HOW TO BE SURE IT’S GOD SPEAKING

When God speaks, you will have a sense of agape love, caring, authority, wisdom, understanding, and peace. The Christ in you gives His approval within you. Demonic voices lack authority even if they’re powerful, loud, and threatening. They are often condemning or else condoning continuing in sin. Demons often glorify something or someone other than God. If you’ve ever watched a show depict demons, the fallen culture knows how to convey that spirit. That feeling of weirdness, fear, or cleverness is often but not always present when demons are involved. The carnal mind lacks any substance but reasons based on worldview and opinions that may even seem rational when they are irrational. They’re irrational because they aren’t basing their thinking on truth or they’re adding made-up stuff to truth and coming out with something that lacks substance. You’ve been listening to these voices all along and may have just thought you were reasoning. That’s why God’s voice may sound similar in some ways to the way you’ve been reasoning. If you can’t get peace on a matter, keep asking God about it until He tells you what’s wrong and puts you on the right track.

The first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans explains that we can lose that discernment if we refuse to acknowledge God when He speaks and glorify Him. That’s the danger in taking the glory for yourself (pride) when God gives you wisdom. At the same time, we gain sharper discernment when we acknowledge Him.

“But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.” (Hebrews 5:14)

As you listen to the Holy Spirit and allow God do work through you, Christ is built up in you, and the carnal mind is diminished.

The Holy Spirit never conflicts with Scripture. He doesn’t twist Scripture to fit a doctrine as so many theologies do.

Look at the fruit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22)

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does agape love mean?
What do demonic voices sound like?
Why do demons try to make you glorify something other than God?
What is the carnal mind?
How is the carnal mind different from God’s voice?

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How do you get better at knowing what is good and evil?
Why does God’s voice sometimes seem the same as when you’ve been reasoning?
What does it mean to lose discernment if you don’t glorify God?
What are the fruits of the Spirit, and how can you see them in your life?
How does listening to the Holy Spirit help Christ grow in you?

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God speaks to atheists.

Almost everyone wonders about the “still small voice.” That comes from a Scripture where Elijah wanted to hear from God. A strong wind came, then an earthquake, and finally a fire, but God was not in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire. Next came a still small voice speaking to Elijah.

God speaks in many ways. In Scripture, He speaks a lot through visions or words of prophecy. The New Testament says you all may prophesy one by one. Often, He speaks through intuition or an inner voice of confirmation. He tells us to ask Him and He will answer us. We can’t always dictate how He will speak.

God speaks to every person. He speaks to atheists. Demons also speak to every person. The carnal minds of every person speak. You hear your own carnal mind and the voices of others: friends, entertainment, news, teachers, and many others. That means we’re used to hearing God’s voice, demon’s voices, carnal self-talk, and the carnal talk of others. By the way, positive mental attitude empowering statements, motivational phrases, uplifting declarations, and mindset-shifting mantras are all carnal self-talk and will stand in the way of hearing from God. All of these may seem like our own thoughts, but God gives discernment to know the difference between His thoughts and our own thoughts or a demon’s thoughts.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. (Isaiah 55:8)

You know the difference by the Holy Spirit. Something can sound reasonable, but you have a sense that something is wrong. The Holy Spirit lets you know. You can call it a hunch, an inner check, an intuition. As you get to know the Holy Spirit, you will recognize His warnings.

When God tells you something important, He will usually back it up by saying it through several means. You may see something in nature that becomes a spiritual analogy. Then, a Christian friend will say the same thing, and you’ll sense the inner affirmation of the Holy Spirit. Later, as you’re reading the Bible, a verse jumps off the page that confirms the revelation. That’s just one example of how God may reveal something and confirm it several ways.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What is the still small voice?
How does God speak to people today?
What is prophecy?
What does it mean that you can’t always dictate how God will speak?
How can you tell the difference between God’s voice and other voices?

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What is carnal self-talk?
How does the Holy Spirit help you know what is right or wrong?
What does it mean when a Bible verse jumps off the page for you?
Why does God use different ways to confirm something important?

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BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH

Many would love to hear God speak but aren’t convinced God will speak. Not believing God will speak is unbelief. The same is true for answering prayers. Spend time in God’s presence. The enemy of your soul will try to convince you that you are wasting your time. There is no more valuable thing to do than being in God’s presence and listening to His voice.

Faith comes by hearing God’s leading, teaching, or correcting voice. Faith gives you access into God’s grace. God’s grace is God’s power to do God’s work through you. It’s God’s amazing power to do whatever God commanded you to do.

God will shape you into the image and likeness of Christ. He will lead you in righteousness and make you invincible to the attacks of the enemy if you continue in God’s presence. You will come in and go out for now, but God’s plan is that you come into the Holy of Holies with Him and never go out again. He wants you to flow in His love, wisdom, and knowledge, which are only available in Him.

You are not going it alone. Go in the strength of the body of Christ. Discern Christ’s body. If you don’t regularly attend a church, ask God to lead you to one. Don’t rush out and join a church. Don’t pay attention to religious marketing campaigns. Read 1 Corinthians 14 to see what a church service should look at and you won’t be impressed with the entertainment churches. Consider a home church. See if God is leading you to start a church in your home but be careful of preacher’s itch. It happens easily. Pride creeps in. Much of what we call “church” is centered on human traditions, fleshly desires, and egos rather than the command of God. Ask God to show you what is not in Scripture that you see in the churches. Ask God to show you what is in Scripture that is not in churches.

See Christ in your brothers and sisters. Everyone has a fleshly nature, but that is not the identity of Christ’s body. Each one is a ministry. The ministry in each one is Christ within, the hope of glory. Discern the body of Christ.

“And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from one degree of glory to even more glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

That’s the by grace through faith way.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does it mean for you to hear God speak?
Why do some people think God won’t speak to them?
Since all love, goodness, wisdom, and knowledge are in Christ, what happens when you don’t stay in Christ’s presence all the time?
What is the most valuable thing you can do with your time?
How does God shape you to be like Jesus?

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How can you be invincible to the enemy?
Why is it important to go to church?
What does it mean to see Christ in other Christians?

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How faith comes

What is faith? “Faith” is translated from the Greek word, “pistis,” which means belief. The verb form is “pisteo,” which means believe.

How does faith come? No one comes to Jesus on their own. The Father God must draw them. (John 6:44) Faith comes by hearing the word (rhema) of God. “Word” is translated from the Greek word, “rhema,” which means a spoken sentence or statement. The Father leads you, and faith comes. It’s a gift from God to you.

With any blessing, the enemy of our souls will oppose what God is doing. Jesus Christ is real and knowable. All who seek Him find Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him. The enemy hates this.

Tactic 1: Atheism or agnosticism that says: God doesn’t exist. You aren’t experiencing what you are experiencing. You are hallucinating. Prove it. Only that which can be scientifically tested is rational.

These are only a few of the many lies the enemy will tell. The enemy will make fun of you. Each statement a skeptic makes is a bare assertion that is irrational since the human mind can’t reason to truth. Without truth there is no rational thought. But you know God. No argument against the reality of God and His leading is based on truth, so all such arguments are irrationl. He proved Himself to you.

A rationalized faith is worthless.

Tactic 2: Cessationism. That was for the apostolic age. The Bible says prophecy will cease.

The Bible verses used are taken out of context.

If the enemy can’t eliminate divine leading entirely, he will try to limit your freedom in this area with many rules. Often, this will be done with subtle twisting of Scripture. You will need divine wisdom to detect the problem.

As a last resort, the enemy will bring false prophets and false teachers who claim to have revelations. What is a false prophet or false teacher? False prophets and false teachers don’t stand in the presence of God listening to His voice. Since they have nothing from the Lord, they speak from their own minds. They give their interpretations of Scripture based on rationalized thinking. You will know them by their fruits. Don’t be fooled by a big show or by signs and wonders. What are they doing?

