(July 4, 2015 at 4:40 am)Neimenovic Wrote:(July 3, 2015 at 7:24 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: My response would be, "Tell me more."
Because I'm open to the possibility that God may have spoken.
And what would the criteria be, for you to decide whether it was real or not?
It's called discernment. I would consider:
1. What I know of God from scripture
2. What I know of God from tradition
3. What I know of God from personal experience
4. What I know of God from the experiences of others (canonized saints, biographies and autobiographies of other Christians, and personal friends)
5. What I may hear from the Holy Spirit regarding the experience that is related to me.
Finally, I may decide to withhold any judgment until I see some evident fruit.