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Posted By Ken Brown on September 27, 2009
My father was on a construction project endeavoring to position a very large piece of equipment close to where it would be most efficiently used. A significant effort was to no avail. Finally, my father told his co-worker they were just going to have to leave the equipment where it was and walk back and forth to it from their project to use it. He then said, “If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must come to the mountain.”
His co-worker was immediately offended and scolded back, “Don’t quote the Bible to me!” Now I’m guessing that my father’s co-worker may have been the only person on the planet who has EVER thought that the above line about Mohammed and the mountain came from the Bible. Maybe I’m wrong. But I’ll bet there are other lines you have heard incorrectly attributed to the Bible. I’d love to hear your stories. Your comments on this will be interesting and informative. Or maybe you have questions. Does such and such come from the Bible? We would love to hear from you too.
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Since it is close to Halloween, I’d like to know what does the Bible say about ghosts? I like watching Ghost Hunters on the SyFy Network and they often tell people that most ghosts are friendly, but that some are not. is this true?
Hi Curious,
Thanks for your participation.
I think you can forget about the SyFy channel as a souce for any spiritual truth. There is not in the Bible any such thing as a ghost as portrayed on SyFy. There are, however, spirit beings. God is spirit (John 4:24). His angels are also spirit beings. The Devil is a spirit being. He commands a host of spirit beings that God’s Word refers to as devil spirits, evil spirits, or unclean spirits. They are all bad.
Their activities are recorded in a number of places in the Bible. Acts 19:13 and following is one example. There are a number of records of Jesus casting unclean spirits out of people. Luke 9:38 and following is one example.
The Greek word for spirit in God’s Word is “pneuma.” In the King James Version, this word is some times translated as ghost. These occurences are almost always when pneuma is coupled with the word for holy, thus the term, “holy ghost.” The term never refers, however, to anything like what you see on SyFy. It generally refers either to God or to the spirit of God within believers.
Thanks again for your interest.
I often hear people use the phrase, “Let go and let God.” But where is this actually taught in the Bible?
Hi Dean,
Good question. I’m glad you asked.
The line, “Let go and let God,†does not appear in the Bible. It is one of those catchy statements that get passed around. Does it promote something that is taught in God’s Word? That depends on what people mean when they say it. I am not convinced that everyone who uses the line means exactly the same thing by it.
I do not personally ever use it. I try to use the words and phrases God used in His Word to communicate spiritual matters, rather than employ phraseology of my own, as though I were coming up with a “better†way to say it. I am always highly suspect of catchy lines.
The meaning I have associated with, “Let go and let God,†is basically, turn to Him rather than try to do it all yourself. When faced with adversity, rather than coming up with your own plan without God’s involvement and grinding it out no matter what, ask for His help. Listen to His guidance, and follow Him. Allow our heavenly Father to be involved rather than push through whatever you have decided is the most “reasonable†course. If that is what other people mean by the line, then it is documentable in God’s Word.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Thanks again for your question. We appreciate you participation.