Hearing Christ

[Mantishand]

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[friend of]

I believe God can draw those who do not yet know the Son to Him.

1 John 5:12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

May God bless you on your walk

 

[SkyWriting]

The blue crystals affect a variety of people differently.

 

[com7fy8]

Hi, Mantishand Welcome to Christian Forums, and thank you so much for sharing your personal experience; God bless you

I just experienced a love that I never want to leave.

amen; thank You, God.

I have not heard his voice again. I desperately want to but I can't. I think he knows I don't need to hear it to have faith now.

His voice is His love and how His peace shares with us and takes care of us and guides us. His words may come in this voice, but He can do plenty without saying a word. It is possible that He uses your thoughts to communicate with you . . . when these thoughts are helping and blessing you in His peace.

And I understand that God is quiet; so by being deeply and pleasantly quiet we can communicate and share with Him, with words and deeper than words.

"rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God." (1 Peter 3:4)

There was a while when I was messed up and confused and frustrated that I kept losing my faith or so-called faith. Then I read about how it is good to have a "meek and quiet spirit", and I pondered how I was not being meek and quiet inside myself, but I was troubled. So, I thought, I sure could use a meek and quiet spirit. But 1 Peter 3:4 is written to wives. Well, if a meek and quiet spirit is very pleasing to God, I figured that He would want me, too, to have a meek and quiet spirit.

And so, then, I got encouraged that possibly God was communicating this to me.

But I have needed a lot of correction, to get me to be deeply quiet and submissive to God in His peace. It has been maybe forty years since then, and I still have issues. But the correction includes encouragement.

 

[Mantishand]

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[Doulos 7]

When were you baptized?

 

[Doulos 7]

How are we to receive Christ according to your denomination.?

 

[James Ciambor]

About 13 years ago I was living in sin. I believed there was a God but thought that all religions were man made with made up gods. So I still prayed to "God" for this or that etc. Well one night, I was laying in Bed thinking about my life. I was so tired of drinking and going to bars and living that lifestyle. I was having money problems and was generally very unhappy. I think that night I wanted to truly change in my heart.

I have always had a very gifted talent with art and have struggled to make a living with it. I was praying about it and much to my amazement I started to channel two voices. They were talking to me(in thoughts not audibly) and answering my questions. There was something off about the voices. There was a resentment or bitterness towards me that they were not fully letting me see but I could. I could feel deception. I could feel their hatred of me. I asked if there was any humor on the other side because they did not seem very happy. One of them answered with a hilarious joke about the "Smiths" and the amount of them breeding or something.

Well then something changed. My eyes were closed and I could feel a presence and I started seeing blue crystals that were forming and growing then I heard the two voices say 'what is he doing here?" Then I heard my name. It was Jesus Christ, I knew it from the first word. The two other voices were gone. I can't remember the next few things he said. He was talking about my career and my art. The last thing I remember him saying was "If we are going to do this, we have to be head to head, heart to heart and fist to fist."

I then foolishly started saying why I thought I wasn't a bad person and what I thought about what was sin, and he just vanished.

I knew him, he knew me without saying names. It was quite amazing. After the experience was over I was very comforted for some time. I just experienced a love that I never want to leave. I mean for years I just felt like "I'll go to heaven". But I didn't change anything. I wanted to but I just couldn't deal with life without drinking. Nothing changed career wise. I started to get very concerned about my life(afterlife).

I continued to pray, often. Mostly for selfish stuff or whatever. It took me a long time to buy a bible. Well I bought a bible. I have repented and oh my God, he has opened something up in my artistic ability that is just blowing my mind. I feel like its not even my hand when I create art.

All of my worry has vanished. I am seeing God's hand move all around me. I have not heard his voice again. I desperately want to but I can't. I think he knows I don't need to hear it to have faith now.

If anyone has had any similar experiences I would love to hear about it. PM if you would like to or post on here.

This thread spoke to me and I posted a similar one if you want to see it. Anyway I get worried about my salvation to. I feel that my blasphemous thoughts have pushed me away from God and I'm paranoid that I'm now separated from him. I am in self-doubt. I cant enjoy life and feel that I cant repent or redeem myself. I want God to be there for me but I believe I pushed myself away.