The Paranormal

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”

“‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. — read the full passage →

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; — read the full passage →

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten. — read the full passage →

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. — read the full passage →

In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, “Know assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men.” — read the full passage →

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. — read the full passage →

As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

neither give place to the devil.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. — read the full passage →

saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’ — read the full passage →

After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. — read the full passage →

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?” Saul answered, “I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.”

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

“‘A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.’”

He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God; — read the full passage →

They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. — read the full passage →

In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. — read the full passage →

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, — read the full passage →

Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body.

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.

There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’

When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

They remembered his words,

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”

He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come. — read the full passage →

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →

Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.