“If they had stood before me and listened to me, they would have spoken my words, and they would have turned my people from their evil ways and deeds” (Jeremiah 23:22).

“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to his people: “Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for the LORD!” (Jeremiah 23:16).

Follow the by grace through faith way. Stay in God’s presence and let the Holy Spirit flow through you. Listen to His voice. Yield to His Spirit. Let Him continually teach and correct you.

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You want more

“Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.” (Jeremiah 33:3)

Once you have been born again, it’s normal for you to want to know Jesus Christ better. It’s normal for you to be drawn to the supernatural nature of Christ. It’s abnormal for you to be satisfied with the natural when God has promised supernatural blessings, health, and life. You want your relationship with Christ to be meaningful. You want more than just a feeling of His presence. You want His leading. You want more than just using God as a vending machine where you make your requests and hope to get what you want. You want to know Him and His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, inner strength, knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.

“If they had stood before me and listened to me, they would have spoken my words, and they would have turned my people from their evil ways and deeds” (Jeremiah 23:22).

If you want to hear God’s voice and speak God’s words, stand before Him and listen to Him. It’s not difficult to understand.

“Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards (pays back) those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:6.

“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me” (Jeremiah 29:13).

What makes it hard to hear God’s voice? Listening to the wrong voice.

You have the choice. Whose voice will you listen to? Will you listen to your carnal mind and all the presuppositions  planted by demon forces, or will you listen to God. God tells you He exists. God tells you He will speak to you. He says these things through the Bible and every means of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible. You can read about how He spoke to Samuel, Moses, Paul, Peter, and others. He can speak to you that way. Your carnal mind is a skeptic that was programmed by demon forces. It doubts. Doubting God will cause you to have trouble hearing God. Turn your attention to Jesus. He will assure you that God is real. He tells you that God will answer when you ask Him a question. He’ll be there when you want to stand in His presence listening for His voice.

Follow the by grace through faith way.

Ask God to answer these questions.

• What does it mean to know Jesus better?
• What are some supernatural things you can learn from Jesus, like love and joy?
• How can you hear God’s voice?
• What makes it hard to hear God’s voice?
• What does it mean to listen to the wrong voice?

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God will open the door to talk about Jesus

If you are full of God’s Spirit, God will open the door to talk about Jesus. Always let God’s glory flow through you and flow out from you. His glory is full of love and peace. As the conversation goes, you may find that you’re talking to a person who needs Jesus. Always be respectful and non-coercive. Don’t preach at people, but let the conversation flow and look for God to open a door to talk about Jesus. In general, you will probably talk about these subjects:

The Problem of Sin:

• Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
• Do you think you’ve kept the 10 Commandments?
• If God were to judge you by the 10 Commandments, would you be guilty or innocent?
• Would you go to heaven of hell?

Concern:

• If they admit they are bound for hell, ask: “Does this concern you?”

Cross and Resurrection:

• Share how Jesus died on the cross to pay the debt of our sins and rose again to give us eternal life. He is the only way. (1 Corinthians 15:3b-4, John 14:6)

He Pays the Debt IF They Do the Following:

• admit their sin
• repent of their sins
• believe and receive Christ as their Savior from sin and the sinful nature

(Acts 3:19, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9)

What’s Next?

• They are now new babies in Christ.
• They need to grow up in Christ.
• Explain how to spend time listening to God and standing in His presence.
• This includes prayer and developing a personal relationship with God.
• Talk to them about reading the Bible daily, coming to church, and telling others about Christ.

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CHRIST IN YOU WANTS TO SHARE

If you have received Jesus as your Savior and Lord, it’s normal for you to want others to have the same joy you now experience. You’re fallen fleshly nature may be fearful while Christ in you is full of life. How do you overcome fear and tell other people about Jesus? God isn’t interested in programs and formulas other than standing in His Presence, enjoying His glory, being thankful to Him, listening to His voice, and yielding to His Spirit. So in telling others about Jesus, these are the most important things to do. Someone can give you some tips, but never let the tips become a rigid format. Always be respectful and kind. Never be judgmental, accusing, or pushy. Ask questions and listen. Smile, nod, and look them in the eyes.

That being said, here is one of the methods that is widely taught as a way to talk to people about Jesus.

The Way of the Master (WDJD):

Friendly Conversation
Start with light, non-threatening topics. Ask about their life, family, or interests.
A friendly tone helps open the door for deeper discussions.

Transition to Spiritual Topics:
“Did you get one of these?” (hand them a gospel tract)
“Do you have a Christian background?”
“What do you think happens after we die?”

Key Question 1:
“Would you consider yourself to be a good person?

Key Question 2:
“Do you think you’ve kept the Ten Commandments?”
If they say they’re a good person, ask questions based on the Ten Commandments. For example:
“Have you ever told a lie?”
“Have you ever stolen anything, no matter how small?”
“Have you ever used God’s name in vain?”
“Have you ever looked at someone with lust? (Jesus said in Matthew 5:28 that this is the same as committing adultery in your heart.)”
Be kind but positive and confident as you explain that these actions are sins according to God’s law.

You may find this person is a Christian who understands salvation. If so, enjoy a conversation where you can build each other up in your faith.

Key Question 3 – Judgment:
“If God were to judge you by the 10 Commandments, do you think you would be innocent or guilty?”

Key Question 4 – Destiny:
“Since God is totally holy and must be just, do you think you would go to heaven or to hell?”

Present the Solution: The Gospel
“Even though we’ve all sinned, God loves us and sent His Son, Jesus, to pay the penalty for our sins.”
“Jesus lived a sinless life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again on the third day.”
“If you repent of your sins and trust in Jesus as your Savior, God will forgive you and give you eternal life.”

Call for a Response
“Does this make sense to you?”
“Do you believe what I’m saying?”
“Would you like to repent and trust in Jesus today?”

If they seem hesitant, encourage them to think about it and keep seeking the truth.

Provide Encouragement and Resources
Offer a Bible or a gospel tract if they’re interested.
Invite them to church or recommend resources for further study.
Encourage them to pray and seek God sincerely.
Pray for Them

Whether they respond positively or not, commit to praying for them after your conversation.
Trust God to work in their heart, even if you don’t see immediate results.
Key Points to Remember

Let Jesus lead you: Stay aware of God’s presences. Christ lives in you. Let Him speak through you.
Love and humility: Approach every person with kindness and genuine care for their soul.
Listen actively: Engage with their thoughts and questions without being confrontational.
Use Scripture: Anchor your conversation in the Bible (e.g., Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9).
Rely on the Holy Spirit: Trust God to guide your words and open their heart to the truth.

This method focuses on helping people see their need for a Savior by understanding their sin through God’s law, then pointing them to the hope of salvation through Jesus Christ. You may find that the conversation goes in a totally different way. If that’s the case, follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.

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God is Speaking. Listen.

Jesus assures us that Christians hear His voice. In John 10:27, Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” The Greek word ἀκούω is translated as “listen” or “hear.” As this word is used in Scripture it implies grasping the meaning and responding in obedience. This is one of many passages in Scripture that make this point.

The first chapter of Romans tells us that everyone hears God’s voice. Some people may say they don’t hear God’s voice. You know you have a conscience. Since you have a conscience, you hear God’s voice. You can sear your conscience by doing what your conscience tells you not to do or not doing what your conscience tells you to do. If you fail to recognize that any wisdom or knowledge you have comes from God, you will take credit for that wisdom and knowledge. The human mind has no capacity to create wisdom or knowledge. All wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ. If you take credit for the true wisdom and knowledge that come from Christ, you will gradually lose the ability to discern between truth from God, lies from demons, or nonsense from your fallen carnal mind.

