11. What counsel does Isaiah give to those tempted to consult spiritualistic mediums and necromancers? Isaiah 8:19.
NOTE: ‘The papal religion is built upon the idea that we are to look to the dead for that aid which it is beyond human power to give. The idea is essentially pagan, as an examination of any pagan religion will show. The Lord’s testimony concerning it may be seen from the language of Isaiah 8:19: “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?” The Scriptures nowhere sanction the idea of seeking to the dead for aid. The Almighty declares Himself to be the source of our strength and wisdom and righteousness, and directs us to seek unto Him. From many texts in His Word we learn that it is utterly useless to seek unto the dead for anything; since they “know not anything” (Ecclesiastes 9:5), have no “more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun” (verse 6), their thoughts have perished (Psalm 146:3, 4), etc.’ A. T. Jones: The American Sentinel, June 4, 1896.
12. What is the only reliable source of spiritual knowledge? Isaiah 8:20.
NOTE: ‘“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 8:20. 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.’ Darkness Before Dawn, page 22.