SPIRITISM AND DIVINATION:- The Bible's viewpoint

Is it wrong to attempt to communicate with the dead??

"Do not turn to the spirit mediums......so as to become unclean by them". --Lev. 19:13

What people says:-- 

Understandbly, people want reassurance that a dead loved one is not suffering. So they say;.."why not try to make contact with him or her by means of a spirit, or psychic or medium?? Some the medium can give us some sort of closure and peace of mind"

What the Bible says:--

The Bible is clear concerning attempts by the living to contact the dead, A practice that was common in ancient times. For example, Jehovah laws to the nation of Israel said "There should NOT found in you anyone.......who consults the medium or......enquires from the dead. For whoever does this things is detestable to Jehovah.: (Deut: 18:10-12). The Bible also states that those who practice spiritism in any of its forms "will not inherit God's kingdom" -(Galatians 5:19-21)

 

Can the dead influence the living??

"The living know they will die, but the dead knows nothing at all" -Ecclesiastes 9:5

What the people says:--

Many claims that the dead lives in some form. Hence, they may try to communicate with the dead, perhaps to obtain information or to appease the dead in the hopes that they will leave the living in peace.

What the Bible says:--

"The living knows that they will die, but the dead knows nothing at all....their love and their hate and their jealousy(all that they felt while alive) perished with them" -(Eccl. 9:5,6)..Yes, the Bible teaches that the dead are just that..DEAD. They cannot think, act or even worship God. "The dead do not praise God; nor do any go down into the silence of death" says Psalms 115:17.

Do not spirit medium at times provide accurate details??

"Should people inquire of the dead in behalf of the living??" -Isaiah 8:9

What people says:--

Some claim the spirit mediums are able to disclose informations that only the dead and their family or friends could possibly know.

What the Bible says:--

   Chapter 28 of the book of 1 Samuel relates how an unfaithful king named Saul violated God's command not to consult spirit mediums. He appealed to a medium, a woman who seemed to communicate with a deceased man of God named Samuel! But did she actually contact Samuel? NO! She was, infact, communicating with an impostor- someone impersonating dead Samuel.

  That impostor was a wicked spirit, an agent of "The father of the lie" -Satan.(John 8:44). Why do wicked spirits or demons promotes the view that the dead lives on? Their goal is to malign God and discredit His written word, the Bible, -2 Tim. 3:16.  

    Does the foregoing means the dead have no hope?? Not at all! The Bible promises a future resurrection  for those who are 'asleep', as it were, 'in the grave'. (John 11:11-13; Acts 24:15). In the meantime, we are assured that our dead loved ones are not suffering in any way.

 

 

 

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