Modern spiritualism denies all that is distinctive in the Bible, and therefore in Christianity. It denies: -
(1) The inspiration of the Bible.
(2) The fall of man.
(3) The deity of the Lord Jesus.
(4) The atonement.
(5) The existence of a personal devil.
(6) The existence of demons.
(7) The existence of hell.
All these the Bible affirms. Either the Bible affirmation or the Spiritualistic denial is correct. Whichever is correct proves the other system to be entirely false. There is no room for the two systems.
The following quotation from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's " The New Revelation," amply proves the foregoing statement:-
" Christianity must change or perish... One can see no justice in a vicarious sacrifice, nor in the God who could be placated by such means. Above all, many cannot understand such expressions as ' the redemption from sin,' cleansed by the blood of the Lamb,' and so forth.. Never was there any evidence of a fall, then what became of the atonement, of the redemption, or original sin, or a large part of Christian mystical philosophy " (pp. 71, 72).
Sir A. C. Doyle ventures to quote Scripture approvingly when it says, " Try the spirits whether they be of God " (1 John 4:11Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)). He thinks this is an invitation to go to spiritualistic séances. But the test is to find out whether the spirits confess that Jesus Christ is come in flesh. If they do not, the spirits are " NOT of God," but have the " spirit of antichrist." To acknowledge Jesus Christ cone in flesh is to acknowledge His Godhead, and His Manhood and His atoning work. It is to acknowledge all His claims.