Some things are not what they seem to be. Evil promises pleasure without consequences, but in reality it is a deadly trap of Satan. It is an artificial substitute for what life is about. This article may be published if the resource box is left intact.

Christians must come to a realization of what is real and what is not. In our childhood we remember stories about fire breathing dragons, and people who waved magic wands, said magic words, and changed pumpkins into carriages, and mice into horses. We were told that magic is not real. People or things cannot be changed into something different by talking.

We remember the story of how an old man created a puppet and it came to life. When we study the Bible, we discover that really happened, only the creator was God, but he did not create a puppet, he created a man. What mankind considers magic is routine operation for God. What he accomplishes is not deception through optical illusions, but real.

There are other magic things in the Bible. Take the first chapter of Genesis for instance: God said "Let there be light,