Finished "1 Chronicles"

"So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it, and did not inquire of the Lord. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse." 10:13-14

This was my only note from this book. It's come up a couple times in my life, recently because I watch "The Long Island Medium" on tv and I love her character. She's professes to believe in the God of the Bible and she seems to be a kind and loving person. The things she tells people seem legitimate and helpful. But the Bible is clear on the point of mediums.

The truth I see is that she is real. She does speak to the dead (in a way), but God clearly doesn't want us to do that. God wants us to come to Him for guidance. Speaking with a medium or a spiritualist is asking for trouble. It's a way for Satan to creep in with his demons to drive us away from God's light.

Here's my take. When we die, we "sleep" until the end of times when God reconciles all. He lives outside of what we think of as time, Einstein's time. Once we die, we are also outside of that time so there is no way for a medium to talk to us and tell our loved ones what we are thinking about. But Satan takes that love we have for our dead and gone and twists it. He has the ability to use our thoughts and confuse us. His goal is to keep us from God.

Sometimes when we consult a medium, we get positive feedback, something we think we can use to make us happy but it won't work for long. God wants us to go to Him and take comfort there.