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I think this is mute since I now realize I had a false prophetic gift as explained in my last post before this one.

As for my experiences with God that led to my salvation, they typically involved perfect predictions of the future. However, I see this is not a prophetic gift that carried over into my salvation but God loving on me unto salvation. I have heard similarly powerful testimonies in church history and out of the Voice of the Martyrs.

 

I should have said spirit of false prophecy. I have been having experiences of being a Medium where spirits will talk through me claiming to be the Holy Spirit or demons. They will then give me prophecy or try and trick me into accepting false prophecy and leave. I would try to test the spirits, but this has turned out to be a form demonic oppression as far as I can tell. Of course, in light of the discussion at this board I now realize that this is clearly of the devil for no son of the Father would ever have demons speak through him as part of giving prophecy. I see this has been of the devil duh.

My biggest concern is that being a Medium for demonic spirits in any way means that I am not saved. Even though I confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that He rose from the dead from what I believe to be my heart.

As for a prophetic gift working today I see that as problematic in that it needs to be accurate and abide by the bible, but I know of no one who has such a ministry today.

I know God still talks to people and gives predictions of the future, but this is found in church history and seems to be on very rare occassions in a person's life, and lacks a pattern in any individual life that would make that person a prophet with prophecy as in the early church.

 

I have a mental illness and I see therapy regularly and am medicated. However, from talking to my LMHC therapist about stuff like this fairly regularly, stuff like this usually falls outside the purview of mental health and into the realm of religion as it isn't neatly categorized as mental health symptoms. Being a medium for what would be my voices in mental health, but which can communicate to me in a two way conversation using me as a medium is definitely not a normal mental health symptom for instance.

There is also the issue that such voices claim to be the Holy Spirit giving prophecy or demons trying to trick me and their "act" never really breaks.

 

Also I have talked to my LMHC therapist about all of my actual encounters with God that led me to salvation and he agreed readily that such encounters seem to not be within the purview of mental health and instead to be in the world of religion.

Here I think many people might think charismatics are lying, mentally ill, or just confused when they say they have revelation. However, the reality seems to be different from what I have observed while inside the International House of Prayer movement and while obedient to a spirit of false prophecy. Real revelation does come on a number of occasions but I am becoming of the opinion that the source seems to be squarely satanic in many cases, even as the prophetic ministers express a desire to follow Jesus Christ. I say satanic revelation because there is a revelatory incident that seems to be occurring, but the fruit of such revelation does not seem to be good according to a strict interpretation of the bible.

 

My medication is handled by a psychiatrist and I am am one of the most stable people I know in treatment from among my mentally ill friends. I am also on a maximum dose of various types of medication including antipsychotics according to my psychiatrist and we have nowhere further to climb.

Also, StefanM what is your understanding of how a medium works? Because what I am saying is that my body is literally taken over against my will and is forced to do and say things like a rag doll that have not come to mind. I thought that the Holy Spirit was talking through me by doing this but instead this is clearly a satanic manifestation.

Also, for further discussion, I am not a prophet. I have repented of my false prophecy.

As for my encounters with God that led to salvation, those almost always included perfect predictions of the future or miraculous deliverance from death.

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StefanM, I want to thank you for your concern for me. I did explode at you a bit. To be honest you touched a nerve, and I got defensive. I am sorry for that. The issue is that I have been talking this out with mental health professionals for a very long time in very deep detail, and so far my view of things is the one I will defend with the bible against secularism if that makes any sense.

 

I don't really believe in a gift of prophecy anymore that would make one a prophet, but I would add that I know plenty of stories of people receiving revelation from God at some point in their lives that changed them forever afterwards as it worked itself out, often times being to their salvation.

JohnDeereFan and Baptist Brother do you allow for this in your theology?