Instead of a direct contact with God through the revelation of His character, man is apt to apply magic act (technique or system) by which he just turns attention of his mind from the mentioned revelation to the ritual itself. The magic technique itself represents a temptation to man to look for a spiritual fulfillment in it instead in God.
For example, when the Israelites began to attribute magic characteristics to the ark of God's covenant, it was taken away from them by enemies. When they began to attribute magic characteristics to the bronze serpent, it had to be destroyed.
Today many Christians seek the salvation in the ritual of Communion attributing the magic role to it, but, the Holy Scripture clearly reveals that man must be before the ritual reconciled with God to be able to venerably come to Him and in that way only show his already existing choice: "Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord." (1 Corinthians 11:27) For the role of the ritual Jesus says: "And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'" (Luke 22:19)
Should a realization of the contact with God be possible through certain technique or system instead through an idea of His character, then it would not be in spirit of justice because it would mean that we accept God on account of some other reason, not because we want to choose God through His character.
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