HOW DOES GOD SPEAKS TO US TODAY
Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of these broadcasts. This is a Lengthy post. Follow through meticulously.
Yesterday, I said that the skilfulness in discernment is a necessary prerequisite for survival in this days and time. This is why today's focal point is important.
HOW DOES GOD SPEAKS TO US
1. THROUGH THE BIBLE.
This is the most basic and important way that God speaks. I like you to know that GOD IS BIGGER THAN THE BIBLE BUT, IN OUR OWN PLANET, THE BIBLE REMAINS THE TEXTBOOK, CONSTITUTION, MANUAL AND THE PRIMARY WAY TO KNOW GOD. Every other means must be weighed in the Beam Balance of the Bible. The Bible cannot be judged but prophecy as well as other means of leading should be judged. I am a stickler for the Bible. The Bible will always be relevant as along as the planet exist. Luke 4:18-21.
God speaks to us through the Scripture by quickening a portion of the Scripture to our heart. This is called RHEMA- a portion of the LOGOS (the entire scripture) quickened to your heart at the spur of the moment. The prerequisite for receiving RHEMA is the abundance of LOGOS in you.
You can also be reading the Bible and a verse will just jump at you.
2. Next category are the ones that involves SEEING AND HEARING.
A. Dreams: Gen. 20:6, Num. 12:6, Mt. 2:12. We all know that dreams can come from God, your personal thoughts(Ecl. 5:3) and the Devil. When the Dream comes from God, you will know the meaning supernaturally when you wake up. God is not very interested in codifying things when they are matters that require urgency. The Devil tries to breed fear. Balaam was a prophet that received revelation primarily through Dreams.
B. TRANCE: Acts 10:9-16- a state in which you are insensitive to your surroundings except the subject of the vision.
C. OPEN VISION: Acts 10:2-6, 12:7-11 the highest level of vision. You are conscious of your environment as well as the subject of the vision. Example: a physical visitation from Jesus, a saint from Heaven, angels, etc.
D. CLOSED VISION: Acts 16:9, 18:9.
Vision can also come through DEEP MEDITATIONS OF THE HEART Jer.23:16, In PRAYER DAN.9:21-24, 10:2-21.
3. THROUGH THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. These includes:
A. Prophecy- inspired utterance in a known language to the speaker. Prophecy is also equal to TONGUES + INTERPRETATION.
B. The Gift of a Word of Wisdom: Divine ability that reveals the future and/or what to do about a situation.
C. The Gift of a Word of Knowledge: a sudden impartation of knowledge about the past or the present.
D. Discerning of Spirits: Divine ability to see and/or to hear into the realm of the spirit.
4. DIVINE VISITATION: This can be visitation from the Lord Jesus Christ, angels and other Heavenly beings and Saints in Heaven. Gen. 28:12, Acts 8:26,29, Gen. 16:7,19:1, Luke 1:11-20. Many readers will fins it easy to believe the visitation from Jesus and Angels but, Saints???
God is the God of the living and not of the dead.Mk. 12:27. Ephesians 3:14 talks about the FAMILY OF GOD IN HEAVEN AND IN THE EARTH. Hebrews 12:1 talks about THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES. Don't you think God can send a Saint to you to bring a revelation to you?
Did you know that many of the revelations that John received on the Island of Patmos were shown to him by A SAINT IN GLORY? Rev. 22:9. Grow up! Grow up!! Grow up!!!
There are many believers in our days that are constantly having SAINTS bringing revelation from God to them/giving them insights into God's plan in this End Time. Don't be surprised when short bald head Paul walked through your door to a Bible study for you on the book of Ephesians. Whao!
5. THROUGH INSPIRED MESSAGES, MUSIC, DRAMA AND TEACHINGS: Joshua 1:8. This can be through audible presentations or written just this one.
