Messages for November
2015: Our Month of the Holy Spirit
John 14:18, 26; John
16:13; 1Cor.12:7
Message for Sunday 29th November, 2015
Theme: Understanding the Gift and
Ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Topic: Cultivating a
Relationship with the Holy Spirit Part 4 [Testing the voice you hear]
Introduction: From the beginning of this month, we began
to look at this great subject on the Holy Spirit that would help us acquaint
ourselves with the Lord. In Job 22:21-23, we read:
“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come
unto thee.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in
thine heart.
If thou return to the
Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.”
We therefore established that for us to really know God, we must be
able to hear His voice because the first step to becoming acquainted with anyone
is communication. We also saw that you cannot truly communicate with someone
you are not on the same page with. In other words, you must understand their
language and ways. We also saw that when God wanted to erode the unity of men
who were united against His purpose, He had to confuse their tongues so that
they could no more operate on the same page. In the same way to be in agreement
with God, we must understand His language and ways. This is why we have been
looking at how to hear the voice of God.
Today, we shall be looking at how we can ascertain that the voice we
hear is actually the voice of God. I
have here listed six things we can look out for to enable us test the voice we
hear to ensure that it is God’s voice.
1. The voice of God carries peace
with it. When we lose our peace over a voice we hear, we should pause because
evil spirits are always in a hurry. If you wait long enough, you would discover
that it was not God who spoke as the cover would be taken off by your patience.
Remember, in Galatians 5:6, we are told that faith works by love and patience
is the first manifestation of love. This is on the understanding that God’s
voice is the basis of true faith as shown in Romans 10:17. See Phil. 4:6-7,
Ps.85:8.
2. The voice of God agrees with the Bible. All
scripture is authored by the Holy Spirit and therefore the bible is the basis
for testing any voice that claims to be the voice of God. Whatever you hear
from God will never conflict with the principles of scriptures because the
bible is the word of God that has been tried seven times and has come out
flawless. See Ps.12:6; Isa.8:20; Jer.23:25-29; 2Tim.3:16 and 2Pet.1:19.
3. The voice of the Lord does not
encourage hastiness. Any voice you hear from God that promotes
hastiness should be checked against what we have discussed in paragraph 1
above. See Isa.28:16 and Heb.6:12.
4. The voice of the Lord does not
release fear but faith in your heart. Every time God speaks,
His voice shoots arrows of faith into your heart such that you are empowered to
take faith actions that bear the fruits that can only be described as the hand
of God at work. See Rm.10:17; 1Jn.4:18.
5. The voice of the Lord releases
joy in your heart. Every time God speaks to us, his voice
settles us in such a way that our hearts become filled with joy because in His
presence is fullness of joy. Jesus said things to His disciples that enabled
their hearts to receive and be filled with joy. See Ps.16:11 and John 15:11.
6. Whatever God says eventually
comes to pass as He says it will. God always confirms
what He says through others who are more experienced in the ways of God. This
is why we are told in Isaiah 30:20-21 that God gives us teachers who we can see
and through them, the Holy Spirit confirms the leadings of God for our lives. See
Deut.8:21-22; Isa.44:26, Luke 21:33 and Matthew 24:30, 35. Note however that
this is without prejudice to conditional promises which requires that we meet
certain conditions before the word can be actualized. Once the demands are met,
the fulfilment of God’s word in this case is absolutely certain. A good example
is His promise to Israel in Deuteronomy 28.
In summation
therefore, putting all we have done so far in this month together, we can say
that God not only speaks but He wants to speak to us and it is His pleasure to
do so. He also wants us to hear and know for certain that He is the one
speaking to us.
However, this blessing is meant for those who have entered
into the covenant relationship of the New Birth with the Lord. The bible says
that Christ in you is the hope of glory and this mystery was hidden from the
foundation of the world for our glory. They are not hidden from us but for us
to be able to discover them. If you desire this new birth experience so as to
take advantage of what God has given us, you can do so right away by saying the
following prayer out loud in faith and you will be saved and granted access to
the mysteries of God that would enable you manifest His glory on earth. When
Jesus was about to round off His mission on earth, he said he had brought glory
to God by fulfilling His purpose. See John 17:4. If you want to be able to say
the same thing when the time comes, please say the following prayer out loud
and God would honor your faith:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died
for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore
declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the
fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you
for this father in Jesus’ name!
Amen.
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