Testimony and Witness of the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Ghost

Prior to and during the years of 1990-91, I was not a member of any church, neither was I spiritual or religious. I disbelieved the Bible and had no knowledge of the Mormon's as I shunned all organized religion. I was like anyone else in the world. I say this to show you that I had no background and no knowledge of religion or the Bible, or the Book of Mormon. I did not have any developed knowledge of God's word and no interest in God's word at that time, but all of this did not change the spiritual experience I had.

During the spring of 1990 or 1991, I had an "inspired dream" while asleep (I did not record this event so I can only relate a general reference of time). During the dream, I was in a place that was all white. I could distinguish subtle outlines of form, which was the only means to distinguish one white thing from another. This place was quiet and as I looked downward, I could see that I sat on a large and long rectangular box, which was also white, distinguished by subtle outlines of its shape. This place and rectangular box felt very real.

As I raised my head, I noticed a personage standing in front of me a few feet away. This personage was cloaked in a white robe of sorts. I could not distinguish a face, but with the subtle outlines, I could tell it was a man. As he moved toward me, he raised his right arm and gently touched my forehead with his forefinger. The moment he touched my forehead, everything went bright white before my eyes. I could no longer see, but I felt a great peace fill my entire being. The next thing I knew I was waking from a sleep.

I lay in bed pondering this great dream as I still felt this great peace and "lightness" still filling my entire body and mind. I lay there, wanting to return to where this personage was. Eventually I did arise and continued on with my daily life. The peaceful feeling took three days to subside and ever since I have not forgotten that dream. At that time I thought nothing more about it except that it was just a dream. At that time I did not relate to that dream as an inspired dream, only as a dream, albeit a fantastic one. A few years later, about 1994, spiritual experiences began in my life. By those experiences, I remembered this dream and thought that the white personage was probably an angel.

It was not until this year of 2006, that the truth about that dream arrived.

What happened this year was a grand witness and testimony, given to me by God through his Spirit of Truth. The Lord revealed to me that the white personage in the dream was in fact the Holy Ghost himself. This was no simple experience to receive, as it had a deep and profound affect upon me. When the Lord opened my mind and heart and revealed to me, who that personage was, I was floored, greatly humbled and greatly honoured.

I was humbled because I felt so foolish that I had no idea of who or what that dream was about for all these 15-16 years. I had no idea, not even one nubbin of a clue that the personage in that dream was not an angel, but was in fact the Holy Ghost. With what God revealed, I felt and saw in my mind and heart a great holy being whose light was far greater than my own. I felt as a humbled servant in the face of that truth.

This spiritual experience from God humbled me so much that I went to my knees, and humbly prayed for forgiveness for not recognizing the truth when I first received it by way of a dream in the 1990's. I repented my ignorance and failure to acknowledge the holy being, the Holy Ghost, who appeared before me in a dream.

All these years I could not have conceived of such a thing on my own. I now clearly understand that no matter how much personal knowledge we may acquire, no person can give such a grand testimony as this without having experienced it and revealed to him. Despite the fact that such experiences are spoken of in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, yea even from others who had them, that no person can lie about such a testimony and witness. There seems to be a limit to what we mortals can say about the Spirit of Truth based on mere personal knowledge. This was so true when God the Father revealed this truth about my dream of 1990-91. Even with all my personal knowledge of the scriptures, being God's word, that God's act of revealing this grand truth about that dream dwarfed my knowledge and experience ten-fold, yea even more. Hence the humbling experience. How this showed me that without personal inspiration from God, we know nothing and have really nothing compared to what God can impart to us through the Spirit of Truth.

I mean this sincerely and seriously, we know nothing and have nothing compared to a single spark of inspiration or personal revelation.

