May we make contact with the dead?

May we make contact with the dead?

Steven Dubee 

This is not a formal teaching, just a short piece to get us thinking.
Many people try to make contact with dead family members through mediums. TV programs around this subject have millions of viewers around the world. In South Africa we also have forefather worshipping on a huge scale. Can these mediums really make contact with the dead? Where are the dead and can they influence us in any way? We will have a look at it in a later lecture.
Our immediate problem is the thousands of Christians trying to make contact with spirits of their dead family members or who partake in forefather worshipping. What is God's response to this and what does The Bible say about it?
I am going to quote just two verses from The Bible.
Lev 20:6  And the soul that turns to mediums, and to spirit-knowers, to go lusting after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
God does not want us to try and contact the dead. It does not matter whether your loved one was saved or not, He will turn away from you.
Isa 8:19  And when they shall say to you, Seek to the mediums and to wizards who peep and mutter; should not a people seek to their God, than for the living to the dead?
If somebody refers you to these mediums, God asks you to turn towards Him. He is alive.