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<div class="SSN_title">"GOD'S MESSAGE IN THE STARS"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE FORBIDDEN PRACTICES.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Seeking guidance through mystic or spirit forces.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Horoscopes, "an observer of times."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Astrology has its roots back in Babylon just after the flood.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Your life is somehow controlled by the mystic forces of the stars.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. The position of the stars on the day you were born determine your destiny.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Fortune tellers, "one that uses divination."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The attempt to see into future events so as to better control my destiny.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Witchcraft, "the attempt to formalize certain spiritual laws so as to use them to control the forces of good or evil."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The casting of spells upon others.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Witchcraft highly developed in Egypt in Moses day.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. The ancient Egyptian books are highly regarded to present day.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. The magicians stood in Pharoah's court.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Spiritism, "the attempt to communicate with those in the spirit world, usually dead loved one."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Shouldn't modern education eliminate all this hokum?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. First of all, not hokum (occultic powers exist).</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Modern education creates the need and leads the way.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Go to university book store.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. You expect to find these things in primitive cultures with people steeped in superstition.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. One psychiatrist has blamed the liberal theologians for the rise in popularity of the occult.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They were saying God was dead.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Miracles in Bible were myths.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Miracles of Christ were fantasies.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. People must believe in the supernatural, therefore, if not in church, search elsewhere.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. We would all like divine guidance for our lives.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We know how error prone we are.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We've made so many mistakes, we begin to get leery of our own judgment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. WHAT IS GOD'S MESSAGE IN THE STARS?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Tragedy of urbanized life and air pollution.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. With the glare of the city lights, we see so few stars at night.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. One of our favorite evening occupations at the desert, drive out in hills and look at stars. The heavens are awesome.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. They tell you God exists.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Let men with their puny brains tell you that all matter was compressed into small ball that exploded with a big bang.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Nothing compares with the majesty, and credibility of "In the beginning God..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. They tell you of the vastness, glory, and power of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. I am now driven to seek to better understand God, a fuller revelation is what is needed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. One day a star led wise men to the city of David where God began to speak to men through His own dear Son.</div>
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