1 Samuel 28:13-14.
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
The woman medium fears Saul more than the spirit from the dead: Today, people have more fear of worldly authority than Spiritual authority.
1 Samuel 28:11-12.
It is death to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to rely on a medium of the spirits among the dead.
1 Samuel 28;9-10.
Circleville, Ohio lives in national and worldwide infamy after K-9 mauling of a man.
Worldwide outcry influences local law enforcement decisions. The voice of global masses rule over policies of law.
Saul seeks a medium to get answers and direction in life: This world seeks for answers and direction in life through an unnatural presence.
1 Samuel 28:7-8.
The fear within Saul pushed him to seek a medium for a seance: Today, intimidation from the masses push people to be a medium for the thing which forms what they say and do.
1 Samuel 28:4-6.
God intends for the mediums, occult, and spiritists to be put out and reliance put on Jesus Christ
1 Samuel 28:3.
Table of Contents for Genesis
Genesis Table of Contents.
Table of Contents for Exodus
Table of Contents for Exodus.
The world of mediums, seances, and fortune-tellers. Saul participated in a seance to call a spirit from the dead.
Introduction to 1 Samuel 28, from Ezekiel 13:17-19. Saul solicits a medium to perform a seance.