Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (Jas.-4: 7.)
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring [angry] lion, walket. about, seek-
ing whom he may devour: whom resist, steadfast in the
faith.”-I
Pet. 5: 8, 9.
But while able to tell thingspasf andpresmt, these
evil intelligences are quite unable to do more than guess
at the future. Yet these guesses are often so skillfully
stated as to satisfy the inquirer and yet appear true, if
the result should be the opposite of his ex-tion.
Thus the oracle of Delphi having been consulted by
Crcesus demonstrated to him a super-human knowledge
of present things, and when he, having thus gained
coofidence in it, inquired through its mediunrs,
“whether’he should lead an army against the Per-
sians,” the answer as recorded by Herodotus the his-
torian was, “By crossing the Halys, Crasus Will destroy
a mighty power! ‘ ‘ Relying upon this, Croesus attacked
the Persians and was defeated. His own mightypower
was destroyed! History is full of such evidences that
the demons know not the future; and God’s Word
challenges all such, saying,-
“Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth
your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them
bring them forth and show us what shall happen. kt
them show the former things [things brfore or to come]
what they be, that we may consider them, and know
the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
Show the things that are to come hereafter, tht we may
Know thatye aregods.”-Isa.
41 : 21, 23.
But where was Samuel the prophet, if Saul would
be with Aim the day following? Clearly the meeting
place would not be heaven, for wicked Saul was surely