Is this the voice of the Holy Spirit?

marliebe said:

I have heard that the Holy Spirit can speak into our spirits, and recently I have been hearing "voices" inside of me that seem very kind. Like, it tells me to stop and talk to someone, to share the Gospel, or to do something (not evil). I was wondering if the Holy Spirit talks to us in our spirit, and if other people experience things like this.

For example, today, I was walking back to my car, and there was a lady in the car next to me, and she had her windows rolled down. I felt something in my spirit say "Talk to her. Tell her the Gospel." Is this the Holy Spirit?

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It can be, or it is your own conviction that you should do things like that. The Holy Spirit gives us the will and the want to do His bidding so it very important to learn to listen to Him.

Yes He does prod us into action for the Lord. People have saved other people's life heeding the Holy Spirit but be careful that you do not let satan trick you. For he can display himself as an angel of light but only to convince you he is trustworthy to listen to.

The Holy Spirit always works out of our love for God and people while satan tries to utilise our love for God and people to pollute it with bad life that is how you know the difference.

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marliebe said:

Thank you so much! How may I know when satan is trying to trick me?

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Let Scripture and love for God and neighbour be your guide. The Holy Spirit makes us willing and able to do what He requires.

When you begin to feel uncomfortable about the things you hear within, must, most not, do, do not, rule here and a rule there, along with inner unrest and anxiety on the one hand as well as selfishness, arrogance and pride on the other. These are the emotions to watch out for.

Peace.

marliebe said:

I have heard that the Holy Spirit can speak into our spirits, and recently I have been hearing "voices" inside of me that seem very kind.

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So, where do you see the Spirit doing this in Scripture? And where do you see any of the writers of the New Testament teaching anything about the Holy Spirit "speaking into one's spirit"?

I read about the Holy Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are the children of God (Romans 8:16), but this is accomplished through His work in us: convicting us (John 16:8), teaching us God's truth (John 14:26; John 16:13) found in God's word (2 Timothy 3:16-17), strengthening us (Romans 8:13; Ephesians 3:16; Colossians 1:11), altering our desires (Philippians 2:13), producing the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) in us, etc. But, I don't see anywhere in the NT anything about the Spirit "speaking into one's spirit."

How do you distinguish your own inner voice from the Spirit's? How do you discern a subtle demonic counterfeit of the Spirit's voice in your mind?

I have no worry that, when I read God's word to me in the pages of my Bible, I am mistakenly reading a demonic counterfeit or my own inner imaginings. Why, then, resort to this far less certain means of hearing from God?

marliebe said:

Like, it tells me to stop and talk to someone, to share the Gospel, or to do something (not evil). I was wondering if the Holy Spirit talks to us in our spirit, and if other people experience things like this.

For example, today, I was walking back to my car, and there was a lady in the car next to me, and she had her windows rolled down. I felt something in my spirit say "Talk to her. Tell her the Gospel." Is this the Holy Spirit?

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God tells us in His word that we are to share the Gospel. You don't need a voice in your head telling you to. So, did you? Did you tell the lady in the next car about her need of a Saviour?

Waiting on some inner voice to direct you instead of God's word, leads very quickly into spiritual paralysis and disobedience to God. The thinking often goes: If I don't "hear the Spirit," then I don't act - even when there is a clear command from God in Scripture to do so.

I had a friend who knew a fellow in his church community who very suddenly needed financial help. But, my friend told me, he was going to "pray about it first" and "listen for the Spirit's leading" before giving the fellow any money - money my friend could have readily given to this needy Christian brother. I was shocked. Here's why:

1 John 3:17 (NASB)
17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

My friend had spiritualized closing his heart to his brother in need; he had spiritualized disobedience to the command of God in His word. My friend didn't need to pray about helping out the fellow in his church, he needed to obey what God had already told him in Scripture to do and give him some money!

This is where this "hearing the voice of the Spirit in your mind" can lead. And, again, we are nowhere taught in all of the New Testament to expect such a voice or to operate on the basis of it. I'd urge you to steer well clear of this kind of teaching. Mind you, if you think God is going to give you direct, personal instruction, why should you bother with studying Scripture? And here is where the devil gets in and leads a Christian into the very sort of disinterest in, and ignorance of, God's word that he needs to lead that Christian into his devilish counterfeit of real spiritual living.

aiki said:

This is where this "hearing the voice of the Spirit in your mind" can lead. And, again, we are nowhere taught in all of the New Testament to expect such a voice or to operate on the basis of it. I'd urge you to steer well clear of this kind of teaching.

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Should we put the message above the Word Giver?

Simply doesn't make sense what you say. If we don't learn to obey The Holy Spirit in our heart we will not even be able to do what is written in Scripture rightly for we will hear the word all wrongly.

Please don't lead people away from being instructed by The Living Word rightly for The bible itself prophecies about this event.

Isaiah 30:21 "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

John 14:26 "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."

marliebe said:

I have heard that the Holy Spirit can speak into our spirits, and recently I have been hearing "voices" inside of me that seem very kind. Like, it tells me to stop and talk to someone, to share the Gospel, or to do something (not evil). I was wondering if the Holy Spirit talks to us in our spirit, and if other people experience things like this.

