Contradicting Revelations?

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by NotforSale

This is one of the many reasons there is great dispute in Faith, and thousands of denominations all claiming they have the "Truth".

Men stand up and claim, "God told me", and so people find themselves following an Idea that lives in the Spectral World where proof can't be touched, verified, and deemed valid. We are told, “That’s the Man of God, and touch not mine Anointed”, so fear keeps us in the bay of not questioning such statements.

All Faith's do this. We can pick any one. The Mormons go way out there, into realms and visions that look and sound good and we laugh them off as crazy with False Doctrine. Yet, we do the same thing. We allow men to stand up and say, "God told me" in the Apostolic Church, and because we are committed to our Idea regarding Scripture we give them that liberty.

If you really think about it, telling people that God told you something is probably one of the broadest forms of manipulation on our Planet.

I think you're on to something, NFS.

Without quenching the leading of the Spirit, we must be careful not to make our actions all divinely authorized by God.

[NotforSale]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

I think you're on to something, NFS.

Without quenching the leading of the Spirit, we must be careful not to make our actions all divinely authorized by God.

Jeff, I've used the term, "God Told ME", many times throughout my Christian life. Looking back, I realize we can say many things under the spell of emotion and religious fervor.

I steer clear of saying that to people anymore. I might share an opinion as coming from a deep feeling I can't really describe, but to say, "God told or spoke to me", this kind of statement is resting on the border of a lie.

I've had crazy people come to our Church, hearing all kinds of voices in their head. They've stood up and testified that God had spoken to them, and if others didn’t know better they might believe them. In fact, if you’ve been in this movement for any length of time, Testimonial services can be the worst place where this happens.

Maybe we are loose with this term because we are loose with others. For example, "How are you today? Fine." We may feel downright rotten, but we still say fine. "God told me" may be more of a quick description of being deeply moved, and we don't know how else to describe it, or just don't think about what we are saying.