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Sheep

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I've come upon something very interesting on a Christian site. I was wondering about this the other day, coz of all the Ghost Hunting shows on tv nowadays, if those people truly realize that they are playing with fire. Before I became a reborn Christian, I knew that playing with these things is a big no no.

I agree completely with Mike saying that "God is our Commander-in-Chief, and we need to take our orders directly from Him just like good soldiers do in our military. There is a chain-of-command in the Body of Christ and God and Jesus are the Ones we are to take our orders from"

So how I see it if the Lord Jesus didn't send you to kick some butt, I can promise you, your butt is the one thats going to be kicked...

Enjoy this info:

The Dangers of Ghost Hunting

s many of you know, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of TV shows showing people ghost hunting.
What these people are doing are investigating houses that are supposed to be haunted with some kind of spirits. They then move in with all of their recording equipment trying to capture proof of these spirits in the house with their equipment.
As Christians, is this kind of activity safe to do? For the record, we do not believe Christians should be engaging in this kind of activity unless the Lord Himself is guiding you to do this in order to cast these evil spirits out of the house they are inhabiting.

As we have said before in many of the articles in our Spiritual Warfare section, you should not directly engage with demons unless the Lord Himself is directly authorizing you to do this for Him. God is our Commander-in-Chief, and we need to take our orders direct from Him just like good soldiers do in our military. There is a chain-of-command in the Body of Christ and God and Jesus are the Ones we are to take our orders from.

If we step behind enemy lines, which is what you are doing once you step foot into these types of haunted houses, you could break your hedge of protection with the Lord if He is not directly authorizing you to be doing this in the first place. Many of the people who are ghost hunting in these haunted houses are not Christians. As a result, they could easily open themselves up to heavy demonic attack as a result of seeking after these evil spirits, trying to capture some of them on their recording equipment.

As we have said before, what gets people into major trouble is seeking into Satan’s territory where he and his demons roam and operate in. Step foot into Satan’s
territory without a direct order from the Lord to be doing so, and you could end up with no protection and thus open up both yourselves and your entire family to major demonic attacks.

I have personally never met anyone who actively engages in ghost hunting, but I have seen where other deliverance ministers have. What they have found out with some of them is that the demons will follow some of them home and from there, start to attack both them and some of the members of their own family. One man in particular was on the verge of suicide when God led a Christian his way to explain what had been attacking him.

Once he found out that it was demons who were trying to get him to take his own life, and that what drew this kind of demonic attack into his life was him engaging in ghost hunting, he quickly repented, accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior, and from there, was able to receive a full-scale deliverance from the demons who were attacking him.

Again, doing any type of ghost hunting is just as dangerous and deadly as playing with a ouija board or seeing a psychic. The common denominator in all of these kinds of activities is that you are directly seeking into Satan’s territory where he is operating and playing in.

Seek – and you will make direct contact with these demons. And once you make direct contact with them, they will come after you with a full-scale attack. That is why any form of ghost hunting is so dangerous, because you are trying to make direct contact with these demonic spirits.

In our Spiritual Warfare section, we have three bone-chilling testimonies of people who drew heavy demonic attacks into their lives as a result of engaging with an ouija board, automatic writing, and trying to record UFO phenomena.

What gets some of these people into trouble is thinking they are chasing after ghosts, who they think are dear departed loved ones who are still trapped in the house. What they do not know is that these ghosts are really demons masquerading as these dear departed loved ones.

When people die, they either go straight to heaven or straight to hell. They are not allowed to hang around in the houses they may have died in. As a result, any kind of strange spiritual activity going on in these types of haunted houses is being done by demonic spirits.
Here is a very good verse telling us that we are not to “seek” after familiar spirits and if we do, we will be “defiled” by them. Many of these ghost hunters are trying to speak directly to these spirits, trying to get them to respond back to them in some way. As a result, they are in direct violation of this Scripture verse.

