OCC: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
