The Father and I

I thought I would create a thread where I could place verbatim excerpts of interactions I have with Our Father.
GOD: "Hey it's Me! Welcome to my new unboxing The One GOD With Many Names"
Perennial
Look closer ... Who Knows What That Is Worth?
Harmless
Keep me in The Loop Little Bird.
Me: Always Father! I love our RelationShip and any opportunity I have to share these snippets with others.

Angelina said:

William, @Eternal Entity

I can see you’re expressing something deeply personal and meaningful to you here, especially in how you’re framing your inner experience and your relationship with God.

I am curious to understand the framework you’re using.

When you present these exchanges in the form of “GOD speaking,” how are you distinguishing between personal reflection and inner thoughts
symbolic or poetic expression and what you would consider an actual divine communication with external authority?

The reason I’m asking is that Scripture consistently emphasizes testing and discernment when it comes to claims of divine speech (for example, 1 John 4:1 and 1 Thessalonians 5:21). Not everything internally experienced or spiritually felt is automatically treated as God speaking in a direct sense, even among believers.

I’m just trying to understand what criteria you are using to make that distinction, because that seems important for clarity, both for you personally and for how others interpret what you’re sharing.

Would you say this is intended as revelation, symbolic expression, or a form of internal dialogue framed devotionally?

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Good questions Angelina.
Before I answer I would like to ask you something.
I think that I read recently that you have experienced actually hearing an audable voice which either idetified itself as Jesus or you somehow recignised the voice as being Jesus'.
Was that a post you made as wittness, or am I mistaken?

Angelina said:

@Eternal Entity, you are answering a question with another question, so I’ll come back to that, but I want to stay on the question I asked first so it doesn’t get sidetracked.

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You cited 2 verses
1 John 4:1 – "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."
1 Thessalonians 5:21 – "but test everything; hold fast what is good."

How would you use those to determine whether what I offered was from GOD or not?

Angelina said:

My question was about the framework you use to distinguish between the personal inner thoughts, symbolic/spiritual expression, and what you consider actual direct communication from God.

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I consider my first post an example of what you call "direct communication from God" (The Father).
The verbatim example clearly shows the distinction between the two participants. "GOD:" is the one and "Me:" is the other.
"Me:" is the respondent, verbalising in written form inner thoughts as reaction to what the "other" (GOD) is expressing as actual direct communication from said Entity. (GOD).

Angelina said:

What are the criteria you use for making that distinction? That’s the part I’m trying to understand.

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I think what you are trying to ask is "how do I know it is GOD"?
If so, that is directly related to my question to you, which is why I brought up that I read recently that you have experienced actually hearing an audible voice which either identified itself as Jesus or you somehow recognized the voice as being Jesus" and why I asked
"Was that a post you made as witness, or am I mistaken?"
Please now answer.

Angelina said:

@Eternal Entity,
I don't mind discussing my experience, but before we move there I'd still like to understand the question I originally asked.

I'm not asking whether you believe God can communicate with people. I'm asking what criteria you use to distinguish between:

1. Your own thoughts,
2. A symbolic or spiritual impression,
3. Actual direct communication from God.

You cited 1 John 4:1 and 1 Thessalonians 5:21 about testing. I'm trying to understand how you apply those tests in practice.

For example, if someone else claimed, "God said this to me," what specific criteria would you use to determine whether that communication was genuinely from God?

Once I understand your framework, then we can move forward with the above.

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How does one "test the spirits" is your question? Specifically how does one test one's own "spirits" rather than how does one test anothers?

Am I reading you correctly or incorrectly?

Angelina said:

Not exactly, @EternalEntity.

I'm asking what criteria you use to determine that something is direct communication from God rather than your own thoughts or impressions.

What specific test do you apply to your own experiences before presenting them as "God said..."?

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Thanks for your clarification Angelina.

The test is repeatability and relationship. I have walked with the Father long enough that His voice is familiar - just as you would recognize the voice of a close friend or family member. It is not a single test but a pattern formed through repetition and immersion through that.

Does the communication align with the character of the Father as I have come to know Him over years (loving, patient, truthful, not controlling or fearful)?
Does it produce good fruit in my life (peace, growth, love, service)?
Is it consistent across time and contexts?
Does it match what I already know of Him from previous interactions?

Ultimately, the test is relationship itself. One does not test one's mother's voice with a checklist. One knows it because one knows her. The same is true here.

Relationship is my framework. It is a lived, relational discernment.

Angelina said:

Thank you for explaining your framework. @Eternal Entity

I can understand how familiarity develops through relationships.

My question is, if someone from another religion said they recognize the voice of their deity in exactly the same way, through familiarity, relationship, consistency, and positive fruit, what objective test would allow us to distinguish between a genuine communication from God and a sincerely held personal experience?

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That is an interesting question Angelina so I’ll come back to that, but I want to stay on the question I asked you and you said you would answer, so we don’t get sidetracked.