The Voice of God

Hearing the Voice of God

Today many people claim to hear the audible voice of God

there are a lot of dreams supposedly from God

and visions that come from God

The internet is full of them

most of them claim to be prophetic. Does God speak to us audibly today?

What about the still small voice of Elijah

1 Kings 19:12–13 LEB

After the earthquake was a fire, but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. It happened at the moment Elijah heard, he covered his face with his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “Elijah, why are you here?”

We sometimes hear small voices in our heads and we have to wonder was that God? last nights pizza? or something more sinister a demon trying t get us to follow a lie?

What does the Bible say about the voice of God today

we are going to look at this this morning

Read Jeremiah 2 1.

Pray

Obeying the Voice of God

Establishing a president

Turn to Exodus 19 1-8.

Moses went up Sinai and returned with instructions for Israel

and wrote them down

These written down instructions were considered the voice of God

Exodus 20 is the 10 commandments written down considered the voice of God

Exodus 24 3-4. the voice of God written down

Jeremiah 9:13 LEB

And Yahweh said, “Because of their forsaking my law that I set before them, and they have not obeyed my voice, and have not walked in it,

All the way into Jeremiah we see the the Written law as the Voice of God

So we need to look at the entire scripture as the Voice of God

The voice of God is very much associated with the written word

given to men to write down

2 Timothy 3:16 LEB

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

So the voice of God is our scriptures

God spoke audibly with Adam and Eve

Moses, The Prophets, Peter with vision of the sheet

God spoke to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream

God spoke through an angel to Mary and Joseph

The Bible has many instances of God speaking audibly

but is God speaking to us today the same way?

Jonah was spoken to and ran away

each one of these times they knew it was God

there was no wondering

the boy Samuel was the only one who the voice was

Again the voice of God has in the Bible been heard through visions, angels, audibly, and dreams

but 99% of the people heard the voice of God through the written word

most people today that claim to hear the voice of God distorts and perverts the written word of God

So how can we believe them when they say God spoke to me

A New Revelation

There are many new revelations from God today

the Mormons were started with a new revelation from God to Joseph Smith

The seventh day Adventist were started with a new revelation from God to Ellen G White

The New Apostolic Reformation preachers, and prophets claim to talk with God on a regular basis

they claim to go to Heaven and talk with Jesus and the Father weekly

so if it is true that this is the case then we must take whatever they say as coming from God as if is an extension of the Bible

me must accept the writings of Joseph Smith as the actual word of God and add it to our scriptures

2 Peter 2:1–3 LEB

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled. And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

There are a lot of so called new revelations flying around out there

a lot of dreams supposedly from God

a lot of visions supposedly from God

So is there people actually hearing the audible voice of God today?

What Does The Bible Say?

Turn to Hebrews 1.

God before spoke through the prophets

but now all of the Speaking to us is though the Written word

and through Jesus, and Jesus speaks to us through the Holy Spirit

John 16:12–14 LEB

I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. But when he—the Spirit of truth—comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and will proclaim it to you.

The Holy Spirit will impress on you the will of Jesus

Pray for this person

stop here and talk with this other person

its more of an Idea you have, a heart tug

George Muller a man of great faith. had a desire to open an orphanage in England

When he read the following passage he took it literally

Luke 18:22 LEB

And when he heard this, Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have, and distribute the proceeds to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”

George took this literally and did exactly that

Why did he do that, because the Holy Spirit was speaking to his heart

Does Jesus speak to us audibly today?

I say yes, but very rarely, and it would be personal

I have heard of a time when a christian soldier in Russia was ordered to renounce his faith. He refused so his commander, being in the dead of winter, ordered him to put on his summer uniform and stand at attention in the middle of the square until he renounces. as he was standing out there he was visited by what he said was Jesus and was told that Jesus would be there with him throughout the whole ordeal. The next morning after standing all night the commander was amazed that he was still alive and ordered him to resume is normal duties.

but again this would be the exception

Many today are claiming to hear voices, dreaming dreams, having visions

Jere 23 25-26

Jeremiah 23:25–26 LEB

“I have heard what the prophets who prophesy lies have said in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’ How long will this be in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,

1 John 4 1-6.

Not all spirits giving us visions, dreams, or even audible words is from God

If it does not line up with the word of God, that’s the 1st big no

Be careful

There a lot of people out there who have had dreams an visions about the future of america and the world

a lot of modern day prophets who are saying a bunch of hogwash

be careful

if you hear or have a dream or vision, Put the Bible up against it

will it stand up?