***Well, in my church (and I would suppose it would be in any other as well), our pastors are the ones who verify it. Both have the gift of prophecy and one has the office of the prophet. Prophets are to judge other prophets, as I recall. Usually the man who prophecies the most in our church, asks the pastor if he can give a word.***
Do you have, yourself, any evidence that such a thing is real? And do you know that this is by the power of the Holy Spirit rather than the great deceiver? The reason I ask is that satan’s most powerful weapon is his deceit. He will lay traps for all Christians and guide them in his ways. That is why I am so insistent that people really observe themselves and others when they claim that the Holy Spirit influences or guides them. That is also the aegis of the devil. Mere mortals may not know the difference.
***How do you know the HS doesn’t reside in Quix.***
I don’t. But I don’t know that He does. And I have no proofs that He does. The great deceiver may inhabit many and they may not know.
The TR priest in our area who died recently read souls.
I could be in confession and he would at once tell me what I needed to confess and who was impeding me, who I needed to avoid in charity and for my own sake, and how much more I needed to pray.
But the decieved will never think of that possibility.
If I am filled with the Holy Spirit, do you think He will allow deception? I KNOW in my spirit when something doesn’t seem right or is against scripture. He is my guide and He has sent others to help us along the way.