Witchcraft is prevalent in different parts of Africa. We are warned, too, against sorcerers who claim to communicate with dead souls to inspire fear in the living.-Compare 1 Samuel 28:3-20.
And we are warned against the very similar practices of Santeria, observed by some exiled Cubans in the United States. Thus, we are warned against the blood sacrifice and spirit communion practiced by the voodoo priests in Brazil or by the houngans and the mambos of Haiti. For everybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah.”- Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. The apostle Paul warned: “The things which the nations sacrifice they sacrifice to demons.” ( 1 Corinthians 10:20) And demon worship is really the same as Satan worship, since Satan is called “the ruler of the demons.” ( Mark 3:22) What practices of “the nations” can be identified as demon worship, or worship of Satan? God’s words to Israel give us some examples: “There should not be found in you. Indeed, Satan worship is not limited to direct worship of Satan by name. Manson’s follower Tex Watson announced, when he came to murder Sharon Tate, ‘I am the devil I’m here to do the devil’s work.’” But Satanism is not always as overt as this. According to history professor Jeffrey Russell, “Manson claimed to be both Christ and Satan. . . One outstanding example was the murders by the Manson clan in California back in 1969. What you are seeing are not crimes for crime’s sake, but crimes for the sake of a religion.” Just recently, a police detective was quoted as saying: “What we are dealing with is a religion and people who believe in it as others believe in Christianity, Judaism or Islam. Why? Because in many cases they are finding links between crimes and satanic cults. Even the police show an interest in Satanism. Other press reports show that the Satan cult, in different forms, is surfacing across the United States and Europe. Intelligence gathered by the Calgary Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reveals that in Calgary alone there are supposedly 5,000 practising Satanists.”
Satan worship is widespread in our modern world.įor example, in Canada The Calgary Herald ran a series of articles under the title “Devil’s Disciples.” The paper quoted a police investigator’s report, saying: “Through interviews I have learned that Satanism is not exclusive to any particular group in society. When tempting Jesus, he offered to give him a huge reward on just one condition: “If you fall down and do an act of worship to me.” ( Matthew 4:9) Jesus, of course, refused, but not everyone has followed his example. THERE is no doubt that Satan wants to be worshiped.