The best way to start this sermon is first by getting an understanding of the definition bewitched.
Bewitched: [bih-wich-ed]
verb (used with object)
- to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
- to enchant; charm; fascinate.
When looking at the key word affect, Not effect Affect means:to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply. Now effect means:power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect. - the state of being operative or functional; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
- a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.
- meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect.
The Encyclopedia Britannia defines bewitched in the following way:
bē̇ -wich (ἐξίστημι , exı́stēmi )
There are two Greek words in the New Testament translated “bewitch.” The one given above (Acts 8:9, Acts 8:21 the King James Version “bewitched,” the Revised Version (British and American) “amazed”) has reference to the work of Simon Magus. It means “to be out of one’s mind,” “to astonish,” “to overwhelm with wonder.” The other word, βασκαίνω , baskaı́nō (Galatians 3:1), means “to fascinate by false representation.”
The Apostle complains they have been led to accept a teaching wholly contrary to the Gospel of Christ. Both these words reveal to us something of the difficulty the early teachers had to eradicate the idea so widely held by the Jews and Egyptians especially, that there were certain powers, dark and mysterious, which by certain occult forces they could control. For a long time this had to be contended with as one of the corrupt practices brought into the church by the converts, both from Judaism and heathenism.
These words have a reference to the evil eye which for centuries was, and even today is, an important factor in the life of the people of the East. 1 Timothy 6:20 is a reference to this thought and explains the word “science” (the King James Version) as there used.
Encyclopedia Britanica
See DIVINATION; EVIL EYE; SORCERY; SUPERSTITION.
So there are people who are claiming to be of God because of a gift or because of their involvement with the spirit of witchcraft through some form of mind control or through emotions. Now I ask you, if a person is jacked up emotionally and hasn’t been restored, what type of wisdom are you going to get from them? If someone has a problem with someone and their life is always surrounded in controversy, and they have no relationship with God and they’re not assembling themselves with others as the Word of God said not to fail to do. They are like a ship on the ocean without a rudder, being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine.
James 1:6-7 says, “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. and also inches book of:”
We see also in Ephesians 4:11-14, “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
In my conclusion Galatians 3:1 says, “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”
Does Satan fight against demons, or do demon fight against the true people of God? Son if your life is wrapped up in this life how can you see the truth? Demons can come to you as angels of light appearing to be the voice of God to cause you to go astray from your focus. So think about this: are all you feeling positive and on point as you did months ago or are you feeling some kind of way about you life? If so then it’s time to press pause and selah (reflect over what’s been said). The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a man or a woman but, their end is the way of death. Has someone stolen your focus, joy, God’s will, and heart from you. Remember God is not the author of confusion, Satan and the demons are. So I ask you again: who’s report do you believe?
Luke 10:17-19 says, “And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”