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Paranormal: Ghosts
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Podcast points
- Affirmed in the Bible? No -- only popular superstition.
- Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:49 (walking on the sea).
- Luke 24:37, 39 (post-resurrection).
- There are, however, spirit beings.
- And in the case of demonic possession, there is a sort of haunting. For more, listen to the podcast on Demon Possession.
- Note: Job 4:15 and Isa 29:4 do not prove support the popular notion.
- Not the same as demons.
- The spirits of the dead do not come back.
- Listen to the podcast in this series on What Happens After We Die?
- See also Heb 9:27.
- The dead are in Hades (Sheol), the waiting place, until the resurrection of the dead and the Judgment. Listen also to the podcast on The Resurrection of the Dead.
- Psychological aspect
- Superstition
- Fear
- Hallucination
- Ghosts discovered in old houses?
- Magnetic fields
- Dust in random motion
- Creaking sounds (subsidence, e.g.)
- Association with death common in old structures.
- Jesus came to destroy our fear of death (Heb 2:15).
Conclusion
- Be sensible, not superstitious. Fiction is fiction.
- While there may be spirit beings in our world, the spirits of departed humans do not "come back to haunt us."
- Engage in the conversation; people are interested in the paranormal and many are willing to listen. This can be an opening for the gospel.
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