Have you ever thought about this?

[Littlek]

I'm sure most people have, but have you really actually ever sat down and wondered what was going on around you that you could not see? I mean I wonder if it's full of things and busy like our life? When we do our daily things are spiritual beings around us? It's just amazing. I don't care how long I have been a christian, God just amazes me all the time.

Karen

 

[now faith]

Hello I recommend 1st Corinthians chapter 13 verse 12. I posted earlier with thought on subject but it vanished. Maybe it will post later. God bless

 

[tturt]

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Heb 1:14 is one example.

Yes, Yahweh is amazing!

 

[Peripatetic]

And also consider how much may be going on in other parts of the universe... it's staggering to think of how much more we may learn when our eyes are opened in Heaven.

 

[Littlek]

HaHa, now that you say that, I am for sure it's busier than here on earth
It's just wild to think when we are just sitting here how much could be going on around us.

Karen

 

[Sadiegrl]

i do think about this often and honestly sometimes can feel it or have pretty intense thoughts...

 

[ProudToBeMe]

Yea, Ive seen pretty weird things, most of it happens during the day P: but I was a Christian when all that happened and now that Im non-religious its decreased alot.

 

[St_Worm2]

I'm sure most people have, but have you really actually ever sat down and wondered what was going on around you that you could not see? I mean I wonder if it's full of things and busy like our life? When we do our daily things are spiritual beings around us? It's just amazing. I don't care how long I have been a christian, God just amazes me all the time.

Karen

Hi Karen, you might enjoy reading a group of short stories (actually, originally, radio broadcasts) that have been made into a book called, "The Screwtape Letters". In this book, author C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) explores the unseen world you mentioned, but from the "other" side, from the perspective of the demons who live there as well. Very thought provoking and eye-opening for the Christian.

You can read it online here: THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS

Just remember as you read that it was written from a demon's perspective (which, for instance, means that Jesus is always seen, and called, "The Enemy", in these stories).

Yours and His,
David

"Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces of wickedness
in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6:12​

 

[tturt]

In the preface, he states that if you believe in them, you have an unhealthy interest in them. Guess it depends on how he means "believe." Believe in the sense that you know that they exist then it's an assumption on his part that there would be an interest in them. Don't you think?

 

[St_Worm2]

In the preface, he states that if you believe in them, you have an unhealthy interest in them. Guess it depends on how he means "believe." Believe in the sense that you know that they exist then it's an assumption on his part that there would be an interest in them. Don't you think?

Hi tturt, I don't believe that's what Lewis was trying to say, but perhaps I'm misreading his words. Here is an excerpt from his Preface to The Screwtape Letters.

"There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors.........." C.S. Lewis
​

Lewis is saying there are two ways we can err when it comes to Satan and his demons. The first (and probably most common today) is to deny their very existence and therefore be completely unconcerned about them. The second is to (rightly) believe they are real, but then be overly concerned about them. They are our enemy to be sure, but they are a defeated enemy ..

--David

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

In the preface, he states that if you believe in them, you have an unhealthy interest in them. Guess it depends on how he means "believe." Believe in the sense that you know that they exist then it's an assumption on his part that there would be an interest in them. Don't you think?

He does not say that. He says that it is possible to have a unhealthy interest in them if they consume your mind, the fact that you believe they exist only means you acknowledge the spiritual world as real. This is not unhealthy.

 

[tturt]

ok. When we glimpse at the enemy it contrast so much with Yahweh that it causes us to be more aware of who Yahweh is imo.