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<div class="SSN_title">"GOD'S MESSAGE IN THE STARS"</div>
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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro: Today their is a rising interest in the occult. People such as Jean Dixon receive wide publicity. Newspapers, magazines, radios & T.V. give daily horoscopes. People are looking for God's message in the stars.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE HISTORY OF THE OCCULT IS ALMOST AS OLD AS MAN.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Astrology traces its origins to ancient Chaldea and Babylon, shortly after flood.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Ancient Egyptian writings are still the source books for witchcraft.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Through his history man has attempted to reach beyond his material world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Sought to learn the future.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Sought uncanny powers.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Sought to communicate with spirit world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Sought divine guidance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. The rise of the religion of science almost ended the occult.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The men of science almost claiming infallibility, held to the supremacy of the material world and began to deny spirit world entirely.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. People bowed in awed respect to the word of the scientist as final and truth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The scientist scoffed at witchcraft.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. The idea of God was ridiculed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. The whole area of the supernatural was relegated to ignorance and superstition.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. The universe, the world, and life forms were explained by natural unintelligent forces combined by fortuitous concurrence of accidental circumstances.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. Because they used such big words that nobody understood, people just figured they were smart and without thorough examination began to believe their hypothesis.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. One day people discovered the scientist were not infallible.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. When man first introduced the idea of a bath tub in your home.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Science textbooks had to be revised.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Many old ideas of science discarded.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Science may be infallible but man's interpreting of it is very fallible.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. Now a renewed and growing revival of occultism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. College courses offered in witchcraft.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Science is seeking to make a serious study of Psychic Phenomenon.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Millions following their horoscopes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Sell of ouijas boards is million dollar business.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. WHY THE REVIVAL OF THE INTEREST IN THE OCCULT.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Some say T.V.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. One psychiatrist blamed the church.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Interesting that its rise paralleled the drug abuse.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Drugs have always been related to witchcraft.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Gal.5:20.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Many through drug experiences became aware of the spirit world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They turned to the church or the occult.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. ALL FORMS OF OCCULTISM FORBIDDEN BY GOD.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. God's word is very strong and very plain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. If you have been drawn by curiosity into these realms.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Ask God to free you from their power and to forgive you.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">IV. GOD HAS GIVEN US A MESSAGE IN THE STARS.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. The heavens declare the glory of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Seek God to influence and guide your daily life.</div>
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