I read some passages in the bible about "mediums". My understanding of it is that people aren't suppose to contact them because it will open the door to evil spirits. One certain passage says: "'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads." Why is it evil if "Mediums" just have that special gift? They can't help it if they are born with it. Please help me to understand.
2006-12-03 16:04:26 · 11 answers · asked by melinda_8205 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People go to Hell if they fail to put their trust in Jesus Christ for their salvation not because they commit a particular type of sin. As to why it is a sin it's because a medium is being deceived by a seducing demonic spirit into seeking to gain supernatural insights apart from God.
Isaiah 8:19 And when they say to you, "Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter," should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
People are not born with a supernatural "gift" like the one you describe. If they get a supernatural revelation it either comes from God or from and evil spirit. Sylvia Browne thinks that she has a "spirit guide" who gives her insights. She does have one but it's a demonic guide that leads her to tell people that their dead loved ones are with God even if they never put their faith in Jesus. She denies the existence of Satan while being used as a pawn by him to lead people into the occult and away from Jesus.
2006-12-03 16:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Mediums who say that they are born with the special gift of being a Medium. That doesn't make it true.
God does not want us confused and led astray from Him by anyone including those who sell their advice.
The future belongs to God and He leads us only toward what is good.
Read the 23 Psalm again. It is best just to keep seeking advice and real guidance from God....and it's always free.
2006-12-03 16:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point is that a believer who has a relationship with the true God has no need to spend time bargaining and being manipulated by spirits (even the supposed good ones). Why waste your time and life with this nonsense. If the Lord is God then serve him, if Baal be God, then give him your worship. How long will you vacillate between all these ideas?
2006-12-03 16:31:05 · answer #3 · answered by Singe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don’t believe in the bible but to say I cannot respond because of this would be biased I can still discuss theological ideas. Stoning ahh the bibles solution for everything, I don’t believe that today’s Christian god would send someone to hell for talking to the spirits because most people do not believe we should stone adulterers or gays or mediums.
Anywho doesn’t the pope talk to god? And god is a spirit right? So maybe the popes going to hell. And to be honest they are not really talking to dead people it’s another hoax funny juxtaposed to other great hoaxes of our time.
2006-12-03 16:23:21 · answer #4 · answered by Crayola 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How naive!
There is a great difference between religion and spirituality.
Spirituality is born from a personal occurrence with a divine, psychic or mystical experience of one form or another which inevitably connects a person to All that Is/God/Goddess/Allah/Great Spirit /whatever you want to call it.
Religion is second hand opinion of someone else’s divine experience. I think you will find that religions, and especially fanatical religions, tend to separate and divide people, while spirituality brings people together.
Thank God that Spirituality is on the increase!
For those who are ready, no explanation is necessary and for those who are not, no explanation is possible! http://www.psychic-junkie.com
2006-12-03 19:05:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allison Debois is a real person A$$! And no they will not go to hell, because....let me say this just one more time......IT DOESN'T EXIST!!!!! Come on people!!! Use your brain for just one second. If God loves us all, then why would he create a life for us just as a test to see who he will share his heaven with and who he will toss to the side and disregard. Man, sometimes I think you all live in a dream land. There is not man in the sky judging everything you do, and calling every life experience a sin. Do you believe in santa and the easter bunny too?
2006-12-03 16:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Suki 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No I don't believe they are doomed to go to Hell.
I fail to understand why people want to think such gifts are always from the Devil. Many Christians have delied the power of God
2006-12-03 16:09:38 · answer #7 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Allison Dubois will roast in hell! What a loving God we have!
*Edit* Miss Suki, I was being facetious! I was trying to act like a dumbass Christian. Sorry for confusing you!
2006-12-03 16:08:47 · answer #8 · answered by bif2lucky 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Mediums have time to repent. It's the extra larges that need to be worried.
2006-12-03 16:21:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
read 1 corinthians 13
2006-12-03 16:11:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