Yup, sure enough. A woman in the congregation came to the platform with her Bible and read Isaiah 55:1-9, and as she read, the audible voice of Almighty God rang out through the sanctuary. Every ear in the congregation was arrested and heard His voice; not one soul failed to hear His words.If you are thinking I’ve done a bait and switch, or that what we experienced is somehow less than what you were expecting when you read my title, I think you should ask yourself why.We are blessed above all people, to be able to open a book or pop open an app, and read aloud, and hear the audible voice of God speaking into our hearts, into our minds, and into our lives any time we want. The abundance of grace that God has shown us to be able to experience such a thing is simply staggering.We heard the audible voice of God today. I suspect you did too, and when you did, I hope you reverenced it and received it with all of the honor and awe that such a thing demands of you.
So I can’t judge your heart but you aren’t funny, maybe a but sad but certainly lacking something somewhere.An evangelist friend of mine Col. David Kithcart (used to be on the 700 club a lot in the eighties and no is with Jesus) once shared a story of an experience he had while in Vietnam during the war there in the early 70’s or maybe late 60’s , I forget which. Anyway he was on a bus in Saigon and while sitting there he heard an audible voice that said, Dave, get off the bus. He knew no oneOn the bus and after looking around, he dismissed it. The bus went on for a block or so and suddenly he heard a very loud and insistent voice that said, Dave, I said get off the bus, now! He looked around but saw no one who knew him or who was talking to him. He said it was a very loud voice and he was surprised no one heard it. He pulled the rope and the bus stopped. He got off and was still perplexed as the bus pulled away. Within 15 seconds of him getting off the bus there was an explosion and many on thed bus were killed. The vietcong had rigged 2 grenades eith some type of timer. If he had not listened to what he now realizes was the audible voice of God, he too would have died.
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Yup, sure did, and I rejoice that your friend received such a warning. I don’t doubt your story for a moment.
Re: Oh I get that part
Nope, BJ, surely am not.The Apostle Peter heard God’s audible voice on the mount of transfiguration. He writes in his second epistle that they heard the voice borne from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. — but went on to add, speaking of the Scriptures, and we have the prophetic word
BJ I think you got up on the wrong side of the bed. And once there cannot back track. ?That is sad.Once reading DD’s post I got exactly what he was saying. And it hit me. Do you believe that is the WORD of GOD?THEN LISTEN, HE IS SPEAKING. Then you heard the word of God Audibly!Thanks DD.PS: We do tend to read the ?Bible as a regular book at times. It is good to be reminded. Ever notice who is listed as the Author of the Bible on Amazon?I believe it is annon or Unknown. NOT GOD! We forget the actual author________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Re: We heard the audible voice of God during a time of altar ministry today
I know why. Because, unless you actually heard the audible voice of God you did not hear the audible voice of God. On Mt. Sinai, Israel heard God say what we call the 10 commandments. They asked Moses not to hear that again, and there is a passage of the Lord’s reply about raising up a prophet. Hearing the audible voice of God is not the same thing as hearing through an intermediary, such as someone reading scripture.Hearing someone reading the ten commandments is great. But Israelites at Sinai heard and audible voice. If you redefine basic terms, your communication will be meaningless. If someone–Pentecostal or Charismatic especially– says, I heard the audible voice of God they are being specific that they perceived the voices as sound in their ears as opposed to internal hearing, hearing someone read the scriptures and perceiving the Spirit bringing the words to life to them, etc. Are you one of those guys who misuses the word ‘literally’, too________________
If he’s saying the written scriptures are ‘more fully confirmed’ than the audible voice of God he heard, then he isn’t saying hearing the scriptures read aloud are the audible voice of God.Words have meaning, you know________________
The title reminds me …
The title of the thread reminds me of sitting in mainline churches when the Lector’s portion of the Litergy begins with the words, listen for the Word of God as I read from ….. There is no doubt that the spoken Word of God in public by one reading the scriptures is central to the Christian Faith. From time of Moses, to the times of restoration of Jerusalem, to the great sermons of the New Testament which contained so must scripture, and at the same time became scripture, the spoken Word in public is a Spiritual Dynamic that must never cease in the church.Again this year my local church was allowed to have our Christmas banquet at the new Catholic dioceses meeting facility here in town (just down the street from my church). The Bishop’s Chef and his waitstaff prepared the food and service us. At the beginning of the banquet I read Luke 2, the account of the birth of the Christ Child. Following the banquet, the chef, who is my neighbor and friend, said, we read the exact same scriptures this time of year. I would suggest that the action of reading the scripture out loud is the same in most churches, but like the Ethiopian whom Phillip encountered, the gifts of understanding God’s Word must involve more than just reading it out loud. The quasi-Jewish cult of Kabbaiah seems to teach that just gathering and hearing the Law read in Hebrew will increase your spirituality, even if you don’t understand Hebrew. So, yes, the reading of the Word of God in public gatherings is vital, but without the preaching and teaching of the Word directed by the Spirit, many will not understand, or will only listen for the words they like. The Law was read in the synagogues of Jesus time through out the Diaspora, yet as a people/nation, most misunderstood the nature of the Messiah.
Mat, I couldn’t agree more. To those with a low view of Scripture, they are just words from a book. But for those who have ears to hear, they are the very words of Almighty God.
I lean that away. I believe in inspiration down to the jot and tittle (or Greek equivalent) of the original. A ‘audible voice’ refers to a sound in your ears. Listening to Bible reading is hearing through an intermediary, very important, but not the same thing that happened at Sinai________________
Seems like a good place for these verses.
Seems like a good place for these verses.II Peter 1:16-21 (KJV)16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.18 And
You’re right, Link. The Scriptures teach plainly that the written word is more fully confirmed than even God’s voice booming from Heaven. They are not the same thing. I’m not sure this is an accurate interpretation of the phrase more sure word of prophecy.As far as the title of the this thread, I am not at all surprised at the direction you took it. I noticed that in another thread you said something quite similar.
If you check some commentaries, I think you’ll find this is the almost universal interpretation of historical Christianity. Peter’s point here is to convey that the Scriptures are an external, objective standard for what God has said, and are as a result more authoritative and more sure than any individual’s spiritual experiences, including his own, which included hearing God’s voice audibly and seeing Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration.