I know a lot of stuff is preached in naija about demon possession and spiritual attacks and spiritual warfare etc etc etc. The spirits even have names. Can someone please tell me what a "familiar sprirt" is, what it does, how it was identified and named, what bible verses refer to this spirit(s), and any other spirit you might be familiar (no pun intended) with. Are there even any others?

Thank u. 


Tudor abeg soffly soffly

The deliverance ministry is a complex arena. very complex.

and yes spirits do have names!

". . .What Is A Familiar Spirit?"

The word familiar is from the Latin familiaris, meaning a "household servant," and is intended to express the idea that sorcerers had spirits as their servants ready to obey their commands. Those attempting to contact the dead, usually have some sort of spirit guide who communicates with them. These are familiar spirits.
To this day, familiar spirits (demons) are under the control of Our master, Satan.
Some avenues through which demons, a.k.a. "familiar spirits," can gain entrance into a person's life are divination, transcendental meditation, visualization, necromancy, witchcraft, drugs, and alcohol. These are all activities i commanded even to put into life practice.Instead, we are to be filled with the Higher-power's from darkest force, with love, with joy, and with the fullness of life that comes from SATAN. We are also to be on guard.

Ogaga4Luv:

". . .What Is A Familiar Spirit?"

The word familiar is from the Latin familiaris, meaning a "household servant," and is intended to express the idea that sorcerers had spirits as their servants ready to obey their commands. Those attempting to contact the dead, usually have some sort of spirit guide who communicates with them. These are familiar spirits.
To this day, familiar spirits (demons) are under the control of Our master, Satan.
Some avenues through which demons, a.k.a. "familiar spirits," can gain entrance into a person's life are divination, transcendental meditation, visualization, necromancy, witchcraft, drugs, and alcohol. These are all activities i commanded even to put into life practice.Instead, we are to be filled with the Higher-power's from darkest force, with love, with joy, and with the fullness of life that comes from SATAN. We are also to be on guard.

Did Satan reveal this to you personally? Where does the doctrine of satanism come from?

posakosa:

The deliverance ministry is a complex arena. very complex.

and yes spirits do have names!

The only name i know is familiar spirit. What are the other names?

Krayola,
    I didn't know either how that term came to be, it is not in the bible. So I hopped over to wiki and found this, hope it helps. Apparently the term/concept did not originate in Nigeria.

A familiar spirit, imp, or familiar (from Middle English familiar, related to family) is an animal-shaped spirit who serves for witchery, a demon, or other magician-related subjects.

Familiars serve their owners as domestic servants, farmhands, spies, and companions, and may help bewitch enemies. Familiars are also said to inspire artists and writers (see Tutelary spirit, Power Animal and compare Muse).

Familiars are considered an identifying characteristic of early modern English witchcraft, and serve as one feature setting it apart from European witchcraft. For the western hemisphere, see Nagual.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit

Krayola2:

Did Satan reveal this to you personally? Where does the doctrine of satanism come from?




The only name i know is familiar spirit. What are the other names?

Do you live in Nigeria ?

Well I know many people in the deliverance ministry,

Water Spirit (mami water)
Snake Spirit
Satan/Devil
Witchcraft/Wizards spirit
Spirit Husband/water
Spirits in the air, land, and sea
Antichrist
Obangje
Spirit of Death and Hell
Spirit of Poverty
Spirit of almost there
and many more

Krayola2:

I know a lot of stuff is preached in naija about demon possession and spiritual attacks and spiritual warfare etc etc etc. The spirits even have names. Can someone please tell me what a "familiar sprirt" is, what it does, how it was identified and named, what bible verses refer to this spirit(s), and any other spirit you might be familiar (no pun intended) with. Are there even any others?

Thank u. 


Tudor abeg soffly soffly 

Haba. . .wetin you bin expect say i go do. . .raise hell?

posakosa:


Do you live in Nigeria ?

I don't live in Nigeria. I live in North America.

posakosa:

Well I know many people in the deliverance ministry,

I never knew there was a separate type of ministry for deliverance.  Are they the ones that diagnose what type of demon/spirit is troubling the person?

posakosa:

Water Spirit (mami water)
Snake Spirit
Satan/Devil
Witchcraft/Wizards spirit
Spirit Husband/water
Spirits in the air, land, and sea
Antichrist
Obangje
Spirit of Death and Hell
Spirit of Poverty
Spirit of almost there
and many more

that's a lot of spirits
Is there a specific bible verse or prayer and deliverance specialist for each type of spirit or is it a one-size-fits-all type thing? Sorry if i'm asking too many questions. . . just really curious about this stuff.

Tudór:

Haba. . .wetin you bin expect say i go do. . .raise hell? 

haha.  I know say u be loose cannon. . .u no send nobody!

