And yet, so crafty is the enemy, that the demons often advise the uninitiated to pray and to read, the Bible. While the immediate purpose of such advice is to gain the victims confidence for themselves, the ultimate object is to undermine faith in the Scripures. The demons giving such advice are well described as " seducing spirits," and their doctrines as "the doctrines of devils."
A gentleman, after much persuasion, attended a spiritualistic seance. The spirit through the medium advised him to give up smoking and drinking, to read his Bible, and pray. The advice was good, but the object in giving it was as wicked as could be. Thrown off his guard, it had its hoped-for effect. The gentleman put confidence in Spiritualism, and he became a regular attender. Little by little he was ensnared, until, under its advanced teaching, he was led to give up belief in the Bible. He became a confirmed infidel.
A lady, a Christian worker, was persuaded to attend a Spiritualistic meeting. She, too, was advised to read the Bible and pray. This led her to believe that the spirit of a Christian was speaking to her. When "the seducing spirits" had thus gained her confidence, they led her to question certain parts of the Bible as true. The result was that she became a complete infidel, going absolutely to the bad, not only spiritually but morally. "By their fruits ye shall know them."
In the temptation in the wilderness we see how Satan, the prince of the demons, quoted Scripture, leaving out an essential part of the quotation for his own evil purpose; and we see how a text of Scripture sufficed for his defeat. Scripture clearly indicates deceitfulness as his chief characteristic.