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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.
But nevertheless, I will answer. Thirteen years ago now, I had a visitation from God that put me on my face. i was at my lowest, bound by lust and inappropriate content, and had tried everything I knew to rein in my flesh. And failed. I finally came to the point I knew nothing else to try, and like wretched Paul in Romans 7, I was desperate beyond measure, yet without hope.
That amazing night, God showed me what I had missed in His plan for me, and by missing it, it guaranteed that I would never be able to walk in victory. Ahhhh, but conversely, by NOT missing it, it guarantees that we will walk pleasing to God in ALL things. Understanding... and receiving..... this truth changes EVERYTHING. Religion is replaced..... thank God..... with relationship. Life becomes a never ceasing conversation.... real prayer.....where we finally are able to say as Paul said:
"I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live. Yet not I, but Christ now liveth IN ME." Not with. IN.
I have shared on this precious message over and over to any who will give ear to me.... and some who have not, lol....for all thirteen years now. At 70, when most my age would be looking for a nice quiet retirement, I feel my ministry is just about to start.
And this considering my wife and I have raised and adopted Jack, our youngest of 12 grandchildren, and have now done the same with Gavin, our yougest of five great grandchildren. Who am I kidding? I couldn't retire if I wanted to anyway. What a crazy life. Crazier still. I love it.
The glory of that night was monumental. People ask me what God looked like. I tell them I have no clue. His light put me on my face. What emotion was I experiencing? Amazement? Joy? Terror? Yes, yes and yes.
But I never point people to my visitation as a reason to believe what God has asked me to share. I point them to the truth of who we are, and once we hoist our shield of faith, God then does what God has clearly promised to do for each and every one of us... set us free indeed.
blessings, and thanks for bearing with me,
Gideon
Thank you very much for sharing Gideon. You might not believe how much you look like my younger brother unless I showed you his picture. When I first saw your pic I thought you were my brother. He was into producing, directing and selling inappropriate contentographic films as a business, and did that for some time. He doesn't believe in God, but believes in supernatural beings. So we will most likely be separated when the kingdom is ruling over this world. I really look forward to meeting you then.
Try not to let what others think about your beliefs and testimonies discourage you. I was figuratively baptized on a social media site that contained some Christians but also atheists that hated God and hated the Bible. In dialogues with them some would get so mad they would cuss me out when they couldn't prove a point they presented, as I pointed that out. I conversed with them not for their sake, but for the sake of readers that might be influenced by them. That's why I stayed there for years, because a lot of readers responded favorably to my teaching. I didn't want them to be influenced by the hate that was spewed out without hearing good counter arguments to points the atheists could not logically prove.
While I was there one of the commenters that appreciated my work invited me to another site. I'm new here but this one seems much friendlier. On the that other Christian site if you disagree with a point a site author wrote a couple other commenters who always supported them will start getting nasty with you, then the author or site owner will blame their nastiness on your disagreement with his article, and tell you to stop commenting on the point even if you offer respectful comments. On that site no one but me believed the Bible claims Christ is God to both Christians and angels, and that Christ is worshipped according to scriptures. And eventually all hell breaks lose if you show that to them with scriptures and expository teaching. Same happens with other topics, like if you teach scriptures support that Christians have a heavenly hope. Because they told me not to share those and other truths I typed the words Christian Forums into google.com and arrived here.
Get the picture why I say this is the best site I've discovered so far for you. I've been teaching scripture online since, I don't remember exactly, but I guess sometime in 2012, or 2013. Don't let what anyone says or believes about your testimony stop you. I found that even when some cursed me, said they couldn't understand anything I said, said I needed to learn how to write, said nobody believed anything I said, that even in both those places, where those exact claims about me were shared with readers, many other readers appreciated my teaching. The same will be true of you.
" Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. 21But they will treat you like this on account of My name, because they do not know the One who sent Me.…" from John chapter 15 vss 20 & 21
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