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Can People Communicate With the Dead?
By Billy Graham, Tribune Media Services
Q: Do you believe some people can communicate with a person who has
died and gone on to the next world? My aunt (who lost her husband
recently) has been seeing a medium who claims to be able to do this,
but I'm skeptical. -- Y.B.
A: No doubt your aunt feels the loss of her husband very deeply, and I suspect she is trying to relieve her grief's pain by seeking this person's advice. However, she is going about it the wrong way, and I hope you will discourage her from pursuing this path any further.
Why do I say this? One reason is because this person's promises may well be false, and your aunt will only be deceiving herself and throwing her money away. Self-proclaimed psychics are often very good at uncovering what people hope to experience -- and then making it seem like it actually happened, when in fact it didn't. You are wise to be skeptical of this person's claims.
But there is a much more serious reason why the Bible tells us to avoid anyone who claims to be able to contact the dead or do similar occult tasks. It is this: Such attempts may bring us into contact with demonic spiritual forces that are opposed to God. This is why the Bible says, "Let no one be found among you ... who is a medium or spiritist who consults the dead" (Deuteronomy 18:10-11). Your aunt should take this very warning seriously, for Satan's primary goal is to deceive us and turn us away from God.
Instead, I urge you to point your aunt to Jesus Christ. Only He can give her God's peace, and only He can give her hope for the future. And if you have never faced your own need of Christ, open your heart and life to Him today.
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This news arrived on: 08/25/2008
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08-30-2008 22:32
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Father, we ask that this aunt be healed emotionly from her grief and turn to you for the comfort, peace and joy that only you can give to fill this empty void within her, in the name of JESUS,we pray.
08-25-2008 03:08
Kay Akharume wrote:
Can People Communicate With The Dead
This is a very sensitive subject which I hope will I hope bring people to the inportance of making right decisions and accepting what cannot be changed,
Yes I do believe that we can communicate with the dead, but it doesn't make it right, as the Lord told us in the bk of Deut. This act of invoking the dead has it's downside which Pastor Graham has explained, it contaminate our relationship with God as demons come to play with evil manipulative spirits.
But as I once heard that much as we would like to keep in touch with the dead or wish to find closures in certain circumstances, we have to make the life decision between what's God's laws or our selfish and utimately destructive urges.
But I say leave the dead to remain dead and trust God to show us the ways forward.
Yes I do believe that we can communicate with the dead, but it doesn't make it right, as the Lord told us in the bk of Deut. This act of invoking the dead has it's downside which Pastor Graham has explained, it contaminate our relationship with God as demons come to play with evil manipulative spirits.
But as I once heard that much as we would like to keep in touch with the dead or wish to find closures in certain circumstances, we have to make the life decision between what's God's laws or our selfish and utimately destructive urges.
But I say leave the dead to remain dead and trust God to show us the ways forward.
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