Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Spiritualism

"The word of God declares in positive terms that "the dead know not anything." (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6): "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun."

The teachers of spiritualism come in a pleasing, bewitching manner to deceive you, and if you listen to their fables you are beguiled by the enemy of righteousness and will surely lose your reward.


When once the fascinating influence of the archdeceiver overcomes you, you are poisoned, and its deadly influence adulterates and destroys your faith in Christ's being the Son of God, and you cease to rely on the merits of His blood.
Those deceived by this philosophy are beguiled of their reward through the deceptions of Satan.
They rely upon their own merits and yield their minds to the belief of supreme nonsense, receiving the most absurd ideas through those whom they believe to be their dead friends.
Satan has so blinded their eyes and perverted their judgment that they perceive not the evil; and they follow out the instructions purporting to be from their dead friends now angels in a higher sphere.

Satan has chosen a most certain, fascinating delusion, one that is calculated to take hold of the sympathies of those who have laid their loved ones in the grave.


Evil angels assume the form of these loved ones and relate incidents connected with their lives and perform acts which their friends performed while living.
In this way they deceive and lead the relatives of the dead to believe that their deceased friends are angels hovering about them and communing with them.

The only safety now is to search for the truth as revealed in the word of God, as for hid treasure.
But the mass of mankind despise the truths of God's word and prefer fables. (2 Thessalonians 2:10, 11): "Because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."

Those who have tempted the devil to tempt them will have to make desperate efforts to free themselves from his power. 
 Satan and his angels are unwilling
 to lose their prey.
They contend and battle with the holy angels,
and the conflict is severe."
Testimony Treasures E.G.W.