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How To Know The Difference Between
The Lord's
Voice And Other Voices.
John 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own
sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
John 10:5
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not
the voice of strangers.
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John 18:37
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou
sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into
the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the
truth heareth my voice.
1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God
calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by
the Holy Ghost.
Rev. 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not:
I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
When The Lord Speaks, the following is evident:
An Inward Knowing
1 Cor. 2:13
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Peace
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Trusting
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. [6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy
paths.
Confidence and Assurance
Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall
ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would
not.
Agreement With the Word of God
2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take
heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the
day star arise in your hearts:
Confirmation
2 Cor. 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three
witnesses shall every word be established.
The Lordship of Christ
2 Cor. 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine unto them.
1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God
calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by
the Holy Ghost.
Clarity
2 Cor. 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of
God by us.
When the Devil or Another Evil Spirit Speaks,
the following is evident:
Doubt, Fear, Discomfort
2 Tim. 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of
a sound mind.
Romans 8:15-16
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. [16] The Spirit
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Conflict, Restlessness, No Peace
James 3:14-18
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not
against the truth. [15] This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly,
sensual, devilish. [16] For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and
every evil work. [17] But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy. [18] And the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Questioning, Wondering if it is the Lord
Romans 14:23
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for
whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Lack of Clarity, Confusion
James 3:16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1 Cor. 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the
saints.
Negation of the Lord's Commands
Matthew 13:4
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and
devoured them up:
Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Matthew 13:24-30
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened
unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: [25] But while men slept, his
enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. [26] But when the
blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. [27]
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou
sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? [28] He said unto
them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them up? [29] But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the
tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. [30] Let both grow together until
the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the
wheat into my barn.
Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Lordship of Christ Denied
1 John 4:1-6
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world. [2] Hereby know ye the
Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh is of God: [3] And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof
ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. [4]
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he
that is in you, than he that is in the world. [5] They are of the world:
therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. [6] We are of
God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.
Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Condemnation, Guilt, Discouragement
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things.
Rev. 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our
brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
When the Flesh-Self Speaks, the following is evident:
Hesitation
Romans 8:5-7
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. [6] For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [7] Because the carnal
mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither
indeed can be.
Deception
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know
it? [10] I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such
as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Double-Mindedness
James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Matthew 6:22-23
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light. [23] But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall
be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how
great is that darkness!
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you.
Philip. 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me.
John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Unregenerate Desires
James 1:13-16
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: [14] But every man is tempted,
when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. [15] Then when lust hath
conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth
death. [16] Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Romans 6:1-4
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? [2] God
forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? [3] Know ye
not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into
his death? [4] Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like
as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness of life.
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