“Give no regard to mediums and FAMILIAR SPIRITS; DO NOT SEEK AFTER THEM, TO BE DEFILED BY THEM: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:31)

I will now leave you with a very interesting video I pulled off from Pat Robertson’s CBN site. The woman who is giving her riveting testimony was raised up as a Christian. Then over the course of her life, she started to practice witchcraft, thinking that she could combine both her Christianity and witchcraft. She made the comment that she simply chose to ignore the warnings in the Bible about anyone engaging in witchcraft.

From there, she stepped into the arena of ghost hunting. As she was investigating a haunted house one day, she said she knew there was a demonic spirit in the house. As soon as she felt its evil presence, she said she had a strong knowing from the Lord to directly cast it out of the house in the name of Jesus. She did, and when she did, she captured on her recording equipment what sounded like a demon screaming as soon as she told it to leave the house in the name of Jesus.

Once she realized that these were really demons in these kinds of houses, and that only the name and power of Jesus could drive them out, she quickly repented before the Lord with her involvement in both the witchcraft and ghost hunting, as she knew now that God’s Word should be taken very literally on these kinds of matters.
She said she had been totally deceived by these demons during the entire time she was in the witchcraft and ghost hunting. She now goes around warning people about the dangers in engaging in these kinds of occult activities.

Please feel free to pass this great video onto your family and friends and anyone else you know who is thinking about engaging in this kind of occult activity. Here is the video:

I've watched the video; my favourite part is where she cast the demon out of the house in the Name of Jesus. Wow, see God gave her another chance and the Holy Spirit told her to cast him out. Amazing, He will truly never leave us, not matter what kind of mess we get ourselves in. Wow, Praise be to God forever and ever. What a faithful God we have.

But unfortunately I'm not allowed to post the link here (TJ rules) but I hope that you've enjoyed this information as much as I did, and now we can all warn others on Ghost Hunting to stay away and give them some scriptures to back our warning.

Blessings to all.

sheep
 
And on the side of reality.............

True do not play with this stuff........

But I find it amusing. People eat it up, sit on the edge of their seat and watch for the Ghost. That Ghost never shows up. The little meter needle swings around and uh oh, there is a ghost, and one of them says, it is cold in here.

But the ghost never shows up, and the promoters of these shows stuff the till with money all over illusion.

It is a bit like chasing the Lizard Man or the Bigfoot. I have never seen either of them either.

Not making light of the spiritual, I can testify it exists, I just find these T.V. shows highly amusing.

Where is the Ghost............there he is.....see the needle. Lol!!

Kit
 
True :) But I've seen them and sometimes still do. Before I was a daughter of the most High, they sometimes appoached me in full view, it scared my our of my scull. But now that I belong to Jesus, they stopped doing that. I can still see them yes and I can identify them in people, but only if the Holy Spirit allows me to see them. They are realy ugly little buggers and believe me, they are not deceised loved ones, for the Holy Spirit lets me see them for what they are.

Anyway, thank you for your comment on this.

Lots of blessings to you in our Lord Jesus Christ.

sheep
 
I am sorry for letting my sense of humor show up.

Playing with the occult, going to see the fortune teller and all these things are as God has told us against his will and not only that he hates it. And he will punish those who chose to become involved in this kind of thing.

I have seen a Demon. An evil one if you will. I was scared for sure. The only thing I knew to do was stand there and say, Jesus it is up to you, HELP!!! It went away and I have never seen such a thing again.

I dunno about this casting out of Demons so popular today. We see it all the time, in the church and on T.V. and so on. If it does happen one thing to do is give God credit for it.

But Gods word tells us not to challenge this situation, even Micheal the Ark Angel told satan, may God rebuke you. Even he feared to tangle with satan.

God protects us from these things when we ask in all sincerity for his protection.

I would be very cautious in the belief of things presented on television shows, be it a ghost show or some T.V. preacher.

We are the prey, and God and Satan are the concerns. I prefer to be Gods prey and avoid Satan. If Satan shows up in temptation or other things, I simply run to God and say.........HELP!!

I did not mean to make light of the serious side. I watch people and they are like a monkey tied to a tree with a rope, they try with all their might to get out of the tree, but the rope holds them.

