jc49]

Do christians believe in Magic?

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I aknowledge the existence of evil,and I know from the Bible that we christian are at war with the forces of evil which oppose God,Jesus,theHoly Spirit..our warfare is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual enemies of GOD,Who anyway IS THE WINNERand grants victoryto His children thanks to JESUS CHRIST and THE HOLY SPIRIT POWER.

Magic exists,but while I acknowledge it I don't believe in it,I BELIEVE in JESUS CHRIST and HIS GOSPEL and so I oppose evil,and I hate the "spiritual enemies" of God,i.e.satan,his fallen angels,demons,and the sort,but I don't hate those that practise the magic arts( as they call them) but I rather pray for their deliverance because Jesus died to save sinners,the lost ones,and magic is SIN and anything that is not of FAITH( HOLY FAITH IN GOD) is SIN and sin kills human beings...may our great Lord Jesus Christ save more and more until He comes back and put an end to this diabolical sistem in which we live and inagurates His righteous kingdom of Love and Freedom from sin and death.

Guess what? HE IS COMING BACK SOON..sooner than we all think and it is going to be GREAT!

SHALOM and MARANATHA and GLORY and HONOUR and POWER to THE FATHER SON and HOLY GHOST for EVER and EVER ,Amen!

[Constant]

I may believe in magic depending on what type of magic it is.

[Guest Jehovah's Knight]

One of the main differences between the two (magic and the miraculous) is that 'magic' is done at our will, whereas a miracle is performed at God's behest.  Many people confuse the two because they both seem extraordinary to us.

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Agreed. That's one difference since each part of magic, or what some people call magic, is loosely based on the miraculous.

seances ~ prayer groups

fortune telling ~ prophecy

familiar spirits ~ guardian angels

And that's only a few examples. There are those who will argue that the two are the same, but there're not. One is a construction of man while the other is of God.

However, the big main difference between the two is that those who believe in magic are connected to the belief of heretic gods or demons. This seems to be the cornerstone to all the deceit, lies, superstition, etc. that magic brings. Smash the cornerstone, and everything else about magic will fall like a house of cards.

[Gerioke]

what about manipution of nature?

water divining, cloud seeding etc

[nebula]

I don't know about water divining,

but I do know that cloud seeding is 100% scientific.

Please don't mix science with magic! Scientist don't like magic.

(In fact, several scientists work at debunking magic. )