In 1975, as a new Christian, I wanted to know if God leads the NT church people today by giving them dreams, visions, or by having angel speak to individuals in the church.
So I went to the NT Bible and looked up each passage in the NT Bible showing dreams, visions, and angels, proving the issue by that which the Bible says about dreams, visions, and angels speaking to Christians of the NT church. If I could see examples of God using these things to communicate with HIS people in the NT Bible, I could establish in my heart that God would use these with the NT church today.
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Here are a few examples from the NT Bible:
The apostle Paul was on a ship that was in danger of sinking.
Acts 27
23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
I could see by this that God does use angels to speak to the NT church today to show us things to come or to give us instructions.
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Acts 16
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
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Acts 5
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught.
But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
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In Matthew 2, there are several examples of God speaking to Joseph through dreams.
By these and other examples in the NT Bible, I established truth concerning God's use of dreams, visions, and angels in the NT church today.
Later when God gave me a dream or vision or had an angel speak to me to give me information concerning what I was to do ... or to warn me, I had the basis from the NT Bible to believe that such was from God to me.
(Examples on this Podcast.)
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