It’s hard to hear God when you listen to many voices. Ask God if some voices in your life are harming your ability to hear Him. He may tell you to eliminate certain music, TV shows, friends, or who knows what else.

You may find it helpful to set time aside to listen to God’s voice. That quiet time before the Lord will not be wasted. This isn’t a time to blank your mind. You focus on Christ. You might start by praising Him or singing some worship songs. Make a time to ask God questions. Invite God’s presence and allow His Spirit to flow through you. Then ask God what He wants to talk about. He may just want to be with you. You can take this time by taking a walk, taking a ride, or just sitting in a chair. How can you have a meaningful relationship with God if you don’t devote the time needed to develop the relationship?

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A CERTAIN FORM OF CIRCULAR REASONING

We each have a way we interpret our experiences and observations. Our interpretations are our representations of reality, but they aren’t reality itself. Our interpretations aren’t even the small part of reality that we have observed or experienced. Instead, our interpretations are the thoughts we have about the small part of reality that we’ve observed or experienced. In other words, interpretation is what we have left after we use our minds to think about our observations and experiences. However, it’s not just interpretation of direct observation and experience. Consider how often accept things we heard from some “trusted source” but never saw or experienced for ourselves. So we have these interpretations, and we feed them back into our worldviews as confirmation bias. We reason in a circle. Our worldviews filter our experiences and observations, and then our worldviews confirm themselves with the filtered results, which strengthens the amazing filters that keep you and me from seeing reality as it is.

Downward Spiral of Reason

Reality is what exists. Of course, reality includes microscopic organisms, animals, people, stars, planets, and fossils. And it includes heaven, hell, angels, and demons. It also includes God. Some people have filtered God out by the same process.

We tend to use a certain form of circular reasoning. In this circular reasoning, the worldview generates assumptions and presuppositions. Those assumptions and presuppositions create a filter that filters reality. Then, the filtered impressions of reality return as confirmation bias into the worldview. It’s circular. We see assumptions and presuppositions coming out of the worldview, and as we live our lives, these assumptions and presuppositions don’t seem like made-up stuff. Instead, they seem like part of reality, and they strengthen the filter of the worldview.

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All godless thinking has a foundation of assumptions.

There is no path to truth outside of divine revelation. All godless thinking has a foundation of assumptions. Assumptions have no ability for finding truth. That’s not just the godless thinking of atheists. That includes the thinking of every one of us who, at any moment, aren’t looking to our Lord Jesus for His wisdom and knowledge. There is no true wisdom, knowledge, love, joy, peace, or anything else good outside of Jesus Christ. He’s the Light that lights every person, even those who refuse to acknowledge Him. Unfortunately, those who refuse to thank Him and give Him the glory for the Light lose the distinction between light and darkness.

Truth is reality. Reality is what it is. All wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ, and Christ is the Truth. You can’t capture God’s wisdom, knowledge, and truth any more than you can capture the Mississippi River by sticking a glass in it and pulling out a glass of water. The second you separate from Christ, the life goes out of whatever you learned and it becomes dead letter.

Some atheists use a debate tactic of claiming “you have the burden of proof.” It’s a childish way to avoid responsibility. They try to say, “I haven’t made any claim. You claim to know God exists. Prove it.” That way, they don’t have to defend any position since they pretend they have no position. Regardless of the evidence you show them, they just say, “That doesn’t convince me.” Don’t go there with them. They know. God says they know. God says they are without excuse. It’s not your responsibility to convince them.

Since God says everyone knows, believe God. God says they are without excuse. But what an atheist believes has no effect on you. It’s not that you don’t care, but there’s little you can do to help someone who has decided to take a firm position, whether they say “There is no God,” “I don’t know that God even exists,” or “I don’t accept claims of any god until evidence comes to light and belief is warranted.”

You know God exists because you know Him through Jesus Christ. All who seek Christ find Christ. Christ leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him. Those who refuse to acknowledge Christ and the wisdom and knowledge He gives lose the distinction between what Christ reveals and the lies demons tell.

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