God speaking to you

I am curious also. Following this thread to see what others say!

It is something we learn to recognise.

John
NZ

Test what you are hearing by Scripture. Does it match up with Scripture, does it go against what God's word says, etc.?

Does it point to Yeshua?

Celticroots said:

How do you know it points to God? other than comparing it with scripture?

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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:1-2)

As is plain from these verse, "hearing" the voice of God does not require some ritualistic or ceremonial practice or practices, but rather simply the submission of ourselves wholly to the revealed will of God. There are no other means for determining that you are hearing God's voice than to compare the "words" of the voice to Scripture. If you really want to know what God's will is then you have to endeavor to become comprehensively familiar with His general revelation in Scripture, and understand that special revelation will never contradict general revelation. Think of it, in human terms, like how you would determine if something is or is not from any given human person once it is conveyed to you. For you to distinguish between facts and fictions regarding the deliverances of a person, you must first be familiar with the nature and will of that person as it has already been revealed and made plain to you. After all, how else could you come to reliably know the nature of a person than the means they have provided for communicating themselves? It seems intuitively obvious.

So, to expound on this example, imagine the scenario of a husband and a wife. They have been married for many years, and over that course of time have had many conversations, shared experiences, and observable interactions between themselves and other people that have allowed us to become thoroughly familiar and intimate with their person. One of the qualities that the wife has learned of her husband beyond a shadow of a doubt is his insurmountable faithfulness. Regardless of what anyone else claims, she knows this to be absolutely, immutably true. One day, she hears a rumor from a friend that when her husband was at work she saw him with another woman and it appeared as though he was close and flirting with her from a distance. Automatically, she responds with little more than amusement thinking that this must have been one of his sisters whom he is close to, or simply a mistaken perception or exaggeration on the part of her friend. She knows this must be the case because she knows him. Additionally, on another occasion, she hears from one of her friends that, while they were at a social gathering, her husband was belittling her in a variety of ways to everybody in her absence, even providing some details as to what was spoken. Again, having become comprehensively intimate and familiar with her husband's person over the long course of time they have been married, she is certain that he could not have done this and wouldn't speak in that manner, and that her friend must be jealous of their relationship or motivated by some other malevolent intention and attempting to incite strife between the married couple.

Now if the wife were to have neglected intimacy in any way with her husband over those years and was not attentive to how he speaks, reacts, and generally behaves in any given scenario, she would not have had the confidence she did in any of these situations about the reliability of the claims. I use these examples because they are relatable and are analogous to the deceptions Satan often produces regarding God's intentions and will for us, that God no longer desires or has affection for us; that God surveys our faults and sins and see us as pathetic, intolerable, unlovable, unforgivable. The point is, in short, that if you do not become familiar with the person, will, and nature of God, you will not be sensitive to his voice when He speaks to be able to aptly distinguish between His words and another voice speaking falsely on His behalf.

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. (1 Kings 19:11-12)

This is not to say that God never speaks in obvious or dramatic ways (which He unarguably has on many occasions), but that we can't expect that when He speaks it will always be made obvious for all to apprehend. In fact, it is clear from the scriptures that God often intentionally communicates Himself subtly so that He will not be heard or understood by any who do not diligently seek to know Him and His will. Consider the answer to the disciples from Jesus when, "The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." (Matthew 13:10-14) It is clear, then, that God intends for us to become actively involved in seeking His "face", in knowing Him and His will and demonstrating the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives to rouse a real and genuine desire for all things that are of God. After all, the purpose of our salvation is to bring us into relation and oneness with Him, and their is effort that must be expressed on our behalf in coming to know fully the person of God. It is also explicated in the Scriptures that God's will is often expressed in intentionally subtle ways to ensure any such person who does not seek God in this way will remain ignorant.