I see people challenge Satan all the time, as for me, I will not challenge, I will run to God and accept his protection. I am but a man, I have no power over these things. But all of us have Gods protection from them, and when we enter into this occult by choice then things are allowed to come that way.

Long ago I bought a one of those Ouiji boards (however you spell that) It scared me so much I threw it away, then the next day went and got it and burned it and buried the ashes. That thing was alive and it was not fake. I do not mess with such things. Most likely sounds silly to many, but that thing scared me and I wanted no part of it.

Kit
 
True :) But I've seen them and sometimes still do. Before I was a daughter of the most High, they sometimes appoached me in full view, it scared my our of my scull. But now that I belong to Jesus, they stopped doing that. I can still see them yes and I can identify them in people, but only if the Holy Spirit allows me to see them. They are realy ugly little buggers and believe me, they are not deceised loved ones, for the Holy Spirit lets me see them for what they are.

Anyway, thank you for your comment on this.

Lots of blessings to you in our Lord Jesus Christ.

sheep

Sheep, please consider the possibility that if you are seeing ghosts you might be suffering from a treatable affliction.
I am not making light of your situation and this is not a theological debate; I am telling you that there are many people who think invisible entities want something from them and often these entities are perceived as hostile.

I would advise you not to play doctor and try to remedy this situation by yourself but seek a professional diagnosis.

To illustrate how serious this can be; on April 16 , 2007 a mentally ill young men killed 32 students at Virginia tech. His mother, who knew something was wrong with her son, went from church to church in search of one that would be willing to perform an exorcism. She found one.

It would have been much better if she had had a 21st century perspective on mental health.

I am not saying that you are liable to do anything as destructive as the Virginia tech shooter or that there is even a diagnosis to be made, but you should avail yourself of all that modern medicine has to offer and make sure you are OK.

Take care of yourself.

Greets,

Donnie
 
Dear Donnie

Thanks so much for your concern, but I can assure you that this is one of the gifts the Holy Spirit gave me. He gives as He likes and to whom He likes. You call it discering of spirits. I do not just see evil spirits, but I see God's angels aswell - it never often, just sometimes.

One of the angels God commanded to protect me approached me while i was watering my flowers in the garden. I only pray to God my Father and I will NEVER speak to anything else, for that is counted as praying to that thing. So as he approached me, I told him, bow you knee and declare that Jesus is the Son of God Who died for us on the cross. If not, leave me in the Name of Jesus.

He smiled and bowed his head and told me that he has been sent to protect me. Which is good, for I was experiencing allot of attacks form satan. And after that it stoped. Looks like he's doing his job :) - I thank my Jesus Christ for His love and concern for me, oh yes and your concern aswell :)

I'm not sure why I see these things, but I asked the Holy Spirit to guide me in peace and freedom. He tels me that He shows me these things to warn me. If you are on a hill, you can see your enemy comming a long way before he attacks. Please do understand that I don't go out and see it in everyone, I don't want to thank you. But my parents are heathens, they do not believe in Jesus Christ. And the Holy Spirit shows me what I'm up against everytime I visit them. I put on the full armour of God and plead the blood of Jesus over me, before I step into warfare with them. They hang over my parents like filthy rags and not to mention what I see on the inside - not a good site. Hate, hurt, unforgiveness, bitterness, anger, addiction, escape, violance, jeliousy, lying - these are all spirits my brother.

But He who is inside me, are stonger then him who is in the world. I love my parents dearly, I do, but I hate those spirits, and thats why I still go visit them for I hope that the light within me will shine so brightly that they will see it. See the love of Jesus in me.

Its getting to a point where they can't look me in the eyes. Terrible having parents but you feel like an orphan. But I have good courage and my Spirit rejoice in the Lord, for He is my Father and I'm the daughter of the Most High. Amen

Blessings to you in the name of our Jesus Christ

sheep

Ps: Dear Kit.

I like your sense of humor. Life can be to serious at times. We must rejoice for our Father is an everlasting God and we will spend eternity with Him.

