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Can Christians Be Cursed Through Witchcraft?
Many Christian leaders teach that believers can never come under a curse sent by witchcraft. They often refer to the account of when Balaam and Balak would have cursed Israel but failed because Israel was in right standing with God. Nevertheless, these same Bible teachers can neither deny nor explain real life occurrences of Christians being affected by curses sent through witchcraft. Learn what the Bible says on this subject. Straight-forward and scripturally accurate answers are provided for readers who may also test their knowledge by completing the questionnaire at the end.
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What Is the Meaning of the Yin and Yang?
According to the principles of yin and yang, all things in the universe are governed by the Tao, a term that roughly refers to an unknown and all powerful force or energy of life (Richard Hooker). This supposed ultimate power is composed of yang and its opposite, yin. Each is a power that moves upon all things animate and inanimate according to its characteristics. Yang is said to be a force that's positive in its purposes. It's related to things such as the male gender, the power to create, heat, light, and strength. Yin is related to negativity and things such as the female gender, the power to destroy, coldness, darkness, and weakness. It's believed that the two powers oppose each other. They're symbolized by two simple fish-like drawings, one white, the other black. The head part of the white drawing is depicted at the foot of the black figure and the head of the black drawing appears at the foot of the white figure. The two form a circle to demonstrate that, in spite of their opposition to each other, yin is destined to become yang and yang inevitably gives way to yin.
Keeping their different characteristics in mind, this is the equivalent of affirming that what's positive will ultimately lead to what's negative which will circle around to being positive again. It declares that light must become darkness which inevitably returns again to being light. Weakness will be transformed into strength which has to fade back into weakness. The yin and yang theory even supports the idea that what's male will have to turn female which can't escape reverting back to being male again. It should be remembered that this kind of thought process is to be mingled with the notion that all the while these recurrent transformations are happening, the two energies never cease to oppose each other.
Yang, being positive and creation power would be associated with God. Yin, being negative and the power to destroy would be associated with Satan. Essentially, the theory amounts to affirming that God and Satan work together, but, God the Son was sent to destroy the works of the devil (KJV, 1 John 3:8). It declares that what is of God will eventually be of Satan and vice versa. But, God said that there is no darkness in him (1 John 1:5). The Bible also says that there is no light (truth) in Satan (St. John 8:44). How can such twisted theory ever be in agreement with biblical scripture?
Living one's life by such a theory only clouds the mind, leading to disappointment and frustration because the world just doesn't revolve around these principles. It may appear that the teachings of proponents of yin and yang theory are valid, but a little investigation reveals them as a falsehood.
While it's certain that what's hot will ultimately cool down and may be re-heated again, it's not inevitable that this will occur. Boiling water can be frozen into ice cubes and then re-heated to boil again, however, this won't happen all of the time. Infants are born in weakness and if adequately nurtured, will grow strong. As time passes, their strength will fade away as they enter old age, returning them to weakness again. Nevertheless, they'll never return to strength in this present world; they'll return to the dust from which they were made. Can it be said that any living creature, plant or animal, was created male, naturally changed into female and naturally returned to being male again?
The theory of yin and yang proposes numerous declarations to explain and account for every occurrence in the universe, including birth and death. But, attempts to actually apply yin and yang theory to real life in a quest for enlightenment, fail miserably. These principles can be embraced only if they're reliable and applicable for all things at all times. The theory is said to provide answers to inquiries about life, death and the underworld. Consequently, there should be no tolerance for even the most "insignificant" error.
The theory also teaches that infinity divides itself into yin and yang forces. The definition of infinity is boundlessness (The American Century Dictionary). Again, error could not loom any larger before the eyes. Those who've studied Mathematics know that numbers are either positive or negative. If two positive numbers are added together, the sum will always be positive. Likewise, if two negative numbers are added together, the only result that can ever be obtained is another negative number. The number 12 can only "turn" negative by adding a number equal to or greater than -13. But, +12 won't simply become negative some day as yang power departs from it and yin powers take over. There's no such thing as a circular life cycle in Mathematics. There's a reason why numbers are represented on a time line. Numbers on the left side of the zero are negative and numbers on the right side of zero are positive. Numbers run infinitely to the right and never ever "change" into negative ones. Numbers increase infinitely to the left and never ever "turn" positive--because they can't.
Although the sum of one plus one will forever be two, Mathematics, as reliable as it is, provides no answers to the questions regarding life and death. How could yin and yang theory that can't stand up to the stability of Math, offer any real answers to the workings and mystery of the universe?
The list of the terribly flawed principles of the theory of yin and yang is quite long. Fascination with the culture and customs native to the East has defrauded, frustrated, bewildered, and deceived millions who would have done well to be fascinated with most of the old ways of their Western forefathers. These ancestors constructed a mighty United States of America on biblical principles, not on the bizarre beliefs and mystical practices from the East. This is truth and fact, not theory and guesswork.
Works Cited:
"Infinity." The American Century Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1997.
Richard, Hooker. "Chinese Philosophy: Yin And Yang". Washington State University. July 3, 2009
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