ok can you back this up with scripture? think of passages that specifically tell us some are meant to be teachers. That is teachers as in teaching us the word. Do you count that as listening to God only? just curiosity is all.
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that's a good question and point, for sure ... curiosity is a good thing ... well, mostly
well, no, I'm not sure I can back that up with scripture and I'm not inclined to think I should have to ... it goes considerably deeper and was a personal revelation concerning the time I'm on the internet ... it would be like a series of scriptures, meditation on the scriptures, asking Him for understanding, etc. ... and I don't feel that's anything but personal and in no way applies to the subject at hand ... the reason I put it there was toward keeping my ears and eyes open ... I'm all ears to learn ... properly learn ...
the starting point is scripture and as it turns out this was moved to a Christian advice forum ... I would think that would mean giving Christian advice ... not advice from the world view ... I'm plenty open to learning from all kinds of teachers ... however, it's been shown to me and the Word says not to accept anything if it doesn't follow suit with the Word ... for me that eliminates the possibility of accepting until I do see the scripture ... had I seen a scripture that can be linked from UFO to demon, I would have been able to go look and see for myself, as could all ... I offered my scriptures to the op ... I felt it was fair to request the same from others ... and still do thin that ... I still would not have discussed it here ... it was never my intent to discuss UFO's ...
the only scripture that anywhere near was given was a loose 'well, I know they talk about them Eziekiel 1' or something to that effect ... seriously, someone should take that as evidence :o ... common sense, alone, dictates the answer to that ... one would think if someone's so sure they speak the truth, they should be able to give a little more than that ... instead it was chosen to go take something posted on a completely different thread, completely out of context and use it to 'spread the truth' ... sorry, that goes with 'what have you rejected lately, because if you haven't rejected anything, you've accepted everything' ... and we're left right where we were with that ... i.e. the world's view ... because any thing less than starting with the Word is the world's view ... I can't conceive that any one would honestly think it was anything else ...
on teachers ... the Lord says He will send us teachers ... and so He does ... He also says we need only Him to teach us ... so to understand that together, rather than see it as contradictory, I set to understand ... the Lord says
seek and
ye shall find ... so I did ... and so I did ... I came to understand by sending us teachers, He is teaching us by leading, guiding, and directing us ... the place where it goes wrong, if one isn't careful, is leaving out the Holy Spirit in the factor ... not every one is meant to be a teacher of Truth ... and anyone who is must certainly be prepared to give scriptures ... all would be very wise to read all the passages against false teachers ... particualrily the time we live in ... in just even understanding that there will be more lies than Truth, I can't imagine why man would take anything less than the word as Truth ... in context ...
the Holy Spirit is the One who gives discernment who to listen to and who not ...
but, and I say again,
but ... we can't exect Him to lead, guide, and direct us into the deeper Truth without doing our homework ... and that means knowing what the Word says on the scriptures first ... well, actually, it means having a personal relationship with Him first ... by study of His Word, prayer, etc. I understand
from the Word not to have teachers who base things on anything other than the Bible, ... as the Word also says, wisdom and understanding come from Him ... Proverbs 1:7 ... the
beginning of understanding is fear of Him ... fear in this case being reverance ... it begins with Him ... if we leave out the Holy Spirit by going to the world for our understanding and wisdom ... well, then we get the world's understanding and wisdom and we can all see how that's going across the world ... the Holy Spirit can't be factored out from the gate ... and I'm not going to, God willing ...
... I see nowhere in the Bible are we instructed to teach someone how not to be afraid by giving them the 'wisdom' of the world ... it's the truth
of the world ... the Truth of the Lord is in the Word ... precept by precept ... scripture by scripture ... in proper context ... there is not one single thing the world knows that the Lord doesn't ... either a person believes that or they don't ... it's yea or nay ... no in between ... and we don't live in a time we can dawdle on that ...
as it turns out ... there's many, many scriptures speaking to this subject of UFO's ... but who would know unless they took the time ...
i.e. sought Him ...
to whomsoever ... I thought since so many are bent I give my view or have determined my view, I'd post this little tickler ... there is a relatively large segment that believes God, Himself, (am I saying me ... maybe yes, maybe no ... that's for others to find
IN THE WORD ... anyway, a segment believes God, Himself, came on an ... if that's the case it would be, Identified, I suppose ... FO ...
when I came to understand this was one possibility, it became ever more clear how important it is to start with the Word ... I choose not to be one who said they were demon based just because it's the popular theory of the world and can be 'proven' by the world ... I chose to go look for myself ... that takes work ... not just a peek ... it mortifies me to think of the mere possibility of going around saying they're demons and later maybe finding out that God came in one ...
sorry, people ... can you say for sure you know He didn't? ... and back it up with scriptures ... just because someone claims they know ... well, no one really knows if they do or not ...
especially without scriptures ... and especially on the internet ... a wildly unregulated beast ... the One and only One that knows the heart and mind (to me they're one and the same) of another is the Lord ...
... well, I
can say one way or another ... but I choose not to ... some places just aren't the right time and not the right place ... and some things aren't for me to 'deal in' ... in other words, not my calling ... and
remember, I didn't say one way or another ... I
am saying, it would include wisdom to make absolutley sure of what you speak ... the Word says what comes out of the mouth is what defiles ... and there
is a scripture for that, as well ... and all
willface judgement ... I strive to keep my record clean there ... but hey, like I said ... everyone of us can be wrong or guilty ... God can't ...
lilmiss