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I found this forum and site just moments ago after an internet search for "Holy Spirit like electricity buzz through body" I'm no stranger to the full body tingling sensation that can come over me during heavily emotional times dealing with Kingdom business. That has happened to me all my life since childhood. However, this experience left me in shock, overwhelmed, and looking as some might say "You look like you've just seen a ghost!"
Last night I was completely overwhelmed by a vision of rapture. I was having a run of the mill dream then the trumpet sounded it wasn't a sound that was close or narrow in scope like one would hear from an instrument near by, it was deep rich with sound and filled the entire sky with vibration one long blow and I opened my eyes to see out my window. The landscape was filled will a dark grayish brown haze looking like a mixture of dust, smoke, and fog.The distant sky and near sky over homes was filled with glowing lights. In an instant I felt a shockwave come through my wall and my body was immediately vibrating like electricity was flowing through it, the feeling was overwhelming and euphoric at the same time. I said immediately "Jesus" and my body began to float through my wall, from the outside of my house I looked to my children's window and said "Oh Jesus save my children" (7 & 5 at the time of writing this). I was then moved back inside and gently laid back down into my bed still feeling the full buzz.
That's the moment when I actually woke up for real, looking out the window all had returned to normal. But I didn't want to move for fear that the feeling of the euphoric full body feeling would leave me. I stayed laying down recounting what I had just seen and experienced, and felt the waves continue to move through my body until it slowly faded away over about 5 minutes time. I opened my eyes periodically during that time, to see peer out the window trying to catch a glimpse again of what I had seen it my vision.
This feeling of electricity, vibration, buzzing ,whatever one might describe it as was a 1000% amplification of the normal sensations I described when "moved by the Holy Spirit." I drove my children to school in a daze having trouble breathing, just completely overwhelmed, as I remembered the vision again in the morning.
Since October 27th of 2023, I have had a continuous physical presence. I can't see it, but it usually is in the form of the strong physical tingling feeling, or I even get temporary sharp pains as it appears to move through my physical body. What you felt was/is real. The Bible says that the visible things of this world were created from the invisible. It can't get any more real than that.Galatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
So, something happened to me about 7 months ago and I've been trying to find out if anyone else had ever had this experience. I've seen a few others describe tingles, and then others criticize them for having emotions or goosebumps. This was not goosebumps people. I wanted to share my story with someone because I finally found a group of some individuals who have supposedly felt the same thing I did. I was actually driving to work one day and it was a very tough time in my life (I don't want to go into how bad it was, but it involved legal problems). Anyway, I had begun to read my Bible ferociously, every day, and was praying a lot. One day I just started praying for a friend's son who had cancer, then all the sick people I could think of, then all the sick people in the world. I got a little carried away with the intent of my prayer, overwhelmed you might say, and started to cry. All of the sudden I felt this crazy tingling begin. It started at the top of my head and proceeded downwards. It absolutely freaked me out, but in a good way. It was like an electro-magnetic-euphoric feeling really. It felt like the cells in my body (but it was bigger than that) or something astounding was revolving like a particle-beam masssage inside me. Again I was driving my car and I was like, I hope I don't pass out or crash, but I was totally in control. It was a very good feeling, but also incredibly intense. Something I had never felt before or since. It was absolutely inexplicable. It continued down my spine and radiated from the inside outward -- this steady stream of rolling bliss. It was like tingley-bubblely-electric all at the same time and just kept going all the way down my legs to my toes. I was like, "What just happened to me!!!" I've asked all kinds of people, including my pastor and everyone I've asked gives me the weird eye. But, really the only thing I can come up with to this day is it was God. I had been asking for the Holy Spirit to enter me, too, because I really wasn't sure if I had it or not. And, well I guess I don't have to wonder anymore. I just want to feel that again and again, like on a daily basis. And now, I've found some others that have confirmed what I have been thinking it was. Anyone else experience this? Have you ever had it the head-to-toe version more than once? Amazing is all I can say! If that's anything like what heaven will be like, we are stoked people!
That phenomena is not mentioned anywhere in the New Testament. Paul never taught that evidence of the Holy Spirit is perceived that way. He said that the real power of God is in the Gospel of Christ, unto salvation to those who believe it. The real evidence of the working of the Holy Spirit is when you share the Gospel with people and they turn to Christ as their Saviour. Depending on physical manifestation as evidence of the Holy Spirit is a road to nowhere.Since October 27th of 2023, I have had a continuous physical presence. I can't see it, but it usually is in the form of the strong physical tingling feeling, or I even get temporary sharp pains as it appears to move through my physical body. What you felt was/is real. The Bible says that the visible things of this world were created from the invisible. It can't get any more real than that.
I don't depend on what is, I just accept it. Also, a phenomenon is something where the source can't be explained. The Holy Spirit has a known source, God. Zechariah 12:10, “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn." Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Holy Spirit's presence can't be felt physically. Be careful what you say, I'm completely comfortable with what I said, are you?That phenomena is not mentioned anywhere in the New Testament. Paul never taught that evidence of the Holy Spirit is perceived that way. He said that the real power of God is in the Gospel of Christ, unto salvation to those who believe it. The real evidence of the working of the Holy Spirit is when you share the Gospel with people and they turn to Christ as their Saviour. Depending on physical manifestation as evidence of the Holy Spirit is a road to nowhere.
