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Cal · 03-30-2015, 01:58 PM

If someone says "I experienced Christ" and you ask "How?" and they can't be more specific, then you know they have a problem. But if someone says "I experienced Christ" and you say "How?" and they say "I enjoyed his loving presence." Or "I felt he wanted me to give money to a poor family." Then in that case, what's the real problem with the term?

I don't have a problem with the term and I'm not fuzzy. I know what I experience. But the shorthand just helps sometimes. It's no worse than if someone asks if you want to go get a hamburger and you say, "No, thanks. I just had dinner." You don't feel the need to say "I just had two tacos, beans and rice, guacamole, a large coke and sopapillas."

"The experience of Christ" is to me just a catch-all phrase. I don't see anything wrong with it as long as when pressed you can describe each experience in a more specific way.

Let me ask a question this way. If I come home and my wife says, "How was your day?" and I say, "Great! I had some amazing experiences of Christ today!" And she says, "Really! Tell me about it!" And I go on to tell her how I had a great quiet time where I felt the Lord speaking to me about Matthew 5:16. And how I was in the line in the grocery store and I felt the Lord nudging me to "let my light shine," and I asked a lady in line if I could pay for her groceries just to show her that Jesus loved her, and felt the Lord's strong confirmation of this act, and I drove home full of joy.

Now, is it okay to start that conversation by saying "I had some amazing experiences of Christ?" Or is that bad, too? Please enlighten me, all you experience of Christ Nazis.

03-30-2015, 01:58 PM	#136
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Inwardly Disturbed If someone says "I experienced Christ" and you ask "How?" and they can't be more specific, then you know they have a problem. But if someone says "I experienced Christ" and you say "How?" and they say "I enjoyed his loving presence." Or "I felt he wanted me to give money to a poor family." Then in that case, what's the real problem with the term? I don't have a problem with the term and I'm not fuzzy. I know what I experience. But the shorthand just helps sometimes. It's no worse than if someone asks if you want to go get a hamburger and you say, "No, thanks. I just had dinner." You don't feel the need to say "I just had two tacos, beans and rice, guacamole, a large coke and sopapillas." "The experience of Christ" is to me just a catch-all phrase. I don't see anything wrong with it as long as when pressed you can describe each experience in a more specific way. Let me ask a question this way. If I come home and my wife says, "How was your day?" and I say, "Great! I had some amazing experiences of Christ today!" And she says, "Really! Tell me about it!" And I go on to tell her how I had a great quiet time where I felt the Lord speaking to me about Matthew 5:16. And how I was in the line in the grocery store and I felt the Lord nudging me to "let my light shine," and I asked a lady in line if I could pay for her groceries just to show her that Jesus loved her, and felt the Lord's strong confirmation of this act, and I drove home full of joy. Now, is it okay to start that conversation by saying "I had some amazing experiences of Christ?" Or is that bad, too? Please enlighten me, all you experience of Christ Nazis.