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The facts About Drug Use And Addiction You may not be aware of it, but the abuse of alcohol and drugs are the same as practicing witchcraft or sorcery, and at the end of this article, I will show you proof that this is true. “Sorcery” comes from the same Greek word as “Pharmacy.” Pharmacy took one path which we all know is a good thing when it is needed to fill a doctor's prescription for illness:) Sorcery took a different path that lead to street drug dealing:( Our mental image of sorcerers and witches is most like that of Harry Potter or Halloween witches with pointed hats. But that’s not true; they could look like anyone. Drugs and alcohol have been used and abused ever since humans found out about them and their affect on the body and mind. The Bible writers wrote about using drugs and alcohol in sorcery, witchcraft and magic/trickery. (Magic in the days of old is the same magic that magicians do today. It‘s an optical illusion today just like then, it has no power over people, just your perception of what happens or happened. Put simply, “trickery“). This morning the Secretary Of Education said, “30% of students today dropout of High School and don‘t even try to get a higher education.” Hmmm! I can tell you as a fact, from what I have witnessed in my lifetime, that in homes where drug abuse is a factor, the children are the first and most to suffer, and the most likely to drop out of school and live non-productive, lives. Now here's the proof I was telling you about and where I got it from: Vine's Concise Dictionary Of The Bible (Keyed to STRONG'S reference numbers) Page 352 SORCERER 1. magos (3097), (a) "one of a Median caste, a magician"; (b) "a wizard, sorcerer, a pretender to magic powers, a professor of the arts of witchcraft, " Acts 13:6, 8 where Bar-Jesus was the Jewish name, Elymas, an Arabic word meaning "wise."Hence the name Magus, "the magician, " originally applied to Persians priests. 2. pharmakos (5333), an adjective signifying "devoted to magical arts, " is used as a noun, "a sorcerer, " especially one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments, Rev. 21:8, in the best texts (come have pharmakeus), and 22:15. SORCERY A. Nouns. 1. pharmakia (or -eia) (5331) (Eng., "pharmacy, " ect.) primarily signified "the use of medicine, drugs, spells"; then, "poisoning"; then "sorcery, " Gal. 5:20, RV, "sorcery" (KJV, "wichcraft"), mentioned as one of "the works of the flesh." See also Rev. 9:21; 18:23. 2. magia (or -eia) (3095), "the magic art, " is used in the plural in Acts 8:11. B. Verb. mageuo (3096), akin to A, No. 2, "to practice magic, " Acts 8:9, "used sorcery, " is used as in A, No. 2, of Simon Magnus. STRONG'S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE 3097 magos. mag'-os; of for. or. [7248]; a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientest; by impl. a magician: - sorcerer, wise man. 5333 pharmakos, far-makos; the same as 5332 - sorcerer. 5332 pharmakeus. far-mak-yoos'; from pharmakon, (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion); a druggist ('pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extens.) a magician: - sorcerer. 5331 pharmakeia, far-mak-i'-ah; from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extens.) magic (lit. or fig.): - sorcery, witchcraft. 3095 mageio, mag-i'-ah from 3096; "magic": - sorcery. 3096 mageuo. mag-yoo'-o; from 3097; to practice magic: - use sorcery. New International Version Bible Acts 13:4-12 On Cyprus 4The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper. 6They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 7who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. 9Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, 10"You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? 11Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will be unable to see the light of the sun." Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord. Revelation 21:6-8 6He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Revelation 22:14, 15 14"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Galatians 5:16-25 Life by the Spirit 16So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. 19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Revelation 9:20, 21 20The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. Revelation 18:21-24 21Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: "With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again. 22The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No workman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again. 23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world's great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray. 24In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints, and of all who have been killed on the earth." Acts 8:9-13 Simon the Sorcerer 9Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, 10and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, "This man is the divine power known as the Great Power." 11They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic. 12But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw. Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam- Webster Online www.merriam-webster.com Main Entry: fiend Pronunciation: ..ˈfēnd.. Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fīend; akin to Old High German fīant enemy, Sanskrit pīyati he reviles, blames Date: before 12th century 1 a : devil 1 b : demon c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness 2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study : fanatic 3 : addict 1 4 : wizard 3