The Weekly Word

The television series LONG ISLAND MEDIUM draws an audience attracted to the spirit world. Theresa Caputo claims to connect with the dead on behalf of the living. Old Testament King Saul abandoned God, consulting with a witch. Saul’s decision to forsake the Lord, cost him his life. In 1 Samuel 15:23, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft . . . Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.”  The prophet Isaiah asked this question in 8:19, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter, should not a people seek their God?”