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2. Psalm 28:7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
Hymns
Invitation
Red Songbook -
Supplemental

3. Dangers of Occultism
Some thoughts on this parable

4. Occultism
Last week we saw that Occultism: - is gaining knowledge & power thru the supernatural - is ancient pagan symbols and sayings - is all around us in common things - is utterly opposed to the ideas of God in Christ

5. Occultism
Using astrology & fortunetelling to predict Speaking to the Dead Superstitions

6. Speaking with the Dead
Pagan Spiritualism Worship of dead ancestors Spiritualism of the 1800s Speaking to the dead for information Spiritual churches today A “ministry” of power through the dead

7. Speaking with the Dead
Spiritualism of the 1800s Spiritual churches today
- (The Spiritualist Church today)

8. London, England

9. Kansas City, MO

10. Spiritualism in the Bible
Mediums were condemned as a form of witchcraft There shall not be found among you …….one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to Jehovah Deuteronomy 18:10-12

11. Spiritualism in the Bible
Mediums were condemned as a form of witchcraft I Samuel 28:7-19

12. We Need To Know: The Dead Can’t Speak to Us
For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything….. Ecclesiastes 9:5 "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.” Job 14:21

13. We Need To Know: God Doesn’t Speak Through the Dead
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; Hebrews 1:1-2

14. If the Dead Could Speak Luke 16:19-31
It wouldn’t be about money It wouldn’t be about joy in life They wouldn’t be “spirit guides” It would be ONLY ONE MESSAGE
Luke 16:19-31

15. If the Dead Could Speak
"Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, 'for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.‘” Luke 16:27-28

16. They all would say the same thing!
If the Dead Could Speak
The righteous dead desire our presence
The unrighteous dead resist our company
They all would say the same thing!

17. The Message of the Dead to YOU
Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' Luke 16:29 "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” John 5:39-40

18. Conclusions on Spiritualism
Communications with the dead is:
Pagan & Demonic
Sinful & Faithless
Impossible
But we already know EXACTLY what they would say
“Be Right With God”

20. The Message of the Dead to YOU
Come to Jesus Christ: 'And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.‘ Acts 22:16 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:6-7