God forbids calling on the dead

10 “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

11 “or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

12 “For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.

It is very clear. Calling on the dead (and the Bible does not distinguish between the ‘good’ dead and the ‘bad’ dead) is in the same category as witchcraft, and is an abomination to the Lord. God hates it.

Now this is not affected by any ideas about ‘special dispensation in the endtime’ or ‘new revelations’ or ‘latest prophecies’. What God said, He said. He does not change.

Mal 3:6 “For I am the LORD, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

His Word does not change.

Luke 16:17 “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.

Jesus’ words are God’s words; He is the living Word of God. Therefore if we get a ‘prophecy’ that effectively alters any of God’s Biblical commands, if we get a message saying that a certain practice is permitted now, even though God forbad it in the Bible, then the inescapable conclusion is that the source of our prophecy is not God. We must measure our thoughts, teachings and prophecies against the Bible. It is extremely dangerous spiritually to measure a prophecy we receive against another prophecy we received. That’s comparing ourselves with ourselves and is a worthless exercise in self-deception. The Bible is the only standard.

Calling up the dead, attempting to allow the dead to speak through us or to us, trying to hear from the dead is an abomination to the Lord. It is loathsome, disgusting and revolting to Him. That is what His Word says. And that should be a terrifying thought to those who treat it so lightly, who carelessly throw around the names of their ‘spirit helpers’, who teach their children to do the same.

If we cannot hear from spirit helpers, how are we supposed to get guidance?

Isa 8:19 And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?

Pray to God! Come to God the Father in Jesus’ name. Pray for the Holy Spirit to lead and guide into all truth! We can read the Bible and allow it to burn in our heart as it comes alive once more. But whatever we do, we must not seek, call on, or attempt to get messages from the dead.

Conclusion

Not one of the Scriptures used by the Family to justify the practice of calling on the dead gives the slightest credence to this doctrine. Saul was killed for doing it and at the transfiguration God told us to listen to Jesus. The ‘departed saints’ in Revelations are actually angels, not people who had died. The story of Lazarus and the rich man shows us that God wants us to read and believe His written Word in the Bible and without faith in the Bible, no spiritual occurrence would have any affect on our walk with the Lord at all. It is the angels’ job to protect us, not ‘spirit helpers’. The dead do not automatically receive supernatural powers, or stand around assisting us. Finally and conclusively, the practice is unequivocally condemned by God, Who does not change. The Bible is the basis of all Christian faith, therefore there can be no Christian faith in this practice.

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