In this case, when the mission chairman was blustering and trying to destructively throw his weight around in a way that would hurt his own people, Holy Spirit rose up within me and I warned him that he'd better get on beam with what God was doing with his group or God would take him out of this life. 40 days later he was dead of a brain aneurysm.
Does anyone think that the Holy Spirit acts in this way? This episode does not sound as though it manifests any of the fruits of the Holy Spirit attributed by Scripture.
All of us will one day die. I could die any moment, even right after hitting the "post" button on this comment, but it would have nothing to do with any of you, just my own frailty, as all humans are frail.
It is my opinion as a devout Catholic that this comment from Quix's post is the single most unbalanced, evil thing I have ever read on this forum, and the Holy Spirit was, in my opinion, NOT involved. Possibly Satan. I pray Christ has mercy on anyone who purports to speak for the Holy Spirit in fatal judgment of another human.
Now I return to my silence, as the response is immaterial to me.
Bitterness is physically destructive in a list of ways.
Search it out.
Even you might learn something.
Forgive them Lord. They know not what they do.
BTW, I gather that
ANANIAS & SAPPHIRA
don’t ring any Biblical bells for you.
Perhaps the man was struck down by Quix’s curse, but it was NOT by God.
Sounds more like the action of the “Greys” instead of the Holy Spirit.
I cannot recall any worse.
Unbalanced and evil, that really captures it.
...the Holy Spirit was, in my opinion, NOT involved. Possibly Satan.
You have stated it.
Whether or not He was, I do not know, however, one notable example that it is possible occurs in Acts 5:1-12. One does not tempt the holy Spirit nor lie to Him
God the Holy Spirit does communicate with believers. We know He acts upon the hearing of the Word within our human spirit and continues to sanctify the soul in that ministry, note the soul and mind being discernible from the human spirit.
Also in cases of Divine Judgment, there are many documented cases in Scripture where prior to final stages of a degenerate rebellious behavior, God manifests grace. Sometimes that grace is by Divine Discipline to get our attention to return to Him. Sometimes a person might be so hardened in their heart to refuse to see those indicators, He uses others to communicate to the rebellious person or nation. In other cases God the Holy Spirit might communicate per our spiritual gifts an event which would interfere with a person being in the right place, at the right time by His Plan.
Just this afternoon, my spouse had taken a friend to the hospital and had returned to give her a ride home from the day procedure. She had been waiting near the doorways and kept moving the car periodically to make sure she wasn’t in the way or impeding traffic. At one point, she thought she had perceived nearly being hit by a car, but looked around afterwards and couldn’t see anything, but decided to leave for a while so as not to be too close to the area. Her friend called indicating she would be there a little longer but would make it home on her own. When my wife returned home, she discovered only moments earlier, somebody had driven a car through the area she had been and had crashed into the waiting room through the hospital doors. Moments later, her friend called indicating the doctors advised against her driving and she had to have my wife pick her up. She’s fairly certain what she had perceived had been a vision and not a car missing her, but a perception of a very real threat.
When I read Quix’s report, I see nothing which fails to glorify God, nor to counterfeit what He provides, but merely a report of a warning that God might judge and the time might be short if the rebellious person did not cease his past behavior.
The solution is to simply remain in fellowship with God in all things, through faith in Christ, keeping our accounts short and remaining in prayer continuously. By remaining in faith through Him, He then places us in the right place, at the right time to perform His Plan by His Sovereignty.