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SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A MANUAL FOR THE NORMATIVE CHRISTIAN LIFE. I think that's an idiotic, nonsensical, obtuse, convoluted, hypocritical, untenable, RELIGIOUS-SPIRIT--hell-born position.

Matthew 1:20
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:12
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

Matthew 2:13
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."

Matthew 2:19
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

Matthew 2:22
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Matthew 27:19
While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."

Acts 2:17
" 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Luke 1:22
When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.

Luke 24:23
but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

Acts 2:17
" 'In the last days, God says, all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 9:10
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Yes, Lord," he answered.

Acts 9:12
In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight."

Acts 10:3
One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, "Cornelius!"

Acts 10:17
While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon's house was and stopped at the gate.

Acts 10:19
While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three[ 10:19 One early manuscript two; other manuscripts do not have the number.] men are looking for you.

Acts 11:5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

Acts 12:9
Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.

Acts 16:9
During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

Acts 16:10
After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Acts 18:9
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.

Acts 26:19
"So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.

2 Corinthians 12

1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know--God knows. 3And I know that this man--whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows-- 4was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell. 5I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 6Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.

Revelation 9:17
The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

To imagine that the New Testament examples of how God chooses to communicate with His Children are now passe is the height of a lie from the pit of hell, to me.

Man has not changed.

Satan has not changed.

God has certainly not changed.

The spiritual realities of life on this sin stained globe have not changed except to worsen.

Yet, the pit of hell and particularly an evil RELIGIOIUS SPIRIT (that I used to be under the heavy influence of) would have even believers think that Holy Spirit is no longer needed in the ways He was when the Disciples walked dusty paths.

That's not Biblical.

That's not logical.

That's not the character and manner of The Almighty God that I know and have experienced and observed in a myriad of similar and the same ways in my life, the lives of my counseling clients and the lives of my friends and associates.

The Bible says the fruit is one way to discern whether something is of God or not. These ways, means and manners of Holy Spirit entering into time and space in the lives of folks who love God and often enough even rank sinners have consistently brought individuals to Jesus; fostered their RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS and/or deepened their RELATIONSHIP AND INTIMACY with Jesus. There have been deliverences, healings, and many other demonstrations of God's love for individuals through the Blood of the Lamb and the dramatic moves of Holy Spirit to demonstrate God's love to individuals in vivid communications and miracle solutions to painful problems and situations.

RELIGIOUS SPIRITED folks will throw rocks at God's manifested power in this day as they did when Jesus walked dusty paths. God is not amused. He's getting ready to wholesale run rough shod over the whole idiotic idea that He is not the same today as He was then; that He no longer moves with His Spirit in might and power--in demonstrations that bring Him Glory.

Folks who prefer to be blind to plain Bible as well as to the millions of examples around the world in this era are not likely to listen to reason. All the Scriptures in the book will not influence them. All the examples of the last 2,000 years of Biblical manifestations of God's miracle working Spirit will not influence them. Their minds are darkened by a glib RELIGIOUS SPIRIT which appeals to their emotional and psychological needs for tidy little boxed RELIGIOUS CONSTRUCTIONS to enable them to feel safer and to avoid having to listen to God's voice moment by moment--something they are NOT prepared to do or interested in doing--it's too challenging and they are too fearful of losing control and losing out for their errors in doing so.

But Jesus says His yoke is easy and His burden light. I'm still learning what that means. But I know that walking hand in hand with Him, listening to His VOICE and being open to HIS dreams, visions, voice in the night or at other times AND ANY OTHER WAY ALMIGHT GOD CHOOSES TO SPEAK TO ME--IS GRACE AND MERCY TO ME. AND I'M GOING TO SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO AVAIL MYSELF OF SUCH GRACE AND MERCY. Communication from God Almighty is sweet and blessed beyond measure.

Only satan is interested in robbing folks of such opportunities and experiences.