These things seem like harmless fun. But there’s a reason the Bible forbids them. The answers they provide can be convincing because your enemy (1) knows you and (2) has some knowledge of the future. With that combination, a psychic or a fortune teller can be so persuasive. But these people get their “answers” from the spirit world, from fallen angels that come to them disguised as friendly “spirit guides.” The medium may not know she is toying with demonic forces—but she is.
For example, in 1 Samuel 28, Samuel is dead but Saul wants his advice. So Saul asks his men to find a medium. Mediums were illegal in Israel (and Saul would have them killed if discovered), so Saul and his men approach her in disguise:
“Who is it that you want me to bring up [from the dead] for you?”
“Samuel.”
“When the woman saw that it WAS Samuel, she screamed, and then she asked Saul, ‘Why did you deceive me? You are Saul!’” 1 Samuel 28:11-20.
Notice that the woman screams when she sees Samuel. She is used to working her “magic” and seeing her “spirit guide.” But this is the first time she actually sees the person she tried to bring up. She immediately knows something is different. And she realizes the real king Saul is involved, and this is the real prophet Samuel, and she is no longer dealing with her small-time “spirit guides,” but is now dealing with the holy, all-knowing and all-powerful God of the universe. No wonder she screamed!
Samuel tells Saul that Saul will be dead in 24 hours, because he has continued to disobey God, including by consulting a medium. God takes this sin seriously, because you are opening your mind up to the devil—the sworn enemy of God!
Do not toy with mediums, spiritists, palm readers, crystal balls, Ouija boards, horoscopes, or any other demonic sources of answers. I know some will find this discussion comical, even ludicrous. But God does not take these sins lightly. Neither should we.
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