Can the Holy Spirit talk to you?
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Dear friend, I would be cautious about the alleged gifts of the Holy Spirit and the so called private prayer language of speaking in tongues as practiced in the charismatic renewal and Pentecostal movement in the various Christian denominations, whether in the members of the Orthodox Church, or in Protestantism and Catholicism. Charismatic renewal as I experienced it is foreign to the Holy Spirit in Eastern Orthodoxy. I would not say it is any more valid when practiced by Eastern Orthodox Christians, but I may be wrong about this. I believe they already have the Holy Spirit in baptism and the gift of chrismation, and they don't need Pentecostalism or to speak in other tongues to be truly filled with the Holy Spirit. In Erie Scott Harrington
Dear jonathanbchristian. Can the Holy Spirit speak to us as Christians? How? Where? When?
Yes, He speaks to us. In the Bible, the Word inspired by the Holy Spirit of God Himself. Where does the Holy Spirit speak? In the words of the whole Bible, especially in the Words of Christ in the 4 Gospels, and in the Acts, and in the rest of the NT, the epistles of the Apostles and the Revelation. He also speaks, albeit in a manner that must be rightly understood in the context of NT teaching, in the OT. The Holy Spirit speaks in both the OT and the NT.
OT = The Old Testament, Orthodox Study Bible (OSB), Copyright 2008, Thomas Nelson Bibles, Nashville, TN.
NT = The New Testament, Orthodox New Testament (ONT), 2 vols. Copyright 2000, Holy Apostles Convent, Buena Vista, CO. See also Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible (EOB): New Testament, Copyright 2009, by Laurent Cleenewerck.
God bless you and save you in the precious blood of Jesus Christ our LORD GOD and Saviour. Amen. In Erie PA USA May 2011 AD Scott R. Harrington
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I know when the holy spirit moves me it is more like a conscience thing. You feel compelled to do something good or nice etc. A sort of heart warmth sometimes. It also makes you feel like repenting or doah I shouldn't of done that. I do believe it speaks sometimes softly but make sure you test it cause it could also be the other influence.
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I've heard believers testify that they hear literal voices with their ears and believe it to be God. I wouldn't know. Maybe they have/do.
I have never personally experienced anything like that, however I do sometimes experience God's voice as something more internal. I ask, He answers.
Angels are the messengers of God, so I would imagine the more intense encounters are probably with angels and not the Holy Spirit. I don't know.
I have never personally experienced anything like that, however I do sometimes experience God's voice as something more internal. I ask, He answers.
Angels are the messengers of God, so I would imagine the more intense encounters are probably with angels and not the Holy Spirit. I don't know.
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ISAIAH 6:9
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” 9And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
“‘Keep on hearing,c but do not understand;
keep on seeing,d but do not perceive.’
ACTS 28:25-26
They disagreed among themselves and began
to leave after Paul had made this final statement:
“The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your forefathers when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
26“‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
Acts 13:2
"While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Jesus also said MY sheep HEAR my voice and they follow. We are to hear the voice of God.
And the cleaner and more righteous we allow Jesus to make us, and when we wash our garments in Christ, and strive to be Holy, and repent of our selves, and our sins, and want to be more like Jesus, The more he will speak to us. The MORE HE will teach us.
So Yes the Spirit who is Christ in us, speaks.
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” 9And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
“‘Keep on hearing,c but do not understand;
keep on seeing,d but do not perceive.’
ACTS 28:25-26
They disagreed among themselves and began
to leave after Paul had made this final statement:
“The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your forefathers when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
26“‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
Acts 13:2
"While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Jesus also said MY sheep HEAR my voice and they follow. We are to hear the voice of God.
And the cleaner and more righteous we allow Jesus to make us, and when we wash our garments in Christ, and strive to be Holy, and repent of our selves, and our sins, and want to be more like Jesus, The more he will speak to us. The MORE HE will teach us.
