Just a bit of Magic….

[Jimmy]

As many of you may (or may not) know, I’m a fan of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I am a fan of the books and the movies. I thought I’d be alone in this, but my sister, Angie, is also a big fan (she, indeed, does have all the books and all of the movies). I like it because, from a very young age, I’ve been fascinated by fantasy. I also like it because the whole story is a Christian Allegory, meaning it takes themes from the Bible and the story of Christ (A brief example of this is found in the title of the third book, The Return of the King; As far as the story is concerned, it refers to the return of Aragorn, king of Men, to the throne where he belongs and the final defeat of evil. Sounds a bit like Christ at the Revelation, eh?)

But as I’ve been reading the books and watching the movies, i’ve been thinking about magic. Obviously, there’s a lot of demonic magic in the world. Voodoo, Wicca, etc. It’s all there; people who still believe in the dark arts. But I got to thinking about what magic means to different people. To me, I’ve always thought of magic as power. And we all know, and hope to spread to others, that we have no “magic” of our own. God is the power, the only true universal force of right. We pray to God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, that we might be given the benefits of God’s power and that His power will heal us, uplift us, and forgive us of our sins. We hold this as truth.

There is also what people call “Benign Magic”. There are card tricks, “saw the lady in half” tricks, tricks with rings and balls and curtains and rabbits and hats. This kind of magic is sleight of hand magic. It is used to trick, to deceive, to bewilder and to confound. This magic is the Devil’s preference. His greatest strength is in deception. He can trick a new Christian into believing he/she is unfit for God’s love. He can divide families, and he can lull us into a sense of false security. He wants to dazzle us, to make us think that his practices are benign, and that they have no repercussions. But the fact is, power was not given to humans. We were not graced with a power like that of God. God’s Power is the only power there is. The rest is smoke and mirrors. God doesn’t need a curtain or a flamethrower to make you see things or believe things. He has the written word for us to go by and to see exactly what has come before our time. He has the power to alter the course of time and space and to bring the world to its knees. Satan is thirsting for just such a power, but we Christians know, thanks to our savior, Jesus Christ, that his little card act is out of aces. We know the Devil’s hat has no rabbit in it, and we know that his little show is running long on time.

The true power will show itself in due time. Meanwhile, make sure you’re not taken in by the illusion.

[Beaver]

This post was my thought on these illusions.

Satan has this world thinking that God is in a building, and Jesus Christ’s power is not available, any time and any where.

Satan Has this world thinking that alcohol and drugs are the evil in this world, and really, it is the love of money that drives their abuse.

Satan has this world thinking that the Government is taking prayer out of school. And the reality of it all is, the only way to take God out of school is to take out the children, that have been taught and learned about Christ at home.

Satan has this world thinking that if Christians do not watch out, the world’s Government is going to seperate church and state, when they do away with all our graven images of the “Ten Commandments” among other things. When in reality the only way to seperate Church and state is to elect ungodly men, or not be able to see the difference in them. Thank God we will know them by their fruits. If we know what fruits to look for.

Satan has this world thinking that the evil in this world can be over come with power and might, if we drop enough bombs we can keep it at bay. And reality of it all is evil will remain until we over come it with good. If we feed our enemy, that is when we will heap coals of fire on their heads. If we for every million dollar Tomahawk missile, could have dropped a million dollars worth of Campbell’s soup, and drop them in a way that not one man could control who got them, and not one man could get the glory for it, and they all where fed, good and evil, how much futher would we be.

Satan has this Christain world thinking that Harry Potter is a problem, When in reality it is the Christians that do not know enough about God to tell, that one is an illusion and the other is real.

Satan has this world thinking that his story is never ending?

We as Christains need to have the evil pursue Good. Keep God’s word as a treasure. Make it what it is meant to be, a special treasure that they will need and can not do without. In stead of something like a fable that only works in the movies.

Does satan have you focusing on the wrong problem, while he gives you what for? He is the master of disguise.

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