The Washington times., 1922-08-05
BIBLE ANSWER
To OCCULT AND
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Scriptures Deal With Question
4, OF Communication
With Dead.
BY The Laymen's Home Missionary
Movement, 1927 Snyder Ave-.
Philadelphia. Pa.
What are Spiritism and 0ccultisms?
Deut. IS: 10, IL: There shall not be
found among you any one -. ~.
that useth diyination, or Is an OBJ
server of times, or an enchanter, or
a witch, or a charmer, or a con.
suiter with familiar spirits, or a
wizard, or a necromancer. Is. s.:
10: When they shall say, Seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and
unto wizards, should not q
people seek unto their God? On be-
half of the living, should they seek
unto the dead? (Am. Rev. Ver.)
Why can the dead not communi-
cate In spiritism and occultism, with
tho livings
Job IL: 81: His sons come to honor,
and he knoweth II not; and they
are brought low. but he perceiveth
II not Of them. Is. SO! 16: Doubtless
Thou art our Father, though Abra.
ham be ignorant Of us. Eccles. o.:
g., 9, 10: For the living know that
they shall die, but the dead know
not anything; also their
love and their hatred and their envy
is now persisted; neither have they
any more a portion forever in any
thing that is done under the sun.
There is no work nor device nor
knowledge nor wisdom In the grave
(SheoD. whittier thou goest. Dan.
IL: 2: And many Of them that sleep
in the dust of the earth shall awake.
Acts Z: COS: 1: He fell asleep. And
Saul was consenting unto his death.
What are some Scriptures which
teach that evil spirits-the fallen
angeis--are personal beings.
Jas. 2: i9: Devils also believe, and
tremble. Acts 10: is: The evil
spirit answered and said, Jesus I
know, and Paul know; but who
are ye? Luke 4: II: Devils also
came out Of many. He SUI.
fered them not to speak; for they
knew He was Christ.
- When did these spirits become evil.
Gen. 8: 2, 4:The sons OF God saw
the daughters of men that they were
iair; and they took them wives. They
bare children to them. Jude 6, h:
The angels which kept not their first
estate. He hath reaeryad a.,
everlasting chains; even as
Sodom and Gomorrha in like
manner. giving. themselves over to
fornication, and going after strange
flesh. l Pet. 319, 20: He
preached unto the spirits in prison,
which some time were disobedien;,
when once the long suffering God
waited In the days of Noah.
., What have the fallen angels estab.
iisned over the human family?
Luke IL: 1& II Satan also be dI.
vioed against himself, how shall his
kngdom stand? John II: 30: The
prince OF this world cometh and hath
nothing In Me. Eph. s: 12:. For we
wrestle against principali-
ues' against powers, against the
rulers OF the darkness of this world.
against wicked spirits (margin) in
high places. Eph. 2: 2: Ye walked
/. according to the prince OF the
power OF the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children Of disobedi.
ence.
How do the fallen angels especiaIIy
seek to control the human famiIyf
Thess. 2: 0: Whose coming il
after the working Of Satan, with all
lying wonders. Cor. 4: 4:
The god Of this world hath blinded
the minds of them that believe not.
1 Tim. 4: /: Some shall depart from
the faith, giving heed to seducins
spirits and doctrines of devils.
What are some Of the methods that
the fallen angels have used 10 con.
troll the human family?
~ The devil worship of heather.
ism. Cor. 10: 20: The Gentiles sac.
rifice to devils. Deut. 80:
II: They sacrifice unto devils, not to
God: to gods whom they knew not.
C2) Occultism, Deut. IS. 10: IL:
There shall not be found among you
anyone that ,useth divina-
ton. or an observer OF times, or an
enchanter, or a witch. or a charmer,
or a consulter with familiar spirits,
or a wizard.
,(3) Spiritism, Is. s: 10: When they
shall say unto you, Seek unto them
that have familiar spirits on
behalf Of the living, should they seek
unto the dead? (Amer. Rev. Ver.)
Deut. Is: 10, IL: There shall not be
found among YOU consulter
with familiar spirits or an
necromancer lone claiming to speak
with the dead.
~ Demoniac possession, Matt. s;
2S: There met Him two possessed
with devils.
In Bible times what kind Of people
practised spiritism and occultism?
a. The worst Of the heathern, x.
z: IL: Pharaoh also called
sorcerers. The magicians Of Egypt
. D.. did in like manner with their
enchantments. Kings 9: %: Jehu
. . &. answered, what peace, so long
as the witchcrafts of thy
mother Jezebel are so many2 Acts 8:
3: Simon used sorcery
giving out that himself was some
great one.
(2) The worst of the Jews, Sam.
%: z: Then said Saul unto his sery.
ants, seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit. Q Chron. SO; 6; Man
asseh observed times, and
used enchantments, and used witch.
craft, and dealt with a familiar spirit.
and with wizards; he wrought much