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We need to be aware that rebellion and witchcraft are on the rise in our society<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n About fifteen years ago during a TV news report, a senior police officer commented, \u201cWe are living in strange times\u201d. Today, a politician echoed those same words. The rudder and restraints of God\u2019s word against chaos and unrighteousness are being removed. People\u2019s minds are seduced, manipulated and controlled in almost unseen ways, as in Genesis 3:1-6. Perhaps because of over-emphasis on the demonic during the Charismatic phase of the 70s and 80s, we are calloused against that which is unseen. Dulled discernment dismisses the possibility of demonic activity, and that of fallen angels in heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Society\u2019s ills are due to the outworking of rebellion\/witchcraft. Rebellion entered the human race when Adam and Eve succumbed to Satan\u2019s seductions and disobeyed the Lord. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23) and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. King Saul is an example. He tried to divine the future rather than trust in God. The comparison of the words, \u2018rebellion\u2019 and \u2018witchcraft\u2019 in 1 Samuel are not accidental. Defiance is as great as the sin of idolatry. We circumnavigate God for various ungodly reasons and fight demonic powers with weapons that are no heavenly good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We need to be aware that rebellion and witchcraft are on the rise in our society About fifteen years ago during a TV news report, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}