EPISODE 644 – HEARING GOD’S VOICE 5 – Does God Speak Today? 2

HEARING GOD’S VOICE 5 –

Does God Speak Today? 2

“I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly”

Psalm 85:8 (NKJV)

Does God still speak to Christians/believers apart from the canonized Bible?

There are some scholastic circles who are of the opinion that, God doesn’t speak directly to people except by what has been written in the Bible (which is the Word of God).

This is because of Hebrews 1:1-2 :

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son…” Hebrews 1:1-2 (KJV)

God’s full complete word to man has been spoken to us through Christ Jesus, and this message has been revealed fully in the Bible.

So they conclude that apart from the Bible, God doesn’t speak directly to Christians/believers.

God still spoke to Believers even after the “Old Testament” books were written. Jesus and His disciples made references to the scriptures (Old Testament books) in their teachings.

Though those scriptures (Genesis to Malachi) were available, the first disciples of Jesus and members of the first Church experienced God speaking to them directly.

However understand that, they had the scriptures as the foundational evidence for the revelations or the spiritual understanding they received.

So even in Berea, after Paul had taught them the word of Christ, they went back to examine the scriptures to confirm if the teaching of Paul was true.

“And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth” Acts 17:11 (New Living Translation).

These people examined all that Paul taught them from Genesis to Malachi.

Jesus did the same, “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” Luke 24:27 (NKJV)

We see here also that, Jesus didn’t just teach the revelation of Himself without the scriptures. He addressed every reality using the scriptures as proof.

When God became flesh (as Jesus), He used the scriptures as the witness of His revelation. According to Jesus, the scriptures do not contradict His revelation. Instead, they testify of Him.

Jesus is the centricity and the ultimate revelation of the scriptures. At the peak of all the scriptures is the WORD OF CHRIST.

It is in this same understanding you must also interpret the speaking of God.
Whatever God says to you directly will not contradict the revelation of the scriptures.

One thing you must take note of is this:

As the scriptures (the entire Bible) mentioned how God spoke to people directly, it never in any place mentioned that God has stopped speaking to people directly.

The Bible rather provides evidence that God still speaks to men today.
However, whatever He says to you will not contradict His revelation as written in the scriptures (the Bible).

Look at what Jesus said:

“There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.”John 16: 12 – 15 (New Living Translation)

Every speaking of God is consistent with His Word. Jesus is the person of the Word, thus, whatever God tells you will be consistent with the revelation of Jesus. The Bible is also the written Word of God; which also means, whatever God tells you will be consistent with the written Word. The written word (the Bible) is consummate as the revelation of Jesus.

Beloved in Christ, have this conviction that God speaks to you. You don’t have to be an Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Teacher or Pastor before God will speak to you or before you will hear the voice of the Lord.

This is the privilege of every child of God.

Selah.