How do you know if your dream is really from God?

[ChristinaL]

Great post. Knowing that God speaks to those who will listen, I always have my mind on Him to see what He'll say next!

There you have to be careful. Because when you have the bible its rare at best that God speaks to people in other ways. I have certainly heard of Jesus speaking to non believers in countries where possessing a bible can get you killed so its not impossible for God to speak to us in dreams and visions . And with the bible being a closed canon God has nothing new to say. No new prophecy.

 

[MA2444]

Dreams do NOT foretell good news....ever!

That's not true in all instances in scripture, is it?
Now when Joseph had a dream that you better run because Herod will kill the child, it was bad news. But when Joseph had the dream that it was ok to go home again because Herod died, that was good news!

Maybe most the time it is bad news. Not all the time.

I had a (series of) dream(s) where Jesus was teaching me to fly. He had me by my ankles and would fly below me and guide me and talk to me at the same time. I remember all the details, I could see Jesus face and His beard and He wasn't wearing a robe, it was a white pullover shirt and white beachcomber pants. Every once in awhile we'd stop on top of someone's roof and rest! He taught me how to land on a roof without waking them up or disturbing them. Then it was over.

What sort of bad news do you suppose that dream meant? I cant see bad news in that dream.

 

[JohnDB]

That's not true in all instances in scripture, is it?
Now when Joseph had a dream that you better run because Herod will kill the child, it was bad news. But when Joseph had the dream that it was ok to go home again because Herod died, that was good news!

Maybe most the time it is bad news. Not all the time.

I had a (series of) dream(s) where Jesus was teaching me to fly. He had me by my ankles and would fly below me and guide me and talk to me at the same time. I remember all the details, I could see Jesus face and His beard and He wasn't wearing a robe, it was a white pullover shirt and white beachcomber pants. Every once in awhile we'd stop on top of someone's roof and rest! He taught me how to land on a roof without waking them up or disturbing them. Then it was over.

What sort of bad news do you suppose that dream meant? I cant see bad news in that dream.

I think you need to re-read the story. You are missing some details.

 

[1stCenturyLady]

There you have to be careful. Because when you have the bible its rare at best that God speaks to people in other ways. I have certainly heard of Jesus speaking to non believers in countries where possessing a bible can get you killed so its not impossible for God to speak to us in dreams and visions . And with the bible being a closed canon God has nothing new to say. No new prophecy.

God will answer our questions on His word. For instance, I could never understand why teachers called the life-long period of maturing in Jesus, "sanctification." It seemed to me regarding that word to always be past-tense, just like justification. Like this:

1 Corinthians 6:11 "But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."

So I asked God, I believe that we go through a period of maturing in You for as long as we live, but I see that calling it sanctification is incorrect, so what do You call it. Immediately He answered and said, "Glorification." And then I danced around the house. I always do that when He honors me with hearing His voice, even though it is just a thought interrupting my own thoughts. But then I saw the evidence all over scripture. What the church believes in error is that it is our body that becomes glorified. Wrong. We are glorified now as we who walk in the Spirit are being conformed to the image of God. In Romans 8 "sanctification" is not even mentioned.

Romans 8:29-30
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord."

 

[ThePuffyBlob]

Dreams do NOT foretell good news....ever!
Only famine, starvation, wars, pestilence and etc. Why people want them is beyond me.

sorry to say but u r wrong

Genesis 37:5-11
Joseph had a dream and told it to his brothers, which made them hate him even more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had. When we were binding stalks of grain in the field, my stalk got up and stood upright, while your stalks gathered around it and bowed down to my stalk.” His brothers said to him, “Will you really be our king and rule over us?” So they hated him even more because of the dreams he told them. Then Joseph had another dream and described it to his brothers: “I’ve just dreamed again, and this time the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” When he described it to his father and brothers, his father scolded him and said to him, “What kind of dreams have you dreamed? Am I and your mother and your brothers supposed to come and bow down to the ground in front of you?” His brothers were jealous of him, but his father took careful note of the matter.

Genesis 45:1-9
Joseph could no longer control himself in front of all his attendants, so he declared, “Everyone, leave now!” So no one stayed with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers. He wept so loudly that the Egyptians and Pharaoh’s household heard him. Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m Joseph! Is my father really still alive?” His brothers couldn’t respond because they were terrified before him. Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me,” and they moved closer. He said, “I’m your brother Joseph! The one you sold to Egypt. Now, don’t be upset and don’t be angry with yourselves that you sold me here. Actually, God sent me before you to save lives. We’ve already had two years of famine in the land, and there are five years left without planting or harvesting. God sent me before you to make sure you’d survive and to rescue your lives in this amazing way. You didn’t send me here; it was God who made me a father to Pharaoh, master of his entire household, and ruler of the whole land of Egypt. “Hurry! Go back to your father. Tell him this is what your son Joseph says: ‘God has made me master of all of Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t delay.

