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Thursday, 19 February 2015
God still speaks through vision and dreams.
The Bible reveals that in times past servants of God were given dreams for specific reasons to convey special messages to His people. Today I will comprehensively use bible scriptures as a way of illustrating and authenticating my views and ideas
While God has used this means of communication in the past and will do so again . We can get this in (Acts 2:17 and Joel 2:28). We must realize that He uses it only when the circumstances warrant.
There are some people who argue that it is not always easy to determine the origin of a vision, dream, or premonition which one might experience. They also went on to say that we must be very careful about ascribing to God any such communication—even if it is supernatural! We are warned to "test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world" (I John 4:1).
Jude warns that sometimes false ministers use dreams and visions to deceive God's people and create a following for themselves (Jude 8; see also Deuteronomy 13:1-5). We must be careful to separate such paranormal activity from the revealed truth of God.
Some visions and dreams may simply be caused by mental or physical stress or the pressures of daily life. The Bible reveals that dreams may result from an upset or overly stimulated mind (Ecclesiastes 5:3). If one has had a very troubled or busy day, he might be more likely to have vivid dreams that night. Ill health or memories of unpleasant experiences may also cause such dreams.
In situations where an unpleasant dream or vision causes distress, fear, physical sickness, or any such thing, we would advise seeking God's intervention and healing. If Satan bothers us with bad dreams, we should ask God to rebuke him (Jude 9). We should also stay close to God in prayer and Bible study so that Satan cannot bother us (James 4:7-8).
Above all God is still using dreams and visions to communicate with His children even today because He is an unchanged God. Many people have lost what God has said to them through dreams. People have to develop a habit of analysing and discern what God is telling them to do through dreams.
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