It is ironic that all too often God gets no credit for the good that He accomplishes. He continues to provide our daily bread, and salvation remains available. If, however, there is a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or other natural disaster, many quickly blame Him; He also gets credit for bizarre behavior. On December 18th, 2014 a story appeared in the Orlando Sentinel.
When I Drove Into Ocean (B2)
Yes, the woman testified in court that she was not aware of her three screaming children in the car with her. “I remember thinking that my children and me needed to be cleansed.” She claimed to have been struggling “with demonic visions” which doctors claimed resulted from “a psychotic break fueled by hormones from pregnancy” (B2). Now she says that she knows there were no angels or demons involved, and she claims to know right from wrong.
She pleaded not guilty of the attempted murder of her three children by reason of insanity. According to the story, she will be sent to a mental hospital or be required to have therapy. Disturbingly, she experienced a similar episode in 2005 in New York. She was diagnosed back then as suffering from postpartum psychosis after giving birth.
She sounds dangerous and perhaps not to be trusted alone with children. Although she now is thinking along saner lines, it is amazing what people attribute to the Holy Spirit. First of all, the Holy Spirit is not speaking to anyone today because He already revealed to mankind all that He desired to communicate. He gave everything we need to know that pertains to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Probably we cannot find a way to impress upon people sufficiently this truth, but the great need is for all to know that the faith has been once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3).
God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, angels, and demons are not speaking to anyone today. The voices that some think they hear are coming from their own minds—perhaps, their subconsciouses. Sometimes, medication or a lack of it can bring about these events, but they are not of God but from ourselves. God should be praised for what He actually does—not blamed for people’s strange and anti-Biblical behavior.