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NASB | Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 1:14 Are not all the angels ministering spirits sent out [by God] to serve (accompany, protect) those who will inherit salvation? [Of course they are!] |
Bible Question: Does God use dreams to speak to us today? Can anyone point out where it says we have a guardian angel? |
Bible Answer: Acts 2:17 makes it clear that the prophecy of Joel were to apply to what they were witnessing when they said "what is this" and so Peter says in this context the promise is to you and your children and all that are afar off, that applies to us and not just the far off of other countries. So we are now we also on whom the end of the world has come are going to have visions and dreams, and prophesy. When they experienced these things they did not elevate them over the scriptures. Of course we read the word and follow it as our only rule of faith and practice. However when the Lord wants to lead someone more specically and in a personal manner as it relates to their local church or family or personal lives they can and often do have dreams. These dreams stand out from the rest. When you have one you will often awake in the middle of the night with a sense of urgency to write it down so you wont forget it. The Lord will give you the meaning. Of course we know that if you think the meaning is contradictory to scripture then you are wrong it is not from God. When teaching about dreams you have to say that to weed out the flakes and the self willed disobedient that want to use any excuse to disobey the word. But most often you will hear teachers make that the main point of their teaching on dreams and never say anything else. Really that part about flaky people is a sidenote just to make sure no one misunderstands you. After having said it there is much more to the subject of dreams from God for instruction and guidance. I will attempt to give an example. A saint has a dream the dream is full of detail and even while they are dreaming they know the dream is a message from God trying to teach them something, they will get a moment of clarity where they know they are in a dream and they know it is not a normal natural dream but a God given dream. They will try to pay attention to the subject and details and tell themselves they need to remember this when they awake. It might be a dream of them preaching to thousands in a stadium.. and they are being prepared to go on the platform.. they are aware of a sin among the leadership that put the meeting together, it is an evil sin, but you cannot remember what it was.. the men ask you privately that they want you to come up and preach to the people but you need to not worry about the sin these leaders are in and forget about it, don't tell the people.. You know, (you are not sure how) that you are not to compromise and gloss over the sin of this group of men.. You tell them.. "I am convinced that I will help the people more by walking in obedience to God than speaking a thousand words in that mic." and you walk away.. Then you wake up. It is the middle of the night.. You know you need to grab a pen a write what you just experienced in that dream. That dream will help you in the near future in something you are going to face. These thing happen today but most christians are too full of unbelief to believe that God will do it and they will discount it all with a sentence from an unfruitful intellectual christian that says the canned ..."we don't need dreams we have the Bible.. forget about it." and if the one who says it is a pastor, then many christians will forget about the dream. It only takes a day or two and they will be saying.. I had an incredible dream the other night, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was (if they did not write it down). Then sometime in the future, it may be soon or far.. This dreamer will be faced with a choice to compromise in an area of disobedience to the word by men who might be considered authorities in the church or intellects or smart christians that know more than you and they will with religous teaching try to tell you that you will minster to others more effectively if you follow their dead pattern of compromise and unholiness. (but they will use more smooth words to say it) and this dreamer will fall into their trick becuase he will forget what God told him in a personal way in a dream. Even though all truth is in the Bible there is a special strength that comes in God speaking to us in a dream the same Scriptural truths. ....Continue next post |