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If someone has a dream that shows definite information, not an image puzzle, that can be easily understood by the person having the dream, and what is given is consistent with written Scripture, then the dream can be taken seriously. If the dream involves another person, or a church, then a word of wisdom needs to be received from the Lord as to how this is going to be shared, or just kept as a basis for intercession.
If anyone purports to have a gift of dream interpretation, I would be asking where they got that gift from because they didn't get it from the Holy Spirit. I believe that interpreting someone else's dream is at the same level as the New Age sites that deal with dream interpretation, and could very well involve divination.
One recurring dream, which is quite unsettling while I'm dreaming it is that I am in my car and can't see where I'm going, and sometimes going backwards, or down a hill and the brakes won't work. Another dream was that I parked my car and couldn't find it again. Still another one was a flash back to my school teaching days where I would go to class and couldn't find the room where I was to teach, and went looking for the timetable where all the rooms were listed.
It seems this is all too common: "Please let it be known... that placing the SHEEP and the WOLVES in the same pen...
and telling them to play nice is not an experiment I agree with.
My real family are those in CHRIST who believe in and share the Gospel of TRUTH and GRACE.... As for the heretics . I stand AGAINST them. My Lord commands me to do so.
It absolutely grieves my spirit to see what is happening in these forums... and allowed to continue under
the guise of debate. Topics are being graded by "politeness" rather than truth. "
How did the false teachers respond even to Jesus Himself, the Apostles in the first century, and the true men of God throughout the centuries ?You speak as though politeness and truth are mutually exclusive concepts.
No. Not even in the wildest imaginations of men, nor ever according to God's Word.how did new age become a boogaboo word? Jesus and the 12 would have definitely been thought of as new age by the mainstream establishment.
No. Not even in the wildest imaginations of men, nor ever according to God's Word.
The origin of new age is completely opposite, and opposed to Jesus and God's Word and Plan and Purpose.
Who says "do not participate with darkness or its teachings, rather expose them"
and in truth 'open rebuke is better than hidden love'
and whoever quietly goes along with sin, is held guilty as if they committed the sin themselves...
and 'strict discipline is necessary for life'
and 'anyone who is without scourging, is not a son'
Who says "do not participate with darkness or its teachings, rather expose them",
and in truth 'open rebuke is better than hidden love' Expose/rebuke but do so with love. Bullying has no place without an authority structure. No one here is subservient to you for correction, therefore you should try to win them over with arguments instead of abuse. Not that pastors or elders shouldn't use such methods... not my concern today.
and whoever quietly goes along with sin, is held guilty as if they committed the sin themselves... This is true of prophets with a specific warning. Everyone here has access to a bible and are without the excuse, "I was never told." Not that the bible is sufficient, but it needs to be understood with the aid of the Holy Spirit. And no amount of human chastisement is going to give anyone the Holy Spirit.
and 'strict discipline is necessary for life', Self control is a fruit of the Spirit. One must have the Spirit or their modicum of self control can only be the product of fear or lack of desire. Self Control from the Spirit is not motivated by fear, that never works. Case and point the OT law was nearly impossible to obey in full.
and 'anyone who is without scourging, is not a son', God is the one doing the scourging through the sufferings encountered in life. Bullying people on the internet doesn't help God in this regard.
and many other warnings in the New Testament as well as the Old Testament....
You could have fooled me!This post was not meant to vilify you but correct you,
I sometimes wonder about heretic exposers. Often a heresy shows up an important point, which some do not teach on appropriately and others just assume. In a debate, the idea is both sides are put forward and the audience make up their minds. On some issues both sides are right, because they represent two sides or perspectives of reality, like predestination and choice. Or love and hate. It can take many years to begin to see how they fit together, and how one can agree with both but with certain restrictions. If one silences such debate, you get cults, and holding an ideology above scrutiny.
I have had the best discussions with some open heretics because their position is beyond my group or anyone I know to hold, but they did. And in their framework it made sense, except you had to hear it to find its weakness.
For believers I know the idea of absolute truth is foundational, ie God except our perception of truth is always subjective and held by faith. So here you have a reality, except we can only know it by Jesus. Or another where you have a believer who does not know love, has a hard heart and is not ashamed of sinning or talking about sin like it is everyday. Intellectual discussion is not going to go very far, because the heart needs to change, so whatever positions another holds, fellowship and harmony in the Lord are not going anywhere but you can be loving, gentle and polite. What these folk tend to want to do though is light a fire and get others angry to say, told you righteous so and so's, are just like me.
I am encouraged that Jesus says we should leave the weeds alone, because trying to deal with them damages the elect. Other than obvious sin or heresy, we are just called to serve and love. Praise the Lord, Amen
Bad fruit is bad teaching. New age condemns people in ignorance , keeps them from finding God's Kingdom whenever possible.
The teachings of new age, as well as the practices, are called idolatry, and worse - and all are contrary to Jesus.
They might with open arms welcome strangers or family, co-workers or neighbors, into their wide path, leading to destruction,
and not care one little bit.
It can be....satan always creates a counterfeit and how sad that more people are drawn to the counterfeit from Satan than to the one of God.
Have you ever asked God why he talks to us through dreams and visions? Or uses prophesy to speak?
If you remember an angel spoke to Joseph in a dream and said do not be afraid to take Mary as his wife.God speaks through dreams and fission for two reasons.
1/ to direct those swear of him to a deffinet activity.
2/ to awaken those who are not aware of him and to get them to read the Bible.
If God is speaking to you through dreams, maybe you should be spending more time in the Bible.
You won't get anything throug a dream that isn't already clear in scripture.
And my point is made just here....how we interpret the context.God spoke to Joseph (betrothed to Mary), in or thru a dream, and or also thru an angel <in a dream?>
and did not need any interpretation.
(posted before seeing post 56) Confirming testimony ? God's Mysterious Way :)
No. Interpretation (as in 'personal or private', or as if by the flesh/man, ) is forbidden.And my point is made just here....how we interpret the context.