Can a Christian be psychic?

[AnswersforChrist]

Let me explain. In the old testament we know that theres nothing but evil talk about divination and things of that nature. However, we also know that the simple fact of the matter is that the bible tells us that little girls where gifted with prophesy, and Jesus himself knew through his own prophetic ability that a woman had five husbands. My real question is, are modern day psychic that claim to be christians actually witches or is this the prophetic gift of the Holy Spirit? Thanks.

 

[alatir]

Let me explain. In the old testament we know that theres nothing but evil talk about divination and things of that nature. However, we also know that the simple fact of the matter is that the bible tells us that little girls where gifted with prophesy, and Jesus himself knew through his own prophetic ability that a woman had five husbands. My real question is, are modern day psychic that claim to be christians actually witches or is this the prophetic gift of the Holy Spirit? Thanks.

I do believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit still function in these days, and I have witnessed someone to speak me something only God could know.

But I bet there are also those who claim to be Christians, yet their gifts come from some other source than the Lord.

 

[andreha]

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are indeed still functioning today. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit would be poured out to all of mankind in the last days, which has started happening already. This, to me, means that people, Christian or not, can indeed have gifts of the Holy Spirit - as part of God's grace, in order to draw people to Him. I think the safest way to know whether someone who sees the future is Christian, is to just look at the fruit they are producing.

 

[heron]

I do believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit still function in these days, and I have witnessed someone to speak me something only God could know.

There are many people, usually found in Charismatic churches, that have found freedom to exercise this gift from the Holy Spirit.

But a typical secular psychic asks money for services, and some do not credit God for their insight. Scriptures speak against prophets who gain personally.

If you leave God completely out of the picture and consider it your own gift, then beware that there are supernatural forces out there that can take advantage of your openness. The information comes from somewhere -- make sure it is a credible source.

Scripturally, the devil makes efforts to confuse, deceive, accuse, and destroy. He also acts as an angel of light -- appearing beneficial at first sight.


Eze 13:3
Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.


Isa 2:6
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.

Jer 27:9
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.'

Isaiah 5​

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;​

Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!​

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight!


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Just be careful.

Most of the people in the dreams and visions subforum could support you in your gift. There have also been threads in the Spirit-filled forum where people offer each other prophetic words.

 

[visionary]

Acts 16:16-19 (New International Version)

Paul and Silas in Prison
16Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." 18She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
19When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

 

[heron]

In the old testament we know that theres nothing but evil talk about divination and things of that nature

True, but the prophets and dream interpreters (Joseph, Daniel) used similar gifts and processes.

Nu 11:27
So a young man ran and told Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."

1Sa 19:20
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied.
He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

1Ki 22:10, 2Ch 18:9
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king."

Ezr 6:14
And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.

Compare
Jer 14:14
Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.

 

[Naal]

I agree, there are different gifts of the Spirit.

I myself get dreams from the Lord that actually come into play. Some of them are very metaphorical and abstract, and then a few have actually moment by moment come into play.

 

[andreha]

It reminds me of a dream the Lord gave me that saved my life. I would have died in a freak accident if it were not for that dream.

 

[heron]

Very interesting. Come on over to the dream forum, y'all!

 

[AnswersforChrist]

Thanks. Ive seen a psychic that claimed to be christian but it was for a price that I was supposed to get the information she had. I thought this would be a sign she was false, but I paid anyway. Even though this person said they were not into the occult I hope my life isn't being impacted by this decision negatively.

 

[kellyc]

aren't prophesying and being a psychic different things?

 

[theVirginian]

Thanks. Ive seen a psychic that claimed to be christian but it was for a price that I was supposed to get the information she had. I thought this would be a sign she was false, but I paid anyway. Even though this person said they were not into the occult I hope my life isn't being impacted by this decision negatively.

Its a good thing you brought this up. I'm not saying it definately will, but it most certainly could affect you negatively. Since it sounds like you went to a psychic on purpose, you're at risk. You can short circuit whatever plans satan has to use this against you in a few seconds, just ask God for forgiveness and stay away from it in the future. If screwy things start to happen later, just tell the devil that he's too late and to pound dirt in the name of Jesus.

 

[wonderwaleye]

Let me explain. In the old testament we know that theres nothing but evil talk about divination and things of that nature. However, we also know that the simple fact of the matter is that the bible tells us that little girls where gifted with prophesy, and Jesus himself knew through his own prophetic ability that a woman had five husbands. My real question is, are modern day psychic that claim to be christians actually witches or is this the prophetic gift of the Holy Spirit? Thanks.

1 Corinthians
Chapter 14​

1 Pursue love, but strive eagerly for the spiritual gifts, above all that you may prophesy.



2 For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to human beings but to God, for no one listens; he utters mysteries in spirit.



3 On the other hand, one who prophesies does speak to human beings, for their building up, encouragement, and solace.


Now the test between evil and coming from GOD is whatever is received MUST be able to be backed up by GOD'S WORD.



LOVE


steven

 

[Nobody1]

Let me explain. In the old testament we know that theres nothing but evil talk about divination and things of that nature. However, we also know that the simple fact of the matter is that the bible tells us that little girls where gifted with prophesy, and Jesus himself knew through his own prophetic ability that a woman had five husbands. My real question is, are modern day psychic that claim to be christians actually witches or is this the prophetic gift of the Holy Spirit? Thanks.

God - Jesus - knows everything. It is like the conscious and unconscious mind. We are not consciously aware of our heart beating, but it beats and is controlled by our mind.

I wouldn't worrying about judging and condemning and accusing people. If something comes up, it comes up. King Saul consulted the Witch of Endor - or whatever her name was - and one saw what happened then.

