Are our dreams from God? Should a Christian expect God to speak to him/her through dreams? Should we be looking for interpretations of our dreams?
Some people would say yes while others would say no. I am of the opinion that the answer should be no. First, I know that God can and has spoken through dreams but does that mean He does it all the time or just in unique situations?
For some reasons Muslims are given to dreams and many times they claim that Jesus spoke to them through their dream. However, I have also heard of Christians who claimed that Mohammad spoke to them in their dreams. Do you think God is allowing Mohammad to draw Christians to Islam through dreams? I don't think so.
So what should we do about dreams? God has given us His scriptures. He will not contradict His word. Why should we expect revelation apart from His word?
Don't be led by your dreams. Be led by Scripture.
Daniel's day was different from our day in that Scripture was not complete. Many of Daniel's dreams were clearly scripture but I know that nobody today can make that claim.
2 comments:
I agree, I think dreams come from all the "stuff" we have put or allowed to go in our head. It is also interesting to note that the devil doesn't know our dreams or else he would have been able to tell the wise men what the dream was. Only God knows our dreams and only God can gives meaning to his revelation. Jeremy Van Kesteren.
I saw that Amazon had over 1500 books about Christians and dreams. How to interpret dreams, what they mean, their importance, etc. People who put their trust in dreams do not know the Book.
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