Why does God tell us not to seek the advice of mediums or fortune tellers? What does Scripture say?

The Bible strongly condemns the practice of spiritism, mediums, occult, psychics, etc. (Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:10-13). Horoscopes, tarot cards, astrology, fortune tellers, palm readings, séances, etc., fall into this category as well. These practices are based on the concept that there are gods, spirits, or deceased loved ones that can give you advise and guidance. These “gods” or “spirits” are demons (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). The Bible gives us no reason to believe that deceased loved ones can, or would even want to contact us. If they were believers, they are in heaven, enjoying the most wonderful place imaginable – in fellowship with a loving God. If they were not believers, they are in hell, suffering the un-ending torment for rejecting God’s love and rebelling against Him.





So, if our loved ones cannot contact us, how do mediums, spiritists, psychics, etc. get such accurate information? There have been many “exposes” on psychics. It has been exposed how a psychic can gain immense amounts of information on a person through ordinary means. Sometimes by just using a telephone number through caller ID and then an internet search, a psychic can get names, addresses, dates of birth, dates of marriage, family members, etc. However, it is undeniable that psychics sometimes know things that should be impossible for them to know. Where do they get this information? The answer is - Satan and his demons. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 tells us, “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.” Acts 16:16-18 describes a fortune teller who was able to predict the future until the Apostle Paul rebuked a demon out of her.





Satan pretends to be kind and helpful. He tries to appear as something good. Satan and his demons will give a psychic information about a person, in order to get that person hooked into spiritism – something that God forbids. It appears innocent at first, but soon a person finds himself addicted to psychics – allowing Satan to control and destroy their life. 1 Peter 5:8 proclaims, “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.'; In most cases, the psychics themselves are likely deceived, not knowing the true source of the information they receive. Whatever the case, and wherever the source of the information – nothing connected to spiritism, witchcraft, astrology, etc. is God’s intention for us as a means to discover information. How does God want us to discern His will for our life? Simple: (1) Study the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16-17), (2) Pray for wisdom (James 1:5).





Recommended Resource: The Truth Behind Ghosts, Mediums, and Psychic Phenomena by Ron Rhodes.Why does God tell us not to seek the advice of mediums or fortune tellers? What does Scripture say?
Because it is collaboration with the demonic nature... demons provide the info and data to the mediums and fortunetellers, and it creates an “open door” to your soul where the demons then have full access to your life, and they begin to take full advantage of your life leading you down the road towards death. So we are warned against engaging in such activities to protect us from spiritual, mental and physical harm.Why does God tell us not to seek the advice of mediums or fortune tellers? What does Scripture say?
read what happened to King Saul when he went to the witch of endora to get an answer.





Christians have no business with palm readers, astrology, witchcraft or any thing else that derives its beginning from Satan.
Because he doesn't want people talking to demons








(Leviticus 19:31) 31 “‘Do not turn yourselves to the spirit mediums, and do not consult professional foretellers of events, so as to become unclean by them. I am Jehovah YOUR God.





(Deuteronomy 18:10-13) . . .There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, 11 or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. 12 For everybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah, and on account of these detestable things Jehovah your God is driving them away from before you. 13 You should prove yourself faultless with Jehovah your God.





are these scriptures eneough for you?
Revelation 21:8 (New International Version)


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8But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.';
There is one verse that brings things into perspective:





Revelation 18:23  And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.





GOD bless
Because he knows it is an avenue the devil uses to play with our minds.
thats a good question, but yeah in kings, saul banned all fortune tellers and then went to David to interrupt his dream, so that was kind of illegal. Cause he was king and all. But telling the future from a dream is his gift. He has a gift of the Spirit as we all do. I think that God dose not like us to seek advice from mediums and fortune tellers for two reasons. 1. It makes its so that we are not trusting 100% on God, which we should be and 2. there are evil spirits. Just as there is a God there is a devil. So the spirits are always at war. And probably all the mediums can do is be a huge lability to guide you in a wrong path. I don't know what to say about all fortune tellers. The Bible is the best way to get advice or talking with brothers and sisters in Christ. Hope this helped.
So ';God'; told you not to seek the advice of mediums or fortune tellers? Don't you mean that the Church you belong to told you this. I have never seen a quote from either Jesus, Buddha or any other religious person, telling them not to do this. Where did you get this ';commandment'; from.


Of course, it could be your interpretation of something in the bible. Somebody else reading the same passage would probably interpret it another way.





Why don't you make your own choice as to whether to or not, regarding any subject. Why wait to be told what you should or should not do.





You have free will, as do all of us. You can choose anything you want to, either negatively or positively. The consequences of either choices will be yours. If you make a mistake, you can start all over and learn something by it./





Going by what somebody else, or the ';bible'; seems to tell you, is not free will.





Go by your gut, without harm to anybody else and take the risk, for goodness sake.





Don't be a puppet with strings pulling him one way or another.


Be free, as God intended you to be and make your own choices based on your gut.