Comments on: God Is Still Speaking

By: kueh

kueh — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:53:31 +0000

Thank you for re-affirming my belief that we have a Father who is loving and HEAR; SEE and SPEAK to us!

No loving Father would remain silent to his children.

All of God’s children could hear him. Even we believe we could feel Him in Spirit, there is no reason why we could not hear.

God bless.

By: Cerulean Sanctum » Revelation: When God Speaks

Cerulean Sanctum » Revelation: When God Speaks — Sat, 27 May 2006 03:45:48 +0000

[...] Now I believe that there is one other kind of Special Revelation, and this is the part that becomes contentious. I've blogged about this before (and I would encourage everyone to read the post), but I believe that God speaks uniquely to specific men in specific times in specific places for a specific purpose. An example of this is in Acts: Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. —Acts 13:1-4 ESV [...]

By: Cerulean Sanctum » The Best of Cerulean Sanctum 2005

Cerulean Sanctum » The Best of Cerulean Sanctum 2005 — Sat, 06 May 2006 20:09:30 +0000

[...] Advertising Ashes and Overflowing both ask if the Church is honoring the third Person of the Trinity in faith and practice. The Least-Believed Verse in the Bible wonders why so few believe that the mountain can be cast into the sea if we only have faith. God Is Still Speaking counters a post by Steve Camp claiming that He is not. [...]

By: Jim from OldTruth.com

Jim from OldTruth.com — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:06:00 +0000

I’m interested in knowing how the author of this blog discerns when it is God speaking, versus when it is a Christian falsely saying “The Lord Spoke To Me”. Before you answer with “it has to match up with the bible”, let’s say it’s something that can’t be verified biblically. Suppose someone tells you that . . . they have “a word from the Lord” for you - that you should accept a certain one of the two job offers you’ve been given? Or someone who claims that God told them to buy the “Deep Spirit Study Bible” as was the example mentioned in my blog article:

http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.55

How do you make a judgment of whether they are a true prophet, or whether (as the old testament would say) they should be stoned for saying “thus saith the Lord”?

And if somebody is wrong about one of their “God told me” claims, what should be our attitude? Should we just say “oh it was just a mistake, they had good intentions”, or should we handle the error as though God really cares that people are putting words in His mouth, and using his name in vain?

Lastly, isnt it true that when we claim that “the Lord spoke to me” we’re effectively putting ourselves on par with Scripture? The words of the bible are from God, and “so are mine” (because God told me). This would seem to dilute the sufficiency of scripture.

Tozer has some good things to say, but we dont want to follow him into error, if that’s where he’s gone. Also, he is a “modern” thinker. That’s fine, but perhaps the opinions of men from previous centuries should be consulted as well (ie: Reformers, Puritans, etc.).

As is the case made by James White in his book “Scripture Alone”, nobody is claiming that God doesnt speak, but rather that He’s speaking to us all the time through 66 pages of his book. The Holy Spirit uses the Word constantly to speak to Christians. This is not dead religion at all.
http://www.monergismbooks.com/.....o0489.html

—Jim

By: Sense Light

Sense Light — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:21:00 +0000

Dan,

I enjoyed your blog. I am working on a lesson for my youth group on 1 Kings 19 and found your article.

I agree with what you are saying. I think we have lost the point of the Bible being alive. I am currently reading Rob Bell’s book Velvet Elvis, and he spends quiet some time on this. If we don’t teach each other how to see and hear the voice of God…what a loss.

I also think that we need examples of how this is happening within our own lives or others that we meet. Yes, God can still speak to me in the way he did with Elijah, such as a gentle whisper. But has He? How do we identify this? How do we see the scriptures being alive within us to actually see God speaking to us as 1 King 19 becomes alive?

Honestly, when God speaks to us we hardly ever think about scripture and how our experience entertwines with our’s. We see them as seperate identities; just stories told way too long ago. We must challenge and provoke others to open their eyes…be still…and listen (even if they have there coat over there head).

Great challenge. Thanks for sharing. I will stay up-to-date on your blog now. Have a great day!