Introduction
A recent Court TV program about police departments that use psychics is a symptom of a
growing problem in the United States. The problem is that this is yet
another way where demons may be misleading well-meaning people who are unaware
of God's warnings in the Bible about engaging in such activities.
Another related concern is that as the number of police agencies using psychics increases, it becomes another
straw on the camel's back as far as God's patience with us is concerned.
Our nation is already engaged in many sins against
God. God has made it clear that he will lift his protection from nations
who "forget" him. We are already
seeing the lifting of that protection in the form in financial woes,
increased terrorism, etc. He also says he'll restore our nation if we
repent of our sins. If we want to win the war on terrorism,
restore our economy, etc., we must not overlook the "God factor" in
our approach to a solution, because he's certainly not going to overlook
it. It is up to private citizens and our government agencies to have a
"God first" attitude in all that they do including law enforcement.
Many of these psychics are outright frauds. They have terrible track
records and they rarely provide truly useful information. However, a few
of them are sometimes able to give police details of crimes
that they (the psychic) could not possibly have known about, and that do prove
to be useful to the investigation. In this
particular Court TV program, a psychic is interviewed about some cases
she helped police with where she appears to have truly been helpful. She
was able to tell the police information that she could not possibly have known
through news media accounts of the crimes.
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and
pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 |
The producers of this program appear to have
gone out of their way to make her appear as if she was highly accurate
and authentic. In spite of these
occasional success stories, police officers who engage in these practices are
opening themselves up to the possibility of direct demonic contacts. If
they pursue trying to cultivate their own psychic 'powers', they may also be
exposing themselves to possible demon possession.
Some psychics claim that their
talents are a sixth sense, something they're doing all on their own using their
own minds. Others claim that they're getting their information from the
spiritual world. The hard truth is that God created us, and His Word,
the Bible, doesn't say anything whatsoever about us having those kinds of
abilities. However, the Bible does have a lot to say about demons
deceiving us with counterfeit experiences, including ones where apparently
"good" things happened.
Test #1: What do they believe about the Bible and God
If the psychic isn't an outright fraud, and
they truly are revealing specific information that they couldn't possibly have
known on their own, the Bible gives us some tests we can apply to determine if
a person who claims to have these kinds of powers is getting them from God, or
from Satan and/or other demons. The Bible does not allow for a third
possibility such as a sixth sense. It also does not allow for the
possibility of any neutral ground as far as supporting the truths in the Bible
is concerned. If a psychic tries to claim that their approach is
religiously neutral, you can know they are not real Christians, and are
therefore to be avoided by this verse:
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Luke 11:23
[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (KJV) |
I would encourage any police officer who has
used a psychic in the past, or who will consider using them in the future is
to ask pointed questions to the psychic about what their religious beliefs
are. It is my belief, based on the psychics I have read about and seen over the
years in media reports,
that you'll find they're a) not Bible believing practicing Christians and b)
most or all will be involved in some kind of occult
practices or activities even if they claim to be Christians. Because these psychics lack a Biblical foundation for
their beliefs, they are sitting ducks for all kinds of demonic trickery.
So are the police officers who utilize their services, especially those who go
on to try to discover and cultivate their own alleged psychic
powers. This link has a good summary of the Bible verses that tell
us how to "test the spirit" of a psychic or anyone else for that
matter:
testthespirits.html
Test #2: Are they 100% accurate
A second test that can be applied is whether or
not they are virtually 100% accurate. God does not make mistakes.
If He has given this kind of power to someone, they will never be wrong about
even the slightest detail of what they're reporting. Consider this Bible
verse as evidence of this. It's talking about those who predict the
future, but the same principals apply to any spiritual gift from God because
God does not make mistakes:
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the
LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow
not, nor come to pass, that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of
him.
Deuteronomy 18:21-22
Conclusion
For more information about
the dangers of using psychics, contacting the spirit world, and how to tell
if you are being deceived by demons, see our What God tells us in the Bible about trying to communicate with the dead, with other spirits, Reincarnation and Psychics
link.
Founder of the Young Earth Creation Club
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