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The dictionary defines divination as, "the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means." God's Word goes a step further by showing that people who divine are controlled or possessed by supernatural spirits which enable them to receive information beyond the human realm at a particular time. God's prophets receive their divine revelation by the Holy Spirit. On the other side of the spectrum are demonic spirits feeding information to fortunetellers and sorcerers.

PAUL

Luke tells us of such a case in the book of Acts. "And it came to pass as we want to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her master much gain by soothsaying: the same followed Paul and us, and cried saying, these men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour." Acts 16:16-18.

GOD WANTS YOU!

It also reveals that God wants to work through His Children AGAINST the power of evil. The battle of the Universe is God against the devil, Good against evil and we must choose which side we prefer. It is impossible to dabble with both Powers at the same time! God's Word thunders down through the ages, "...come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord...for what fellowship hath righteous with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" II Corinthians 6:17,14.

One of the problems today is that many Christians are unaware of where the dividing line is between the things of God and Satan's territory. When God's people stray into those areas that appear harmless but in reality are demonic, it creates all kind of havoc in their spiritual lives.

Let's begin by showing what we must stay clear of as far as divination is concerned so we can live the kind of life that pleases God.

MECHANICAL PROPS

The spirit of divination often makes use of mechanical props such as sand, bones, entrails of a sacrifice, tea leaves, tarot card, palm reading, horoscopes, lumps on the head,Ouija boards, planchet, crystal balls, occult computer games, so-called healing through charms or magic, levitation, water witching, automatic writing, occult literature or objects, hand writing analysis and drugs, etc... and what does God say about these things?

GOD SAYS....

"Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to you enchanters, nor to your sorcerers which speaks unto you, saying, ye shall not serve the King of Babylon: For they prophesy a lie unto you to remove you far from their land;" Jeremiah 27:9-10. "And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves and made a grove and worshipped all the host of heave, and served Ba'al. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger" II Kings 17:17.

WHY GOD HATES DIVINATION

God hates divination because it leads people to seek satanic intelligence for guidance in their lives instead of God and His Word. We cannot mix the guidance of the Holy Spirit with that of Satan without getting into problems. Millions of people in our world are doing just that when they consult their horoscopes instead of God's Word for their daily directions.

HOROSCOPES

When you pin many of these people down they get a silly little grin on their face and quickly tell you it is only a harmless game. One person told me that nobody really gets too serious about horoscopes. It's just fun to see if anything comes true. Later, I found that it was a much more serious problem area in their life than "just fun." A few years ago I picked up a Miami Herald newspaper with the headline blaring, "32 MILLION, MOSTLY WOMEN, BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY AND LET IT RUN THEIR LIVES."

The Gallup Poll went on to state that, "One in four adults reads an astrology column regularly and believe their lives are governed by the position of the stars.  "The survey shows that almost as many church goers as non-church goers believe in astrology.  "One of the most surprising findings was that nearly eight in ten Americans (nine in ten under 30 years old) can name the sign under which they were born.