Category: Spirits of Divination

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-10-16

Acts 16:16 (NKJV) 16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

What is divination?

Webster dictionary – It is the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers.

Paul calls it what it is. This slave girl was possessed!

Fortune telling or listening to those who tell fortunes, and operate under such a spirit, is not just a little thing. It can affect our lives hugely.

Letting someone speak, who operates under such a possessed spirit, opens the door for the enemy. And unless we close it, by doing what Paul did and casting it out, it remains and has a home, and it will keep bugging and annoying us.

Acts 16:17-18 (NKJV) 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” 18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

If someone has opened up to this spirit in any way, at any time in their life, they need to close the door that has been given to it. It’s very simple. God’s word says to resist the devil and he will flee.

James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

This type of spirit is very deceiving, because it can say things that may seem true and accurate. For instance, what she said about Paul in verse 17.

But if we let the Holy Spirit show us, just as He showed Paul, through being annoyed with her and what she was doing, we will see what’s really operating. Paul knew it was not right.

Anything that is NOT of God and tries to come off like it is, is perverted, twisted and deceiving. And we all know that these traits come from the devil.

This spirit likes to deceive and it doesn’t matter who we are. It will show it’s bold and ugly face, even in church meetings, bible studies and other gatherings where we would least expect it. It followed Paul for many days until he did something about it.

Don’t let it have a place or a voice around us, no matter how many things it may try to say that seem right.

Let the Holy Spirit help us to discern the difference.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page.

Please consider making a Donation.

Tagged with: , , , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-3-14

Ezekiel 13:3 (NKJV) 3 Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!”

Nowadays we have some people that call themselves prophets or prophetesses, and they say and do things, supposedly in the name of Jesus Christ.

Some of them have a platform in mega churches and everyone seems to love them.

No matter how much we love our Pastor, Deacon, Priest, Leader, Teacher, Evangelist, or Prophet, etc., if they are operating from a wrong spirit and they are “off” in their teaching, we need to call it! They need to sit down and get themselves some help.

There is a thing called a spirit of divination.

Acts 16:16,17 (NKJV) Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

Now, what the girl in the verses above said was truth about Paul and Silas.

This spirit does speak things that sound right and appear to be right, on the surface. However, its motives are wicked, demonic and destructive.

It slithers into church meetings and we give it a voice. We let it stand at the pulpit and speak into the lives of the congregation. Why? Because it sounds and looks like the real deal on the surface.

But Paul knew, by the Spirit of God that lived in him, that the things being spoken by this girl were being spoken by a demonic spirit, and he called it out.

God will show us when something is off or it’s not right, if we let Him.

Acts 16:18 (NKJV) And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

We can’t ignore the annoyed feeling we may get at times when something seems off. People are getting hurt by this spirit.

The church, as a whole, needs to come together and call out this spirit of divination and shut it down, in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please Click Here and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page.

Please Consider Making a Donation.

Tagged with: , , ,

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-24-14

Acts 16:16-18 (NKJV) 16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” 18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

Many people today will read through this group of verses and brush right over it, not making any connection with so many things we see being practiced in the world today.

There are two things here that we need to look at and understand.

The first is the spirit of divination and the second is what that spirit of divination did.

Take note that in verse 16 we’re shown that the girl made a lot money for her keepers by telling fortunes. So we know from this that telling fortunes is not of God, but of our enemy, the devil.

Second, that same spirit spoke words that had truth to them, but where they got that knowledge from is the problem.

The girl knew nothing of Paul & Silas on a personal level. She was operating purely under the knowledge imparted into her by way of a demonic spirit.

You see, there is a lot of this same stuff going on in the world today. People look to horoscopes each day. People go to fortune tellers, sometimes even as a means of entertainment. And many people, including Christians, dabble in so many things that are similar to this and rooted in occult practices.

Some of what’s being taught today, even in churches, has roots in paganism. But because it’s dressed up a little, it goes unrecognized and people fall for it as a new way of being spiritual.

Well, yes, it’s definitely spiritual. But it’s of the wrong spirit!

So we urge you today, that if you’re dabbling with any of this, horoscopes, fortune tellers, psychics or any other forms of spiritual communication that’s not of the Holy Spirit, run far from it!

Renounce it from your life in the name of Jesus and ask God to deliver you from it. Repent, turn from it and never go back to it again.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!

To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please enter your email address in the box near the upper right corner of this page!

Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,