DannyBear said:
For this entity to request (require) you to 'tell other's' about him, how is he/she any different than the god/gods of other religions?On top of that, to ask you to endure the jibes the ridicule associated with the telling of the story, is it in fact the opposite of love and compassion, in fact evil? You think this spirit or entity is unaware of the response you would get from other's who do not see or hear the same voice(s)? Surely not. This is not loving, especialy when they (he/she)can and should reveal themselves to all the rest of us poor shmucks, who are just as yadda yadda yadda.
What this tells me about this visitation you describe is very simple.....they are masquerading as loving and kind!!!!!
Danny,
Stephen was also told by Holy Spirit (Christ) to witness in front of the High Priest and read what happened, this is Stephen speaking:
Ac 7:51 | Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. |
Ac 7:52 | Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; |
Ac 7:53 | ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not. |
Ac 7:54 | Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. |
Ac 7:55 | But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, |
Ac 7:56 | and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. |
Ac 7:57 | But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord; |
Ac 7:58 | and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. |
Ac 7:59 | And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. |
Ac 7:60 | And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. |
I do recommend you read the whole account which starts in chapter 6:8 through 7:60.