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1 | Does God speak to us in dreams today? | Rev 22:18 | BradK | 158728 | ||
Hi Serras, Welcome to the Forum! What do you mean by that? In Christ, BradK |
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2 | Does God speak to us in dreams today? | Rev 22:18 | SerrasNewRoad | 158730 | ||
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3 | Does God speak to us in dreams today? | Rev 22:18 | DocTrinsograce | 158734 | ||
Hi, Serras... Thank you for relating your experiences. Please understand, however, we are a Study Bible Forum, rather than a Study Experience Forum. Experiences are notoriously misleading and, as often as not, are misinterpreted. Satan can and does cause experiences. However, "the supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit, into which Scripture so delivered, our faith is finally resolved. (Matthew 22:29, 31, 32; Ephesians 2:20; Acts 28:23)"* Furthermore, "the authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church [or dream or vision], but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the Author thereof; therefore it is to be received because it is the Word of God. (2 Peter 1:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 John 5:9)"** You see, to say that our experiences, dreams, or visions affirm the Scripture, is a repudiation of veracity of God. In essence, when we say such things, we are deriving Scriptural authority from those human experiences. Think of it this way: Would the Word of God be less true if our experiences, dreams, or visions contradicted it? "God forbid! Let God be true, but every experience a liar!" In Him, Doc *LBCF 1689, chapter 1, paragraph 10. **Ibid, chapter 1, paragraph 4. |
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4 | Does God speak to us in dreams today? | Rev 22:18 | SerrasNewRoad | 158736 | ||
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5 | Does God speak to us in dreams today? | Rev 22:18 | Hank | 158739 | ||
Serras, hello. One does in no wise "weaken the faith of the brethern" by "always being ready to make a defense to everyone you asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you" (see 1 Peter 3:15). ..... It has long been a mystery to me why God would have gone to the trouble to inspire 66 books that progressively reveal Himself to mankind and lay down in terms that he who runs may understand His plan of redemption when, as some claim, He reveals Himself to them individually through dreams and visions. Is God being redundant? Does Scripture need a supplement? Or is Scripture wrong when it says, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16,17). ...... Much has been written on these Forum pages about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as if this were an optional post-salvific event that was visited only upon those who prayed earnestly for it. Scripture teaches that the Holy Spirit is the supernatural and sovereign agent in regeneration, baptizing ALL believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). The Holy Spirit also indwells, sanctifies, instructs and empowers them for service and seals them unto the day of redemption (Romans 8:9-11; 2 Cor. 3:6; Ephesians 1:13). ...... Finally, as others have pointed out, this web site is called Study Bible Forum. Relating personal experiences of dreams and visions, real or imagined; stating beliefs in personal revelation, real or imagined; and posting all this based on nothing but narration of one's experiences, uncorroborated and undocumented by Scripture, not only strains the credulity of the readers of this Forum but departs far afield of the aims and purposes of this Forum. As Doc has so aptly and accurately stated it, "This is a Bible Study Forum, not an Experience Study Forum." ..... A postscript ... How much easier it is to dream and have visions than to learn God's will through a diligent, sustained and prayerful study of His precious word. But to sit back and wait for the visions to come is not what the Bereans did and it is not what Paul told Timothy to do in 2 Timothy 2:15. Good day. --Hank | ||||||
6 | Does God speak to us in dreams today? | Rev 22:18 | SerrasNewRoad | 158743 | ||
I do not see my two notes anymore. I will not deny my faith in The Lord. I hope my postings have been an encouragement and strengthening to the brethren. Believe the Bible you read - It is alive, as is Jesus. He is omnipotent, omniscent and omnipresent. He is our coming King. See to it that when He comes, He finds you doing what He has called you to do. I am sent to share my testimony. Blessings and Love. |
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