“If I testify about myself, my testimony
is not true. There is another who
testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true. You have sent to John and he has testified to
the truth. Not that I accept human
testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. John
was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his
light. I have testimony weightier than
that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very
works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself
testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor
does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. You study the Scriptures diligently because
you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures
that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. I do not accept glory from human beings, but I know you. I know that you do not have
the love of God in your hearts. I have
come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes
in his own name, you will accept him. How
can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the
glory that comes from the only God? But
do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are
set. If you believed Moses, you would
believe me, for he wrote about me. But
since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I
say?” [John 5:31-47 NIV]
Alas,
be assured that nothing has changed. For
there are still far too many who want to base their faith upon our Heavenly
Father’s Holy Scriptures while refusing to listen to the Author of them.
In an attempt to be even more clear, what I have been given to say about truly hearing our
Heavenly Father’s voice is not mixing metaphors. For it is not at all true that He stopped
actually speaking to us as soon as the canon of Scripture was complete.
Neither
is it true that what is contained in His Holy Bible is the written Word of
God—certainly not in the way that far too many have been lead to believe. For the true Word of God is the Lord Jesus
Christ in all of His most awesome glory, and He is most eager to personally
reveal what He wants them to know and understand to anyone who will but want to
humble themselves enough to accept it.
Again,
none of this is meant to diminish the significance of our Heavenly Father’s
Holy Bible in any way, shape or form.
For it truly is a most precious gift from our Heavenly Father that
should be cherished with all of our hearts, minds and souls.
Nonetheless,
the cart needs to be put back behind the horse (so to speak). For far too many have been lead to believe
that faith in our Heavenly Father’s Gospel comes from hearing the Bible being
preached by His chosen servants when that is the solely the work of His Holy
Spirit, who does not need anyone or anything to work through, and His Holy
Scriptures are provided to serve as written confirmation of what He actually
says is absolutely true.
Yes,
if you were closely examining every word in that last paragraph, it might have
seemed a little confusing, but this would only be true of those who do not
fully understand that our Heavenly Father’s Holy Spirit is [One and the same]
with Him and His only begotten Son, who is the true Word of God. Therefore, it is correct to refer to our
Heavenly Father’s Holy Scriptures as also being His Holy Spirit’s Holy
Scriptures, as well as being the words of the Word.
Alas,
this is not the first time all of that has been addressed through me, which can
be confirmed in [The Words of the Word], [Revelations] and [Can You Hear Him Now?]. Since Scriptural references are
provided in those three chapters from [Bittersweet Refinements], it would be
good to go over them again if you have already done so before and are still having
trouble accepting what I have been given to say about truly hearing our
Heavenly Father’s voice.
No,
that is not at all meant to suggest that what I want to believe He has had me
place into written form comes up to the level of Scripture. However, if it is indeed coming from Him, can
you afford to just ignore it?
Though
I have been allowed and enabled to actually hear His audible voice, which comes
from outside of oneself, on a few occasions, it has been mostly through my
thoughts that our Heavenly Father has sought to speak to me, which can be
problematic. For what He says to me is
often indistinguishable from my own thoughts and the sweet nothings that Satan would
have me believe. Hence, the title of
this piece being that two out of three is bad.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but
test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets
have gone out into the world. [1 John 4:1 NAS]
Be
assured that it is in regards to testing the spirits that our Heavenly Father’s
Holy Scriptures are truly a Godsend in every sense of the word. For what our Heavenly Father has to actually
say to us at this time will not contradict what He had placed into written form
long ago.
However,
do not become ensnared in what Satan would have us believe in regards to our
Heavenly Father only speaking Scripture (as in what is specifically
contained in His Holy Bible) to us at this time on account of: I warn everyone
who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to
them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this
scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree
of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
[Revelation 22:18-19 NIV]. For it is
entirely possible for Him to actually tell someone that He wants them to start
a ministry in Great Britain without adding to, nor taking anything from, what
is contained in is His Holy Bible.
It
is also entirely possible for Him to explain what is meant by certain
Scriptures (and/or what was really going on at the time) without adding anything
to, nor taking anything away from, what is contained in His Holy Bible. A good example of how much that is needed has
to do with His love. For Satan would
have us believe that the love of God is impersonal and unemotional while He
wants us to know and understand that it is actually deeply personal and more
passionate than even the most torrid of love affairs in the eyes of this world.
Another
good example of how beneficial it can be to truly hear our Heavenly Father’s
voice and how His Holy Scriptures serve as written confirmation of what He
wants to personally reveal unto us happened to me soon after He started making
Himself real to me over 19 years ago.
For I had become deeply depressed over how He had denied Moses entrance into
the Promised Land after he had failed to explicitly follow His instructions
[Numbers 20:6-12] on account of thinking that I had no hope of ever pleasing
Him if He could deal with Moses that harshly after Moses had been such a
faithful servant unto Him for so long. Now, I do
not remember just exactly what I was told, but almost immediately, our Heavenly
Father explained to me that denying Moses entrance into the Promised Land was
more about Him setting up Joshua to take over for Moses in the eyes of the children
of Israel than punishment for disobedience, which was confirmed a day or so
later when I came upon [Joshua 3:7-17].
Yes,
it may very well be that it is all merely a matter of my own opinion based upon
figments of my own imagination, but I would think that most would want to
believe that our Heavenly Father still seeks to actually speak to us. For without the witness of His Holy Spirit,
all we could have to have faith in would be our interpretations of what His
Holy Scriptures are really saying, and how could we tell if what is contained
in His Holy Bible truly is from Him and any more true than what is contained in
any of the other books that are held to be sacred by others? After all, do they not have millions of
fellow believers and many years of tradition to also stand upon?
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