The Spirit Who Speaks: God's Supernatural Intervention in Your Life

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“Jesus is here by His Spirit, but not in the flesh; we cannot see Him face-to-face, so we cannot test words from God except by Scripture. Thus a word from God today must not contain any new teaching; neither must it add to or take away from the doctrines of the Bible. It seems right to say that a present-day word from God may therefore illustrate Scripture, help to apply Scripture, authenticate Scripture, and enable Christians to fulfill the commands of Scripture, but must always be tested by Scripture. This enables us to understand the different purposes behind the Word of God and a word from God.” (source)

“Any word that contradicts the teaching of the Bible is not from God, while any word that is positively supported by Scripture is more likely to be from God.” (source)

“One sentence stopped me in my tracks: ‘The Bible … rests on the assumption that God speaks.’1 With all the ‘words of knowledge’ we had been getting, this spoke volumes to me.” (source)

“According to the Bible, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is a God who speaks and lives inside every born-again Christian by His Spirit. If the God who speaks lives inside every believer, then I believe, from time to time, we should all expect Him to speak to us by His Spirit. The Word of God gives us this expectation. In my experience it is this expectation, built on the solid rock of Scripture, that so often makes the difference between hearing the Spirit speak and not hearing Him. We are not all going to get words from God for other people, and certainly not every day, but we should expect to be in communication with the Spirit more and more as we attune our own spiritual ears to His voice.” (source)