I would conclude with a word of caution (perhaps encouragement) to not presume this is the case in every instance in which we are not certain of God's will. In this case, I would refer you to the event in Acts 1: "Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles." (Acts 1:24-26) Obviously, the disciples themselves, despite their very personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the fruitfulness in their lives by the work of the Holy Spirit, did not always apprehend the will of God by a mere "voice", in whatever sense. Sometimes we are required by the circumstances God, in His providence, has lead us towards to trust in Him to lead us rightly in these paths of our lives when we are doing everything in our limited human power, knowledge, and scope of human abilities to glorify Him. If your heart is sincere, God will always speak to you or guide you in the way you should go. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Thir7ySev3n said:

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:1-2)

As is plain from these verse, "hearing" the voice of God does not require some ritualistic or ceremonial practice or practices, but rather simply the submission of ourselves wholly to the revealed will of God. There are no other means for determining that you are hearing God's voice than to compare the "words" of the voice to Scripture. If you really want to know what God's will is then you have to endeavor to become comprehensively familiar with His general revelation in Scripture, and understand that special revelation will never contradict general revelation. Think of it, in human terms, like how you would determine if something is or is not from any given human person once it is conveyed to you. For you to distinguish between facts and fictions regarding the deliverances of a person, you must first be familiar with the nature and will of that person as it has already been revealed and made plain to you. After all, how else could you come to reliably know the nature of a person than the means they have provided for communicating themselves? It seems intuitively obvious.

So, to expound on this example, imagine the scenario of a husband and a wife. They have been married for many years, and over that course of time have had many conversations, shared experiences, and observable interactions between themselves and other people that have allowed us to become thoroughly familiar and intimate with their person. One of the qualities that the wife has learned of her husband beyond a shadow of a doubt is his insurmountable faithfulness. Regardless of what anyone else claims, she knows this to be absolutely, immutably true. One day, she hears a rumor from a friend that when her husband was at work she saw him with another woman and it appeared as though he was close and flirting with her from a distance. Automatically, she responds with little more than amusement thinking that this must have been one of his sisters whom he is close to, or simply a mistaken perception or exaggeration on the part of her friend. She knows this must be the case because she knows him. Additionally, on another occasion, she hears from one of her friends that, while they were at a social gathering, her husband was belittling her in a variety of ways to everybody in her absence, even providing some details as to what was spoken. Again, having become comprehensively intimate and familiar with her husband's person over the long course of time they have been married, she is certain that he could not have done this and wouldn't speak in that manner, and that her friend must be jealous of their relationship or motivated by some other malevolent intention and attempting to incite strife between the married couple.

Now if the wife were to have neglected intimacy in any way with her husband over those years and was not attentive to how he speaks, reacts, and generally behaves in any given scenario, she would not have had the confidence she did in any of these situations about the reliability of the claims. I use these examples because they are relatable and are analogous to the deceptions Satan often produces regarding God's intentions and will for us, that God no longer desires or has affection for us; that God surveys our faults and sins and see us as pathetic, intolerable, unlovable, unforgivable. The point is, in short, that if you do not become familiar with the person, will, and nature of God, you will not be sensitive to his voice when He speaks to be able to aptly distinguish between His words and another voice speaking falsely on His behalf.

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. (1 Kings 19:11-12)

This is not to say that God never speaks in obvious or dramatic ways (which He unarguably has on many occasions), but that we can't expect that when He speaks it will always be made obvious for all to apprehend. In fact, it is clear from the scriptures that God often intentionally communicates Himself subtly so that He will not be heard or understood by any who do not diligently seek to know Him and His will. Consider the answer to the disciples from Jesus when, "The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." (Matthew 13:10-14) It is clear, then, that God intends for us to become actively involved in seeking His "face", in knowing Him and His will and demonstrating the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives to rouse a real and genuine desire for all things that are of God. After all, the purpose of our salvation is to bring us into relation and oneness with Him, and their is effort that must be expressed on our behalf in coming to know fully the person of God. It is also explicated in the Scriptures that God's will is often expressed in intentionally subtle ways to ensure any such person who does not seek God in this way will remain ignorant.

I would conclude with a word of caution (perhaps encouragement) to not presume this is the case in every instance in which we are not certain of God's will. In this case, I would refer you to the event in Acts 1: "Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles." (Acts 1:24-26) Obviously, the disciples themselves, despite their very personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the fruitfulness in their lives by the work of the Holy Spirit, did not always apprehend the will of God by a mere "voice", in whatever sense. Sometimes we are required by the circumstances God, in His providence, has lead us towards to trust in Him to lead us rightly in these paths of our lives when we are doing everything in our limited human power, knowledge, and scope of human abilities to glorify Him. If your heart is sincere, God will always speak to you or guide you in the way you should go. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

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Hi,

And to plagarize ...., you have spoken well.

