10 Questions - Is the Occult Real?



	CAN YOU TALK WITH THE DEAD? Over 40% of American adults believe they have talked with the dead - from Elvis to Egyptian Pharaohs. But the Bible says contacting the dead is impossible, and should never be attempted because it leaves people open to evil spirits. Jesus often called death ‘a sleep’, (e.g. John 11:11-14), suggesting dead people are unconscious and unable to be disturbed. (For more info, see our guide, ‘What Jesus Said About Death’)
	The Bible warns us never to try to contact the dead. ‘Some people say, “Ask the channellers and clairvoyants… what you should do.” But I tell you people should only ask God for help. Why should the living ask advice from the dead? Stick to God’s commands and His prophets. Anyone who doesn’t agree with those has no light to offer you.’ (Isaiah 8:19,20) This text gives us two ways to test anyone who claims to have special ‘light’: Do they agree with the Bible? God never contradicts what He has said before. Do they claim to get their info from a dead person or direct from God? If God never speaks through a dead person, then who does? Evil spirits, the Bible warns. German occult researcher Dr Kurt Koch says that the only spirits who come to seances are evil ones who want to deceive and control people’s minds by impersonating dead people.
	The Bible also blows the cover of ‘demonic spirits performing miracles to deceive…’ (Revelation 16:14).
	It warns about ‘...Satan working in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives people... They will be damned because they refuse to love the truth and be saved. So God will allow a powerful deception to lead them away from the truth.’ (2 Thessalonians 2:8,9) A caring clairvoyant solving your problems, helping catch criminals, even talking about God and Jesus - that would be a powerful deception. The Bible warns of Satan pretending to be an angel of light, or even impersonating Jesus. (2 Corinthians 11:14, Matthew 24:24-26) So just who is speaking to clairvoyants? Evil spirits, the Bible says. Even if they pretend to be helpful ‘spirit guides’ - they’re demons.

CAN YOU TALK WITH THE DEAD?