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I've just skimmed for now, so please forgive me... two things come to me.
The first doesn't relate to your perception of being an errant adult there, but some people who have out-of-body experiences claim to see spirits of babies in heaven who haven't headed to earth yet. They are in baby form. I think that one story was on a Jesse DuPlantis video (entertaining even if you don't agree with him).
The second -- experiences that people have had with evil spirits confirm the fact that spirits dwell in the same places we do, remember the same things we do, and are able to push thoughts into our heads. These thoughts sometimes seem like they're our own, or God's, and need to be sorted out. (The voices in my head...)
If you are seeing or hearing a story about a prior life, I think it could easily be a spirit's prior life, not your own. They are trying to catch you up in the mystique of it, make you feel important, get you to relate to them, drive you to fear and guilt, make you feel innately sinful.
You are an individual, and you are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. God values your soul, counts the hairs on your head, and knows your frame.
The thoughts and memories were all of a fallen angel (I could almost believe it of Sara, lol) and they were implanted by a demon when I was a baby. Blah, blah, blah, Jesse Duplantis.
Kol, why (here and elsewhere) do you say to people that their experiences are evil but yours is ok?
I think I just take some caution to what I've read - not just in this topic, but others on the same subject.... You had practically a whole life existence before this life. Maybe it's because of the occult activity, but maybe it's because (and you can help me here) what is the reason for this? Of what benefit is it to the listener to hear your story about your "previous life" (for want of a better term), except for it possibly being a "good story" (I'm not saying it's not true by saying that)... But where does God/Jesus get the glory in this? What hope does it give the hearer? To me, the power of your testimony comes through hearing about you being saved out of the occult and taking a new direction in your life - and I applaud you that, and your steps into Christian college that you are going to do.
I don't think you can say though that someone else's experience isn't valid, or not of God. I believe that satan has made many Christians wary of anything supernatural. If someone hears the audible voice of God, or sees angels etc, it's not always an occult thing. God had it first! Take even the word meditation. Many would consider it a very new age word. But we should meditate on the Word! Philip was translated from one place to another. But it's by their fruit that you know them. And "my sheep hear my voice". But it's all for God's glory.
If you can help me see where God gets the glory from your story - even if it just a personal hope or something else good that comes from it, then it would help me see where you're coming from!![]()
So evidently I should just forget it and drop it.
Then everyone started talking with each other about Jesse Duplantis.
CherokeeHippie.... firstly, I'm glad you're doing ok. Next, the Jesse Duplantis bit... I remember seeing his series on heaven... in fact I have the book. He had this in his hotel room and afterwards he had a meeting at a church. He said that when he went to that meeting, everyone was turning their heads to look at him because it was like he was showing some of God's radiance (I don't remember the exact words he used) after his visit to Heaven... and I'm sure that there would be witnesses to that.
The difference with Kol's story (as far as I can see at the moment) is that this one does give glory to God, and a hope for now and the future.
So, since my demon-inspired memories didn't make me feel happy, they were of the devil, because a good spirit would have good memories.
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