Touch Therapies

Contacting the Dead

When Israel entered into the Promised Land, God commanded that they should not participate in the pagan practices that the inhabitants of the land were involved in. The Lord's command is found in the following verses. "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in  the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead." Deuteronomy 18:10, 11. Of the many occultic practices mentioned in these verses, perhaps the one which stands out the most is the injunction against contacting the dead.

Interestingly, of the three touch therapies covered in my book, all of them rely on contact with ancestors or family members that are deceased: the dead. This self-avowed activity is used to gain information about the sick, receive instructions and to effect healing. God declares that such things are an abomination before Him! God's Word prohibits us from exploring the realm of necromancy.

 The question remains, "Why is it necessary to contact the dead to experience healing when we can come directly to God our Father through His Son Jesus Christ to be healed?" Its because people who are involved in contacting the dead have rejected God. Romans 1:28 states this very thing. "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient".

It is our responsibility to warn those who are unknowingly drawn into the use of alternative  therapies of the spiritual dangers they are getting involved with. There are those individuals who purposely choose to be involved in alternative medicine. We must point them to the error of there ways, make them aware of God's condemnation for what they are doing and pray and witness to them concerning the deliverance available through Jesus Christ.