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Transcript 370A — Dealing with Psychics
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open Forum.
CALLER: Yes, good evening. I have a question regarding psychics. And the question is, I'm curious if these people who claim to be psychics might have some way actually of telling what a person may think or feel. I'm specifically mentioning this because at a social gathering a friend of mine was approached by someone who claimed to be a psychic, and was told that certain events would occur in her life. And she did not want to listen to this, and felt that it was not of God. Consequently she did not pursue the conversation. But the person still was able to give her some indication of things and events to happen. And some of these have come to pass.
And so I'm curious. If a psychic says something is going to happen in your future, whether or not you've asked for the information, should you make a point of avoiding what's supposed to happen, or should you just ignore it?
HC: The question is, "What do we do in relationship to a diviner of the future, or a psychic, someone who claims to know the future?" From the Bible we know there is an occult world. There is a world of evil spirits. There is also a world of angels, of course, and of God Himself. The Bible, however, indicates that God will never reveal Himself except through His Word. So any occult activity, of any nature, is going to be derived ultimately from Satan, or from the evil spirit world.
The Bible indicates that we are not to listen to this. This kind of activity is an abomination to God. Now these psychics, who are frequently in tune with Satan himself (and Satan has some knowledge of the future, it appears), certainly at times what they predict will come true, although many of the things they predict do not come true. But certainly they do better, perhaps, than what they would do if they were simply guessing at the future.
As a Christian we ought to pay no attention whatsoever to them. There was a day, a few years ago, when I was particularly interested in these subjects, and I spent a lot of time reading books that were produced by psychics. And I found that ultimately this was very detrimental to me. This was not a wise thing to do. I never read any of this any longer. If anyone comes to me and tells me, "I know something about the future, concerning you or concerning anything else," I want nothing to do with it. I don't want to listen. If I am forced to listen, I would ask the Lord for mercy that I would forget everything that had been told me as rapidly as possible, and that I would pay no attention to it at all.
The Bible indicates that Christ is the one that we are to listen to. He is the one we are to give heed to. If we want to know something about the future, let's study the Bible.
CALLER: In what way actually is this detrimental, out of curiosity?
HC: First of all, it is detrimental in the sense that we are adulating Satan. We are paying attention to him. We are giving him recognition that he doesn't deserve or need. We are taking our eyes off Christ.
I found in my own life, in a very practical way, that I was inviting Satanic activity. It was at this time that two of my teenage children had a real vivid experience with the occult through a ouija board, in which they were finding that the ouija board was giving answers like, when they asked it "What is your name?" it spelled out "Satan." And this is no exaggeration of any kind. I found that I was simply inviting Satan's attention. As soon as we become interested in his activity, he thinks that he's making some points.
The Bible indicates that we're only to listen to the Lord Jesus Christ. If I want to know something about Satan, I'm going to study the Bible, and just stay with the Bible.
CALLER: It's my understanding that there is a scripture that "the rain shall fall on the just as well as the unjust," and there are a number of scriptures relating to the fact that there are natural occurrences in the world, that effect both the unjust and the just, or the unsaved as well as the saved. And the reason I brought up the subject was out of curiosity as to whether or not this future, say within even a twenty-four hour period, could be perceived by an individual. And if it was related, say that someone told you that if you turned left at 3:00 P.M. at a certain street corner you could get in an accident, my thoughts were, "Well, what would prevent you from just turning right?" Because it was prophesied by a psychic, does that make it more of a Satanic influence? Or is it just one of the natural occurrences that fall on both the just and the unjust?
HC: The Bible teaches, first of all, that God's care does not necessarily just average out. We read in Amos 4:7: "And I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city. One piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered." In other words, God is selective in His blessings and in His warnings, and in His admonitions, and so on. It doesn't mean that this thing is just kind of out of control, or that it just goes without very great and specific care.
But the point is, "How did I get myself in a position where I listened to a psychic?" How would I know what a psychic has suggested is going to happen? I don't have to listen, you know. If someone would tie my arms behind my back and say, "Now you better listen to me; I've got something to tell you," I don't have to listen. My thoughts can be a thousand miles away while he is speaking. And I would not listen. I don't want anything to do with someone who says, "I have information about the future."
I must admit, being a human being, there is a natural curiosity that invades my soul as well as anyone else, to know the future. There was a day when I though, "My, at least I ought to evaluate what this psychic is saying, or that psychic is saying." But today I have no interest at all in evaluating. I have no curiosity for what they have to say. I don't want to know.
I know that a large part of what they say is not true. I know that maybe a little of it might be true. But I know that that is not the place to look for information. The Bible is the place to look for information.
CALLER: All right. I appreciate that, and I can assure you that it was mainly from a standpoint of just reaffirming my own feelings on this, and that I agree totally with your feelings on it. And I think that anyone else should take heed, because this can happen to anyone. So thank you very much for commenting on it.
HC: You're welcome. Good night.