Saul Consults the Witch of Endor. I Samuel 28

 

I Samuel 28 – Saul Consults the Witch of Endor

 

Once again the Philistines were gathering their armies together to fight Israel. Saul gathered his troops at Gilboa. Since God was not speaking to Saul, he turned to the witch of Endor. Deuteronomy 18:9-14 says, “When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone that makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or uses divinations, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a wizard, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination to the Lord. Because of these abominations, the Lord drives them out before you. You shall be perfect with the Lord your God.”  We are living in a day when there is a great deal of practice in the areas mentioned. In I Timothy 4:1 Paul says, “Now the spirit speaks expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and the doctrine of the devil.”

When a spirit, thought to be Samuel appears, this frightens the old witch. She sees supernatural creatures coming out of the ground. Saul did not see Samuel, the witch may never have seen Samuel while he was alive, who said she saw an old man covered with a mantle. They jumped to the conclusion that it was Samuel. Keep in mind that demons can impersonate. Saul had laid himself wide open for Satan, and Satan has moved in.

Samuel before his death, had already pronounced the death, the destruction, and the rejection of Saul. Saul did not gain any comfort, any direction, or any new information from the spirit world. It is obvious God was not in this.

I Cor. 10:13 said Saul died for his transgression against the Lord for asking counsel of a familiar spirit. God condemned what Saul did.

Christ was the only One. He says, “I was dead. I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of the grave.” If you want any information, go to Him. If you want help, go to Him. If you want Salvation, go to Him. He went down through the portal of death for you and for me, and He came out in mighty power which He makes available to His own.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.