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NASB | 1 Samuel 28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed with a loud voice; and she said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!" |
Subject: What was the answer? |
Bible Note: Graceful God didn’t perform anything He allowed what the medium wanted in sin to manifest. The medium was still in sin the fact that she got the real Samuel instead of one of Satan’s demons doesn’t not change that fact. Saul was in sin asking for the medium to tell his future. God simply allowed to sinful people to get what they thought they wanted. Saul was looking for assurance that he would prevail and that God was with him. The medium thought she would bring forth a lying spirit that would tell Saul he would live long and prosper and she would be rewarded. Suddenly God revealed both their sins by manifesting Samuel which brought conviction to the medium thus she shrieked and to Saul for seeking the medium in the first place. Tell me you don’t see the same thing in 1 Kings 22:20-22 "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this while another said that. 21"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' 22"The LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.' If you read 1 kings 13 as I asked you to read you saw the same thing happen again. The old prophet lied. God said if the prophet lies he is to be stoned. God then used that same lying prophet to tell the young prophet of his death. Surely you can see the similarity EdB |