Church notes

The first commandment forbids idolatry..part of which is witchcraft or magic. Part of that is simply put: power. Magic is man's attempt to be god over men. Our task is to be fruitful and multiply, to till the earth and to work. In opposition to this man seeks to turn man's listening from God to man. Magic says we can be our own interpreters instead of God's law which tells us how we are to interpret ourselves and the things around us. Pagan man thinks magic is the way to go since it is mystic...power to become our own god by our fiat word. Psychology is a form of power and control...or magic. Psychology seeks to understand man apart from God..it was embraced because man is all too ready to throw God out of the picture. Science is another form of magic...more accurately called scientism. A Brave New World shows us this with man as the idol and science encouraging it along. Nowadays we choose to abort over 9 million babies...just because we want to: control and power. Any science is only as good as the theology as it comes from. We try to separate theology from science, when in reality theology touches and influences every part of life...including science. Therefore we can have a Biblical psychology and science, but only as it descends from God's Word and Law. When it does not it seeks to make a paradise or utopia on earth..with man as the god. The state is opposed to solid orthodox Christians...the reason for this is simple: just as God hates magicians, so magicians hate God. The state is pushing their power controlling ways in order to become god. The simple fact is this: we cannot separate ourselves from God and we cannot hope to live in a Biblical fashion without God's Law.

O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
 You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
 You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb. 
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
 For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.
 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
 I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

(The bold print are the particular passages I found directly touched upon what I spoke about concerning God always with you no matter how you deny it.)