so I'm a christian too, but I was thinking, I don't believe in ghost. But don't I? I mean father, son and the holy spirt/ghost? Because it's the holy ghost doesn't that mean there are other ghost that are not holy and just random? I dunno just wondering.
2007-06-11 11:00:47 · 7 answers · asked by Jaroo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Spirits, both good and evil, are real. In Christian tradition they are called angels and demons respectively. The Holy Spirit is of course God. But none of these spirits are what people usually mean by the term "ghost", namely the spiritual remains of a dead human being. This idea is not in accord with Christian teaching. The spirits of dead humans are in heaven or hell, not wandering about the earth clanking chains and throwing objects.
2007-06-11 11:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
those are all one honey, Jesus is the father, son, and the holy spirit, the spirit isn't seomthing that goes boo in the night or spookes ppl doing the day, ITs Gods spirit inside you, when you repent and God fills you with his spirit HIS soul has come into you and that is the best thing in the world, then after you get that he'll fill you with the holy ghost wtih evidence of speaking in other tongues as said in the holy bible acts 2:38 its also said in John, that a man MUST be baptised in the spirit and by the water. so read your bible and learn the REAL way to heaven, so many ppl don't read their bibles when the answer is right there, i was catholic before and God opened my eyes when he gave me the holy Ghost..and its cause i took the time to read my bible God Bless i'll be praying for you
2007-06-11 18:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by L.R. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are other spirits but, most of them, that we can see today, are not holy and I also want to say that they are not your long lost grandma or anything like that. For people there is death and then judgment and that is it. If the Devil can get people to think there is a chance that you can just hang around after death and haunt people , he will try that because then people will not feel any urgency in repenting. They will just think ho hum, if I don't convert or quit sinning I will just become a ghost or maybe the all time charade pulled off by Satan the Re-incarnation thing.
2007-06-11 18:13:02 · answer #3 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is confusing at times, so I simply use the holy spirit, I to do not believe in ghosts, sin, or the devil that many do, I am catholic and I simply believe in God and the wise teachings Christ left us nothing more and nothing less. May God Bless.
2007-06-11 18:12:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is "The Lord and Giver of Life who proceeds from the Father and the Son". He's the very love and lif of God!
2007-06-11 18:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question you think that Jesus was referring to a ghost but I think something was lost in the translation somewhere. Jesus was talking about God spirit. are there other spirits according to christian teachings yes our souls are spirit . There are many Saint that people have prayed to and say they have an in-counter with. soooooo who rally knows.
2007-06-11 19:09:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Holy Ghost
The Third Person of the Blessed Trinity is the Holy Spirit, Who is One with the Father and the Son:
"And I will ask the Father and He shall give you another Paraclete, (Holy Spirit)..." St. John 14:16 "...The Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name; He will teach you all things..." St. John 14:26
Note here, the Three Divine Persons working together in unity as ONE; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
"But when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will teach you all Truth. For He shall not speak of Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak; and the things that are to come, He shall shew you." St. John 16:13
In this verse, it will be neither the Father nor the Son who will teach them all 'Truth', but it will be the Holy Spirit and 'He will teach them all things'. The words 'He' and 'Himself' signify a personality of His own; the Third Divine Person in One Undivided GOD. This is the Blessed Trinity, revealed by Scripture, yet denied by many who fall within the following verses.
"The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, nor knoweth Him; but you shall knoweth Him, because He shall abide with you and shall be in you." St. John 14:7
Notice how Jesus continually referred to the Holy Spirit in the words 'He' and 'Him', indicating that the Holy Spirit is distinct in Person, yet equal to the Father and the Son, as He is ONE with the Father and the Son.
It is clear from the following verse that the Holy Spirit is GOD. When you sin against the Holy Spirit, you sin against GOD.
"Why hath satan tempted thy heart, that thou shoudst lie to the Holy Ghost...Thou hast not lied to men, but to GOD." The Acts 5:3-4
"And there are Three Who give testimony in Heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are ONE." 1 St. John 5:7 1 St. John 5:7 reveals Jesus as being the 'Word', as the Son, Who was 'with GOD' in the 'beginning' as mentioned (St. John 1:1), and the 'Word' taking 'Flesh' and becoming 'Man' (St. John 1:14).
These verses have proven that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, though Thy are Three, yet They are ONE. This UNDIVIDED ONENESS (1 St. John 5:7) is the Blessed Trinity, ONE GOD.
Holy Scripture reveals the Blessed Trinity as GOD even before creation itself.
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with GOD and the Word was GOD." St. John 1:1
"In the beginning GOD created Heaven and earth." Genesis 17:5
Notice the 'Word' (Jesus), is GOD in the 'beginning' (St. John 1:1), Who 'created Heaven and earth' in the beginning (Genesis 1:1). Without Jesus, Who is GOD, nothing was made.
"All things were made by Him; and without Him was made nothing that was made." St. John 1:3
"And now glorify thou Me, O' Father, with Thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with Thee." St. John 17:5
"Behold a Virgin shall be with Child and bring forth a Son and they shall call His Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, GOD with us." St. Matthew 1:23
The Book of Genesis foreshadows the Trinity as Three distinct Divine Persons. After the Triune GOD had created Heaven and earth, They created man.
"And He said: 'Let Us make man in our Image and Likeness'...'And GOD created man to His Own Image; to the Image of GOD, He created him'..." Genesis 1:26
When GOD made man, He made him in His 'Image', the Image of GOD. When GOD took 'Flesh' and became 'Man', He was still GOD and still in 'His Own Image', hence the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
"And He said: 'Behold Adam is become one of Us, knowing good and evil'..." Genesis 3:22
"Let Us go down and there confound their tongues." Genesis 11:7
Remember that the 'Word' (Jesus) was 'with' GOD and 'was' GOD in the 'beginning' (St. John 1:1), and in each verse of the Book of Genesis, GOD revealed His Divinity referring to Himself 'let us' rather than 'I will'.
The Persons of the Blessed Trinity are working together in unity, in ONE UNDIVIDED GODHEAD.
Before Jesus Ascended into Heaven, He ordered His Apostles and Disciples to go out and make disciples of all nations and to Baptize all those who embrace the Faith in the Name of the Blessed Trinity.
"Going therefore, teach ye all nations; Baptizing in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world." St. Matthew 28:19-20
Jesus, knowing that He is to Ascend into Heaven, promised to send the Holy Spirit; and He will 'teach them all things' (St. John 14:16,26), (St. John 16:13). Jesus in His own words: "I Am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world", by His Ascension, Jesus has revealed Himself to be ONE with the Holy Spirit, to teach us 'all things' and to be with us always, to the end of time.
The Blessed Trinity are Three Divine Persons with Three distinct roles:
GOD the Father: The Creator (Gen 1:1, Jn 1:1) GOD the Son: The Redeemer (Jn 1:1,14) GOD the Holy Spirit: The Sanctifier (Jn 14:16-17,26, Mt 28:20)
2007-06-11 18:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by C R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