what you're asking for is proof of God. Jesus told Peter "this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven" if you haven't received a personal revelation from God then your asking the wrong place, cause everyone here is merely flesh and blood.I am asking, have you been contacted by God WITH proofs given you through miraculous revelations? Scriptures speak of God personally revealing himself through personal contacts throughout history. And there were always miraculous revelations experienced by the people God communicated with in that personal way.
Thank you. Yes, many of the miracles the prophets in the Bible saw also were only proven to others after others saw what they were told by them came true. And many of those things still have not come true, yet are accepted by a great many people because those experiences are in scripture. But proving my experience and asking others to prove theirs was not the purpose of this thread. I asked instead for them to share theirs. They will know if God proved he communicated.Thank you. I was mainly wondering if you were speaking of outward proofs, miracles that may be apparent to others. But your experiences are consistent with the testimonies of many, many others down through the centuries. It was proven to yourself in ineffable ways, that only you can know. It generally works that way.
When my brother was a kid, he had severe emetaphobia. He wouldn't eat because he was terrified of vomiting. He got really skinny and was constantly afraid, became ocd, and the fear spread to being germophobic. My parents didn't know what to do because of how bad his anxiety was, and prayed for help.I am asking, have you been contacted by God WITH proofs given you through miraculous revelations? Scriptures speak of God personally revealing himself through personal contacts throughout history. And there were always miraculous revelations experienced by the people God communicated with in that personal way.
I once asked a woman soliciting donations for the pastor of a large Christian radio ministry, if that pastor had ever been personally contacted by God. The pastor's name I won't give out, but he is so famous most of you have heard of him. She, the pastor's fund raiser, got rather defensive, and said she didn't know if he had been or not, and she continued she would never ask him that question. I asked, why not? I cannot remember her answer; but I do remember I took her demeanor when responding to my question as being contrary to how people who wrote the Bible felt about the subject. If authors of scripture shared her point of view we wouldn't have scripture. They would have considered it inappropriate to share their stories.
That opinion of hers no doubt is shared by some Christians, but I know not all. Because some have shared their experiences with me, some personal, others they heard about from relatives.
The type of godly experiences I'm asking for are those contacts that give undeniable proofs to the recipient their revelation was from God or one of his spiritual messengers. The only way one could know for sure would be if godly manifestations were present, evidenced through miracles. When God contacts people he makes it extremely clear to them that there could be nothing that could have been merely coincidental, or imagined because of a medical deficiency in the recipient. How could one know? Look into scripture. God always furnishes undeniable proofs to his recipients of such messages.
Thank you in advance for your responses. And if you wonder. I have had such experiences myself. In the past.
what you're asking for is proof of God. Jesus told Peter "this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven" if you haven't received a personal revelation from God then your asking the wrong place, cause everyone here is merely flesh and blood.
Thank you very much for sharing that experience with us MournfulWatcher. I was shown in the New World we will remember our experiences that are ever so painful now, but then we will view them as just experiences with absolutely no pain attached to the memories. And we will be totally content. I hope to meet you in the New World or in heaven. May God be with you until that day.When my brother was a kid, he had severe emetaphobia. He wouldn't eat because he was terrified of vomiting. He got really skinny and was constantly afraid, became ocd, and the fear spread to being germophobic. My parents didn't know what to do because of how bad his anxiety was, and prayed for help.
One day my family went to see a play depicting the Passion. Afterwards they got an opportunity to meet the actors and so they went to meet the actor playing Peter. As they approached him, the man said "Here is John, who has nothing to fear." (He was speaking to my brother whose name is is John). They had never met this man in their life. After getting to know him he told then that he lived in the Hermitage in that town. My brother has never forgot his words.
Historically the church has a rich history of these experiences or revelations. And another reason that they're ineffable is because of the content itself which often cannot be put into human words or concepts. There's just nothing in ordinary experience that they can be related to without doing them diservice. But they're often meant to be shared as best as the person can. Discretion is called for though as acceptance isn't always forthcoming.Thank you. Yes, many of the miracles the prophets in the Bible saw also were only proven to others after others saw what they were told come true. And many of those things still have not come true, yet are accepted by a great many people because those experiences are in scripture. But proving my experience and asking others to prove theirs was not the purpose of this thread. I asked instead for them to share theirs. They will know if God proved he communicated.
I first learned scripture as a member of a religion that taught God no longer contacts people today, due to their mistaken interpretation 1Corinthians 13:10. Therefore, I didn't believe God contacted people today until he contacted me. Prior to that I was even skeptical of stories I heard about modern day demonic activity experienced by humans today, even though my previous church organization taught that still happens.
However, after I was contacted by God I did learn, and it was only from experience, that God still does contact people in our day, just as he did throughout biblical history. That is something difficult for people to accept if they've had no such experience. Prior to mine I was a person that believed some person sharing such a story read something into an experience they had that wasn't really accurate. I wouldn't doubt their honesty. I'd doubt their judgment to the point of non-belief. But yes, GOD DOES CONTACT PEOPLE IN OUR DAY. That's a fact. And thank you for your response.
I would say it was ineffable because how can you describe every minute detail from any experience we have? Even if I told you details about dozens of the things I saw and felt, you would miss the minute details. But I still remember each detail after 10 and even 15 years. Now I know the biblical experiences the prophets recorded are vague sketches of what they actually experienced. Because God communicates by actually taking his recipients to what he wants them to see, and shows it to them through a living experience. In that way God communicates much more effectively than we can.
