No offence was intended. We get a lot of people coming through here that speak authoritatively as you do and they have mostly been of the wrong spirit. And many cults are started by people who heard from a deceving spirit, acting as an angel of light. So forgive me for being jaded and protective.
And if each visit from an angel is a gift from God, yes each visit... And God knows how to give good gifts to his children, of course. Yet you did receive visits from fallen angels, implying they were not necessarily sent, as they are opportunistic. Fortunately you are wise enough to test them. Discerning spirits is the gift of the ability to observe spirits. Rather they are from God or not I had assumed it an aspect of the gift at one time but I think I was mistaken. I can not see angels. Yet that is not proof anyone is not in the Lord. As not everyone is given the same gifts. Or do you also heal by the Spirit. In which case I'm having some stomach trouble I want the Lord to heal.
But open up and speak concerning the Kingdom of God, and may the Lord guide us in understanding his word with Spiritual eyes.
Ok - we all battle with the powers principalities, and dark evil forces of this world!!!!
Eph 6:12 For
our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual
forces of wickedness in the heavenly
places
Rom 7:21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
1 Jn 1:8 f we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Now this thread was NOT about discernment of spirits or the battle with the dark evil forces of this world, but was clearly about the Kingdom of God!!
So what type of person has so much concern about evil spirits that they can not talk about the Kingdom of God???? Are they not like the assistant with the prophet who could not see with his spiritual eyes?
2Kings 6: 15-17 Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” So he answered, “
Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Now if indeed a person is familiar with the King and the Kingdom of God they surely know that God put both good and evil in front of us and indeed that there are more in the army of God than in those dark evil forces of this world!! Therefore they can have a conversation about the Kingdom of God with confidence!!
Still - perhaps it needs to be discussed in parables since apparently few who say they know the King of kings show much awareness of the Kingdom of God - not that I can not put it forth in parables which the Lord and His Kingdom has also covered with me. I had just thought that perhaps, since this is supposed to be a Christian Forum, that I might find others who know the King and thus have come to know about the Kingdom of God. After all Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God, so if we have come to know Him we should know about the Kingdom of God, right? I mean it is so easy to get into the Kingdom of God, right?
Mat 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. (also see Mark 10:14 and Luke 18:16
Do we not know that we (any of us) are no more than just like little children when it comes to being in the Kingdom. Even if a person has reached the age of 100 what is that to the time angels have been around. So it is that I was once given this parable/saying:
There was an ant carrying a heavy load and working hard to get it to the top of the hill. While at the same time there was a little boy looking down on an ant hill and the little boy just decided to jump right on top of it. What is your view point of heaven?
The above was a parable/saying given to me to basically say the same thing as the Bible, which is that we can't get into heaven unless we take the attitude of children, because we can't get in based on our good works or our great thinking, but by just seeking and hearing by faith we do find the King (Jesus Christ) and His Kingdom of God. So if we did seek we found, and if found we have things we heard, like that parable/saying above. Jesus is still the Teacher! He is still the King! He is always with us to be heard from - so what is all the concern about others hearing from evil spirits? Can you not just ask the Lord yourself and have an answer - but who has been telling people to not seek the Kingdom else they will find devils?? It that not a trick of the evil spirit to keep us from seeking Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God that Jesus Christ still preaches to this day?
Still - Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God and the Jews told Him "The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” (Jn 8:48) and if that was said to Him who was perfect what should we expect from some if we also preach the Kingdom of God? So it is that I want to talk to "Christians" about the Kingdom of God and yet nobody has anything to tell me about their experience with the Kingdom of God but some come across as saying "“Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” in one way or another.
Think about it - is the situation today the same as was found when Jesus took on flesh?
It seems it is - in that if I come preaching the Kingdom of God and how the King and His Kingdom is available to us, other then follow wondering if I don't have a demon. Yet it is not them who are preaching the Kingdom of God is it?