Spirit Creatures - How They Affect Us

HOW DEMONS MISLEAD 

What is spiritism?

To mislead people, the demons use spiritism.  The practice of spiritism is involvement with the demons, both in a direct way and through a human medium. The Bible condemns spiritism and warns us to keep free from everything connected with it.  (Galatians 5:19-21)  Spiritism does for the demons what bait  does for fishermen. A fishermen uses a variety of baits to catch various kinds of fish. Similarly, wicked spirits use different forms of spiritism to bring all sorts of people under their influence.  

One type of bait used by the demons is divination. What is divination?  It is an attempt to find out about the future or about something unknown.  Some forms of divination  are astrology, the use of tarot cards, crystal gazing, palmistry, and the search for mysterious omens, or signs, in dreams. Although many people think that practicing divination is harmless, the Bible shows that fortune-tellers and wicked spirits work together. For instance, Acts 16:16-18 mentions "a demon of divination" that enable a girl to practice fortune-telling. But she lost this ability when the demons was cast out of her.   

Note: Very important information here is. Satan and the demons know information about us, which is why some of those fortune-tellers, mediums etc.  can predict a few things that is correct about that person that is paying them to get this information for them. But Jehovah God has not given them this gift, which I call a curse now. Because once you invite them in, they can cause you trouble.  They can't turn themselves into human flesh as in previous  paragraphs, but they can get into your head and have you do things you wouldn't normally do. This is why you need God in your life. He protects you from real harm, but these demons/ Satan will not fully go away for long.  They are not allowed to hurt anyone if you are under God's protection, but they can   or will aggravate  you.   These people who do this for money are not under God's care. They are Satan's people, but they think they are given this gift. That is because they haven't got a clue otherwise.  There are other ways beside spiritism that demons and Satan uses to mislead you, that you would not think about, besides what is in this article.

Another way that demons mislead people is by encouraging them to inquire of the dead. People grieving over the death of a loved one are often deceived by wrong ideas about those who have died. A spirit medium may give special information or may speak in voice that seems to be that of the dead person.  As a result, many people  become convinced that the dead are really alive and that contacting them  will help the living to endure their grief. But any such "comfort" is really false as well as dangerous. Why?  Because the demons can imitate the voice of a dead person and give a spirit medium information about the one who died.  (1 Samuel 28:3-19) Moreover, as we learned  in earlier articles, the dead have ceased to exist.  (Psalm 115:17) So "anyone who inquires of the dead" has been misled by wicked spirits and is acting contrary to the will of God.  (Read Deuteronomy 18:10, 11; Isaiah 8:19) Therefore, be careful to reject this dangerous bait used by demons. 

Wicked spirits not only mislead people but also frighten them. Today, Satan and his demons know that they have only "a short period of time" left before they are put out of action, and they are now more vicious than ever. (Revelation 12:12, 17)  Even so, thousands of people who once lived in daily dread of such wicked spirits have been able to break free. How did they do this? What a person do even if he is already involved in spiritism?

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