IS IT WRONG TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD?
Sakkie Parsons
Translated from Afrikaans
Translator: Robin Barker
Someone asked me if I think it is wrong to try and contact someone on the other side of the grave
I am sending you what I sent to her. Maybe you know someone who is struggling with this problem.
I have removed her name from this writing.
In my own life, I reason about these sort things based on the Word of the Lord, which I consider to be the supreme authority regarding these sorts of things.
“Hello, Here are the verses that we were discussing.
In the first example that I give you, our Lord says that we must have nothing to do with such things and then He reminds us that He is our Lord and our God.
In other words, we must only listen to Him and Him alone, in accordance with what He has given/told us through His Word.
LEV 19:31:
“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.”
Because it is extremely dangerous to have anything to do with such things, our Lord shows us how strongly He feels regarding such matters and rightly so, remember He gave His son so that you and I as a result of these things, and all the other evil things would not end up in hell.
LEV 20: 6-8:
6 “‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
7 “‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
8 Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
During those days the death sentence was carried out through stoning, so all that the following verse is telling you and me, is that our Father’s people who are practicing these things, deserves the death sentence.
LEV 20: 27:
“‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’”
Just one more verse, before I speak about the other matter of which I spoke to you of during our telephone conversation.
ISA 8:19-20:
19 When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20 Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn..”
I also told you that satan comes to us disguised as an angel of light.
2 COR 11:13-15
13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve
You can attach any name to the word apostle, of any person who says that they are doing this on behalf of God, or doing something for God, or they are doing it through or with things which God has specifically warned us against.
In closing just the following statement:
We have also spoken about how sincerely these people appear and how genuine/authentic the things appear to be that they do.
Let’s read the following:
EXS 7:8-13:
8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”
10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.
11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
12 Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
Take note that our Lord told Moses, the king would not listen. You see once the devil has hooked you with these sorts of things, it is extremely, extremely difficult to remove yourself from him. The Lord knows this and that is why he does not want us to, you can say, that we must not even attempt to touch such things with a pair of tongs.
Remember satan is also a god but he is the god of evil. His followers will be able to do miracles and such things. It is truly only to assist him to catch people, for them to end up in hell..
According to what I read in our Lord's holy Word, one of the following two is an absolute reality if someone tells you that they communicate with the dead:
Or they are lying to you and it is just a prank to get money or attention etc. Or it is someone who deals with demons, with demonic evils.
I hope that I was able to enlighten you.
May you have a wonderful day.
Greetings,
Sakkie