@ Jeseoul @ Ogaga4luv. thanks for the replies. that stuff was helpful

posakosa:


Do you live in Nigeria ?

Well I know many people in the deliverance ministry,

Water Spirit (mami water)
Snake Spirit
Satan/Devil
Witchcraft/Wizards spirit
Spirit Husband/water
Spirits in the air, land, and sea
Antichrist
Obangje
Spirit of Death and Hell
Spirit of Poverty
Spirit of almost there
and many more

that was hilarious. . . .spirit of almost there . . . .wetin man no go hear again!

noetic2:

that was hilarious. . . .spirit of almost there . . . .wetin man no go hear again!

What is so funny about that? U don't believe in it so it's ok to laugh at it?

Krayola2:

What is so funny about that? U don't believe in it so it's ok to laugh at it?

sounds like u believe is spirits?. . . . .huh?

I don't believe in spirits. But maybe i should. . . It seems like there are a lot of them

You do though. . . don't u?

Krayola2:

I don't live in Nigeria. I live in North America.

I never knew there was a separate type of ministry for deliverance.  Are they the ones that diagnose what type of demon/spirit is troubling the person?

that's a lot of spirits
Is there a specific bible verse or prayer and deliverance specialist for each type of spirit or is it a one-size-fits-all type thing? Sorry if i'm asking too many questions. . . just really curious about this stuff.


haha.  I know say u be loose cannon. . .u no send nobody!

Well, if you live in North America, you can't really experience the deliverance ministry like that, its more prominent in Nigeria.

Yes, after much counseling they provide a diagnosis.

Yes, there are lots of spirits and yes, there are specific bible verses.

No there is not a deliverance specialist for each spirit. A deliverance minister should be trained to address the various types of spirits.

btw, How old are you ? You really have to believe in this stuff to want to "go there" because these spirits fight back.

Often times many people don't believe until they experience such.

noetic2:

that was hilarious. . . .spirit of almost there . . . .wetin man no go hear again!

Abi now,


There are some people who "almost get there" and then last minute things just fall apart. Some deliverance ministers attribute such to a spirit. It prevents people from getting to where they are supposed to be in life.

posakosa:

Well, if you live in North America, you can't really experience the deliverance ministry like that,  its more prominent in Nigeria.

I grew up in Nigeria, though, and I never heard about those types of spirits before. Is it a new thing or have u always known about it?

posakosa:

Yes, after much counseling they provide a diagnosis.

Do u know any books I can read about it? If there is a church that sells that type of literature please let me know and I can find one of their branches here and check it out.

posakosa:

Yes, there are lots of spirits and yes, there are specific bible verses.

Can u please give me an example?

posakosa:

btw, How old are you ?

I'm 20+++.

posakosa:


You really have to believe in this stuff to want to "go there" because these spirits fight back.

Dont worry. . I'm a bad guy!!! I sabi tae-kwon-do 

posakosa:

Often times many people don't believe until they experience such.

Do u believe in it? I know that is kinda personal so u don't have to respond. . .but did u have to experience it to believe it?

JeSoul:


Krayola,
    I didn't know either how that term came to be, it is not in the bible . . .

@JeSoul

Not in the Bible really? . . .

Anyway Krayola check out these below references . . .

Leviticus 19:31:


Leviticus 19:31

King James Version (KJV)
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them:
I am the LORD your God.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Don't make yourselves disgusting to me by going to people who claim they can talk to the dead.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
`Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits;
and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I [am] Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 20:6:


Leviticus 20:6

King James Version (KJV)
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits,
and after wizards, to go a whoring after them,
I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)
I will be your enemy if you go to someone who claims to speak with the dead,
and I will destroy you from among my people.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits,
and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person,
and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Deuteronomy 18:10-11:


Deuteronomy 18:10-11

King James Version (KJV)
¹⁰There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire,
or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

¹¹ Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

1 Samuel 28:7:


1 Samuel 28:7

King James Version (KJV)
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit,
that I may go to her, and enquire of her.
And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

2 Kings 23:24:


2 Kings 23:24

King James Version (KJV)
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols,
and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away,
that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book
that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 8:19:


Isaiah 8:19

King James Version (KJV)
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits,
and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

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Well I'll be damned Thanks Recognise, I haven't seen the exact phrase before because I am guilty of being an unrepentant NIV user which does not use the term 'familiar'. But yeah thanks for setting me straight.

JeSoul:


Well I'll be damned . . .

I haven't seen the exact phrase before

because I am guilty of being an unrepentant NIV user which does not use the term 'familiar'.

But yeah thanks for setting me straight.

@JeSoul

- JeSoul

Jay its aiight! . . .

