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They are also not afraid of Jesus' name. Some have taught and some have believed that Jesus' name is like a "charm" against evil. But that is not true.
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But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” And seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. (NASB) Acts 19:13-16 |
The power is the indwelling Holy Spirit in the life of a true Christian.
Avoid Them. Any activity associated with the occult is strictly prohibited by God including communing with the dead. Here are a few references.
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Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. (NASB) Leviticus 19:31
As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists . . . I will also set My face against that person . . . (NASB) Leviticus 20:6
Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine. Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones . . . (NASB) Leviticus 20:26-27
There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD . . . (NASB) Deuteronomy 18:10-12 |
Conclusion: Your granddaughters may have seen ghosts. Christians need to resist them and not be afraid (James 4:7) and we should not have anything to do with them. |
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