GOD’S PROMISES: CURSES, IDOLS, WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT, FORTUNE-TELLERS

Find peace and strength in these biblical instructions and promises.

“Do not worship any other gods besides me.” Do not make idols of any kind … You must never worship or bow down to them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god! (Exodus 20:3-5 NLT)

“We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.  So, dear children, keep yourselves away from false gods.” I John 5:20-21 (NKJV)

“Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark. They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry …   but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair.” Isaiah 8:19-22 (NLT)

“How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit?” Isaiah 44:9-10 (NLT)

“I will not send anyone to attack you, and you will defeat those who do attack you. …  I have made the destroyer to destroy. So no weapon that is used against you will defeat you. You will show that those who speak against you are wrong. These are the good things my servants receive. Their victory comes from me,” says the Lord.” Isaiah 54:15-17 (NCV)

“This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw what I did to Jerusalem and to all the towns of Judah. They now lie in ruins, and no one lives in them. Because of all their wickedness, my anger rose high against them. They burned incense and worshiped other gods – gods that neither they nor you nor any of your ancestors have ever known. “Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’ But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept right on burning incense to these gods. And so my fury boiled over and fell like fire on the towns of Judah and into the streets of Jerusalem, and now they are a desolate ruin.” Jeremiah 44:2-6 (NLT)

“You belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” I John 4:4 (NLT)

“For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.” I John 5:4 (NLT)

“Satan must be bound before his demons are cast out, just as a strong man must be tied up before his house can be ransacked and his property robbed.” Mark 3:27 (LB)

“Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.” Mark 3:27 (NLT)