 

[ThePuffyBlob]

Dreams do NOT foretell good news....ever!
Only famine, starvation, wars, pestilence and etc. Why people want them is beyond me.

this must also be bad news right?
Matthew 1:18-22
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn’t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly. As he was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Now all of this took place so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:

 

[ChristinaL]

God will answer our questions on His word. For instance, I could never understand why teachers called the life-long period of maturing in Jesus, "sanctification." It seemed to me regarding that word to always be past-tense, just like justification. Like this:

1 Corinthians 6:11 "But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."

So I asked God, I believe that we go through a period of maturing in You for as long as we live, but I see that calling it sanctification is incorrect, so what do You call it. Immediately He answered and said, "Glorification." And then I danced around the house. I always do that when He honors me with hearing His voice, even though it is just a thought interrupting my own thoughts. But then I saw the evidence all over scripture. What the church believes in error is that it is our body that becomes glorified. Wrong. We are glorified now as we who walk in the Spirit are being conformed to the image of God. In Romans 8 "sanctification" is not even mentioned.

Romans 8:29-30
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord."

Did you not pay attention to what I said? Obviously not.

 

[1stCenturyLady]

Did you not pay attention to what I said? Obviously not.

Yours spoke of God speaking to us about His Word, and I gave my own experience. But in answer to a comment in your post, I have received personal prophecy that has come to pass, and also forthcoming prophecy in answer to a prophecy.

 

[Angelina]

Does God speak to you in dreams? How do you know it's Him?

Do others share dreams that they believe are from God? How can you know whether it's true or not?

Much love!

Very much like finding out if a prophecy is from God. The prophecy is fulfilled. So is the dream.

 

[KUWN]

Very much like finding out if a prophecy is from God. The prophecy is fulfilled. So is the dream.

So, you can't know if a dream or prophecy is from God until after it is fulfilled? what good does that do? For another view, see my post on Heb 2.3, 4 and Heb 1.1, 2 where it says that God has spoken in times past (by visions and dreams) but no longer, he now has spoken (past tense) in his son. All revelation has ceased until the Tribulation period, which is the final days of the Jewish Age.

Rev 22:18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.

 

[Angelina]

So, you can't know if a dream or prophecy is from God until after it is fulfilled? what good does that do? For another view, see my post on Heb 2.3, 4 and Heb 1.1, 2 where it says that God has spoken in times past (by visions and dreams) but no longer, he now has spoken (past tense) in his son. All revelation has ceased until the Tribulation period, which is the final days of the Jewish Age.

Rev 22:18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.

Oh boy! so you are one of those cessationists? The N/T tells us other wise. Joel 2:28-32. Acts 2:17. Yes he has spoken but his son is now in us.

 

[KUWN]

Oh boy! so you are one of those cessationists? The N/T tells us other wise. Joel 2:28-32. Acts 2:17. Yes he has spoken but his son is now in us.

Perhaps you would like to look at the Heb 2. 3 ,4 and refute my post. I doubt you are capable of exegesis from the Greek NT. Best you can do is to based your opinions of the English Translation, but in this case, you don't need to understand the Greek, just try to refute my post. It is pretty straight forward.

 

[MA2444]

So, you can't know if a dream or prophecy is from God until after it is fulfilled? what good does that do? For another view, see my post on Heb 2.3, 4 and Heb 1.1, 2 where it says that God has spoken in times past (by visions and dreams) but no longer, he now has spoken (past tense) in his son. All revelation has ceased until the Tribulation period, which is the final days of the Jewish Age.

It doesnt say but no longer. You need new verses to support your view of no more miraclrd or prophecies.

Hebrews 1:1-2
1 Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe..../NLT

Hebrews 2:3-4
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts[c] of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?.../NLT

Now I'm reading that in the NLT version and it is bit more clear than in the KJV. Where in these verses does it say anything ceased?

Nothing says the Son spoke to us in biblical days but not now. When Jesus died on the cross the veil of the temple was torn in two. Do you understand the significance of that?

If you don't believe that Jesus is trying to talk to you every day then no wonder you cant hear His voice.

 

[Angelina]

Perhaps you would like to look at the Heb 2. 3 ,4 and refute my post. I doubt you are capable of exegesis from the Greek NT. Best you can do is to based your opinions of the English Translation, but in this case, you don't need to understand the Greek, just try to refute my post. It is pretty straight forward.

I have no interest in taking this thread off course whatsoever...you'll have to go argue with yourself on another thread because this one is staying on topic!

 

[Rockerduck]

Jesus's sheep know His voice. I know Jesus when talks to me. I also know the Holy Spirit when He speaks. I go where I'm led by the Holy Spirit. Proverbs 3:5, He guides my steps.

