Ghosts. What do you really think about them? If someone pushes us, most will admit how degree of love for scary stories. But what about the reports of real ghosts, even by sincere Christians few questions seem to know what you think. But if we look at the scriptures,we find solid answers, even on this murky subject.
Both children and adults alike wonder about the existence of ghosts. Some reject the notion. Others insist that ghosts exist and cite experiences. their own or friend-to-friend stories- as proof.
But what is a ghost, although definitions vary, the most common one is that ghosts are disembodied spirits of dead people that linger on earth. According to tradition, ghosts are invisible but can permit humans to see them.
Of course, either a thing exists or it doesn’t. No amount of belief will cause ghosts to exist if they don’t; nor could a personal opinion cause ghosts not to exist If, in fact, they do exist. Because a person’s belief in ghosts creates very serious are far-reaching ramifications it’s a topic that no Christian should ignore.
Tales involving apparitions trip down to earth from ancient times. Various languages contributed words such as wraith, phantom, specter, shade, banshee, and poltergeist. Some stories prove nothing, except that the concept goes back a long way. In fact even Jesus’s disciples mistook Him for a spirit when He appeared walking on the sea at night (Mark 6:49).
Most reports of ghost sightings include details that defy logic. For instance, most alleged apparitions are clothed. If a ghost is a spirit of a dead person, shouldn’t the spirit of fear“ after shutting, its earthly body, and its garments? Is want to conclude that pants, shirts, dresses, and medieval armor contains spirit of their own, that faithfully cling to the ghost of a person?
Further challenges of logic stem from stories of ghost ships (like as the Flying Dutchman), ghost trains, and similar accounts. Does a vehicle constructed by human hands gain s “soul” that reappears later?
People who listen to ghost stories around the campfire, understand that their friends have concocted the tales. They wish to embellish a spooky, darn naturally explains the addition of Synthroid decals as ghostly nightgown and horse carriages. But what about people who insist they really did she spirit manifestations, Is it possible that some individuals, including sincere, Bible – believing Christians truly observe supernatural apparitions?
What Does The Bible Say?
Our Creator of the universe -God offers solid answers to man’s questions. His Word, the Bible, is the foundation for understanding both the disable, invisible world, because God is Lord of both the natural and the supernatural. Regardless of whether a question concerns, the origin of life or human souls, the first resource to check is God‘s Word.
The Bible never portrays souls of lingering after death, (the immediate destination of heaven, or hell) rules out this idea. See, Luke 16:22-23, Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 5:8. Yet Scripture bluntly affirms the existence of immaterial intelligences. Mark 5:2-15 details Jesus’s encounter with a man in-dwelt by a multitude of unclean spirits. Jesus ordered them out, but permit them to enter a herd of swine. In Samaria, Phillip preached and “unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed” (Acts 8:7). Later, Acts 19:14-17) tells of a man inhabited by a demon. The sons of Sceva tried to exorcise it, but the man attacked them. however, these aren’t ghosts; They’re demons – fallen angels, governed by Satan (Matthew 12:22-28).
The very fact that humans can enter human or animal bodies, shows that they pass through barriers that would restrict human beings… demons are not human; neither are they God. But they are super human with superior, intelligence and experience and powers. To deny the existence of demon is not skepticism; it only displays ignorance. Could be unrealistic about their power is foolhardy.
Interestingly, the Bible record, one occasion, when the living appeared to contact the dead. King Saul donned a disguise and visited a medium to summon the dead prophet Samuel. (1 Samuel 28;7-21). An apparition that look, like Samuel appeared to the witch – causing her to cry out in freight
However, this passage doesn’t suggest that séances work, and it absolutely does not condone witchcraft. Some scholars believe that God sent Samuel on this unique occasion. But others, believe a demon was impersonating the prophet based on the fact that he made some false claims. Some believe that the apparition was scented to warn that all of Saul’s sons would die on the next day, but some survived.
Either way, the emphasis is that Saul had sunk so low that he tried to dabble in the occult, which God condemns. The next day Saul died.
Grave Conclusions
No evidence has produced to the single fact that should sway a Christian into believing that the spirits of deceased people can loiter on earth. In the light of the Bible, the only conclusion is that ghost sightings are either the figment of overactive imagination, or else they are demons.
People sometimes genuinely encounter a spirit entity – though not a dead human. Some people encounter demonic spirits, who may mimic dead people in order to deceive the living (1 John 4:1; 1 Timothy 4:1-3).
But why would demons want to deceive the living by impersonating the dead?
As servants of Satan and enemies of God, they would have every reason to cast out on God‘s word, and it’s warning about future judgment. Getting people to believe in ghosts automatically forces them to reject key verses in the Bible, like Hebrews 9:27.
Do you believe in ghosts? The question is huge. Coming to the wrong conclusion about the afterlife had eternal consequences, and the wrong choice on this side of the grave can condemn a soul to eternal agony on the other side.
When my Father passed away I was at his home, looking for some papers I needed. And a seen my Father walk across the hallway. I knew it probably was just my imagination. Sometimes we are very close to our loved ones, our brains create a prediction of what’s “out there.” It is a revised feedback from the world, and forms the bases of what we perceive. Our perception is an edited hallucination. I was so used to seeing my Father in his home, it was the perception of my Father always being there for me. This has a term it’s called “bereavement hallucination.”
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