Charismatic Witchcraft

Witchcraft is the control of others, imposing one’s will upon them, usually for a negative result. It is bondage to the victim.

Four areas of human resources used to produce a spiritual result:

domination, intimidation, manipulation, and emotional blackmail.

I Domination

Pharisees are an easy example to use, as those who desire to build their little kingdoms, rather than the kingdom of God- and they did indeed use domination of the people in the time of Jesus. The Pharisees do not approach the Lord from a pure, selfish heart. Some people don’t have a concern for what the Lord wants, but are far more interested in what they want. This self-centered attitude has destroyed many churches, and taken down many men of God. People will use charismatic witchcraft to get their way in the local body, many of them are troublemakers who travel from one church to another if they can’t get what they want, and they leave in their wake a large number of innocent victims who are confused and hurting. Most are Jezebel spirits who wish to control and manipulate others. The idea is to destroy the work of God, and establish Satan’s (or man’s ) plan.

examples :

the message that only the pastor, or designated minister, is “anointed.” You are nothing, and need to depend on them to make decisions for you.

people who inappropriately complain, or challenge, the ways of the church and wish others to conform to their ways. critical of others, unless there is agreement with them.

A pastor requires “dancing before the lord” a to be considered spiritual. You are really dancing before the pastor, to please him, and get his approval.

any list of harsh demands by leadership to make people submissive, and dependent

somehow you get the feeling that the church owns you, and you need to sacrifice everything for it, including putting your family second to the needs of the church

II Intimidation

They make people feel small or insignificant, and to cause those onlookers to feel they must join in or else they are ignorant, and somehow siding with the other side.

The Holy Spirit guides people into all truth. The Holy Spirit reveals truth to people, and when we usurp His authority, we step into charismatic witchcraft and will use intimidation. People get into witch hunts in an attempt to intimidate their prey, replacing God with themselves, in the guise of defending the truth through this intimidation.

Intimidation comes from a position of authority, and the usage of that authority to accept what is said or done, or condone what is said or done.

example: The Pharisees try to show up the Lord by using their authority, as if their authority was “better” than the authority that Jesus walked in.

use of guilt, or threat of rejection, to make people submit

exposure to the congregation as hell bound, if you do not pay your tithes.

III Manipulation

Manipulation: the use of a position or a power to dictate how the outcome will end, removing the Holy Spirit from being the convictor and Judge, and manipulating to build one’s own fame or kingdom.

More witch hunts come from someone’s interpretation rather than the whole context of Scripture, and when pride and the human factor is added, there is certainly much manipulation used.    It is done with the smile on one’s face, as they misquote Scripture, and misuse Scripture, to justify their hunt.

They exegete the Scriptures correctly, and then turn around and misapply them, the results are still the same, and the witch hunts continue.

examples:

many modern preachers on TV twist scripture to manipulate people out of their money, and promise miracles that never happen.

forced artificial worship- to get approval of pastor or others.

using supposed spiritual gifts to manipulate others.

lying…..:the holy spirit is telling me that you must do this

the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. this was meant to trick them into sin, so they would be punished

appealing to the flesh of the congregation to promote carnal behavior (example: appeal to desire for money, sex, etc)

misuse of scripture to manipulate people into giving more, or behaving a certain way.

IV Emotional Blackmail

A man is asked, “Do you still beat your wife?” Any answer given without a context or a genuine knowledge of the person will APPEAR to be evasive or allow unjust conclusions which all are meant to be based upon an appeal to one’s emotions.

Emotional blackmail always has an appeal to the emotion with the implied intent that the one using the emotion is “right” simply because they make the accusation, after all who could possibly doubt their integrity.

example: “Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?” Judas Iscariot wanted to have some extra money in his pocket, and to be able to justify himself and his desires he appealed to emotions in order to hopefully accomplish his desire. Therefore Judas appeals to emotions with a seemingly idealistic and correct approach to the poor. Judas implies wrong doing for what Mary has done for Jesus in hopes that he may get the money into the treasury bag which he controlled so that he could rob it. Judas is just one example of using the emotion to manipulate and intimidate and dominate to get one’s desire.

Recently people have claimed to be hurt by others and their language is sad and their writing styles evoke much emotion for the reader, the poor unsuspecting reader. The appeals are to the heart to feel sorry for that poor hurt person. Howbeit, those very same people who desire you to feel their pain are also the very same ones who were using charismatic witchcraft to intimidate and to dominate, hurting others.  And they are now using it in the form of emotional blackmail.

These same people claim to be born again some 25-30 years, and in the next breath claim they are “weaker” brothers and sisters in the Lord, and offended at another’s godly actions, and expressions straight from the Scriptures. This is what Judas tried, and what has torn apart many churches.

more examples

witch hunts – the seekers are the witches, the designated witches are the victims

forcing someone to undergo deliverance.

Christian curses put on others in order to “heal” them of something they do not have

using a word of knowledge to falsely identify someone as having demons to embarrass them

anyone who disagrees with church practices has “demons,” and should be shunned as unsaved

Note:

Knowledge is power. Be alert to the behavior of others. Just because someone is important does not mean they are honest or someone you should trust. You first submit to God, ask for his guidance, then look around and evaluate who else deserves your allegiance. Do not submit to illegitimate authority. Not every person in authority is a godly person. This includes the church atmosphere. Satan has invaded the church, so beware of false teachers and prophets. Check what everyone tells you with the Bible, and see if they are twisting the scriptures. If they are, reject them.

Reference:

http://www.jesusthedeliverer.org/articles2.html