 

[KUWN]

Hebrews 2:3-4
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

πῶς ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα (second generation believers) τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας; ἥτις, ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα λαλεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ κυρίου (first generation), ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσάντων (first generation believers) εἰς ἡμᾶς (second generation believers) ἐβεβαιώθη, συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασιν καὶ ποικίλαις δυνάμεσιν καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου μερισμοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν.

Only the first generation believers performed the miracles. The second generation believers did not perform miracles. By the early 60's Paul was no longer able to heal people like he was in his earlier ministry. 2 Tim 4:20

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. Matt 16.4

The next time signs and wonders will be perform is found in 2 Thes 2.9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie...

Jude 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all (hapax) entrusted to God’s holy people. Once and for all, and no more.

 

[Rockerduck]

πῶς ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα (second generation believers) τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας; ἥτις, ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα λαλεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ κυρίου (first generation), ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσάντων (first generation believers) εἰς ἡμᾶς (second generation believers) ἐβεβαιώθη, συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασιν καὶ ποικίλαις δυνάμεσιν καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου μερισμοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν.

Only the first generation believers performed the miracles. The second generation believers did not perform miracles. By the early 60's Paul was no longer able to heal people like he was in his earlier ministry. 2 Tim 4:20

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. Matt 16.4

The next time signs and wonders will be perform is found in 2 Thes 2.9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie...

Jude 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all (hapax) entrusted to God’s holy people. Once and for all, and no more.

That's not true. You haven't done your research. I've prayed over and prayed with people who were healed. God can work through His people for miracles. My wife needed surgery and the x-rays, more than one, showed spinal stenosis. My bible study group prayed over her before the surgery. The doctor came to me and said she had healed up. I have the x-ray before and after to prove it. Many more like this. With God, anything is possible.

 

[MA2444]

πῶς ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα (second generation believers) τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας; ἥτις, ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα λαλεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ κυρίου (first generation), ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσάντων (first generation believers) εἰς ἡμᾶς (second generation believers) ἐβεβαιώθη, συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασιν καὶ ποικίλαις δυνάμεσιν καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου μερισμοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν.

Only the first generation believers performed the miracles. The second generation believers did not perform miracles. By the early 60's Paul was no longer able to heal people like he was in his earlier ministry. 2 Tim 4:20

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. Matt 16.4

The next time signs and wonders will be perform is found in 2 Thes 2.9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie...

Jude 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all (hapax) entrusted to God’s holy people. Once and for all, and no more.

I have heard that before and it doesnt make sense to me. Actually what is the error is within the Greek language and the translation to english of it and it is a poor translation.

Now I dont know Greek but you can walk thru it with a concordance and see it for yourself, but's it's too early for that for me yet this morning, lol. I have things in my notes about it, but...still too early, lol!

Use blueletterbible.org because that's what I use and it's thorough and easy to navigate.

 

[KUWN]

I have heard that before and it doesnt make sense to me. Actually what is the error is within the Greek language and the translation to english of it and it is a poor translation.

Now I dont know Greek but you can walk thru it with a concordance and see it for yourself, but's it's too early for that for me yet this morning, lol. I have things in my notes about it, but...still too early, lol!

Use blueletterbible.org because that's what I use and it's thorough and easy to navigate.

I don't use translations as my primary source. The concordance by the way does not give you the grammar and syntax of a passage. Looking at a lexicon will give you the meaning of a word, but that is not the main part of exegesis.

That's not true. You haven't done your research. I've prayed over and prayed with people who were healed. God can work through His people for miracles. My wife needed surgery and the x-rays, more than one, showed spinal stenosis. My bible study group prayed over her before the surgery. The doctor came to me and said she had healed up. I have the x-ray before and after to prove it. Many more like this. With God, anything is possible.

I figured someone would respond without reading my post. God still performs miracles today, but the gift of healing is no longer given to believers. Not even the Apostle Paul was able to heal a fellow servant in the latter part of his ministry. 2 Tim 4:20. If Paul was unable to heal Trophimus, I am sure you can't heal.

And Heb 2. 3, 4 tells us that miracles was performed by the first generation of Christians, AND the second generation of Christians did not perform any miracles. You need to evaluate your experiences with Scripture, not the other way around. Experiences are neither true nor false. Finally, if you had the gift of healing, you should go to every cancer treatment center and heal those with cancer, and do it for the glory of God. If you can't do that, you do not have the gift of healing. Remember, unbelievers have healing prayers answered also.

 

[KUWN]

I have heard that before and it doesnt make sense to me. Actually what is the error is within the Greek language and the translation to english of it and it is a poor translation.

How do you know that it is a poor translation if you don't know Greek? The only thing you are able to do is to read things that support your view by some author.