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
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