God Told Me...?

Hebrews 1: God Has Spoken by His Son

Hebrews 1, 1 and 2 says, Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed the heir of all things, through whom also He created the world.

That's something to keep in mind anytime someone says that God told them something. Everything we could ever want to hear God say has already been said in the Bible. God spoke through His prophets who gave us the Old Testament, and in these last days He has spoken through His Son, Jesus Christ, whose apostles gave us the New Testament.

Scripture as the Living Word of God

Now, the Bible is not just an old book of what God said in the past. When we read the book of Hebrews, the writer quotes the Old Testament as something God is saying to us right now. We read in Hebrews 4, 12 that the Word of God is living and active.

God Speaks Through Scripture, Not Inner Voices

God does speak to us. He speaks through the Scriptures. He does not speak to us through visions or inner voices. If a person says to you, God told me, what comes next should be a passage from the Bible.

Otherwise, what they're claiming is that the subjective voice they heard in their head is equally as reliable and authoritative as the Bible. Proverbs 28, 26 says, whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool.

Trusting the Lord and Testing All Other Words

Proverbs 3, 5 says, trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Psalm 119 says that God's Word is firmly fixed. It is by His Word we can test all other words. As Justin Peters has said, if you want to hear God speak to you, read the Bible.

If you want to hear Him speak to you out loud, read the Bible out loud. We hear the very Word of God when we understand the text.