True witchcraft is false beliefs from the will of man, not God.

Obviously, these witches out there and such are preaching nonsense. But, many do this as well.

The bad witchcraft are those who believe curses of evil on people: these come from doctors, "saints", the world.

They teach people about the "inevitability" of death and disease and horrors, spreading doubt wherever they go.

Doubt is a sort of belief and is witchcraft.

All sin is unbelief, all unbelief is sin.

(And all sin is hypocrisy.)

 

[AnswersforChrist]

I have a hard time saying that what I heard was evil because I only heard good things.

 

[Sackcloth]

God - Jesus - knows everything. It is like the conscious and unconscious mind. We are not consciously aware of our heart beating, but it beats and is controlled by our mind.

I wouldn't worrying about judging and condemning and accusing people. If something comes up, it comes up. King Saul consulted the Witch of Endor - or whatever her name was - and one saw what happened then.

True witchcraft is false beliefs from the will of man, not God.

Obviously, these witches out there and such are preaching nonsense. But, many do this as well.

The bad witchcraft are those who believe curses of evil on people: these come from doctors, "saints", the world.

They teach people about the "inevitability" of death and disease and horrors, spreading doubt wherever they go.

Doubt is a sort of belief and is witchcraft.

All sin is unbelief, all unbelief is sin.

(And all sin is hypocrisy.)

FOOL!

(No, I just wanted to say that.)

This man is a godly man, listen to what he says even though it does not apply, for it does....

I agree 100% (maybe not that much...but who knows except me and God?)

If all sin is hypocrisy, then Christ drank the world's Hypocrisy to save us?

what?!?

what is this madness?

OP: what do you care if a person is psycic or not? let them drown in their own sin then...strive to be holy..and when you become holy, then you will see the world for what it is, and others for who they are..Then the Holy Spirit will minister to you and reveal to you things which you do not know.
I tell you, who will be with you, when you sit infront of God to be judged? who? Stand fast in God.

 

[visionary]

Pay real close attention to those who claim prophecy .. see if the purpose will glorify man or Glorify God... will it lead you away from the Word or draw you closer to the Word. .. when you entertain the spiritual realm... You need to be praying for the spiritual gift of discernment, so that you are not blink as to what is really going on... May you have the eyes that see as the Lord sees things... and the ears to hear it as the Lord would hear it.. and the wisdom on how to handle it all.

 

[Codger]

Let me explain. In the old testament we know that theres nothing but evil talk about divination and things of that nature. However, we also know that the simple fact of the matter is that the bible tells us that little girls where gifted with prophesy, and Jesus himself knew through his own prophetic ability that a woman had five husbands. My real question is, are modern day psychic that claim to be christians actually witches or is this the prophetic gift of the Holy Spirit? Thanks.

All people can sense things to a degree in the spiritual realm, but some people are simply wired to be able to tune into the spiritual realm much more than most of us. Often they can even see things in this dimension. These super sensitive people can end up as "Psychics." These people are also more prone to becoming "Prophetic" in the Church. I am not one of these super sensitive people. It's mostly a matter of what spirit you are connected with because we are talking about spiritual communication. Psychics see themselves gifted to "Help" others - a very noble cause. Not true. Psychics and necromancers get their information from evil spirits.

Popular today are people on TV (JE) who are necromancers - that is someone who talks to the dead (relatives) for the benefit of the living. This is taboo in the Bible as it involves communication with familiar spirits. Familiar spirits walk amoung us unseen all of the time.They are "familiar" with your family's history for thousands of years. BE CAREFUL NOT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE WILES OF A NECROMANCER JUST BECAUSE HE TELLS YOU SOMETHING FROM THE PAST THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW BECAUSE GOD IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THINGS FROM THE HISTORICAL PAST. This is what convinces millions of people that the necromancer is of God and intends good things. If you follow what they say you will find out that their belief system contains an anti God theology.

Larry

 

[AnswersforChrist]

Thank you Codger for your informative post. It doesn't exactly determine whether or not the woman I was speaking to was using prophetic or psychic ability but thanks anyway.

 

[heron]

It doesn't exactly determine whether or not the woman I was speaking to was using prophetic or psychic ability but thanks anyway.

I don't think charging money determines it either, because some Christian prophets are invited to speak at churches, and their expenses need to be covered somehow.

I agree that some people are born with a higher receptivity. Also, being quiet or calming oneself can help one hear.... putting one's brain into a lower wave state... tuning out daily worries...fasting and intense prayer.

Create a visual picture for yourself:

Prophet
Receptive to hearing
Information comes from God or indirectly through His messengers

Psychic
Receptive to hearing
Information comes from any spirits that offer it


Picture what a spirit is doing all day long. Picking its spirit teeth... getting into people's business... What would you do if you were a spirit without physical needs to clutter your life? A spirit might have an aimlessness, that it does not care whether it does good or bad, because life becomes interesting when they get involved in someone else's life.

If they are roaming with not much else to do (maybe they do), then they will know information about your life, and about the people who they hover around.

And there might be spirits who are angry and think that if their existence is not fair, then they are not going to allow humans' existence to be fair and comfortable.

I am extrapolating way too far into the unknown. But use this to picture what a psychic's spirits might be doing, and why you might get perfectly accurate information one day, and deceptive or harmful information the next.

God wants the best for you -- long term, short term.
Spirits may appear to want the best for you, but are selfish in the long term.

If you ask a spirit for help, you have invited it to get involved in your life. Just take a minute now and speak out that you refuse any input and involvement from ungodly spirits. Don't go into guilt about it; God is all about fresh starts. Guilt gives additional power to evil, by the person giving in to inevitability.