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Last week, learned how to hear God’s voice and to prepare ourselves to hear God’s voice.
You can’t really have a relationship with God if you never hear from him.
It has to be a two way communication between you and God.
How do you discern God’s voice from the competing voices?
How do you know if an impression you are getting is from God and not from what you ate last night or worse, from the enemy of your soul - - - the devil?
Today we are going to look at what the Bible says about how to test whether it’s God we hear or something else.
He gives us 7 ways to test the spirits.
So, this week, we will look at the issue of, How do I know when it’s God?
When I get an idea in my head, how do I know it came from God? … and not the devil?
How do you know you just didn’t think it up?
After all, we talk to ourselves all day long - right?
It’s important to learn how to discern God’s voice from the others.
If we don’t it can cause destruction in our lives…
IOW, the wrong way could be fatal.
A lot of evil gets blamed on God when people say God told me to do this…
Look at…
Test it.
That’s what I am talking about.
Testing an impression or a word from someone to make sure it’s from the Lord.
ILL - Jesus is talking to the disciples and asks Peter… who do men say that I am?
Who do you say that I am?
Peter - you are the Christ, the son of the living God.
Jesus looks at hims and says, You spoke the truth, I am the SOG.
It wasn not revealed to you by flesh and blood but by the Spirit of God.
IOW that idea came from God.
Later, when Jesus told them he was going to be crucified in Jerusalem, Peter told him under no circumstances … Jesus said get behind me Satan.
That thought did not come from God.
It came from teh devil who did not want Jesus to die on the cross because he knew when Jesus did, it was over for himself.
That’s how easy it is to miss it.
How do you know?
The WOG says to test it.
How do you test it?
Through the following Tests… Use these 7 tests like a filter.
A water filter gets rid of the impurities from the water.
These test will help you get rid of anything that pollutes what you are hearing from God.
7 Tests.
1.
Does it agree with the Bible?
Does this thought or impression agree with the Bible?
God will never contradict what he has already given us in his word.
He doesn’t say one thing and then change his mind like we do.
God is consistent… not moody… doesn’t change his mind.
God will never tell you to violate a principle given in his Word - the Bible.
So the question is, does what I think I am hearing from God line up with what he already said?
GW is eternal… nothing else in our universe is though… it will all be destroyed.
Truth doesn’t change.
If it was true 5,000 years ago, it is still true today and will be true next year and 500 years from now.
Truth doesn’t change.
Opinions change… Science changes… truth doesn’t change.
Prior to the discovery that the earth was round, people thought the earth was flat.
It hads always been round, we just didn’t believe it was round.
It was true whether we believed it or not.
Friend used to say… God said it.
I believe it.
That settles it.
The reality is God said.
That settles it.
It doesn’t matter if I believe it or not… it’s settled.
ILL: The bible says we are to pay our taxes.
Jesus said to render to Caesar what is his and to God what is God’s.
If all of a sudden you decide to stop paying your taxes, that did not come from God.
Proverbs has principles laid out that say God blesses businesses with integrity… that are fair in their business dealings.
If you think you can be dishonest and succeed … you are wrong.
2. Does this make me more like Jesus.
Jesus is the standard by which we evaluate every thought, every idea, every philosophy, every opinion, every fad … everything.
Why?
Because God’s purpose for you is for you to become more and more like Jesus.
God put you and I here because life is a test and a trust and a temporary assignment.
He wants our character to become like that of Jesus.
Our world is broken.
You and I are broken.
Our relationships are broken.
The earth is self is broken.... all because of sin.
Heaven will be great and there will be no sin and everything will be wonderful, but we are not i heaven yet.
And until we are in heaven, God is more interested in your character becoming more like Jesus.
Jesus is our model...
This means that when I get a thought, and idea, the first think I need to do is ask, Would Jesus do this?
What would Jesus think about this?
James 3 gives us some things Jesus is and some things that Jesus is not.
How do we know it’s not from God?
1. It’s not from God if it’s motivated by bitterness or envy.
If the idea you have is to get back at someone, or get even, it’s not from God.
If you are envious of someone or you are wanting someone to envy you, that’s not from God.
2. It’s not from God if it’s motivated by selfish ambition.
God doesn’t give you self serving ideas.
He is not interested in your building wealth or becoming famous, he is interested in you becoming like Jesus.
If you get an idea and it’s from God it’s going to be one of these things: pure, peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, impartial, sincere.
If you get an idea and it’s from God it’s going to be one of these things:
If it’s from God, it will be pure.
So if it’s not pure, it’s not from God.
If it’s from God, it will be peace loving.
Jesus said Blessed are the peacemakers.
We need to speak and act to build bridges, not burn them.
God is not going to give you a word or and idea that will cause conflict.
It won’t be condemning because Satan is the accuser, not God.
He puts you down.
If it’s from God, it will be considerate.
God won’t give you an idea that hurts other people and give you an advantage.
God is concerned with what happens to people.
He doesn’t give words or ideas that will hurt other people.
If it’s from God, it will be humble.
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