fortune telling is not from God

God never gives us bad gifts nor try us with sinful actions (Luke 11:11-13, James 1:13).
the Bible repeatedly tells us we are not to use fortunetelling, clairvoyance, magic spells, omens, spirit mediums, sorcerers, diviners, or those who speak with the dead (Leviticus 19:26, 31, Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Acts 19:19, Revelation 22:15). Reading through Scriptures, one can see that those who do such things are detestable to God.
These Scriptures list a broad spectrum of related activities that we see people involved with today. Particular activities we should avoid include: Tarot card reading, Ouija boards, crystal balls, horoscopes, numerology, palmistry, séances, voodoo, shamans, sorcerers, conjurers, and all other similar things. Since God doesn't give us evil, as stated in the above Scriptures, it stands to reason that He won't give the gift of fortunetelling and sorcery. However, we must understand that fortunetelling is different from the gift of prophecy.
God tells us in the Bible that he doesn't resort to fortunetellers to convey information. He will send a prophet from amongst His people if He wants to inform us of something (Deuteronomy 18:14-16). So, what if someone is a seer who claims to be a prophet of God? Then we need to use our powers of reason with the Bible.
It is also worth noting that many of the psychics in the world also claim they communicate with the dead. As we saw in the Scriptures above, such activity is condemned by God (Deuteronomy 18:12). Therefore, even if most of their words do ring true, they are still participating in ungodly activities. God would not give us a gift that He condemns (Luke 11:9-13). These psychics may sincerely believe their gifts are from God anyway because of all the good that can be done with them. However, it is worthy to remember that Satan would prefer us to think this way, as he disguises his unwholesome activities as "light" in order to mislead us (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). Not all who claim to perform signs and omens in God's name are really from God (Matthew 7:21-23). We must take great care to heed the words in the Bible.
The Bible also shows that those who became true believers turned away from their magic practicing and soothsaying (Acts 19:18-20).
The Bible also shows the error of following a supposed prophet or psychic that attempts to lead us away from true worship (Deuteronomy 13:1-5)
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wave Sharnah,,, How are you doing? wine Hope you have a great evening.
So what about the movie The Life of Brian Sha..
or is a sense of humour also frowned uponblues uh oh ....
doh grin
Good morning my sister Sharnah!wave Very good blog!thumbs up You are correct about the underworld! God is very clear on this subject! Keep up the good blogging my sister!bouquet
Just want u to know that i am reading yr blog everday.....

Blessings to u....
minera
To each their own...continue your spiritual practice...as I will...have a great day! wine
@Loulou. Thanksthumbs up hug teddybear
Excellent, Sharnah, excellent!

