How to Hear God Speak
How to Hear God Speak
Luke 10:38 – 42
Idea to think about:
Most people never had the Bible
They could not read it if they had one
How did they make Godly decisions?
I share a truth
The most fundamental truth in the Christian life
Luke 10:38 – 42
One thing is necessary – listen to My Word
People who succeed
People who live way God intend
Those who knew how to hear God
Hearing is vital to the Christian life
What other way to find guidance?
The Bible . . .
Not speak about 1987
Not speak about America
Not speak about St. Clair
Not speak about me
Finding God’s guidance is key to obeying
This the way to blessing
How do we receive guidance?
The Holy Spirit
John 16
He send the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit guide you in all truth
How can the Holy Spirit give guidance?
1 Corinthians 2:10 – 14
Holy Spirit knows what God knows
Holy Spirit knows me
I need in on what He can tell me
Let me show you something
God created me a triune being
God created me with capacity to hear
Body – Part contact external world
You see my Body
This not the real me
Soul – Real me
Part thinks, feels, chooses
I express myself through my body
I think a thought
I then speak with mouth
You hear with your ears
You receive what spoken
You interpret message
Spirit – Part contact with God
God said man would die if disobeyed Him
Spirit of man died
Lost capacity for fellowship
No longer spiritual sense
Jesus Christ came to give us life
When take as Lord receive His Life
Holy Spirit moves into our life
He quickens our spirit
He able to guide us
We to the place where we hear God
Interesting situation:
Parallel a new baby – new Christian
Baby hears sounds
Cannot interpret sounds
Must learn how
Christian not recognize God
We need to learn how
Three Secrets to Hearing God Speak
The one who chooses to listen to God with the intent of obeying, will have the privilege of hearing God speak.
“He who hath ears to hear, let him hear!”
What is meant by hearning?
To listen
To listen with intent to obey
You can choose whom or what you listen to
Illustration
Telephone, you call anyone
Listening first involves a choice
I sit in church and not hear a word
I chosen to listen own meditation
If you have capacity to hear
You commanded to listen
My being able to hear God depends a great deal on my knowing God.
I am the good shepherd . . . The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out . . . and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. And a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee form him, because they do not know the voice of a stranger.”
John 10
Mimics do take-offs on famous characters
Some good
Some not know if not see person
Problem people have with God’s voice
They aren’t sure who is talking
Secret of being sure is knowing God
All God says comes out of who He is
As you know the character of God
You understand commands
You understand promises
Then understand His ways
When you learn His ways – you know His voice
More time you spend with God – the better you know him
We learn to give expression to the impression to sharpen your sensitivity to hear Him the next time.
A magician fools us with sleight of hand
This is fun
Entertainment
When you hear God and not obey – we are fooled
Dangerous
“Don’t, I beg you, only hear the message but put it into practice. Otherwise you are merely deluding yourselves. The man who simply hears and does nothing about it is like a man catching the reflection of his own face in a mirror. He sees himself, it is true, but he goes on with whatever he was doing without the slightest recollection of what sort of person he saw in the mirror. But the man who looks into the perfect mirror of God’s law – the law of liberty – and makes a habit of so doing, is not the man who sees and forgets. He puts that law into practice and he wins true happiness.”
James 1
What is don’t give expression?
Hebrews 3 and 4
“Today if you hear my voice, harden not your heart.”
Alternative to hearing God
The harden heart
Not that God not speaking
But you refuse to listen
Illustration
Folks live near Airport
They accustomed to it
When I don’t respond . . .
I lose sensitivity
When I respond . . .
It easier to hear
Do you hear God’s voice?
How often do you hear God’s voice?
Does the thought of hearing God frighten you?
Do you think that hearing if only for Billy Graham?
Hearing God is vital
It is a sign you are a Christian