You were given an amazing as well as mysterious promise by Jesus that as his follower, you can and ought to hear Gods voice. You respond and listen to him anytime he summons. To enable you go about Discerning the voice of God, you have to apply four filters to the word you shall hear.
The Number One Filter that helps us in voice of God discerning is the Bible. It constitutes the supreme source containing all the material which will enable us do so. We all have people that we could look up as being the models of how a person in constant conversation with God looks like. What is paramount about such people is their intimate knowledge of the Bible. This helps us in the translation of the unseen and invisible Gods world into our concrete and tangle world we live in.
You are told in Psalm 119.11 that Gods voice is hidden in your heart or upon Gods treasured word to you. This is translated to mean that every time you read from the holy book gives you a chance in obtaining divine raw material. God will use this material to speak to your heart directly. Any time you read invests in you an inner treasure trove.
Filter Number Two is identified in that within the Bible is our supreme litmus test when it come to God voice discerning. Although the second filter resembles the first, it sets the stand of objectivity that we are held on. Romans 10:17 tells us faith will come from hearing word of Christ. Essentially, it translates to mean nothing we shall hear from God will ever contradict what is in the Bible.
You have often heard a Christian say God has spoken to them on anything ranging from gambling tendencies to the characteristics of poor relationships. You will discover that this is not usually the truth and when someone tells you to do something contradicting the Scriptures wisdom, you ought to presume that is not God speaking.
The Third Filter determines that Gods voice is best discerned in a community. In Romans 12:2, Paul, in his admonition, is talking to a community, to a lot of people and not just the individual. It even emphasizes in the verse preceding that they ought to offer their bodies to God as living sacrifices. In other words, to discern the voice and will of God, we ought to do it collectively as a community.
John 10 tells you that Jesus is a shepherd and we are members of his flock of sheep. He identifies you as an individual sheep by name but also moves your entire flock as a group. This means the filter covers your individual discernment and also your communities.
Filter Number Four screams the importance attached to humility. God does not like proud people but will uplift humble people. This covers the sentiment of a verse slightly alarming but often repeated within the Bible. An ability to hear God fast develops into pride. This arises from the power that a fragile person can communicate with God directly infuses into such a person. A feeling of pride creeps into such a person steadily. Humility is the knowledge that even though Gods word can never be wrong, it does not mean our understanding is forever right.
The Number One Filter that helps us in voice of God discerning is the Bible. It constitutes the supreme source containing all the material which will enable us do so. We all have people that we could look up as being the models of how a person in constant conversation with God looks like. What is paramount about such people is their intimate knowledge of the Bible. This helps us in the translation of the unseen and invisible Gods world into our concrete and tangle world we live in.
You are told in Psalm 119.11 that Gods voice is hidden in your heart or upon Gods treasured word to you. This is translated to mean that every time you read from the holy book gives you a chance in obtaining divine raw material. God will use this material to speak to your heart directly. Any time you read invests in you an inner treasure trove.
Filter Number Two is identified in that within the Bible is our supreme litmus test when it come to God voice discerning. Although the second filter resembles the first, it sets the stand of objectivity that we are held on. Romans 10:17 tells us faith will come from hearing word of Christ. Essentially, it translates to mean nothing we shall hear from God will ever contradict what is in the Bible.
You have often heard a Christian say God has spoken to them on anything ranging from gambling tendencies to the characteristics of poor relationships. You will discover that this is not usually the truth and when someone tells you to do something contradicting the Scriptures wisdom, you ought to presume that is not God speaking.
The Third Filter determines that Gods voice is best discerned in a community. In Romans 12:2, Paul, in his admonition, is talking to a community, to a lot of people and not just the individual. It even emphasizes in the verse preceding that they ought to offer their bodies to God as living sacrifices. In other words, to discern the voice and will of God, we ought to do it collectively as a community.
John 10 tells you that Jesus is a shepherd and we are members of his flock of sheep. He identifies you as an individual sheep by name but also moves your entire flock as a group. This means the filter covers your individual discernment and also your communities.
Filter Number Four screams the importance attached to humility. God does not like proud people but will uplift humble people. This covers the sentiment of a verse slightly alarming but often repeated within the Bible. An ability to hear God fast develops into pride. This arises from the power that a fragile person can communicate with God directly infuses into such a person. A feeling of pride creeps into such a person steadily. Humility is the knowledge that even though Gods word can never be wrong, it does not mean our understanding is forever right.
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