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Omnipresence of god scripture12/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Every true disciple of Jesus Christ recognizes that there are spiritual excesses and we must be vigilant to guard against them. The devil tries to counterfeit spiritual experiences and He sometimes distorts perceptions during holy visitations of God. There is an insatiable, God-given hunger within mankind for His manifested presence. We should not allow ourselves to become complacent with salvation representing our only experience with the manifested presence of God. This is glorious but for many it represents their only legitimate encounter with the risen Lord Jesus. Every true salvation experience involves God manifesting Himself to a human being. The Lord condescends to make Himself known to us, bringing conviction of our sins and an awareness that we are in need of Jesus as our savior. Salvation involves a personal manifestation of our unseen Lord. When we speak of His “manifested presence,” we are talking about something that can be personally experienced beyond a theological truth. 28:20) but not every Christian regularly perceives His presence. ![]() In other words, the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is with us always (Matt. In Psalm 139, the “manifested presence” occurs when the Lord allows Himself to be perceived. The “omnipresence” of God means that He is everywhere at the same time. Some don’t understand the difference between the manifested presence of God and His omnipresence. Revival for me represents an unabated and continually expanding version of what I just described. The intensity of that initial outpouring dissipated after a few years but the imprint Jesus made on my life has remained. My family were members of the church and this is where God later called me into full-time ministry. Life-changing encounters with God were expected in every service. Thousands were saved, while many delivered from demons, healed and baptized in the Holy Spirit. There was a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the early 1970s at the church I now lead.
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