Therefore Having Gone

Therefore Having Gone

Saturday, May 27, 2023

TOO SOBER?

I sometimes wonder how much of a role our Western culture's (over)emphasis on rationality plays in our experience of the Holy Spirit. (Or lack of experience, as the case may be.)

Generally speaking, we don't believe in ghosts or demons or angels. 

And miracles are just coincidences. 

My question is this: Could we - would we - experience more of the supernatural if we were more open to it?

The arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost was heralded by a loud sound and then the sight of a flame which separated into tongues and then a tongue of flame descended on each disciple. 

They became human candles!

Then the disciples started speaking in various foreign tongues - supernaturally. The whole thing was weird enough that some outsiders concluded that all the disciples were drunk!

I know this was a one time special deal, but are you and I as Western Christians open to the sort of Spirit which might leave others questioning our sobriety?

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