I am quite comfortable with what I said. The Scripture says that without faith it is impossible to please God, also that whatever is not of faith is sin. We work with the Holy Spirit through faith based on what the Word of God says. Because the Spirit is a spirit, it is not connected to any physical manifestation.I don't depend on what is, I just accept it. Also, a phenomenon is something where the source can't be explained. The Holy Spirit has a known source, God. Zechariah 12:10, “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn." Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Holy Spirit's presence can't be felt physically. Be careful what you say, I'm completely comfortable with what I said, are you?
The promise can't come without faith, and the Holy Spirit is that promise. The visible is created by the invisible. God can manifest anything with, or by the Spirit.I am quite comfortable with what I said. The Scripture says that without faith it is impossible to please God, also that whatever is not of faith is sin. We work with the Holy Spirit through faith based on what the Word of God says. Because the Spirit is a spirit, it is not connected to any physical manifestation.
What? So the Holy Spirit is not connected to physical manifestations? Tongues of fire? Healing? Floating metal? People being in one place one second and somewhere else the next?Because the Spirit is a spirit, it is not connected to any physical manifestation.
If the whole mission of the Holy Spirit i to convict of sin, righteousness, and judgement to come, and that the real power of God is involved in the preaching of the Gospel of Christ in order to bring salvation to those who believe it, then how does "tingling" contribute to that?The promise can't come without faith, and the Holy Spirit is that promise. The visible is created by the invisible. God can manifest anything with, or by the Spirit.
As I said in my previous post, how does "tingling" contribute to the saving of souls for Christ, seeing that is the full purpose of the Holy Spirit's mission?What? So the Holy Spirit is not connected to physical manifestations? Tongues of fire? Healing? Floating metal? People being in one place one second and somewhere else the next?
Something is not adding up to me there.
So you hold the theology that if something is not listed specifically, it is not valid, like using computers to evangelize. The Holy Spirit equips and comforts believers as well as convicting non-believers.As I said in my previous post, how does "tingling" contribute to the saving of souls for Christ, seeing that is the full purpose of the Holy Spirit's mission?
The way the Holy Spirit equips and comforts believers is through inspirational insights into God's Word, especially to build up faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Physical manifestations such as "electricity" and "tingling" have no purpose at all. These manifestations are part of the sinful flesh which has been sentenced to death because of sin. The Holy Spirit does not dwell in the flesh. He resides in our spirit and speaks to us through God's Word. Putting any trust in physical or emotional manifestations is putting trust in the flesh, and the Scripture says that those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Paul said, "There is nothing good in me, that is in my flesh". This is why he never mentions physical manifestations are part of the work of the Holy Spirit, because they would be part of the flesh and therefore would see nothing good in them. "We are of the circumcision who worships God, rejoices in Jesus Christ and has no confidence in the flesh". Therefore, putting confidence in "tingling" and "electricity" as an attribute of the Holy Spirit, is a road to nowhere.So you hold the theology that if something is not listed specifically, it is not valid, like using computers to evangelize. The Holy Spirit equips and comforts believers as well as convicting non-believers.
The way the Holy Spirit equips and comforts believers is through inspirational insights into God's Word, especially to build up faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
So you don't agree with the Bereans when they checked out what Paul was preaching, by searching the Scriptures daily to "see that these things are so". Maybe they should have gone into meditation in a quiet place so they could hear an inner voice either rejecting or confirming what Paul was preaching.Interesting.
When I look through Acts and the letters of Peter and Paul, etc.,..... I don't see them doing anything like what you're mentioning. I see them being led by The Holy Spirit Himself, not by scripture.
In fact, Jesus didn't walk about with parchments to try and build up faith, He allowed The Father to manifest His power through Him. He stayed in contact with The Father during His ministry.
Maybe all this bible idolatry that people try to hide behind does more harm to the relationship that all of us is suppose to have with Jesus. Maybe it's one of the real reasons we don't see GOD operating through any Christians currently. People want to develop a relationship with their bibles instead of GOD.
So you don't agree with the Bereans,............blah, blah, blah,.....
The irony in that, not on your side of it, is that an adherent of reformed theology is arguing that scripture is the end all be all but labels himself by his identification with the teachings of men who got their teachings from a Catholic/Fatalist.What I don't agree with here,.... is this idea of yours, where we are suppose to fence ourselves in on only what scripture says and absolutely nothing more, as if I need some sort of modern safe place from bullies.
I can't begin to explain all the different Spiritual experiences from GOD I have had over 30 years so far. And the majority of those you wouldn't find in scripture at all.
In your mind, I should have disowned any of it from GOD if I couldn't find an example of it scripture, and forced GOD to only communicate with me through scripture.
I'm never going to agree with some sort of hyper-scriptural stance like that in my life with GOD. Sorry but not sorry.