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Probably a senior moment where I forgot that I had already posted this. However, my answer is the same. Interpretation of random puzzle images comes from Sigmund Freud and other New Age interpreters of dreams, and is divination.

The dreams quoted in the New Testament are not image puzzles that need third party interpretation. They are definite messages clearly understood by the person receiving the dream. Interpretation of dreamed puzzle images and random images is New Age occult divination and not of the Holy Spirit.

This is one piece of useful off-topic information just for you and the rest of our Aussie mates. I heard in the news that beer manufacturers are having to dump their beer reserves because it can't be sold. For you Aussies and us Kiwis that would be tantamount to almost sacrilege! If it was...

I am in total agreement with you. Thank goodness someone else has the sense and discernment to see that this dream and "vision" interpretation is not just a load of what comes out of a horse's backside, but it is dangerous occult New Age divination. Posting on CF is like walking on egg shells...

Yes. It is important that we use verses of Scripture in context. The question I had when I read his post (and I wouldn't have been as hard on him), was that where does faith come from? And the answer that came to me right away was: "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not...

We need to see that Revelation is an apocalyptic allegory and not literal future history. The mark of the beast may very well be conformity to this present world instead of full commitment to Christ. In John's time, there were many beheaded for their witness to Christ. This is what happened...

i got into trouble on CF concerning my views about dream interpretation, and I posted a warning to make sure that the dream and the interpretation comes from the Holy Spirit and not from another spirit. I ended up getting a three month ban for my trouble. Perhaps I should have put my views...

I totally understand. I think it is because of the notion that the Holy Spirit takes precedence over the written word, and even though they know what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14, they choose to ignore it because they believe if the Holy Spirit moves on them to speak in tongues during a service...

There is a good, well researched book called "2000 Years Of Charismatic Christianity" by Eddie Hyatt. This book gives a good, unbiased view of the different movements that had the characteristics of Charismatic Christianity. Well worth obtaining and reading. Most standard church histories...

The Pentecostal prayer meeting is not a public meeting in the same sense as the public Sunday service. If you are hearing chaos in Pentecostal churches in your region, then they are not following Paul's teaching concerning tongues in public Sunday services. However, in my 50 years of being...

When Constantine made Christianity the state religion of the Roman empire he closed the pagan temples and turned them into Christian churches. Along with that, pagan festivals became Christian ones, and many pagan ceremonies were changed into Christian ones. This caused Christian worship to...

I have doubts, because Prophets for the Nation ceased at the death of John the Baptizer. I have the greatest respect for David Wilkerson for the great work he has done for Christ in his ministry, but he is fulfilling a non-existent role that is not supported by the New Testament. Also, there...

Before we put a blanket ban on all gatherings where tongues are spoken, we must consider the full wording of the chapter and not leave anything out that may be significant. "So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not...

What I don't go along with are the Faith movement teachers claiming "new" revelation that has not already been revealed in the written Scriptures. Such as Benny Hinn's 9 persons in the trinity, and Kenneth Copeland's claim that he can control the weather, and stuff like that. But when a...

I understand. What I am saying is that any manifestation of a gift of the Spirit has to be consistent with what has already been written in the Bible. For example, if a person gives a prophecy that the Lord knows the struggles that someone is going through and that He will never leave them nor...

Paul wasn't addressing anyone, because he never wrote the book of Hebrews. But, what is your point here?

The only way to do that is to read the what the Holy Spirit told us in the Gospels, Acts, and the letters of the Apostles. Outside of that, it is self-centred. God speaks to us through the pages of the Bible, and nowhere else. Anything that is not contained in the pages of the New Testament...

The problem that many have with the gift of tongues is the erroneous teaching that it an ecstatic gift, giving the idea that one has to be somehow emotionally hyped up when they speak it. This is aggravated by some Faith movement preachers hyping people up to having kundalini out-of-control...

Not from any version of the Bible that I ever read!

I think that it is Cessationism which is the lie, and this does not reflect on the sincerity of many who have that doctrine. I love John MacArthur's ministry and have had my faith mightilty built up through his Bible teaching. Also, many things he says about the Faith movement are quite right...