"Have I not written to you excellent things
of counsels and knowledge,
that I may make you know
the certainty of the Words of truth,
that you may answer Words of truth
to those who send to you?"
Proverbs 22:20-21
"of counsels and knowledge…"
Wisdom it is not acquired from the resources of the world which are many times wrong and often deceiving. People heed "experts," but experts can be wrong, sometimes very wrong, they develop their knowledge from the wrong sources. Their counsels come from the wisdom of the world, and that is ...foolishness.
"For the wisdom of this world is FOOLISHNESS with God."
1st Corinthians 3:19
The source of wisdom is the Word of God, and it is certain, it is sure, it is ...the truth. Therefore, any position that opposes the Word of God is foolishness. For example, the "theory" of evolution. The world insists that people believe it, in fact professors have lost their jobs for refusing to teach it as truth, but the bottom line is that it contradicts God's account of how this world came into being, and so it is FOOLISHNESS. When you note the multitudes of people who believe it, you get some idea of the magnitude of the foolishness of the world. And this is only one "theory" that is clearly false, therefore it behooves us to look with a critical eye at all "the philosophies of the world."
Another example is the "Arab-Israeli conflict." It's almost comical to watch the great men of the world deciding how they're going to solve it. If they knew the Word of God, they would cease trying because they would know they are not going to succeed. This is a great example of the "foolishness" of the world. God has shown in his Word how that conflict is going to be settled, and there is no man on earth who will be able to accomplish it. God alone will settle it.
Consider the "Rapture." The Lord has promised to remove born-again believers from the earth before the seven-year "Tribulation," begins. Satan has gone to great lengths to mock this event, causing men to come up with all kinds of arguments stating why they don't believe it. Again, this is a great example of "foolishness," just as the flood of Noah seemed as foolishness to the men watching him build an ark in a place where it didn't rain - and oh how they mocked him! The fact is the rains came and they all perished except for Noah and his family. The Rapture of the church will take place. Unbelievers and scorners will be left behind.
Friends, desire wisdom. In God's eyes it is the most valuable thing one can find. Pick up the Word of God, the Bible, and begin reading it. His Word is true, and it's the ONLY thing one can rely on to be truth. Begin reading it and seek after wisdom in the only place it can be found.
"Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding."
Proverbs 4:7
“And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT PERSON...” Leviticus 20:6 Tragedy, mental illness and/or death will come into that person's family. Visiting a medium or fortune teller is so serious in the eyes of God that he warned his people that he would SET HIS FACE AGAINST THEM should they touch it. The seriousness of the penalty indicates how abominable this sin is before God. And why? Because it is spiritual adultery. When a medium “channels” information, the information is coming from the demonic realm over which Satan rules. Satan knows the history of the man or woman seeking a word from channelers and mediums, and he can give such precise information that the person is stunned by its accuracy and falls prey to it, becoming totally deceived. One thing that must be remembered is that visiting a medium brings a curse not only upon the one visiting, but upon his or her children down to the third and fourth generation. This principle is repeated in several places in the Scriptures. "The Lord is long-suffering and abundant in mercy,
forgiving iniquity and transgression;
but he by no means clears the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children
to the third and fourth generation."
Numbers 14:18 For a list of specific sins involving the occult, see Deuteronomy chapter 18, beginning with verse 9. Note that the Scripture says that the person getting involved in any of these practices, THAT PERSON is an abomination to God. If you have been involved in any of these things, you are an abomination to God and he will set his face AGAINST you. “And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nations which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and therefore I abhor them.” Leviticus 20:23 Never forget that Satan is called “the god of this world” (2nd Corinthians 4:4). Any involvement with him or his kingdom is considered spiritual prostitution. The believer belongs to God and is not to in any way entangle himself in the world of the occult or in the teachings or practices of the so-called “New Age” movement. It’s all abomination. It’s deadly. It's cursed. "New Age" practitioners attract people by making it sound incredibly alluring. People won’t be attracted to what they know is evil, so Satan makes sure that what they teach sounds wonderful. Satan doesn’t come with a sign saying “here comes evil,” no, he disguises himself as “an angel of LIGHT.” (2nd Corinthians 11:14) He will even use Scripture to lure followers. Satan’s end game is to draw people away from the living God and into deception, and ultimately into destruction. Jesus said that Satan comes “to steal, to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). Examples of the wicked “New Age” teachings are those of Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Dr. Mehmet Oz and others. These are masters of the “New Age” movement, and they are servants of Satan himself, regardless how wonderful they sound, and indeed they do. Any angel of light will always sound SO good! They will be incredibly attractive. “A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones.” Leviticus 20:27 We no longer impose the death penalty on such things, but the Word of God has made it very clear that the world of the occult is deadly. I have watched this over many years and have seen the results of this kind of involvement time and time again. The curse that accompanies it often comes as mental illness or premature death, sometimes both, oftentimes in the person's children, and goes down to the third and fourth generation of anyone involving himself in these things. Turn away from these things and confess them as sin before the Lord. And pray for mercy. "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons." 1st Corinthians 10:21