Deborah23
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In the old testament, the prophets were first called Seers, the prophets as the OT progressed gave signs of being like psychics or empaths, it presents the question .. what was the difference between Israel's Prophets and the mediums and witches of surrounding nations? I believe the answer is the Spirit indwelling them.
Now beyond the Old Testament, Jesus indwells us through the Holy Spirit, and it is said that we can partake in the sufferings of Christ, but what sufferings is Paul speaking of? I understand it to mean that Jesus suffers with all of us until time ends and the new world comes into being. There is a concept of "greater works" because we trust in Jesus, and some of those greater works may mimic things that spiritualists in the world do, in the same way the Seers of old mimicked Psychics, Mediums, and Witches .. but surpassed them with the power of the Holy Spirit.
And there inlies the point. The inner reality matters more than mere outer appearances.
I'm currently reading the Watchman Nee "Latent Power of the Soul" that Tobias in earlier posts suggested. However the Gospels say that the yoke will be something like easy because we work with Jesus. Maybe it's my age, maybe it's my illnesses, but the load is not light. I still cannot ask for prayer at my church without saying it's for something so abstract from my actual needs. The obvious is going to another church but all Protestant Churches are very much alike. To go to a charismatic church is too difficult because people openly speak in tongues. When this happens I feel the emotions the speaker is speaking but too many speak in tongues at the same time. I get a headache and my middle is pulled so much I feel that if I don't leave, I fear I will be pulled out of my body. I haven't been to one of these churches for a long time, maybe I can better deal with it now, but I'm not eager to try. Maybe having no place to rest my head is part of it.
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