05/10/2024
OBSCURED REVELATION
Apostle Paul said; O, foolish Galalians! Who has bewitched you? Bagalatea ba dieleele ke lona! Ana le loilwe e mang? Galatians 3:1. He was astonished that the Galatians were deserting the sound doctrine about Jesus Christ to a fake teaching. He could discern that there were some people who were troubling the Galatians and wanted to distort the gospel of Christ.
In the city of Samaria there was Simon the Wizard! Sorcerer, who was bewitching the Samaritans. The church in Jerusalem was terribly persecuted and as such the disciples of Christ were scattered throught the regions of Judea and Samaria except the apostles. Simon, the sorcerer had practiced magic (a dira boloi) in the city of Samaria posing as a famous man and dazzling all the Samaritans with his wizardry. They all thought he had supernatural powers and called him the "Great Wizard." He had been around for a long time and everyone was more or less in awe of him.
Philp, the evangelist went down to the city and proclaimed to them the Christ. All the people forgot Simon and were baptized. Even Simon himself believed and was baptized π (Acts 8:9-13). When the sound doctrine is preached, even rhe warlocks and sorcerers must forsake their deeds and surrender to God Almighty.
Watch out for the Simons of this era--the false prophets and false teachers. They have an element of witchcraft as they gain knowledge about people through divination. Some use objects like a 'walking stick-staff (tsamma) and stones to gain knowledge from the spirit realm. They do all such things by beclouding the minds of their followers for profit making. That's pure divination and God forbid such practices.