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geej
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| Posted 12/6/2001 5:36 PM (GMT -6) |   | A certain level of skepticism is good in all aspects of life. How do you guys treat stories of angels, demons, miracles, tongues, proficies, interpretation of tongues and other spiritually supernatural issues when they are related to you?
What is your criteria from separating what is truth and what is falsehood? Do you believe in supernatural occurences?
In your world, how does God reveal Himself supernaturally?
Geej
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boljer
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| Posted 12/6/2001 6:36 PM (GMT -6) | | Geej, Great question! I have been studying the topic of supernatural happenings myself for quite some time now. I don't have any doubts that God works supernaturally today to accomplish his will.
Jesus said in Matthew 7 starting in vs. 15(talking specifically about prophecy)--that we can recognize true prophets by their fruits. I think one way we can discern what is true from false is does the person's teachings minimize Christ and glorify themselves? We should examine teachers' by their lives. We need to look and be aware of their motives, the direction they are taking and the resluts they are seeking.
One thing the Lord has taught me about the whole issue is that we need to know and understand WHY these supernatural things take place?! I think it all points back to the HEART of GOD. When we understand God's heart in the matter, we can uderstand that for example-He loves the sick so he wants to heal them,,or he loves the person that's being trapped by satan's schemes so he may open their spiritual eyes up to see demons and angels so he can flee that which is evil and turn to righteouseness...Another thing is the supernatural may not always be as BIG as someone being raised from the dead --although there have been accounts of that --David Hogan in Mexico---but there can be supernatural things that happen daily!! Like the fact that you wake up and breath --to me is a supernatural thing--or the birth of a child---the powerful love that the Lord makes whole between husband and wife...many examples....Some additional scriptures you may want to look at regarding the roles of angels on earth and the struggle with spiritual forces are ----MT 1:20,,,Eph,6:12,,,2Thess. 3:1-3....I think we all need to be open to the power of GOd to work in supernatural ways--because after all those things are very much apart of who God is and what he is all about...Blessings!!!JB
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boljer
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| Posted 12/6/2001 6:39 PM (GMT -6) | | One more quick comment Geej...Because of the fact that the supernatural happenings have been abused proves that there must be some real supernatural experiences out there...
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