Do you know the lord personally?..
If the new testament is accurate who knocked Saul off his transporation and blinded him?... Who is the Lord?.. The father, the son, or the Holy Spirit?..
Maybe its you that do not know the Lord personally...
I don't know this as a fact.. but could be..
I say this because I don't believe in miracles...
I rely on them..
The paraclete(Holy Spirit) is an ever present personality available for help..
And is no doubt looking over your shoulder as we speak..
I think what Kosta is saying is that the Apostles James and Peter for instance traveled with the Lord personally for a lot of time, where as many of the 70 apostles simply had a vision of or encountered breifly the risen Christ.
I have not seen Him, walked with Him, ate with Him. Have you? I just find it interesting that those who boast of the indwelling Spirit write more and talk more than those who sat with Christ and listened to Him speak, ate with Him, walked with Him, and witnessed Him first hand.
The paraclete(Holy Spirit) is an ever present personality available for help
How do you know that it's the Spirit? Do you see Him? Does He say I am the Holy Spirit? You know, there was a man by the name of Mohammad. And he wrote a whole book called the Koran (Quran), which was dictated to him, word-by-word, by none other than God, or so he says...and there are over one billion people on this earth who believe him!
Everyone, or so it seems, boasts of some divinity working inside of them. I feel that sometimes, but I have no clue what it is. I feel that somehow I am gently ushered back into repentance and self-denial, but like a person in a dream I "know" who I am thinking of but really don't have a label or a picture that comes with it.