Well, I have been told that I was going to Hell again.
This time from someone that had read the Statement of Faith on my website, www.revivalfire.org and decided that, because I do not believe as she does, I was not saved. She was also quick to point out that you can’t go by feelings. I beg your pardon, but I don’t see how you can go without feelings.
Yes, we walk by Faith and we must go by the Word of God, but doesn’t the Spirit and the Word agree? And isn’t faith the substance of things hoped for? And if it is a substance, can you not feel it? Faith opens the door to walk into the presence of God, but believe me, when you are in the presence of God, you can feel it!
I don’t want to just believe I’m saved or think I’m saved –I want to know it! I want to feel it! I love that rush that comes down from the Throne of God when I pray. When I raise my hands and lift up my heart in praise and feel the Heavens open up – wow, there is no feeling in the world like that!
When you lead someone through the Sinner’s Prayer and you feel the Spirit of God come down and flow through them – how can you not feel that?
When you lay hands on someone that is sick and feel the Blood of Jesus Christ wash over them and heal them right in front of you; when the preacher is under the Anointing and you feel the power of God flowing through whole church; when you are deep in prayer and the Lord speaks to you or shows you a vision – tell me, how can you not go by feelings?
Perhaps that woman has never felt the supernatural power of the Holy Ghost in her life. If she did, maybe she’d have a different opinion.
I’ll tell you what, if I were in a church or a denomination or a doctrine (or whatever you want to call it), and I couldn’t feel the Spirit of God, then something is missing. (Like maybe God?)
If you can’t feel the Spirit of God, then something is standing between you and Him. Maybe that something is your religion.
I don’t want a cold, dead faith. I don’t want to guess or try to theologically convince myself that I’m saved. My faith isn’t cerebral; it’s deep in my heart. I want a relationship with the Lord that is so personal and so powerful that all the devils in Hell cannot convince me that I am not right with God. Not even some zealot that doesn’t happen to agree with me.
In order to be led by the Spirit of God and keep heading down the right path with Him, you’ve got to be able to feel His leading and His correction. This is not something you can guess on, or gamble your soul on the throw of a dice – you have to be sure. Hell burns for a long, long time.
Jesus said that as many as are led of the Spirit, they are the Sons of God.
And if you’re not led of the Spirit … well, good luck trying to figure it out.