21) LAST DAYS: What has been said about the rise of witchcraft and sorcery particular to the last days?

Prophetic Statements Scriptures Isaiah 47:12-14 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the […]

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19) AUTHORITY: By what authority can evil spirits be controlled or handled? Can secular or non-authoritative sources have influence with Satanic messengers?

Supporting Statements George A. Smith Among the early baptisms in Northern Ohio, was a Methodist minister by the name of Ezra Booth. He was present when the Elders first received the ordination of the High Priesthood. They met together in June, 1831, in a log schoolhouse in Kirtland, a room about eighteen feet by twenty. […]

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09) HARMLESS: Are ghosts, witches, sorcerers, and so forth simply harmless or entertaining?

Prophetic Statements Harold B. Lee Without doubt the Master realized that every genuine article has its eternal counterfeit, and just so, there would come a time when false Christs and false prophets, claiming authority the Lord had not given them, would arise and would deceive many, even members of the Church, by signs and wonders […]

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15) MAGIC: Is magic simply a tool that should be used for good or bad? Is there such a thing as “white magic”?

Supporting Statements Bruce R. McConkie In imitation of true religion with its miracles, signs and gifts of the Spirit, Satan has substitute rituals and practices called magic. Attempts by unauthorized and therefore powerless ministers to duplicate the miraculous wonders of true religion result in the degenerate worship of magic. In its nature magic is the […]

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12) EVIL SPIRITS: Who/what are evil spirits? Where did they come from? Are they organized? Where do they dwell and what is their purpose?

Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith #1: A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power than many men who are on the earth. […]

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