Witchcraft - Blah

In this day and age it seems at every turn our children are inundated with a 'sexy' or 'nice' hollyweird version of witchcraft. Witchcraft TV shows, movies (harry potter) and video games. There is no such thing as 'nice' witchcraft. It is evil and sinister and against God. Here is what the Bible says about witchcraft...

1 Samuel 15:22-23

22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight
in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
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.

Galatians 5:19-21

9 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.

Nahum 3:4-6

4 Because 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.
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of
hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy
face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness,
and the kingdoms thy shame.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee,
and make thee vile, and will set thee as a
gazingstock.

Witchcraft is nothing new. It's been going on almost since the very beginning. There is nothing 'sexy' or 'nice' about witchcraft. There is no such thing as a 'good' witch or wizard like in harry potter or lord of the rings. Witchcraft is a close cousin to idol worship. It is an abomination to the Lord and hated by God. Soothsaying (i.e. being a medium) and fortune telling are also considered witchcraft.

Micah 5:12-13

12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine
hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and
thy standing images out of the midst of thee;
and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine
hands.

Chronicles 33:6

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.

The Grim Reaper Preacher says, "Try reading the Bible from cover to cover - you'll like it."