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| Is it a ghost or a demon? |
A man whose website I won't reveal because I don't want to promote his profession, claims that folks can get in touch with their deceased parents, relatives, friends etc.
This man says that he's had contact with the spiritual realm since he was a young boy. He claims that when he was a child, spirit beings or ghosts began visiting him in his room.
He's drawn pictures of these "beings" and posted them on his website. He's made spirit contact his career. And he travels around the world giving lectures about his experiences with spirits and he teaches folks how to connect with their departed loved ones.
I won't identify the man, but I will tell you that he's the son of a former professional athlete who played here in Chicago many years ago. I doubt that his father's profession had anything to do with his sensitivity to spirits. But then again, who knows?
I'm convinced that the man means well. I don't think that he's into the occult. He claims to be a Roman Catholic who believes in heaven, hell, Jesus Christ, angels and demons.
However, his religion is probably the reason why he embraces such a distorted view of the spiritual realm. The Roman Catholic Church promotes a very unbiblical form of Christianity that defers to church tradition over biblical exegesis.
What does that mean? It means that whenever there's a conflict between the Bible and Catholic teaching concerning a spiritual matter, the Roman church strongly recommends that its members listen to what the church says over what the Bible teaches.
Thus, many Roman Catholics seldom--if ever--read the Bible. And so, they don't know what it says concerning its laws that forbid spiritism.
When you ignore the Bible for tradition or even religious (spiritual) experience, you're on the road to spiritual deception and even oppression. The Bible is very emphatic in its caveats concerning forbidden spiritual contact.
For example, the Lord issued this stern warning through Moses: "I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people." (Leviticus 18:6)
Under the Mosaic Law, the penalty for those who made unlawful contact with the spiritual realm was capital punishment: "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their heads." (Leviticus 20:27)
Certainly, many folks who attempt contact with the spiritual realm have probably never read those two scriptures. Or, if they have, they don't believe that those biblical caveats apply to them. They will usually argue that those laws applied only to the ancient Jews.
Nonsense. Those laws are part of God's universal laws that apply to everyone. They were given by God to Moses to teach them to the nation of Israel that was supposed to teach them to all the nations of the world. And those laws are also written on the hearts of all human beings. (Romans 2:15)
What happens when you attempt to contact the spiritual realm? You're likely to make contact with demons that are experts at impersonating the dead. They'll masquerade as the person you're seeking, and they'll come equipped with enough information to convince you that they're indeed that person.
But they're not. They're demons in the service of Satan sent to deceive you. What's their goal? To prevent your salvation by convincing you that (1) no judgment exists after death; (2) all religions lead to God; (3) there is no such place as hell and (4) Jesus Christ wasn't God but rather a highly evolved holy man.
The antidote for spiritual deception is the wisdom of God's word contained in the Bible. As the word says: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." (Proverbs 1:7)
I'm convinced that the man means well. I don't think that he's into the occult. He claims to be a Roman Catholic who believes in heaven, hell, Jesus Christ, angels and demons.
However, his religion is probably the reason why he embraces such a distorted view of the spiritual realm. The Roman Catholic Church promotes a very unbiblical form of Christianity that defers to church tradition over biblical exegesis.
What does that mean? It means that whenever there's a conflict between the Bible and Catholic teaching concerning a spiritual matter, the Roman church strongly recommends that its members listen to what the church says over what the Bible teaches.
Thus, many Roman Catholics seldom--if ever--read the Bible. And so, they don't know what it says concerning its laws that forbid spiritism.
When you ignore the Bible for tradition or even religious (spiritual) experience, you're on the road to spiritual deception and even oppression. The Bible is very emphatic in its caveats concerning forbidden spiritual contact.
For example, the Lord issued this stern warning through Moses: "I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people." (Leviticus 18:6)
Under the Mosaic Law, the penalty for those who made unlawful contact with the spiritual realm was capital punishment: "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their heads." (Leviticus 20:27)
Certainly, many folks who attempt contact with the spiritual realm have probably never read those two scriptures. Or, if they have, they don't believe that those biblical caveats apply to them. They will usually argue that those laws applied only to the ancient Jews.
Nonsense. Those laws are part of God's universal laws that apply to everyone. They were given by God to Moses to teach them to the nation of Israel that was supposed to teach them to all the nations of the world. And those laws are also written on the hearts of all human beings. (Romans 2:15)
What happens when you attempt to contact the spiritual realm? You're likely to make contact with demons that are experts at impersonating the dead. They'll masquerade as the person you're seeking, and they'll come equipped with enough information to convince you that they're indeed that person.
But they're not. They're demons in the service of Satan sent to deceive you. What's their goal? To prevent your salvation by convincing you that (1) no judgment exists after death; (2) all religions lead to God; (3) there is no such place as hell and (4) Jesus Christ wasn't God but rather a highly evolved holy man.
The antidote for spiritual deception is the wisdom of God's word contained in the Bible. As the word says: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." (Proverbs 1:7)
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