LOVE,

He doesn't speak voice wise to me often but when he does it's not like my own minds voice I have to really listen because it's almost like a whisper yet at the same time very clear if you listen. in fact sometimes he will finish my sentence with his own reply before I even finish my question as if he knew what I was going to ask answered me before I even finished asking.

tbh just this morning as I was laying in bed I was talking to him how much I miss him how I want to hold him and I want finally have him as my own and we never have to be apart, I told him all that I had planned for us to do together in heaven and as I discussed this with him I became sad because it all seems so far away and then I asked him about going home.

See as of right now I am not a pretrib mid trib or post trib rapture believer, I used to be a very hard core pre rapture believer but over time I sort of didn't know what to think anymore. I admit that I am weary I am homesick and long to be with him and when I told him this I heard the words I am on my way. Even though I recognized his voice I still find it hard to believe

I believe that it is not possible to know, which thoughts are from you, and which are from God. The reason for that is the Bible commands us to test everything, and that applies for prophecies too. If it was possible to know exactly, which thoughts are from God and which are from us, the Bible would not command us to test everything, but would show us exactly how to do it.

I think that it is possible that God used our thinking process, and our thoughts, our internal voice, to talk to us. All of us talk to ourselves in our mind, with our thoughts.

So I would suggest, that when we listen to the voice of God, we can just write down every thought, word or image, that comes to our mind, without testing or editing them, while we receive them. We have to write down everything which comes to our minds, and passes through our minds, while we are listening. We are open to EVERY thought, which comes to our mind, we write it down, and test it latter, when we have finished listening to the voice of God. We just monitor our thoughts, words and images which come to our mind and write them down. Write ALL words and images which come to your mind, without judging them. You will edit them latter. Just write them down. All thoughts, about things to do, names of people, whatever comes to your mind.

Not every thought which we receive will be from God, but some can be. We test the thoughts, by the Word of God. Are those thoughts loving, pure, righteous, encouraging, building our faith, peaceful? Then may be from God.

Test against scripture, test by sharing with fellow Christians preferablly with a robust and mature faith and wait. When God is truly speaking it comes in various forms, through conformation in scripture, from other people and even in situations that have God-incidence written through them.
If it is only to you note it in a journal and wait to see if God confirms what you beleive has been said through others.

dga said:

I believe that it is not possible to know, which thoughts are from you, and which are from God. The reason for that is the Bible commands us to test everything, and that applies for prophecies too. If it was possible to know exactly, which thoughts are from God and which are from us, the Bible would not command us to test everything, but would show us exactly how to do it.

I think that it is possible that God used our thinking process, and our thoughts, our internal voice, to talk to us. All of us talk to ourselves in our mind, with our thoughts.

So I would suggest, that when we listen to the voice of God, we can just write down every thought, word or image, that comes to our mind, without testing or editing them, while we receive them. We have to write down everything which comes to our minds, and passes through our minds, while we are listening. We are open to EVERY thought, which comes to our mind, we write it down, and test it latter, when we have finished listening to the voice of God. We just monitor our thoughts, words and images which come to our mind and write them down. Write ALL words and images which come to your mind, without judging them. You will edit them latter. Just write them down. All thoughts, about things to do, names of people, whatever comes to your mind.

Not every thought which we receive will be from God, but some can be. We test the thoughts, by the Word of God. Are those thoughts loving, pure, righteous, encouraging, building our faith, peaceful? Then may be from God.

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I can understand where you are coming from but you are incorrect in saying it is impossible to tell which voice is God's or not, Jesus said it best when he said my sheep know my voice. Of course some ppl have more of an ear to hear God than others for what reason I don't know, But through discernment one can learn to know whose voice is who's, besides God speaks to us in more ways than his voice, sometimes his voice is simply something he places on your heart.

