God wants to communicate – Equipping the Prophet Please Study, for the
Memory verse – But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their sense exercised.
1. WHY GOD WANTS TO COMMUNICATE
Psalm 139:17-18 say:
How precious also, are thy thoughts unto me, OGod! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.”
- God is desiring to Communicate His desires, plans and purposes.
- God is relational. 1 John 4:8
- He is the Living WORD.
Pslam 95:7-8
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear my voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and in the day of temptation.
A. IT IS COMMON FOR GOD TO COMMUNICATE
History demonstrates God communicating – Look up and read the no less than 7 of the point scriptures remember we will discuss this in class
1. As illustrated in Genesis “the seed book”
- God spoke the heaven, earth, anmials and mankind into existence: 1:3,6,9,11,14,15,20,24.
- God spoke to Adam and Eve; 2:16; 3:8; 10,13,17.
- God spoke to the serpent: 3:14
- God spoke to Cain: 4:6,7,9-12, 15
- God spoke to Enoch: 5:24
- God spoke to Noah: 6:13,7:1: 8:15; 9:1, 17
- God spoke to Abram/Abraham 21:1, 4,7,: 13:14; 15:1-9; 17:13,9,15,18,19,22:
- God spoke to Hagar: 16:7-13
- God spoke to Rebekah: 25:23
- God spoke to Isaac: 26:2,24
- God spoke to Jacob: 28:13, 31:3, 11, 35:1, 10, 11,15.
- God spoke to Laban: 31:24,29
- God spoke to Paraoh: 41:28
- God spoke to Israel: 46:2
- God spoke to Joseph: 37:5
2. As illustrated throough the entire Bible
- God spoke to Moses: Exodus 3:14 etc.
- God spoke to Joshua: Joshua 1, 5:14, 15 etc.
- God spoke to Samuel: 1 Samuel 3:10
- God spoke to David: 1 Samuel 23:2
- God spoke to Solomon: 1 Kings 3:5
- God spoke to Job: Job 38:1
- God spoke to Baalam the unrighteous Prophet: Numbers 22:12, 35.
- God spoke to Elijah: 1 Kings 19:12,13.
- God spoke to Peter: Acts 10:3, 13
- God spoke to Joseph: Matthew1:20
- God to Pilate’s wife: Matthew 27:19
- God spoke to Apostle Paul: Acts 9:3-4, 27:23-24
- God spoke to John: Revelation 1:10
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- B. HEARING THE VOICE OF THE LORD BRINGS US MANY BENEFITS
- It brings intimacy – (John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not my servants;….)
- It brings peace in our hearts – (John 14:27 My peace I leave with you….)
- His voice brings unity and purpose to our corporate existance- (2 Corinthians 13:11, Acts 10:34-35)
- It brings revelation of His plan for us. He reveals stragies and directions and wisdom to conduct our lives. (Jeremiah 1:8-19)
- It brings protection to our lives. (Psalms 91)
- It brings provision (Johusa 1:7,8)
- It brings transformation. Communication brings reformation from the inside out, (Romans 8:29)