There are no such miracles today, per 1Corinthians 13:10, my old church teaches. But I say there are.
Yes I have heard God speak and send me places and evidence His calm in many ways and seen miraculous things often.I am asking, have you been contacted by God WITH proofs given you through miraculous revelations? Scriptures speak of God personally revealing himself through personal contacts throughout history. And there were always miraculous revelations experienced by the people God communicated with in that personal way.
I once asked a woman soliciting donations for the pastor of a large Christian radio ministry, if that pastor had ever been personally contacted by God. The pastor's name I won't give out, but he is so famous most of you have heard of him. She, the pastor's fund raiser, got rather defensive, and said she didn't know if he had been or not, and she continued she would never ask him that question. I asked, why not? I cannot remember her answer; but I do remember I took her demeanor when responding to my question as being contrary to how people who wrote the Bible felt about the subject. If authors of scripture shared her point of view we wouldn't have scripture. They would have considered it inappropriate to share their stories.
That opinion of hers no doubt is shared by some Christians, but I know not all. Because some have shared their experiences with me, some personal, others they heard about from relatives.
The type of godly experiences I'm asking for are those contacts that give undeniable proofs to the recipient their revelation was from God or one of his spiritual messengers. The only way one could know for sure would be if godly manifestations were present, evidenced through miracles. When God contacts people he makes it extremely clear to them that there could be nothing that could have been merely coincidental, or imagined because of a medical deficiency in the recipient. How could one know? Look into scripture. God always furnishes undeniable proofs to his recipients of such messages.
Thank you in advance for your responses. And if you wonder. I have had such experiences myself. In the past.
Thank you Swan 7.@Woke
If I am understanding your post correctly, yes God has given me a very personal revelation of where He was guiding me. When I received it I knew it wasn't like anything I had ever experienced before, but I didn't know what it meant. Much like Daniel, I had to ask Him for the meaning - which came at the appointed time.
Thank you so much for sharing LoveofTruth. It's really beautiful that so many like you are not afraid to share their experiences. I have never heard so many experiences like these before. Thanks again.Yes I have heard God speak and send me places and evidence His calm in many ways and seen miraculous things often.
You are correct. But the only reason you know about him is because he performed miracles. No miracles and you'd be in the dark. There would be no biblical writing or any reputable stories at all about God, not even verbal ones. You only know him because he's miraculously communicated with others. If not for that, your God would be your superstition, like the people who worship false Gods. It would be the same.God doesn't have to perform miracles for us to believe in Him. I believed in God ever since I was a child, before I saw any miracles. Plus, Jesus says, "Blessed is he who believes but has not seen."
Thanks for sharing Chris.I've had several of those 'mountain top' experiences replete with synchronous coincidences obviously preordained to the point where I'll never doubt His existence. I think I heard His voice, or a voice once, telling me to 'call Greg now!" George was a new employee at the company I was working at who was also a pastor of his church. I called him at the exact moment that his company car broke down It was right at quitting time on a Friday and he was in the middle of nowhere. I was able to coordinate getting him a tow and getting a rental car company to pick him up at the scene right before closing time. That 'call Greg now!' was a direct order.
I have to disagree, when I was a child I never witnessed a miracle, but I believed in God. I had this drop of faith within me, that grew and grew and now my faith is unshakeable.But the only reason you know about him is because he performed miracles.
I don't belief that to be true.When God contacts people he makes it extremely clear to them that there could be nothing that could have been merely coincidental, or imagined because of a medical deficiency in the recipient. How could one know? Look into scripture. God always furnishes undeniable proofs to his recipients of such messages.
I am hesitant to answer here. I just know that, although healthy skepticism is a good thing, claims like this are also often met with the attitude of "Yeah, right." LOL.I am asking, have you been contacted by God WITH proofs given you through miraculous revelations? Scriptures speak of God personally revealing himself through personal contacts throughout history. And there were always miraculous revelations experienced by the people God communicated with in that personal way.
I once asked a woman soliciting donations for the pastor of a large Christian radio ministry, if that pastor had ever been personally contacted by God. The pastor's name I won't give out, but he is so famous most of you have heard of him. She, the pastor's fund raiser, got rather defensive, and said she didn't know if he had been or not, and she continued she would never ask him that question. I asked, why not? I cannot remember her answer; but I do remember I took her demeanor when responding to my question as being contrary to how people who wrote the Bible felt about the subject. If authors of scripture shared her point of view we wouldn't have scripture. They would have considered it inappropriate to share their stories.
That opinion of hers no doubt is shared by some Christians, but I know not all. Because some have shared their experiences with me, some personal, others they heard about from relatives.
The type of godly experiences I'm asking for are those contacts that give undeniable proofs to the recipient their revelation was from God or one of his spiritual messengers. The only way one could know for sure would be if godly manifestations were present, evidenced through miracles. When God contacts people he makes it extremely clear to them that there could be nothing that could have been merely coincidental, or imagined because of a medical deficiency in the recipient. How could one know? Look into scripture. God always furnishes undeniable proofs to his recipients of such messages.
Thank you in advance for your responses. And if you wonder. I have had such experiences myself. In the past.