Modern Spiritualism Briefly Tested by Scripture 12 7 scious that he was protected by the mountain being full of horses and chariots of fire. With all the glittering rewards of divination within the reach of the covetous Balaam, if only he would curse God’s people, he was obliged to cry out, “Sure ly there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel” (Num. 23:23). A friend has just given me an authentic instance of the power of Christ’s name. A Spiritualist in Bradford invited a Christian neighbor to one of their meetings. The Christian, wearied by her neighbor’s importunity, made a compact with her, that if she attended once she would never again be in vited. They went to the meeting. After a little while the medium, who had no previous knowledge of her, declared there was a Christian present, and until that Christian left the room they could not proceed. The, Christian kept her seat. After a few minutes the medium again said there was a Christian present and insisted that the person should leave the meeting. The Christian lady thereupon retired. When her neighbor returned home, she informed her that the meeting proceeded after she left without any further difficulty. Such is the power of Christ’s name. A SCRIPTURAL TEST Amidst all the abounding evil, the uninstructed believer might well be bewildered. But Scripture furnishes a simple but thorough test of every system of teaching. It will be seen that the Person of Christ is the test. “Every spirit that CONFESSETH NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God; and this is that spirit of antichrist” , (1 John 4 :3 ) . “He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son” (1 John 2 :22 ). “Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost” (1 Cor. 12:3).
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