Evangelical Lutheran Paranormal Belief

Evangelical Lutheran Paranormal Belief does not support a belief in the paranormal but however individual members have their own beliefs and this is often as stated in the Christian bible.

In the Christian bible as a part of christian paranormal belief it is stated, that is forbidden that believers attempt contact with malevolent spirits that pretend to be spirits of the dead, as stated in Deuteronomy 18:11 and that the dead should not have contact with the living as stated in Luke 16:19-31.

Evangelical Lutheran paranormal belief is this contact results in contact with spirits that are not of the dead but malevolent spirits which are deceitful and pretending to be such and as such are commanded by Satan and are named as demons, evil spirits and unclean spirits.

Evangelical Lutheran paranormal belief is these spirits are familiar with the recent dead and is the reason why they have knowledge with intimate name details, places, situations and circumstances. In the bible this is referred to as a familiar spirit, Isaiah 29:4.

Evangelical Lutheran paranormal belief is that the plan of demon spirits to become interested in all that they do especially the wonders they seem to b e able to perform and thus affect people and move them away from their relationship with God.

Often those interested in the paranormal including ghosts and end up experimenting with other activities such as Ouija boards, tarot cards, astrology, fortune telling etc. The search for spirituality often results in delving deeper into the occult which results in an ever increasing downward slope into the occult.

As stated in the bible it is believed that Satan will have then "blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Cor. 4:4).

Christians believe in God and in the Devil and believe that God is stronger than the Devil.

Christians believe in the rite of exorcism to rid those possessed by evil spirits of said evil spirits This rite must be performed by an ordained priest who is specially trained for this purpose.

God created everything that is perfect, and anything that Satan created is not perfect. It is quite clear then that sin itself would have been created by Satan, and not God, it is also then quite clear that God can do anything-God is perfection. God is love.

Satan is not.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a Protestant Religion headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and originated on January 1, 1988.

It was the result of the merging of three churches the Lutheran Church in America, the American Lutheran Church and the association of Evangelical Churches.

It has a membership of close to 5 million adherents.

There are two other major Lutheran groups in the USA, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Wisconsin Synod totaling approximately 3 million adherents

Lutheranism is a major branch of Christianity that follows the teachings of the 16th century German reformer Martin Luther. Luther reformation efforts in theology and practice were the cause of the Protestant Reformation.

Although the Lutheran church retains much of the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran split was a result of the doctrine of Justification which advocates “by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone”. The Roman Catholic view is of “faith formed by love or faith and works”.

The church is headed by a Presiding Bishop, who is elected by the Churchwide Assembly for a term of six years. The Church is divided into 65 synods.

Many of the local congregations are legally independent non-profit corporations and own their own property. Actual governing practice within the congregation ranges from congregational-meeting led (more common in smaller churches), through elder- and council-led, to congregations where the senior pastor wields great, if informal, power (more common in larger churches).

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