Jesus blogs back to back! I love it!! Amen!!
Luke thank you for your message and I'm blessed my brother as I'm sure you are as wellthumbs up
Gentlejim thank you very much my brother God blessthumbs up
Joleenc may the Lord bless you my sister and you are most very welcome..looking forward to hearing more from you amenhandshake
No it's from a much older time, with a much older religion. wine
Brother Ed God bless you amenthumbs up
gotta go Sharnah: Hello Lady! And how is your night/day? Im just working out. They say that! Excerising is great for people. I Just wonder why? Anywho! Just wanted to come by and speak to you. Take care. And be bless daily!
sorry, meant mrwilling
Whatever the opinions of anyone might be, there is no reason for slandering God and Jesus Christ!
How did Mrwilling slander JC? It was a question not a statement. And he didn't pass any judgement toward him either, just a simple question.
I didn't want to mention that I can heal as well, but now that you mention it, I do. I'm going to really stir the pot with this, because I've reached the point. Anyway, my mothers maiden name is Sharman, which comes from the word shaman. So I think it's been passed down to me. I do have the healing touch when needed. Seeing the future and healing, must be the Devil's work doh
Now I'll sit here and wait to see what is said about this. hmmm
Nice to know that there is another one that I share something in common with. Nice to meet you Min handshake
Calies, my questions ask for answers, not criticisms.
I did not slander JC but asked of a possibility.
Not belief but proof. You give me neither to contemplate.
Hence it would seem the bible does not lead us to truth but rather holds the believers in ignorance.
Fatwa me if you like, this would only enforce my point of view.
Yes Doc I also heal those in pain using nothing more than my hands and the knowledge of anatomical action. Am I spiritual no, do I possess supernatural powers no, I am just a average person with certain skills.
Couple of thousand years ago with these skills who knows?
My luck stoned and no bong in site.
Angel pepper you seem like a great friend...I'm doing well its raining blessings todaybanana
Calleis dear friend I know that it seems like fun doing it but can promise you the eternal end will not be good unless its repented of..and thank you for defending the name of Jesusthumbs up
Gentlejim God bless youthumbs up
Doc you are wolf in sheeps clothing we all know that by now...don't proclaim to be something that we know you not because of what comes out of your mouth...by your fruits you are known" thumbs down
Doc so proclaimed christian may the Lord be merciful to you as you ...I will no longer be answering your questions because those demonic forces are so deeply rooted in you that in no way will you give God a chance for you to come to Him...so I dust my shoes off and surely will not be responding to any comments of you.
Mr willing read the word of God if you ever have to seek God not to look for something out of vengeance. God does not kill...manS sin leads to evil deeds..
wave What is Supernatural Power? I am pretty certain that is
not in Biblical reference, being translated from Aramaic, to
ancient Greek and latin, and then to English, for people to
take it literally.
Sharna, God does not kill? Great flood, parted the red sea, volcanism killing heaps of innocent people. Plagues, famine, plagues of insects, am I missing somethings?
I must have read the scary children's version.
Amazing how it is told to respect others religions yet many of you think it fantastic to blasphemy the name of Jesus Christ may the Lord have mercy on you.
thumbs up Politely said, much better than I can do.
My sister Sharnah!

I know what you are saying is true! God's word, that you speak, can not be repudiated by men!

Thank you for trying to share God's word with everyone!thumbs up
TheDoctor;you impress me with your expression of opinion and gifts thumbs upI believe that is possible to "see' miles away if your close to some person as that what had happened to me when I sow accident on the road at the same time when my closest friend got hurt in bus which was miles away from me so altrough I can not explain how and what had happened to me to see all and fell - I don't think that has to do anything with Devil work but gift or being in the same spiritual level of closeness to someone or to other people it may happen in more than one way and such experiences interest me to learn about.I believe that we all have something in ourselves to explore and learn about if we're enough open to recognise it and learn.I am from Catholic backbone but not into religious fanatics that like horse looking only one way,and this is not said to insoult anyone but to hopefully open mind if one mind wants to be open to see many collars in rainbow and not just chosen few. wave
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Just trying to keep things civil...wine
Pedalguy well...hmmmm...I hope what I said to loulou was much more politer than what you would have saiddancing
Oh loulou thank you for the compliment for the one track mind..or at least I see it as a compliment because what it means is that I will never leave Jesus Christ not for anything..JESUS RULES AND IS LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS..every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lordcheering
Gentlejim bless you man...God is great and there is no so called other god that is greaterbanana JESUS REIGNS FOREVEER AND EVER
Brother Serendipity amen to your words that comes straight from the throne of Godteddybear
Corrected it was eve made from Adam, read one of my other posts on this subject.
Thank you Lou Lou for actually reading and more to the point understanding my questions to which no reply has come forth.
What I want Sharnah, is for you to tell everybody why you felt the need to delete my last comment I made last night. Quite a few saw it, and I was not rude or even dis-respectable. So please, tell your masses why. hmmm
Zuis just to answer your comment on the tower of babel..
.After the flood, God gave Noah a command.
Genesis 9:1 "God went on to bless Noah and to say:
“Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth."
Fill the earth. Move out. Move on. Don't congregate.
For approximately 3 generations, this habit continued.
Then Genesis 11:2 tells us:
"....in their journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valley plain in the land of Shi'nar, and they took up dwelling there.  And they began to say, each one to the other: “Come on! Let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves, for fear we may be scattered over all the surface of the earth.”
For fear we may be scattered!
They wished to go against God's command.
They knew it was rebellion because the tower's purpose was to protect some IF God should ever make it rain again.
Some could run inside and up.
God chose an ingenious method of accomplishing his will.
He confused the languages.
They separated. Genesis 11 adds:
"Accordingly God scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth, and they gradually left off building the city."
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