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PARANORMAL Experiences that lie outside the range of normal experience or scientific explanation. SUBJECTS. Supernatural Occult Miracles Magic Poltergeist Spirits Hauntings Ghosts Psychokinesis ESP Psychic Ouija Reincarnation UFO Cryptids Aura Clairvoyance Parapsychology Exorcism
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PARANORMALExperiences that lie outside the range of normal experience or scientific explanation.
SUBJECTS Supernatural Occult Miracles Magic Poltergeist Spirits Hauntings Ghosts Psychokinesis ESP Psychic Ouija Reincarnation UFO Cryptids Aura Clairvoyance Parapsychology Exorcism Shadow People Mediums Ectoplasm Spirit Photography Demons Afterlife
EXODUS 22:18 “Do not allow a sorceress to live.”
PARANORMAL WARNINGS Deut 18:10-11 2 Chron 33:6 Micah 5:12 1 Sam 15:23 Gal 5:20 Lev 19:31 Lev 20:6 Lev 20:27 2 Kings 21:6 Isa 8:19 Isa 19:3 Dan 2:10 Exodus 7:11,22; 8:7,19; 9:11
REASONS 1. Puts faith in things other than God. 2. Diverts your energy. 3. Doesn’t address the real issues. 4. Is an inferior solution.
POSITION # 1 These powers, events, and people were and are real.
POSITION # 2 These powers, events, and people were real in the past, but are not today.
POSITION # 3 These powers, people, and events are a scam.
POSITION # 4 A COMBINATION OF THESE #1 Were and are real. #2 Were in the past, but not today. #3 Were and are a scam
Solution # 1Look for Biblical Answers Phil 2:12 We are free moral agents I Cor 10:13 We all face the same things. Rom 8:28 All things work to the good I John 3:8 Jesus destroyed Satan’s work Heb 4:15 Jesus was tempted as we are There are scams - Acts 19:13-16, I Sam 28
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS • 1 John 4:1 “Do not trust every spirit my friend, but test the spirits to see if they come from God.,”
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS • 1 Timothy 4:1 • “God’s spirit specifically tells us that in later times some will desert the faith because they continuously give their attention to deceiving spirits and demonic teachings”
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS Look at the history – VonDaniken Look at the history – Aminityville Horror Look at the history – Barney and Betty Hill
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS Look at the history – VonDaniken Look at the history – Aminityville Horror Look at the history – Barney and Betty Hill
LOOK FOR HUMAN CAUSES SENSE PROBLEMS – REVERSE IMAGES, FALSE SOUNDS, CONTRAST ISSUES ETC.