For instance a lot of times words on placed on my heart and I cannot help but speak them or else I feel like I may burst, at the time I don't think I just do as I feel lead I don't know where these words are coming from but i post them anyways and later on sometimes it turns out what I said is just what someone needed

FireHeart said:

I can understand where you are coming from but you are incorrect in saying it is impossible to tell which voice is God's or not, Jesus said it best when he said my sheep know my voice. Of course some ppl have more of an ear to hear God than others for what reason I don't know, But through discernment one can learn to know whose voice is who's, besides God speaks to us in more ways than his voice, sometimes his voice is simply something he places on your heart.

For instance a lot of times words on placed on my heart and I cannot help but speak them or else I feel like I may burst, at the time I don't think I just do as I feel lead I don't know where these words are coming from but i post them anyways and later on sometimes it turns out what I said is just what someone needed

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Hi,

On knowing the voice of God, even His Personal voice, meaning of course The Holy Spirit's personal voice, God The Father's personal voice and Jesus Christ's personal voice, yes as you said it is quite possible.

The possibility or impossibility of that is bridged by God. We have been told how to relate the two words God, and possible. It was the angel called Gabriel who told Mary how to handle those two words. The rest of us were told also.

For staff reasons, I will now talk about things in the two year stint of private revelations about the voice of God, that has been approved by The Spiritual Director Father Matt, who was at Saint Mary's Catholic Church in 2008, when the work was peformed. He used a variation of the Fleece test Gideon used, but with the outcome being identical to Gideon's answer, and also in total harmony with Deuteronomy 18:20 or so, on timing and accuracy. Both also have to be and were perfect.

Now, The Holy Spirit, whose personal voice is the most unpersonalized, such that I have to work on feeling Him to know it is Him, told me one day for a boy who had only seen Jesus personally one day, but that is all: He told me the day, the month and the year that that happened. I wanted to know, because I had just seen the Essence of God, yes Trinitarianly, plus Jesus Himself came into me on another day and let me know His core personality, and I even got to see the mother of Jesus as she looked, when she was older, when she was 49, immediately before she died. Yes, this is all part of that proven and approved set of private revelations, over a two year period of time. I wanted to know because when I asked him about what he knew about God, he had many other errors.

I did ask again, out of uncertainty for that date. This time I did it in faith of The New Testament, knowing how it said if you do things in faith sufficient enough God will answer your request. This time the day, the month and the year came, but I then spoke them aloud and it turned out, it was exactly the correct date, and it was something more.

It was also the same day that his mother died, which by the way is how he started; then only minutes later as I am recovering from my extreme remorse at having been so arrogant to invent a date, not from God, but from my own arrogance, and that being the day his mother died, thus causing the rather extreme reaction that I got from him for saying that date, only later did he tell me; Yes, that is the date that I saw Jesus Christ, which allowed me to recover from that huge mistake that I thought I had just made.

Disregarding my extreme reaction for a moment in that being the date that he did see Jesus Christ, I soon got over my feelings and went back to work. Soon God The Father is speaking to me in His Personal Voice and saying things to me to say to the boy. I did, but I did not tell him where I was getting that information from. Jesus The Christ, starts talking to me in His Personal Voice, and that too, I said to the boy, without saying where that information was coming from. Then they alternated, between God The Father and Jesus, and when it was all done, I told the boy his next step in his life, according to God The Father. Again, I did not tell him Who was Talking and for Whom I was telling him what to do, for his next step in his Spiritual Growth.

In all of this, as she says, it is possible to separate out, me, from demons, from Satan, from angels of God, from The Holy Spirit, (but eventually for Him as He is the hardest of the Three to separate out), from God The Father, and from God The Son.

I would say it is possible, because with God, there is always something '~more~' that He adds so that the person can be sure.

That is all she said folks. That is all she said. It is that you can tell the difference, sometimes with work, and sometimes with none what so ever.

LOVE,
...Mary Katerina., .... .

katerinah1947 said:

Hi,

And to plagarize ...., you have spoken well.

LOVE,

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Are you jesting about plagiarizing me, or am I being accused of it (forgive the question if it's the former, I have been accused on a handful of occasions, though I try to humbly take it as a compliment of the quality of the answer)?

