When legitimate forms of divination within Israel’s religion failed, Saul resorted to a pagan form, known as “necromancy,” which involved trying to contact the spirits of the dead. The Bible forbids pagan divination or fortune-telling because it is based on the idea of Fate, not on belief in a living God who rules all things with justice and love. Deuteronomy 18:10–14 sternly forbids us to resort to any form of fortune-telling. Meanwhile, the New Testament gives us no explicit command to “find God’s
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