Yes I agree with what you say. Those things are dangerous and we need to run to the Lord for protection. Jesus never walked around like a bully trying to cast out every single thing He sees. He had a Spirit of humbleness and humility, He also tels us never to rejoice if our enemy falls and thats how we should be.

Let us always be under His wing, always protected and loved. May His mercy and grace flow over us like the sea, never ending, day by day. In Jesus Name - Amen.

Blessings to you my brother.

sheep
 
be vewy vewy quiet, we are hunting ghost wabbits, hehehehe.

i couldnt resist temptation.


so what do these demons and angels look like?

bible says they can appear as beings of light. i have seen them before. the one i saw close up was black and its eyes glowed blue. it looked like a walking shadow. it knocked on my door when me and an x-gfriend was argueing. i opened and then it laughed and shut the door accross the hallway. it was no where to be found. she saw it too so you cant say i was on drugs. well i guess you could but i dont care. you believe me or you dont. i gain nothing if you do or dont.
 
be vewy vewy quiet, we are hunting ghost wabbits, hehehehe.

i couldnt resist temptation.




bible says they can appear as beings of light. i have seen them before. the one i saw close up was black and its eyes glowed blue. it looked like a walking shadow. it knocked on my door when me and an x-gfriend was argueing. i opened and then it laughed and shut the door accross the hallway. it was no where to be found. she saw it too so you cant say i was on drugs. well i guess you could but i dont care. you believe me or you dont. i gain nothing if you do or dont.

It is one thing to make a spelling error, and no one here minds the odd syntactical misstep, but your efforts to express your thoughts to the audience on this forum seem so lax that you can't even be bothered to heed the little red lines that float under every other word of your post.

There is a reason why the rules of punctuation and capitalization were invented, and that is so other people can discern what the thoughts are that are rattling around in your head.

People might pay more attention to your already peculiar utterances if they weren't captured in such abysmal English.

Donnie
 
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It is one thing to make a spelling error, and no one here minds the odd syntactical misstep, but your efforts to express your thoughts to the audience on this forum seem so lax that you can't even be bothered to heed the little red lines that float under every other word of your post.

There is a reason why the rules of punctuation and capitalization were invented, and that is so other people can discern what the thoughts are that are rattling around in your head.

People might pay more attention to your already peculiar utterances if they weren't captured in such abysmal English.

Donnie


yeah thanks for that. let me clue you in. i am severly dislexic. even when the words are spelled correctly they look wrong to me. so yes i do ignore the red lines that scream you mispelled it. although perhaps you could be edified by reading my typos because i do know God. and from time to time he even speaks to me. and i share.(which is why i post at all) sorry the world and my posts arent perfect for you. here is an option for you if you arent fond of my grammar/typoing(yes typOing) skills- dont read my posts. you can block my posts.

edited part: wondering if you got that the joke part was a refrence to elmer fudd??? you know elmer fudd and bugs bunny? warner bros? jw.
 
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If you believe in something long and hard enough, it becomes real to you, even if it is fiction. Your own mind will bend the truth into what you feel is true. Under these circumstances, you will hear, feel, and even see things that are not actually there. Things that do not exist, and things that only you can hear, feel, or see and no one else. It gets worse as this condition gets worse, because it will stir emotions in those around you and spread to them as well.

I believe that ghosts are imaginary, along with witchcraft and contacting the dead. Ghost hunting isn't real (like stated before "where is the ghost? I don't see it?). These things have as much power as we allow them to have. They are real when we allow them to be real.
 
If you believe in something long and hard enough, it becomes real to you, even if it is fiction. Your own mind will bend the truth into what you feel is true. Under these circumstances, you will hear, feel, and even see things that are not actually there. Things that do not exist, and things that only you can hear, feel, or see and no one else. It gets worse as this condition gets worse, because it will stir emotions in those around you and spread to them as well.

I believe that ghosts are imaginary, along with witchcraft and contacting the dead. Ghost hunting isn't real (like stated before "where is the ghost? I don't see it?). These things have as much power as we allow them to have. They are real when we allow them to be real.


