Spiritualism Is Another Name for
Witchcraft
For rebellion is as the sin
of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
1 Samuel 15:23.
Spiritualism is only another
name for ancient witchcraft and soothsaying. It is a fraud, but not the kind
of fraud many people think it is. There is reality in it. It is a fraud in
that while it professes to receive communications from the spirits of the
dead, it has communication only with the spirits of devils, since "the
dead know not anything." To be a spiritualist medium is to give one's
self to the control of demons.
Now there is only one
protection against this, and that is to hold fast to the Word of God. He who
lightly regards God's Word, severs himself from association with God, and
puts himself within Satan's influence. Even though a man denounce
spiritualism in the strongest terms, if he does not hold to God's Word he
will sooner or later be carried away by the strong false-christ delusion.
Only by keeping close to the word of God can men be kept from the temptation
that is coming on all the world. (see Revelation 3:10).
Stubbornness and rebellion
are rejection of God. And he who rejects God puts himself under the control
of evil spirits. All idolatry is devil worship. There is no middle ground.
Christ says, "He who is not with Me is against Me." Matthew 12:30.
That is, disobedience, rejection of the Lord, is the spirit of antichrist.
"There were false
prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among
you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord
that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." 2 Peter
2:1.
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