Do you know where you stand on the subject of speaking to the dead?
"Some 'Christian' denominations teach that you can pray to your loved ones or to saints who have died and that they will hear you. Hmm do they really? You may argue that you do not pray to them but talk to them only, so what wrong with that?
Someone with deep problem went to consult a pastor for support and guidance. Unsatisfied of the result, he left to visit his father's grave and spoke to him. I few days later his problem was resolve, everything turnout well. On all saint day, in his message, the pasture explained that there was nothing wrong with that.
This,
usually happen when someone teaches the tradition of man instead of the
doctrine of God. "Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy
and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic
principles of the world, and not according to Christ," Colossians 2:8.
In
Deuteronomy, 18:10-11 teaches to stay away from medium and of consulting the
dead. "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son
or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a
soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures
spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the
dead".
Now,
you may retort by saying that he was not consulting a medium that he was
talking to his decease dad. It only shows how much he misses his dad. You would
tell me "What right do I have to judge him and why should I not leave him
alone?" It is his grief and his problem.
Did you ever experience
talking to a friend on a cell phone only to find out that the signal was cut
off and you only notice it a few minutes later? All that time you were talking
to nobody. This is actually what happen when you talk to the dead, there is no
one listening. That is explained in Ecclesiastes 9:5 "For the living
know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they
have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten".
Now
what proof do I have that the dead cannot help us or communicate with us? If
you are not a Christian, outside from the word of God I have no proof to argue
the contrary, but for a Christian who talks to love one decease, I have a few
arguments.
What
would be the purpose of a resurrection if the dead keep on living on the other
side? So Christian did ask that question in 1 Corinthians 15:12 "Now
if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among
you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?" Please read the following commentary title, "The Resurrection Gospel."
There
is a resurrection and this is the sequence on how it will happen. 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17 "For the Lord Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of
God. And the dead in Christ will rise
first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always
be with the Lord."
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You may argue that while they await for the resurrection nothing stopping them to help their close one still alive and you may argue that the dead saint intervene on our behalf, after all they are closer to God then us. By saying this, you are showing your doubt on the present of Jesus in your life. He is never too busy, and too tire to listen to you and to help you. Jesus continually invites us to rest in Him. It pleases Him that you trust Him and that you wait for Him.
Being
saved by believing in Jesus does give us eternal life, yet the dead who are
waiting for the resurrection have no power and no authority to help anyone.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." As a Christians, are we not called to trust in Him for all our needs? We are invited to be in fellowship with Him and the Father. That is the reason Jesus die for us, to close the gap (sin) that was separating us.
Jesus
instructs us to stay away from those who intervene in our behalf and from those
who encourage doing so. Leviticus 19:31 "Give no regard to
mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I
am the LORD your God. God consider adultery those who talk to the
dead." Leviticus 20:6 "And the person who turns to mediums
and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face
against that person and cut him off from his people."
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Jesus
does not want you to be deceived by false spirit as Saul was. Saul sought advice for a coming battle against
his enemies. 1 Samuel 28:7 "Then Saul said to his servants, find
me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, in fact, there
is a woman who is a medium at En Dor."
Now
again, you will argue, that the person who spoke to his decease father got his
prayer answered since his entire problem went away. There is the proof that his dad heard him. This is the
greatest deception. He was draw away from God instead of being draw
closer to God. Satan is the one that causes the problem. That is
Satan device. He wants to make man turn away from God. Isaiah 8:19 "And
when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper
and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead
on behalf of the living?"
This
man first seek advice from his pastor, and since the answer of his pastor was
unsatisfied; he went to his decease father grave. Satan accomplishes his goal
by taking away the problem that he had caused in the first place. This man is
not any closer to God and to salvation.
Jesus
describe Satan in this manner; John 8:44 "You are of your father
the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth
in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a
liar and the father of it." Revelation 12:9 "So
the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him."
Do not
talk to the dead, even the love one that you miss. Tell the Father in heaven
that you miss them. Follow the real example of all the saints who are waiting
for the resurrection, they trusted in Him and prayed to Him only. By the way,
whoever believes in the One that God had sent are also considered saints. God
sanctified you. He make you righteous
in His present, you are therefore saint.
Part 2 of why God forbids any involvement in the occult.
Watch this YouTube video, "LyingSpirits"
Where Do People Go When They Die?
Watch this YouTube video, "LyingSpirits"
Where Do People Go When They Die?
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