So Yes the Spirit who is Christ in us, speaks.
I don't hear voice of Holy Spirit on my native language but I always trying to feel what the Lord to wishing from me. The Lord can speaking with me through events and folks in my life too. 
Unfortunatly sometimes people can to hear voise not from God.
Dear friends, do not believe every
spirit, but test the spirits to see whether
they are from God… (1st John 4:1)
Unfortunatly sometimes people can to hear voise not from God.Dear friends, do not believe every
spirit, but test the spirits to see whether
they are from God… (1st John 4:1)
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My 2 cents worth, No where have I found in scripture does it say the Holy Spirit speaks to us. It does tell us that it is our helper, it guides us in the truth of God, even leads us in what to pray for, and many other things. There is a couple times in my life that I knew with out question that God spoke to me. And there's times I knew without question that the Holy Spirit was leading me in something. If the Holy Spirit can or does speak to anyone, there's no reason to believe it can't speak to us in our language. Shalom
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Can the Holy Spirit talk to us?
Well I hope so! I don't think he's been shackled, duct taped at the mouth and stuffed in a trunk against his will!
Of course he can speak. If he doesn't speak to us, then we're done for as Christians. He's God's gift to us, to lead us, teach us and distribute gifts to us, so we can be built up by other believers empowered by Him!
Well I hope so! I don't think he's been shackled, duct taped at the mouth and stuffed in a trunk against his will!
Of course he can speak. If he doesn't speak to us, then we're done for as Christians. He's God's gift to us, to lead us, teach us and distribute gifts to us, so we can be built up by other believers empowered by Him!
Shalom Zone. No, no one speaks out loud in tongues, they actually go by scripture and keep quiet, if they are doing it. And no one jumps up and says "thus says the Lord" I believe when and if that happens and it's truly from God, it is going to be crystal clear. But as I said on my thread about "gifts" There's hardly anyone in the Body of Messiah that is mature enough to handle such responsibility.
What most don't think about is to have such gifts mean a greater accountability to YHWH. It would be amazing to have any one of these gifts, but it is not to run head long into them. Shalom
What most don't think about is to have such gifts mean a greater accountability to YHWH. It would be amazing to have any one of these gifts, but it is not to run head long into them. Shalom
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All good answers (and only one argument; that's good). I will put in my "two cent's worth". I believe that God speaks to us through His Holy Spirit. In John 4:23 & 24, Jesus said "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
There have been times in my life when I thought I heard a distinct voice, speaking my language, telling me something specific. This has usually occurred when I was following the directions of Psalm 46:10, as quoted above, "“Be still, and know that I am God;...". But I believe that more often, the Lord speaks by planting a thought in our minds, invoking a certain response in our hearts, or guiding us in a certain direction.
But this by no means implies that God can't speak to us directly. (“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?")* The Holy Spirit, I believe, is His messenger through which He communicates His wishes and desires for each one of us, to each one of us. Whatever He needs to do to get our attention He is fully capable of doing.
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* Jeremiah 32:27
There have been times in my life when I thought I heard a distinct voice, speaking my language, telling me something specific. This has usually occurred when I was following the directions of Psalm 46:10, as quoted above, "“Be still, and know that I am God;...". But I believe that more often, the Lord speaks by planting a thought in our minds, invoking a certain response in our hearts, or guiding us in a certain direction.
But this by no means implies that God can't speak to us directly. (“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?")* The Holy Spirit, I believe, is His messenger through which He communicates His wishes and desires for each one of us, to each one of us. Whatever He needs to do to get our attention He is fully capable of doing.
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* Jeremiah 32:27
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Zone, even when I feel absolutely sure God has given something to me, I'm leary of saying "God told me", because it's just not something to take lightly, it's dangerous. I'll say "I believe God has put on my heart" but I don't declare it "Thus says the Lord" lol. Shalom Agree 100%...wow, thats a first ....maybe I need a tic tac or something.