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the bewitching, alluring spell. Nothing but the power of God, granted in answer to the
earnest prayer of faith, can deliver these ensnared souls. All who indulge sinful traits
of character, or willfully cherish a known sin, are inviting the temptations of Satan.
They separate themselves from God and from the watchcare of His angels; as the evil
one presents his deceptions, they are without defense and fall an easy prey. Those
who thus place themselves in his power little realize where their course will end.
Having achieved their overthrow, the tempter will employ them as his agents to lure
others to ruin.
Says the prophet Isaiah: "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." Isaiah
8:19, 20. If men had been willing to receive the truth so plainly stated in the Scriptures
concerning the nature of man and the state of the dead, they would see in the claims
and manifestations of spiritualism the working of Satan with power and signs and
lying wonders. But rather than yield the liberty so agreeable to the carnal heart, and
renounce the sins which they love, multitudes close their eyes to the light and walk
straight on, regardless of warnings, while Satan weaves his snares about them, and
they become his prey. "Because they received not the love of the truth, that they might
be saved," therefore "God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a
lie." 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 11.
Those who oppose the teachings of spiritualism are assailing, not men alone, but
Satan and his angels. They have entered upon a contest against principalities and
powers and wicked spirits in high places. Satan will not yield one inch of ground
except as he is driven back by the power of heavenly messengers. The people of God
should be able to meet him, as did our Saviour, with the words: "It is written." Satan
can quote Scripture now as in the days of Christ, and he will pervert its teachings to
sustain his delusions. Those who would stand in this time of peril must understand
for themselves the testimony of the Scriptures.
Many will be confronted by the spirits of devils personating beloved relatives or
friends and declaring the most dangerous heresies. These visitants will appeal to our
tenderest sympathies and will work miracles to sustain their pretensions. We must
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