I've shown you dozens of scriptures that prove beyond all doubt that the dead know nothing. You won't have any of them. God knows I have labored to show you these things. So have others.
"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not love the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." (2 Thess 2:9-12)
Elin,, one of us is wrong. Satan won't be able to decieve me thru personating the dead.
But, if a dead loved one appeared before you in an apparition,, you would believe it. So it's quite apparent that Satan could decieve you thru the agency of the dead. You already have the foundation that the dead are alive in some fashion. I reject it, totally.
Satan cannot decieve me thru the agency of the dead. It would not be possible. Jesus said that Satan would attempt to decieve the "elect" if that were possible. But it isn't,, because I believe the dead are just that, DEAD! They can't communicate with the living. So,, I know immedietly that when a dead person appears before me,, it is a Demon!