This opened my eyes to truly experience and know that our salvation is impossible without these inspirations. For our hearts and minds cannot be truly seeded and rooted in God by our mere mortal efforts alone. WE truly need and require without any doubt the help from his Holy Spirit. It is impossible to progress in spiritual knowledge and understanding without him. We do require a spiritual testimony to gain "spiritual life" and to think and breathe in unison with God. These spiritual experiences and testimonies come with us into the spiritual realm, when we face God on that final judgment day. What emptiness within a person that has no such testimony as he/she stands before the bar of God, and God asks, "What do ye know of me?"

Giving this testimony and witness of the Spirit of Truth is intended to show all who come to read this, that unless you sincerely and humbly seek the truth and understanding from the Lord through his Spirit, which is a very distinct difference from our own personal study of the scriptures, that you shall not succeed much beyond the level of common salvation. To be with God you must come to know him, while you are still mortal.

Even as I write this testimony and witness for you to read, I remember that dream, with the realization that the Holy Ghost made a personal appearance. If that is not honouring, I do not know what is.

Some may point out that God waited for sixteen years before he revealed this truth. This act by God is not surprising considering where I was spiritually speaking at the time. This says that I would not have understood then, as I could now, plus many other reasons God has that he has not yet revealed.

Do you see what I am showing you here?

WE cannot know God's will in anything beyond the letter of the word in the scriptures. WE cannot realize anything of God's plan and how things will come or manifest beyond what was already given in his scriptures. WE cannot come to know anything or any of this things, beyond our mortal perceptions, until God himself reveals it spiritually, through his Holy Spirit. That alone confirms revelation is alive and still active.

With the way that dream had a profound affect upon me, who are we to say that the Bible is enough? This applies also to the Book of Mormon. It is enough as far as we see, but not enough as far as we need and what we need is given by God when it pleases him and when we are ready to receive it. This experience has shown me that what we have is merely a drop in the hat when it comes to the eternal scope of knowledge, wisdom and understanding.

This says that we are incapable, by ourselves, to realize such greater truths, and to perceive God or his Holy Ghost in any manner until he imparts that depth of understanding through his means called "revelation".

Please take serious note to what I am saying. Since 1999 I have studied the gospel, in both the Bible and Book of Mormon, and such a scope of truth never "revealed itself" from the written texts. I read about such appearances by the Holy Ghost, but I have not "perceived" or known the value, importance, scope and depth until I had a personal experience.

This says that to know the Holy Ghost, or the Lord or the Father in Heaven, to know them in spirit and in truth, can only come by personal spiritual experience, which is imparted at the will and pleasure of God.

The understanding that I have of this, thus far, is merely a small piece and still limited in scope, compared to what God can reveal through inspiration or revelation. I know that this experience will continue to have a great affect upon my life and know that God will use this experience to teach more. What this has done, was confirm to me that this article is very important and approved of God. Again, I repeat, this dream of the visit by the Holy Ghost himself confirms that revelation is real and true in this modern day, especially the truth that revelation has not ceased. This has shown that revelation, in any manner that God uses, is definitely distinguishable from any other contrary influences. This experience has confirmed that the Holy Ghost is a real and true personage of the Spirit, with form and distinctiveness. His form, was the same as yours and mine, a head, body, arms and legs. Granted the Holy Ghost was cloaked in white, but the outline gave a distinct impression that he has a real distinct spiritual form. WE are in the same image of God the Father as the Holy Ghost is in his image as well.

This experience has confirmed that the spiritual form of the Holy Ghost is of spiritual matter that is much finer than our gross mortal human form, and is "harder" to see unless our ability to perceive is enhanced some way by God. In that dream, I was "sufficiently enhanced" by the Spirit to "see" that the Holy Ghost does have a spiritual form, distinct and separate from the Father and Jesus Christ.

Oh how this has shown me that we are truly God's children and he does care and love us and he does want to be active in our lives. How can such a confirmation as this, to bring even closer to Jesus Christ and the Father in Heaven, by way of the Holy Ghost be evil? Is that not a confirmation in itself?

This witness given to me was not by the Bible or the Book of Mormon, it was from the Holy Ghost himself.

I say this in the name of Jesus Christ
Amen
MWarbinek