Was surprised at your oversight considering your knack with the word

but hey the ommission is making sense now that you admitted the NIV partiality,  

I use all available translations/versions to gain an almost comprehensive idea of what's usually happening . . .

I lay them out in parallel, and literally "chew up the chicken & spit out the bones" if you know what I mean

To be honest with you, KJV is your best bet, yep can be a pain at times to comprehend and/or follow

but when used inconjunction with other translations the scales fall off

By the way I've been a long admirer of your music . . . its brilliant

and your postings/responses among a list of other posters, I ardently follow, check and read . . . 

PS: Also know you were joking but still you aint damned, and need to watch that because:

Proverbs 6:2 (KJV) - Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Something like if you dont mean it, dont say or think it like fingers tongue has the power of life and death

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A spirit that you are familiar with.

Krayola2:

I don't believe in spirits. But maybe i should. . . It seems like there are a lot of them

You do though. . . don't u?

yes I do. . . .but not in a superstitious way.

why are u so bothered about spirits?. . . .are u convinced that u are possessed by an evil spirit?

@Recognise,

you'd be suprised at how many things I don't know . That's why we need other believers around so we can sharpen each other and you've sharpened me just a lil bit today .

You're right in that the KJV is the "purest" of translations and a lot of the time the power with which certain phrases were spoken get watered down with each new translation. But I wouldn't trade the ease of understanding & simplicity of versions like the NIV for the KJV. Funny enough I was "brought up" with the KJV so I know all my memory verses in KJV lol. But yeah there's much merit to using all versions during study . . . something I should apparently do more of

and I am thrilled you enjoy the music that's a blessing to hear. If you're so inclined shoot me your email address and I'll send you some. Godbless!

Krayola2:

I grew up in Nigeria, though, and I never heard about those types of spirits before. Is it a new thing or have u always known about it?

Do u know any books I can read about it? If there is a church that sells that type of literature please let me know and I can find one of their branches here and check it out.

Can u please give me an example?


I'm 20+++.

Dont worry. . I'm a bad guy!!! I sabi tae-kwon-do 

Do u believe in it? I know that is kinda personal so u don't have to respond. . .but did u have to experience it to believe it?

Where in Nigeria did you grow up ? These spirits are not a new phenomenon. I have always known about it. One of dad's close friends is a deliverance minister and I've always grew up around this. Makes one a curious cat you know.


I think that MFM has popular books on deliverance. Like I said you have to know what you are getting into.

Do I believe in it ? Of course I do. But then I also think that many of the people in Nigeria who experience such may also be considered psychiatric patients,

Growing up, we had one housemaid who was a witch, its a very long story. But women in their 60s always called her "Mommy" apparently she claimed to be a big woman in the witchcraft realm and she revealed a lot of spiritual things to my momma!

Goodluck in your search for knowledge,

Why do all the so called spirit exist only in Nigeria?!

brein:

Why do all the so called spirit exist only in Nigeria?!

They exist everywhere,   Most Africans call it "deliverance,"  Europeans/Americans refer to it as "Exorcism"

JeSoul:


  . . . be suprised at how many things I don't know .

That's why we need other believers around so we can sharpen each other

and you've sharpened me just a lil bit today .

You're right in that the KJV is the "purest" of translations

and a lot of the time the power with which certain phrases were spoken

get watered down with each new translation.

But I wouldn't trade the ease of understanding & simplicity of versions like the NIV for the KJV.

Funny enough I was "brought up" with the KJV so I know all my memory verses in KJV lol.

But yeah there's much merit to using all versions during study

. . . something I should apparently do more of

. . . thrilled you enjoy the music . . . blessing to hear.

. . . shoot me your email address and I'll send you some. Godbless!

@JeSoul

- JeSoul

Why would anyone use the NIV and use it exclusively for that matter?

Jay, am not quite sure how to gently drop this . . .

I'll hint you anyway and give you pointers that NIV is dodgy when used all by itself . . .

If you know half the story, you'll probably be wary of the NIV and likely drop it like a hot potato

NIV is to be used with caution, extreme caution ^{. . . - reiterating by "eating NIV the chicken & spitting out the bones"}

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According to Wikipedia.org, the New International Bible (NIV) is the most popular Bible version today. 

What Zondervan Publishers won't DARE tell you is that they are OWNED by Harper Collins,

who also publishes The Satanic Bible and The Joy of Gay Sex. 

Doesn't it seem odd to anyone and a love for Christ that the world's largest Bible publisher (Zondervan) is owned by the same company, HarperCollins, that publishes The Satanic Bible and The Joy of Gay Sex." 

Every pastor and Christian using the NIV are supporting these demonic publications. 

For an idea of the perversions of NIV (i.e. the New International perversion) Click here

PS: Kay aint got your addy & Krayola2 sorry for the temporary digression

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