An Alien Spiritual Power

When God created man, He gave him the authority to rule the earth on His behalf. And man was intended to exercise the authority of God in accordance with the plan and revealed will of God.

Now, when man fell into sin and rebellion, he lost the authority because the authority is only given by God to the obedient. But he didn’t lose the inner urge to dominate. Unfortunately, when man dominates in his fallen condition, he doesn’t do it with the authority of God. Instead, he does it by an alien spiritual power which has supplanted the place of God. And the name for that power is witchcraft.