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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Precisely!  Why does everything have to be for "my" benefit. If it helps some come to the Lord isn't that more than reason enough? |
Exactly!
In I Corinthians 1, Paul noted that Greeks seek wisdom, but the Jews indeed ask for signs. Here he noted cultural differences, and how God and the apostles operated differently, based on their audience, in order to save some. In ch. 9 Paul explains how he even became all things to all men in order to reach them with good news.
Our heavenly Father has never been restricted to some "new way," or even the so-called "God-ordained way." I believe many people have been affected by these stories of near death experiences. Many people have been ministered to by angels. Some have seen God's hand in "climate change," and that has affected their hearts to believe. God has not only been "creative" in creation, but even more so in the new creation.