How do you know God is real?

[easternstar]

Opinion of the tree good and evil(Genesis 3:22) is good for nothing. Your thinking is from a human perspective->Genesis 3:1, man of sin, in fact a stumblingblock, your thinking is not from GOD's perspective. What matters and prevails is the righteous Judgment of GOD as is written in His book, understand? by the way, the book of life. ->John 1:5-> The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. -> GOD is Light-> the Greater Light-, and in Him is no darkness at all.-1John 1:5.

JESUS said for the Devil:-> Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD-Matthew 4:4. Well, every Word that proceeded out of the mouth of GOD is written in His book, the Scriptures, the Bible, beginning by the prophets, beginning by Moses, understand? My Lord JESUS left very very clear, saying: -> He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.-John 7:38.->This is the testimony of JESUS.

Reading the content of your posts in this Christian site, and discerning your spirit by the Word of GOD, you're simply walking about the believers, walking around them, here and elsewhere, something like a stumblingblock. What you have learned you learned from men, as said Paul Apostle to the Church of Corinthians:->2Corinthians 11:13-15:-> 13 For such are false apostles, DECEITFUL workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.(the light is the Word of GOD-Psalms 119:105). 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers(MINISTERS OF SATAN, MINISTERS OF THE DEVIL) also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose END shall be according to their works.->Revelation 20:12-15, take a look.

Be prepared, or else, get ready

Annihilation

Anybody see any scriptural and/or early church support for it?

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You absolutely have no clue about my spiritual condition or my relationship with God. Do not dare to think you do.

 

[Oseas3]

I pray every day, aloud and in silence. I pray, I beg, I Iisten, but... nothing.

When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well;

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the Sword->(Hebrews 4:12-13): for the MOUTH of the Lord hath spoken it.

 

[easternstar]

When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well;

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the Sword->(Hebrews 4:12-13): for the MOUTH of the Lord hath spoken it.

I am a Christian, a disciple of Jesus Christ. I was raised by devoutly Christian parents. I cannot remember a time when I didn't believe. In 1985, at age 30, in a very dark hour, God communicated with me in an experience that lifted me out of that darkness. It's been 40 years, and I long for another experience like that, a communication from God.

 

[Cathode]

I pray every day, aloud and in silence. I pray, I beg, I Iisten, but... nothing.

Do you kneel when you pray, fast and meditate on Jesus passion?

The other thing is.
There is a spiritual condition called the Dark Night of the Senses, where prayer is dry and seemingly gets little to nothing from it. No matter how you persevere in prayer, this eventually eases and consolations return. But this can last many years. They call this Spiritual Desolation.

The Dark Night of the Soul usually follows the Dark Night of the Senses. In this state, there is no feeling or sight of God at all and the person only perceives that there is no hope and no heaven, yet they persist and choose to believe anyway. I fell back to remembering powerful spiritual events in the distant past and just kept going.
The motto was, feel nothing, but pray anyway. There is no set time span for these, sometimes months, sometimes decades. It depends on God.

The best disposition is to surrender it to God anyway.

Lord I am desolate, but I will continue in faith and prayer anyway to your Glory, your Will be done. And thank you for everything.

 

[easternstar]

Do you kneel when you pray, fast and meditate on Jesus passion?

The other thing is.
There is a spiritual condition called the Dark Night of the Senses, where prayer is dry and seemingly gets little to nothing from it. No matter how you persevere in prayer, this eventually eases and consolations return. But this can last many years. They call this Spiritual Desolation.

The Dark Night of the Soul usually follows the Dark Night of the Senses. In this state, there is no feeling or sight of God at all and the person only perceives that there is no hope and no heaven, yet they persist and choose to believe anyway. I fell back to remembering powerful spiritual events in the distant past and just kept going.
The motto was, feel nothing, but pray anyway. There is no set time span for these, sometimes months, sometimes decades. It depends on God.

The best disposition is to surrender it to God anyway.

Lord I am desolate, but I will continue in faith and prayer anyway to your Glory, your Will be done. And thank you for everything.

Thank you for your heartfelt post. It touched me and helped me.

