GEORGE FOX HAS A MYSTICAL VISION OF GOD

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                  GEORGE FOX HAS A MYSTICAL                               VISION OF GOD


 In the year 1643 God sent forth George Fox, an innocent lamb, young in years, to “turn people from darkness to the Light.”     

 The crown of Fox’s religious experience is his mystical knowledge and passionate love of God and his ability to communicate this to others. He writes of this experience beautifully in his pastoral letters, showing that it is possible to know and love God.  God is accessible to everyone for He pours out His Spirit on all men and women. 

 The really remarkable thing about Fox is that he doesn’t say that there is only one way to get to know God, or that his way is the best. He is convinced that everyone may know God based on our own experience and on the goodness and purity within us.

 PARTICULAR AND GENERAL GOD

 The God in whom Fox believes is both “particular and general.”  Particular in that God treats each of us as separate and distinct from others. He creates us in His Image; He gives each of us our own genetic code which makes us unique individuals.  Particular also means that God loves each and everyone of us the best.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT GOD LOVES EACH ONE OF US THE BEST?

 For His Name is written on our hearts and our names are written on His.

 God is also General or Universal, One who loves everyone the best. 



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