God's Voice

Scripture:
"Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." (John 12:28)

This past week we had to do something that was very hard to do. My wife's dog had cancer and we had to put him down. Now some of you may know that my grandson Seth live with us and on the evening when we went to take the dog to the vet, Seth said to me, "Grandpa, my heart is telling me I should go with you."

This verse makes it clear that it was a voice that the Father spoke in; however, there were different reports of the same event. Some people heard a voice and thought it was an angel who spoke. Others thought it was thunder.

This illustrates "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Cor. 2:14). A carnal man with a hardened heart will always find some natural explanation for the supernatural even if he heard an audible voice from God.

A hard heart keeps us from perceiving spiritual truths and stops us from understanding. When a person doesn't understand God's Word, Satan finds no resistance when he comes to steal it away. A hard heart keeps us from remembering. This isn't to say that facts or scriptures can't be recalled, it's the spiritual lessons learned that have been forgotten. Likewise, some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can't perceive the spiritual life in it or retain what they did perceive, because of a hardened heart.

Jesus didn't need to hear this audible voice of God because he had a more sure word of prophecy than the audible voice of God from heaven (2 Pet. 1:18-20). Jesus knew the "voice" of the Old Testament scriptures that spoke of the Christ being glorified and He could also hear the Father's voice in His heart as He had on so many other occasions. This audible voice didn't come to reassure Jesus, but it came to those who had ears to hear, so that they might believe.

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Now I can't tell you for sure if the voice Seth heard in his heart was the Holy Spirit of God or not. But I can tell you that I am proud of him that he was able to heart that soft voice inside. we need to do more of the same.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us the Holy Spirit, who speaks to us to comfort us and teach your Ways. Forgive us for not listening and help to find the time where we can turn off everything else and listen to you. Amen