6. GOD SPEAKS THROUGH PEOPLE- Ex. 18:13-24. Some people have said God can speak to you through a mad man or woman. You must have been closed to your grave SPIRITUALLY for God to stoop that low to get to you. You need a RETREAT if that happens to you. You are even in a lot of risk because the Devil can use the same means to speak to you and because of your low level of discernment, you may be in a limbo.
7. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE: Mt. 7:20
8. AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD: Gen. 3:9, Acts 9:4-6, 1 Sam.3:3-14.
This is heard by your physical ears. This is not a common way especially in the New Testament but, there are people in this days and times that God has spoken to audibly. We relate with God BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT- SENSORY PERCEPTION. 2 Cor. 5:7.
9. FACE TO FACE IN A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. Gen. 3:9, Exo. 33:11.
10. THE STILL SMALL VOICE: 1 Kings 19:12.
11. GOD CAN SPEAK TO YOU THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES/EXPERIENCES:
Most times, this may not be a palatable way to be led. Apostle Paul learnt through experience not to go after the Jews again but the Gentiles. Acts 13:46-52.
12. THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT:
You need to know that you are a spirit. We are spirit, soul and body; TRIPARTITE BEING. This is one way that God commonly use in the New Testament to speak to us. God speaks to our spirit. In the New Testament, God speaks more to our spirit than to our soul or body. Know this for sure. There are some faculties in our spirit that can be used because our spirits have become BRAND NEW IN CHRIST. You need to know that the construction of the spirit of man is such that YOUR SPIRIT KNOWS MORE THAN YOUR HEAD AND INFORMATION FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD CAN EASILY COME TO YOUR SPIRIT WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE IN THE NATURAL. Some of these faculties are:
A. CONSCIENCE: ROM. 2:15, 9:1,John 8:9, Acts 23:1,24:16, 1Cor. 8:10, 1 Pet. 3:16,21. This faculty has been created by God to govern our lives by creating:
a. A sense of guiltiness before God immediately after a wrong act is done.
b. A process of thought which distinguishes between morally good or bad things, commending the good and condemning the bad. Those that lived before the dispensation of law and grace will be judged by their conscience. ROM. 2.
Your conscience can lead you now. It is part of the senses that Heb. 5:14 talks about. But, some have killed/killing their conscience by CONTINUOUSLY DOING WRONG THINGS. 1 Tim. 4:2.
B. INNER WITNESS/INTUITION: a sudden realization or an INNER DEFINITE KNOWING about a matter, fact or truth about a situation or person, thereby showing the direction of a course of action. It's a knowledge that comes with a DEEP LEVEL OF CONVICTION. Mt. 22:18, Mk. 5:8, Like 5:22, Acts 14:9, 27:10, 2 Sam. 5:12.
C. Your spirit is the LAMP OF GOD CAPABLE OF SEARCHING-things of God, natural things; In short EVERYTHING. Pro. 20:27, PS.77:6, 18:28.
D. IMPRESSION ON THE HEART: 1 Sam. 1:9-17.
E. BURDENS UPON YOUR HEART: Acts 10. They are used to call us to a deeper fellowship with God in prayers, consecration and studying God's Word more. They are also used to dole out KINGDOM RESPONSIBILTIES. This was the case with many Old Testament Prophets and this is still true in our days. A burden comes with A COMPELLING POWER TO DO WHAT IT IS DIRECTED AT. I don't know about you but, when you are under a burden to pray EVERY OTHER THINGS CAN'T MATTER AGAIN. It is like being pressed to use the toilet. When you are really pressed, nothing will matter at that point. Such is the nature of BURDEN. A clear knowledge of the burden comes to you after you have responded to it.
F. There are also many SENSES OF YOUR SPIRIT THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO MENTION OR TALK ABOUT. For example, almost all the believers that minister healing ALWAYS FEEL HEAT ON THEIR HANDS. Many times, you can feel like an electricity flowing through you.
I will stop here and add any missing thing tomorrow. Tomorrow's broadcast will be DEEP. I will talk about THE TRANSPORT MODE IN THE SPIRIT.
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