Unexplainable God

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:48 pm

I was at a Catholic retreat this past weekend and God yet again amazed me. Just when I think I have Him all figured out, He goes and fills 30 people with His spirit Joel 2:28-32 and they start speaking in tongues. Some of them got so freaked out that they will no longer return to the retreats - they think that they were possessed by some devils. Someone got a mighty prophecy as well; "1000 times this is the army I am raising." What an incredible visit from God's Spirit underneath the Catholic umbrella... I mean they don't even teach on speaking in tongues or prophecy or any of that stuff! Why would God choose to bless them instead of let's say a pentecostal church that is constantly seeking the filling of the Holy Spirit? Our God is truly indescribible and uncontainable - who can truly know Him?

RGeeB · Post by **RGeeB** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:54 am

Yes MD, His ways are beyond us - It is reassuring to know that ultimately He is working things out for the best ending - for Him and us. I believe God wants us, in these last of the last days, to be united. A good way of achieving this is when Jesus baptises us in ONE Holy Spirit. The gifts of the Spirit show that there is no favouritism with God.

Felgar · Post by **Felgar** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:21 am

Great story MD... To me it really reaffirms that many Catholics are in fact, saved.

I think you can reassure the frightenned with the fact that believers can sense the presence of evil and would certainly have known whether that power was divine or satanic.