Yep:

God says that to contact fortune tellers and mediums to speak with the dead and or seek communication with the dead or so called ghosts to him is an abomination. To God this is a form of seeking false gods to the spirit world. So by Gods own word it does not exist, dead is dead is dead. All sleep till the day of judgement. But to seek this situation is to God a form of seeking a false god to the spirit world by reliance on ghost hunters.

Not speaking of spirits of angels good or evil ones , but speaking of man made ghosts. Man made ghosts do not exist. Except in the mind.

Casper exists though, I have seen him on T.V.

Kit
 
If you believe in something long and hard enough, it becomes real to you, even if it is fiction. Your own mind will bend the truth into what you feel is true. Under these circumstances, you will hear, feel, and even see things that are not actually there. Things that do not exist, and things that only you can hear, feel, or see and no one else. It gets worse as this condition gets worse, because it will stir emotions in those around you and spread to them as well.

I believe that ghosts are imaginary, along with witchcraft and contacting the dead. Ghost hunting isn't real (like stated before "where is the ghost? I don't see it?). These things have as much power as we allow them to have. They are real when we allow them to be real.

After reading this thread, I have to agree with Fraction here that ghosts are fiction. There has never been a single proven case of a real ghost and all those TV shows trying to make the claim they are capturing ghosts on camera is not only a hoax, but a self delusion at best.

I work with camera (video and still) all the time and when I was a kid we used to fake UFO and ghost photos just for fun. They are doing many of the exact same techniques. Some people just like to be 'scared' to feel an adrenaline rush of some sort, or to make themselves look more important than they really are....unfortunately they are just deluding themselves.

Want proof...ask them. Ask them what is the difference in their ghosts and a self delusion of say, leprechauns.....or fairies. Ask them what is the difference in their belief in ghosts than a belief that Elvis still lives. They cannot answer this question with a logical response and without sounding completely silly.

Anyone gullible enough to be scammed by those shows into believing there are ghosts need a good taste of the only ghost proven to be real..the Holy Ghost.
 
ghosts/spirits are real. take for instance the scripture God is spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

more than likely, if you hunt up a ghost, your trying to communicate with devils/fallen angels/unclean spirits/however you wanna say it. and not dead people.
 
ghosts/spirits are real. take for instance the scripture God is spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

more than likely, if you hunt up a ghost, your trying to communicate with devils/fallen angels/unclean spirits/however you wanna say it. and not dead people.

Considering there has never been a single proven case of an actual ghost, trying to communicate with them is pointless except for simply expanding the delusion in their mind.

Its no different that trying to communicate with real Tritarians.

It just isn't gonna happen lol.

The 'spirit' in that context is a completely different definition than a 'ghost' in the context of worshiping in spirit.

Comparing God to man-made delusions of ghosts is simply not the same and until an actual ghost is proven to be real, then by very definition and logic, no real communication is happening. :wink:
 
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Considering there has never been a single proven case of an actual ghost, trying to communicate with them is pointless except for simply expanding the delusion in their mind.

Its no different that trying to communicate with real Tritarians.

It just isn't gonna happen lol.

The 'spirit' in that context is a completely different definition than a 'ghost' in the context of worshiping in spirit.

Comparing God to man-made delusions of ghosts is simply not the same and until an actual ghost is proven to be real, then by very definition and logic, no real communication is happening. :wink:

God is spirit.
thats the first part of the context. which is what i was refrencing.
i agree some people are delusional. maybe if you read my first post on this thread you may think i am too. :wink: (i know i am not)
 
When one considers the reality of the spiritual warfare being waged all around us "Ghost Hunting" is actually a misnomer. It is we who are being hunted...we are the prey, and stepping into the hunters lair to my mind is tantamount to suicide.

And eddieb, I think we must have seen the same brand of demon. Not long after becoming a Christian I saw several of them at one time...dark shadowy creatures with bright eyes...didn't take notice though what colour. What I did notice was the hair on the back of my neck standing on end and the chills that were jumping all over each other as they chased one another up and down my spine. Thank God for Jesus!
 
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