No one is saying God does not speak in the ways you mention too. And no one said everything which happens is from God. As for spiritualizing everything , that statement is a broad brush stroke that can not possibly apply to everything. I could say of your statement STOP MAKING EVERYTHING PHYSICAL AND UNIMPORTANT. The point: we are called to get to the bottom of - WAS DEVIN RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM GOD OR satan.Obviously Devin felt that God messaged him. That would require knowing Devin's spiritual state which his physical behavior affects.
I am new here maybe you all know Devin I do not.
With that said God gives signs in other manners besides what you state.
Isaiah 7:14
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Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and she will call Him Immanuel
Luke 21:25
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There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
Acts 2:19
…18Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke. 20The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.…
Now, I never said the sign given this person was from God nor did I say it was not, all I am saying is, God does use His creation to give signs that is all. I thought you were quick to judgement that, this person was seeking a sign. You did post what you did because you believe Devin was exactly as you quoted Christ as saying, you know that is true. Then precede to act like I said something untrue concerning what you plainly said. It is disingenuous to say God speaks only in the way you listed above. What is true is throughout scripture He speaks quietly when need be and sometimes He thunders. He gives physical signs by manipulating His creation- Moses staff turns to a snake to devour Pharaoh's. hail which burned like fire , Pillars of fire , burning bush but devoured, parting of seas, droughts, locust, signs in the sun moon and stars, rainbows ex....! He too gives personal revelation and speaks to us individually in a manner in which we understand, and that is NOT always through a Pastor, shepherd , priest ex....
Each person can have a personal relationship with Him .
Mourning Turned to Joy Jeremiah 31:33-35
…33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34
No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sins no more.” 35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and orders the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:…
I will end this conversation with you, because you are not honest about what you obviously put in writing- you think you are fooling someone, including God, because you will not own what you obviously said not only implied. Moving on-
God Bless!