Knowing the Voice of the Lord
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Many Christians are troubled about the matter of knowing when God is speaking to them. While some are deluded in thinking God is actually speaking to them, and they boast in the regularity of this encounter, not comparing what they think they hear with the perfect Scriptures, others believe they do not have the privilege and as such consult the 'special ones' who have it to enquire of them!
But God is not far from His children, according to His infallible promise: “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (John 14: 15-18)
The problem is not whether God is speaking to us or not, it is with our attitude to Him; are we obedient to the Lord? The Holy Spirit, God's Spirit, lives in every faithful believer, to guide us and open up God's voice to us in the holy Scriptures - we should be in no confusion.
The quest for the voice of God has and continues to lead many astray and into Satan's entrapment by false prophets and teachers. We have not been left as orphans and each of us has direct access to our Father.
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