Thir7ySev3n said:

Are you jesting about plagiarizing me, or am I being accused of it (forgive the question if it's the former, I have been accused on a handful of occasions, though I try to humbly take it as a compliment of the quality of the answer)?

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Hi,

And to plagarize a man's words in the New Testament, of "you have spoken well."

I was using that man's or I think it was Jesus, words. Since they were those, and not my own, I called it Plagarizing.

I was not plagiarizing anyone on this board, but possibly Jesus Christ in the New Testament.

LOVE,

Hi,

Thir7ySev3n said:

Are you jesting about plagiarizing me, or am I being accused of it (forgive the question if it's the former, I have been accused on a handful of occasions, though I try to humbly take it as a compliment of the quality of the answer)?

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I just looked at why you asked me that question. It is that your answer was so impressively accurate, that I used those Biblical words to respond to your post.

If I had used my own words, it is these. Okay. Out with it. Why are you so accurate in what you have just said. Normally I see mistakes. I see none in your response. That is not normally possible. Is there something that you would like to reveal to us about you, that might allow me to know how and why you just gave such an impressive answer, or not?????

LOVE.

There are several reasons why my posts are accurate. First, I have studied the Bible as well as philosophy (of a particularly Christian nature, of course) intensely for the last almost 10 years of my life. Immediately upon giving my life to Christ, I was committed to using my natural passions and gifts the LORD has graced me with to fulfill the great commission He assigned us. Those natural passions and gifts were my objective nature and critical thinking skills, both of which drew me irresistibly towards apologetics and the use of uncompromising reason in presenting the Gospel. In my years of study, I have learned to consider every issue comprehensively and detached from any prior personal opinions and feelings regarding the subject I'm invested in attaining knowledge and wisdom. By applying myself this way to the Bible and the use of my rational faculties to consider a variety of related philosophical and theological ideas/propositions, I have effectively removed from myself the filters, or "stumbling blocks," that typically prevent a person from examining an issue thoroughly and absolutely objectively.

Also, I have a specific formula for providing my responses that allow me to be as personally effective as possible to each individual. First, I don't respond to a biblical/theological or philosophical issue I'm not familiar with or have nothing more to offer than opinions or subjective experiences as support of my position. Secondly, I make three considerations prior to responding to any post I'm eligible (by the aforementioned standards) to: 1. What specifically is the person inquiring regarding the issue, and how can I comprehensively and specifically address each aspect of the inquiry to avoid confusion or facilitating further unanswered questions; 2. What background information does the person exhibit they already possess and what, based on this, needs or needs not be said, affirmed, or denied to properly address the issue to accomplish (1); and 3. What is the nature of the inquiry (emotional, intellectual, personal, etc.) and the language used by the person in question.

After all of these considerations, I provide my response and proofread subsequently for spelling or grammatical errors, then consider what can be done in the final analysis to benefit the reader in terms of easing the reading process (such as separating or connecting ideas/paragraphs, altering the colour of some of the sections with scripture to provide a sort of "mental checkpoint" to make longer responses seem less tedious and hard on the eyes).

"But i am still curious as to how you can know it was God or your own thoughts?"
To Celticroots: a key to understanding the voice of GOD (DAD) is to hear HIM through the fruit of the SPIRIT. HE is not going to talk like any other SPIRIT but that, and so its a key: "love, joy, peace etc.." see Galatians 5:22-23

"There are several reasons why my posts are accurate."
To 37: another scripture: "knowledge puffs up but LOVE builds up". 1 Corinthians 8:1 Stick to sharing GRACE & really Un-conditional LOVE - because 'it doesn't fail' (its that good!) 1 Corinthians 13

-eric

ezeric said:

"But i am still curious as to how you can know it was God or your own thoughts?"
To Celticroots: a key to understanding the voice of GOD (DAD) is to hear HIM through the fruit of the SPIRIT. HE is not going to talk like any other SPIRIT but that, and so its a key: "love, joy, peace etc.." see Galatians 5:22-23

"There are several reasons why my posts are accurate."
To 37: another scripture: "knowledge puffs up but LOVE builds up". 1 Corinthians 8:1 Stick to sharing GRACE & really Un-conditional LOVE - because 'it doesn't fail' (its that good!) 1 Corinthians 13