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Yes I believe He can speak to our spirit, enlightening, guiding, convicting, comforting etc., but never in contradiction to His Word.

For example, today, I was walking back to my car, and there was a lady in the car next to me, and she had her windows rolled down. I felt something in my spirit say "Talk to her. Tell her the Gospel." Is this the Holy Spirit?

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Most likely, but only you would know that.

You might want to asks for your thread to be moved to the "Spirit filled" or "Spiritual gifts" forums.

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:" John 10:27

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4:27 We are spirit, soul, and body "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." I Thess 5:23

Some Biblical examples of God giving clear instructions to His people:
-Elijah against the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel;
"At the time for the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah went near the altar. “Lord, you are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,” he prayed. “Prove that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant. Show these people that you commanded me to do all these things. 37 Lord, answer my prayer so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you will change their minds.” I Kings 18:36-37

-Ezekiel 1:3 "the word of Yahweh came clearly to Ezekiel the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans at the Kebar River, and the hand of Yahweh was on him there." It is noted in other Scriptures that the The Word of God came to him such as in Eze 22:1-3, 30:1-3, and 33:1-4.

-"'For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so—it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit." II Peter 1:21

Yes This is definitely the voice of the Holy spirit.

Jeshu said:

Should we put the message above the Word Giver?

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This is what is called a false dichotomy. The choice isn't one or the other, but both. They work together, the Holy Spirit and Holy Scripture. God speaks to His children through His word, illuminated by the Holy Spirit. And in His word, God has imparted to me all that I need to know to walk well with Him. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Jeshu said:

Simply doesn't make sense what you say. If we don't learn to obey The Holy Spirit in our heart we will not even be able to do what is written in Scripture rightly for we will hear the word all wrongly.

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What does it mean to "obey the Holy Spirit in our hearts"? Where does this phrase appear in Scripture? I feel conviction from God's Spirit over my sin; I feel comfort and peace from Him in times of trouble; I find myself strengthened by the Holy Spirit in times of temptation and trial; I see the Holy Spirit transforming my desires and character as I continue to walk with Him in humility and surrender. This is what the Bible says will be the believer's experience of God, of the Holy Spirit. No mention of a divine voice in one's head anywhere in Scripture, however.

Jeshu said:

Please don't lead people away from being instructed by The Living Word rightly for The bible itself prophecies about this event.

Isaiah 30:21 "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

John 14:26 "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."

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Have you really actually considered what Isaiah 30:21 says? It doesn't speak of a voice in one's head, does it? No, it says that the Israelites will hear with their ears the voice of one behind them saying such and such. Where is the teaching, then, of a voice in one's head in this verse?

Does John 14:26 describe the Holy Spirit's teaching as a voice in one's head? The Spirit reminds, brings to remembrance, the teaching of Christ but the apostle John does not say the Spirit will whisper secret spiritual instructions of his own to the believer.

So, who is leading folks away from proper biblical truth here? Who is guilty of eisegesis in interpreting these verses? Not me.

aiki said:

This is what the Bible says will be the believer's experience of God, of the Holy Spirit. No mention of a divine voice in one's head anywhere in Scripture, however.

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Acts 8:29
Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.”

Acts 8:38-40
38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

Acts 10:19-20
While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself.”

Acts 13:2
While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 11:12
The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 15:28
“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

Acts 13:4
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Acts 16:6
They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

Acts 16:7
and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

Acts 20:22
And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

Luke 12:11-12
11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

tturt said:

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:" John 10:27

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And where does Jesus speak to us today? In the Gospels where his words and deeds are recorded and in the rest of Scripture which has all been divinely-inspired by him. Christ's "sheep" hear his voice in the pages of God's word, not as a voice in their heads - which is why Jesus doesn't say anything about his sheep hearing a private voice in their heads. They don't need any such voice when they have the voice of the Good Shepherd speaking to them from Scripture.

tturt said:

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4:27 We are spirit, soul, and body "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." I Thess 5:23

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What does it mean to worship God in spirit? Do we see any explicit teaching anywhere in the Bible that Christians are to expect a secret, divine voice speaking in their heads, that this is what it means to worship God in spirit? Nope. But we do read:

Psalm 119:103-105 (NASB)
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NASB)
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

tturt said:

Some Biblical examples of God giving clear instructions to His people:
-Elijah against the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel;
"At the time for the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah went near the altar. “Lord, you are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,” he prayed. “Prove that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant. Show these people that you commanded me to do all these things. 37 Lord, answer my prayer so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you will change their minds.” I Kings 18:36-37

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Does Elijah say here that he heard from God as a voice in his head? Was God's command to Elijah a private, direct-to-mind communication? We aren't told this; it must be assumed.

