31 "Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them; I am the Lord, your God."—Leviticus xix.
6 "And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people."—Leviticus xx.
10. "There shall not be found among you any one that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11. "Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12. "For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord."—Deut. xviii.
I have given you a few of the passages found in the Old Testament upon this subject, showing conclusively that the Bible teaches the existence of witches, wizards and those who have familiar spirits. In the New Testament there are passages equally strong, showing that the Savior himself was a believer in the existence of evil spirits, and in the existence of a personal devil. Nothing can be plainer than the teaching of the following:
1. "Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2. "And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
3. "And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4. "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.