Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? (Biblia.com)

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Does the Bible teach Christians to “find” God’s “special will” for their lives? No, it does not, says respected biblical scholar Bruce Waltke, contrary to much popular evangelical teaching. In this acclaimed book Waltke clearly distinguishes between pagan divination (“guessmancy”) and solid, Bible-based guidance as he distills from Scripture a six-point program to help guide Jesus followers on...

When legitimate forms of divination within Israel’s religion failed, Saul resorted to a pagan form, known as “necromancy,” which involved trying to contact the spirits of the dead. The Bible forbids pagan divination or fortune-telling because it is based on the idea of Fate, not on belief in a living God who rules all things with justice and love. Deuteronomy 18:10–14 sternly forbids us to resort to any form of fortune-telling. Meanwhile, the New Testament gives us no explicit command to “find God’s

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