 

[GentleGospeller]

Some basic questions: How do you know God is real?
Does God communicate with you?
Do you know God, and not just about God?

I answer such things on my Discord server. As for instance:

[1] PROPHECY (FUTURE) (FALL OF BABYLON, DESOLATION OF EGPYT, 4 WORLD KINGDOMS):

• Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
• Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• [A.] FOUR world empires would arise: BABYLON, MEDO-PERSIA, GREECE, & ROME (Daniel chapters 2, 7, 8-12).
• [B.] CYRUS to be the warrior to capture Babylon (Isaiah 45:1-3).
• [C.] After BABYLON'S destruction, it would never be inhabited again (Isaiah 13:19-20; Jeremiah 51:37).
• [D.] EGYPT would never again have a commanding position among the nations (Ezekiel 29:14, 15 30:12-13).
• [E.] Earth-shaking CALAMTIES & FEAR toward the end of time (Luke 21:25-26).
• [F.] Moral DEGENERACY & DECLINE of spirituality in the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-5). [2]

[2] CURRENTLY (PRESENT TRUTH) (CIVIL WAR, UNREST, ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH CRISES, FAMILY):

• 2Pe_1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

[3] HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY (PAST) (GLOBAL FLOOD, TEL DAN STELE, MERNEPTAH STELE, CYRUS CYLINDER, NABONIDUS CHRONICLE, &c):

• Ecc 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
• Ecc 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

 

[GentleGospeller]

Some basic questions: How do you know God is real?
Does God communicate with you?
Do you know God, and not just about God?

[4] UNITY (HARMONY):

• [A.] Isa 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: see also Isaiah 28:13)
• [B.] Mat_18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

[C.] 1Co_14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets The 66 books (39 - GENESIS TO MALACHI, + 27, MATTHEW TO REVELATION) of the Bible were written:

• [1.] On three continents (EGYPT, AFRICA; CANAAN &/or JUDEA, ASIA (MINOR); PATMOS, &/or ROME, EUROPE).
• [2.] In three Primary languages (HEBREW, SYRIACK (ARAMAIC), koine GREEK (and some latinzed Greek)).
• [3.] By about 40 different people (MOSES, JOSHUA, SAMUEL, EZRA, NEHEMIAH, DAVID, SOLOMON, AGUR, LEMUEL, SONS OF KORAH, ASAPH, HEMAN THE EZRAHITE, HEZEKIAH, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, DANIEL, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN, PAUL, TERTIUS, JAMES, PETER, JUDE, and perhaps 1 or two others (priests, scribes, amanuensis, &c).
• [4.] Over a period of about 1,500-1,600 years (TIME OF PROPHET MOSES TO APOSTLE JOHN).
• [5.] On the most controversial subjects (RELIGION, POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, CREATION, FAMILY, SEXUALITY, &c.)
• [6.] By people who, in most cases, had never met.
• [7.] By authors whose education and background varied greatly (such as KINGS, SHEPHERDS, PROPHETS, MUSICIANS, SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, GENERAL, FISHERMEN, PRIESTS, SCRIBES, PHYSICIAN, RICH & POOR).

 

[GentleGospeller]

Some basic questions: How do you know God is real?
Does God communicate with you?
Do you know God, and not just about God?

[5] TESTIMONY (WITNESS):

• [A.] Gal 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
• Gal 1:24 And they glorified God in me.
• [B.] Gal_2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
  

[6] CONSERVANCY (PRESERVATION, “Divine Inspiration, without Divine Preservation & Translation, would be a Divine waste of time.”):

• Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Psa 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. (see also Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4, 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 4:4, 21:33; 2 Cor. 3:2-3; Col. 1:13; Heb. 11:5; 2 Sam. 3:10)
  

[7] IN-ERRENCY or ACCURACY (IN ALL THINGS, MORALITY, MATHEMATICALLY, SCIENTIFICALLY, MEDICALLY, AGRICULTURALLY, HORTICULTURALLY, SOCIETALLY):

• [A.] Psa_119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
• [B.] Pro_22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? (see also Daniel 10:21, 11:2)
• [C.] Joh 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;