The Ouija Board: Is it really a harmless game?
A harmless game? "It's fun to play Ouija Board!" "It scared me!"
"It shocked me with the things it told me!" These are just some of the remarks
you hear when this subject is mentioned.
But what is this fascinating and oft-times frightening game believed by so many people
that they even allow it to control their lives? The Spiritualists tells us we are
contacting the dead, and we are to accept these messages as coming from our departed Loved
ones. Also, they explain that messages are given to us from "Guides" or
"Guardian Angels" from the Spirit World. The people who have become adept at
this game will say some unseen, intelligent force seems to control their hand and spell
these "Messages".
For the answer to this problem I feel we must turn to the world's greatest authority -
the word of God. Paul, writing in Ephesians 6:12 says "For we wrestle not against
Flesh and Blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
One of the major doctrines denounced by the Bible is Demonology, and that is just what
Paul refers to in Ephesians 6:12. Many scriptures refer to these unseen intelligences. As
one who has tampered with influences for almost a lifetime, I appreciate what Paul meant
and I know this to be a fact. Within these many scriptures the Bible discusses Necromancy
(Gr. - Contact with the Dead). "There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh
his son or daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of
times, or an enchanter, or a Witch, or a Charmer, or a consulter with Familiar spirits, or
a Wizard, or a Necromancer." (Deuteronomy 18:10,11). Space does not permit us to
quote the many scriptures we could use against this unholy fascination.
We see, therefore, that Ouija Boards and all kinds of spiritualism can be nothing but
communion with demons, against scripture, and we must remember that God passed the Death
sentence on all mediums that had familiar spirits and also upon people consulting with
them. It is sternly forbidden by God as defiling. Why go to the Ouija Board when we can go
to the Lord Jesus Christ? The Bible says, "For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and Men, the man Christ Jesus." (1 Timothy 2:5)
To those who are constantly looking for miracles or signs, Jesus says, "An evil
and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign." (Matthew 12:39). Are you seeking
after a sign using the Ouija Board?
If you would like more information of How to Correctly receive the Lord Jesus Christ
and to be Forgiven of all your sins, PLEASE contact the SYSOP of this system or write:
Gospel Tract Society P.O. Box 1118 Independence, MO 64051
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