IF ONLY GOD WOULD SPEAK TO ME!!

IF ONLY GOD WOULD SPEAK TO ME!!

Friday, January 02, 2015

“… not everyone has believed the Good News. Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed our message?" So faith comes from hearing the message, and the message that is heard is what Christ spoke. But I ask, "Didn't they hear that message?" Certainly they did! "The voice of the messengers has gone out into the whole world and their words to the ends of the earth." [GW Romans 10]

  Once again someone within my hearing bemoaned that if only God would speak (audibly) to them, or at least send an angel to do so, they would be much assured and happy in their faith.

  In response, several points this morning.

  On the “would be much assured” issue:

  There once was “a certain rich man” belatedly believing. He pleaded for supernatural messaging for his beloved family so they would trust God so as not to suffer as he is. (Yes, he is still suffering.) Abraham explained that if they don’t listen to Jehovah God’s voice through the record penned by Moses and the Prophets (Pentateuch, Genesis-Numbers), that even though a recognizable messenger, beggar Lazarus, came to them from the dead, they still would not be persuaded to trust God. (Lk.16:19-31)  

  Then we have another of God’s chosen penmen, the Apostle Paul. In his letter to Christians in Rome he explaining that God’s message goes forth to physical ear, but the sense of His voice is not heard.

  And on the “would be happy” aspect:

  Beginning in Genesis record we see God audibly spoke to individuals and groups. Moses with probably Aaron within hearing, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Hagar, Abram, Samuel, Levi, Mary and then Joseph, John, Peter, Paul, and others. What were their lives like after God spoke to them, delightfully happy?

  All of the above written this morning is portion of what I have thus far heard from God.

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