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69 Isaiah adds, "And when they shall say unto you, SEEK UNTO THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY: if they speak not according to THIS WORD, it is because there is NO LIGHT IN THEM" (Isa.8:19-20). Seeking knowledge and truth through the occult, or through the crystal balls of even so- called "Christian psychics," and "Christian witches" -- I cannot think of a greater non sequitur or oxymoron -- is a deadly and lethal game only fools would play. Although I have read some of the books about Edgar Cayce, and Nostradamus, and Jeane Dixon, it is clear to me that their basic premise is faulty and in error. They do not obey the laws of God. They do not adhere to the Biblical Sabbath. They do not obey the Holy Days of God. They are bound up in pagan symbolism and festival observance. Their source of spiritual knowledge is not the Word of God! We should judge their writings by the standard -- measuring rod -- of the Bible itself. Ruth Montgomery's "incorporeal guides" were nothing more than sweet-talking, whispering demons in angelic guise (II Cor.11:13-15). John commands us to put these "spirits" to the acid test (I John 4:1-2). He warns us, there are MANY ANTI-CHRISTS around -- seductive spirits or "guides" who seek to lead us astray. Paul warns us seriously, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall DEPART FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS, AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a Lia tee Wem ALt AN Satan is always seeking to beguile the unwary and uncritical. Satan always makes his way look good on the surface, and sound good to the ears; but it is the same old malarkey, nonetheless (see Gen.3:1-6). The serpent beguiled Eve; she fell from grace. She disobeyed the command of God. Beware lest that old serpent, the master of guile, use his infamous legerdemain and machinations on you, and thus beguile you into calamitous folly, to where you are unable to recover from his snares. "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ (II Cor.11:3). Satan is capable of blinding the mind (II Cor.4:4). If we disobey God, and neglect His law, we become fodder for the devil. We must be obedient in all things, and FORGIVE THOSE who have wronged us -- "LEST SATAN should get an advantage over us: for we are not ignorant of his devices" (II Cor.2:11). God says, "There is NO LIGHT in them"! hot iron. . ." (I Tim.4:1-2). Satanic, Clever and Ingenious Devices