What was God trying
to communicate to
those to whom He
spoke?
Hello..
1. The demand for
accountability when
they had been
disobedient.
2. An
explanation
of the real choices that
lay before them.
3. To teach them the
need of reverence in the
presence of His Holiness.
4. The call to follow
wherever He leads.
5. A hard word that had
to be delivered to
someone else.
6. A call to mission
7. The command to
keep Jesus central in
our lives.
8. That religious zeal
is not the answer when
it lacks commitment to
Jesus.
Lessons we can learn
from Biblical
characters who heard
God speak:
1. Sin and disobedience
block fellowship with
God. God will convict
us until we repent.
2. We can expect no
other word from God
until we respond to His
reproof and conviction
and are obedient.
3. God may have to
humble us through life’s
difficulties to rid us of
self-sufficiency and
make us willing to hear.
4. He may speak or remain
silent in order to show us
that our religious activity
and zeal are worthless until
we commit to His Lordship.
5. God will remind us
that nothing should
compete with Jesus.
He is to be our focus.
6. Sometimes God will
speak to us and ask us
to confront a
disobedient child of
His.
7. We may be asked to
go somewhere or to do
something out of our
comfort zone.
Do I really want God
to speak to me??
Tips to help us hear
the voice of God:
1.We must be certain
we are really one of
His children.
John 8:47; 10:3,14
2. We must be living a
life of obedience.
Lk 6:46; James 1:22
3. We must be
cleansed from all
known sin and
disobedience.
Isa. 59:1-2
4. We must spend time
with the Lord daily in
worship, Bible study
and prayer.
Acts 1:14,24; 2:42
5. We must be
responsive to the
Spirit’s voice and
leadership.
Jn 14:26; Acts 8:29
6. We must be able to
discern the leadership of
God when He speaks
through circumstances.
Acts 16:6-10
7. We should be in the
habit of humbly asking
Him to speak to us.
I Sam 3:10
8. To be a good
listener to the voice of
God is a rational
choice.
Ps 85:8
Three primary ways
God speaks to us…
1.Through the Bible,
the written word of
God.
2. Through outer
circumstances,
events, other people,
our own abilities,
common sense, etc.
3. Through inner
impressions; that still,
small voice in our
inner self, directed by
God’s Spirit.
God wants to speak to
you….
Do you want to hear?