What the Bible Really Teach about Hearing God's Voice?

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Text: John 10:4

Preface: Knowing "How to" Discern Biblical Truth

Acknowledgment 

Introduction:  God's Written Word? Or God's Spoken Word?


Outline of Message


I. "Christian" Mystics with the Church Today (Col. 2:18)

   A. Take pride in the superiority of knowledge (v. 18)

   B. They entertain angelic beings. (v. 18)

   C. Intruding into the spirit world. (v. 18)

    1. Entertaining such divine personage ("Jesus")

    2. Visitation into the "third" heavens

  D. They claim to have seen something; they ain't seen nothing.

II. God's Elect: Chosen by God (Jn. 6:37, 44)

   A. God's foreknowledge and predestination of the saved (Eph. 1:3-11)

   B. God has chosen "certain" individuals unto salvation (Jn. 10:2, 4)

   C. The sovereignty of God, predestination, and election.

III. The Marks of Professing Believers (Matt. 7:15ff)

   A. They are wolves in sheep's clothing. (v. 15)

   B. They claim to do the works of God.

   C. They make such outward profession of faith; they are phony individuals.

IV. Hearing God's Voice: What Does it Mean? (Jn. 18:37; 1 Jn. 4:6)

   A. The elect of God hearing the truth of God's Word (Jn. 10:4)

   B. The "truly" elect who are on the side of truth.

   C. Those who listen to the truth are those who belong to God (1 Jn. 4:6)

V.  Saved How? (Eph. 2:5, 8; Titus 3:5)

  A. We are saved by the grace of God (Eph. 2:5)

  B. We are saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ (v. 8)

  C. We are renewed by the regenerating power and work of the Holy Spirit (Jn. 3:5)

VI. The Nature of Hearing God's Voice!

  A. Listening to the truth of God's voice (Jn. 10:3, 4, 5, 14, 16, 27)

    1. The truth of God's Word (Jn. 18:37; 2 Tim. 3:15, 16)

    2. Not some "inward" voice of the spirit (Col. 2:18)

  B. Discerning biblical truth.

   1. 1 Jn. 4:1.

   2. Ac. 17:11

VII. Mysticism Understanding of the Bible (Col. 2:18)

  1. Interpretative view of scripture (2 Tim. 2:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20)

   a. "Spiritualize" version.

   b. Demythization and "deconstruction" of the text of the Bible.

 2. It "Authority"

  a. Personal experiences, "revelations" on par with God's Word (2 Pet. 1:20)

  b. "Inward" voice concerning the mystics' "source" of authority.

X. Apostates Unconvinced by the Truth (1 Tim. 4:1)

 1. They are defectors of the true faith (v. 1a)

 2. They pay attention to deceiving spirits (v. 1b)

 3. They teach doctrines taught by demons (v. 1c)

XI. "He that Hath an Ear Must Hear the Truth!"

 1. The objective truth of God's Word (Jn. 18:37; 1 Jn. 4:6)

   a. God's written revelation of His Word (2 Tim. 3:15, 16)

   b. Life pertaining to godliness (2 Tim. 3:16)

 2. The emptiness of relativism.

   a. All truth is truth; there is no absolute truth.

   b. "We all have our own personal truths."

   c. "What may be true to you; it may not be true to me."

 3. The danger of moral relativism (2 Tim. 2:16-17)

  a. It's philosophical collapse (Col. 2:4, 8)

  b. Moral decline and deteroritation (Rom. 1:18-32)

Appendix I:  Knowing How to Discern Biblical Truth?

Appendix II:  The Need to Study God's Word

Appendix: III: Cult-Proofing Yourself in Spiritually Deceptive Times

Notes

General Index

Scripture Index



  


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