-eric

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That is an ignorant (lacking in knowledge) broad statement that demonstrates you either have not understood or misinterpreted the meaning of Paul's statement here and how it applies to the Christian life. One doesn't need to extend outside of even Proverbs to understand how knowledge and wisdom are essential to the godly life. I've read the statement of purpose for this section of the forum, so I know this isn't a place appropriate for debate of this kind. I would however simply state that the implications of this simple response to my post is unbalanced and unbiblical and would be delighted to demonstrate that in another section, if desired. All I will say further is that this indifferent attitude towards education is dangerous for both the Christian and, especially, the unbeliever alike. It has been my consistent experience that knowledge has indeed been one of the most potent tools in building up both groups of people in my line of work.

Thir7ySev3n said:

There are several reasons why my posts are accurate. First, I have studied the Bible as well as philosophy (of a particularly Christian nature, of course) intensely for the last almost 10 years of my life. Immediately upon giving my life to Christ, I was committed to using my natural passions and gifts the LORD has graced me with to fulfill the great commission He assigned us. Those natural passions and gifts were my objective nature and critical thinking skills, both of which drew me irresistibly towards apologetics and the use of uncompromising reason in presenting the Gospel. In my years of study, I have learned to consider every issue comprehensively and detached from any prior personal opinions and feelings regarding the subject I'm invested in attaining knowledge and wisdom. By applying myself this way to the Bible and the use of my rational faculties to consider a variety of related philosophical and theological ideas/propositions, I have effectively removed from myself the filters, or "stumbling blocks," that typically prevent a person from examining an issue thoroughly and absolutely objectively.

Also, I have a specific formula for providing my responses that allow me to be as personally effective as possible to each individual. First, I don't respond to a biblical/theological or philosophical issue I'm not familiar with or have nothing more to offer than opinions or subjective experiences as support of my position. Secondly, I make three considerations prior to responding to any post I'm eligible (by the aforementioned standards) to: 1. What specifically is the person inquiring regarding the issue, and how can I comprehensively and specifically address each aspect of the inquiry to avoid confusion or facilitating further unanswered questions; 2. What background information does the person exhibit they already possess and what, based on this, needs or needs not be said, affirmed, or denied to properly address the issue to accomplish (1); and 3. What is the nature of the inquiry (emotional, intellectual, personal, etc.) and the language used by the person in question.

After all of these considerations, I provide my response and proofread subsequently for spelling or grammatical errors, then consider what can be done in the final analysis to benefit the reader in terms of easing the reading process (such as separating or connecting ideas/paragraphs, altering the colour of some of the sections with scripture to provide a sort of "mental checkpoint" to make longer responses seem less tedious and hard on the eyes).

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Hi,

And thank you for your response to my inquiry. And I have virtually nothing to say to you but hope something for you.

It is I hope you have had or continue to have personal encounters with God.

With your study and background, plus your right answers, I would say you already are in contact with the normal giver of wisdom from God.

It actually doesn't matter if God talks to you or not as that is for God to decide it seems.

So can I ask you this, as you intrigue me, but I am not baiting you as I already know the answer to this.

1.) Do you see God, as the job, with three persons capable of doing that job, but only three persons, but off the job do you see those Three persons behaving in an extremely personal manner, while still and always maintaining the integrity of their jobs also, but behaving very much like human persons do, apart of course from Them not being technically human, and also being God?

2.) And because you surprised me, do you See the very Trinitarian nature of God, in yourself also, thus fitting very well the made in Our Image Statement, without any of us having a God component in ourselves, but still being like God, trinitarianly within each of us, ln a paternal/child/adult way, with roughly the same interactions that God has, between each person of the Trinity, but also within each Person of the Trinity?! I hope so.

3.) Did you understand when Jesus used what we call Psalms 110 now, twice in Scripture, that what He asked is, "Will you admit that, I am my Lord? Will you admit that? Will you admit that The Lord is God The Father also, and I am His son, called my Lord in that Scroll, for I have been written about in the book of prophets and Moses? You have heard of my birth, the shepherds told you of that. You have known of Me for years. I am asking you to admit, that I Am Who I Say I Am. Will you do that?"

LOVE,