How does Elijah hear from God only a short time later (1 Kings 19:9-13) when God sends a mighty wind, earthquake, and then fire but finally speaks to Elijah in a "still, small voice"? Was the wind, earthquake and fire all in Elijah's mind? No. What about the "still small voice," then? Does the passage give us good reason to think the "still, small voice" spoke only in Elijah's mind? That isn't at all consistent with the rest of what had happened. Elijah even leaves his cave to speak with God which wasn't necessary if his conversation was all internal.

tturt said:

-Ezekiel 1:3 "the word of Yahweh came clearly to Ezekiel the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans at the Kebar River, and the hand of Yahweh was on him there." It is noted in other Scriptures that the The Word of God came to him such as in Eze 22:1-3, 30:1-3, and 33:1-4.

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Is there any description ever given of the "word of Yahweh" ever being delivered directly to the mind of the listener? Is this how God spoke to Moses? Or Abraham? Or the apostle Paul on the road to Damascus? Is this how God communicated with Lot in Sodom? How about with King Belshazzar, the son of Nebuchadnezzar? Or Balaam and his donkey? In every one of these instance God did not resort to a voice in the head of the one to whom He spoke.

So, I'm not just holding out some wild, fringe thinking about the Holy Spirit's method of "speaking" to us. I am well within the boundaries of God's word - and sound interpretation of it - to challenge this business of the Holy Spirit being a "voice in one's head."

TruthSeek3r said:

Acts 8:29
Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.”

Acts 8:38-40
38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

Acts 10:19-20
While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself.”

Acts 13:2
While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 11:12
The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 15:28
“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

Acts 13:4
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Acts 16:6
They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

Acts 16:7
and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

Acts 20:22
And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

Luke 12:11-12
11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

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Not one of these verses from Scripture say anything about a divine voice speaking in a person's head. This is what you're assuming the verses mean - even though we are told nowhere in Scripture to expect this sort of communication from God. It is eisegesis, not exegesis, in which you are engaging here.

aiki said:

Not one of these verses from Scripture say anything about a divine voice speaking in a person's head. This is what you're assuming the verses mean - even though we are told nowhere in Scripture to expect this sort of communication from God. It is eisegesis, not exegesis, in which you are engaging here.

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It was either telepathic communication ("a voice in their head") or a physical audible voice, but I don't see more reasonable options.

aiki said:

So, where do you see the Spirit doing this in Scripture? And where do you see any of the writers of the New Testament teaching anything about the Holy Spirit "speaking into one's spirit"?

How do you distinguish your own inner voice from the Spirit's? How do you discern a subtle demonic counterfeit of the Spirit's voice in your mind?

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You clearly believe that demons can speak into your mind, to counterfeit God's voice!
Surely that simple fact, ought for any sane man, to also demonstrate that God also speaks directly to his own children!
Satan speaks, but your god is struck dumb! (Or maybe you've just gagged him)

Tell us, why would God allow Satan and demons to speak to people, but shun speaking to his own children when they seek him. That would make God an abusive father in the eyes of any child services department!

I have no worry that, when I read God's word to me in the pages of my Bible, I am mistakenly reading a demonic counterfeit or my own inner imaginings. Why, then, resort to this far less certain means of hearing from God?

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So, despite admitting that demons can speak to God's children, you believe the lie that God just left an instruction book and then refused to say anything more.
Your God is a harsh and unloving god.
Imagine treating your wife like that. You marry her, then on the wedding day, you hand her an instruction book and never speak to her again.
As part of the Bride of Christ, your vision of Christ your husband is appallingly shallow.

aiki said:

What does it mean to "obey the Holy Spirit in our hearts"? Where does this phrase appear in Scripture? I feel conviction from God's Spirit over my sin; I feel comfort and peace from Him in times of trouble; I find myself strengthened by the Holy Spirit in times of temptation and trial; I see the Holy Spirit transforming my desires and character as I continue to walk with Him in humility and surrender. This is what the Bible says will be the believer's experience of God, of the Holy Spirit.

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If you are truly sensitive to God's spirit at work within you, then you are obviously part way there, and learning to hear the words of his voice is just a matter of sharpening your spiritual discernment!

But in order to do that, you need to repent of the doctrine of demons that teaches you God never speaks. And yes, it is certainly a doctrine of demons that silences God's voice today.

No mention of a divine voice in one's head anywhere in Scripture, however.

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That shows exactly how that doctrine of demons controls your thinking. Other people on this thread have shown from scripture how the Holy Spirit speaks words to our spirit, yet you are blind and deaf to them.

The claim that you need the bible to hear God's voice, has to be one of the most illogical claims in theology. You seem oblivious to the history of the bible, that even for most of Christianity, the bible was virtually unavailable for the first 1500 years, and even after that, was prohibited by the Catholic church on pain of death. The wide availability of the bible is a very recent event in Christianity, how did God speak for the previous 1000s of years if he could only do it via a bible?

aiki said:

Not one of these verses from Scripture say anything about a divine voice speaking in a person's head. This is what you're assuming the verses mean - even though we are told nowhere in Scripture to expect this sort of communication from God. It is eisegesis, not exegesis, in which you are engaging here.

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I first started hearing God speak to me in my head, back in the early 1960s, and he hasn't stopped speaking since.
When it first happened, I knew nothing of the gospel, and didn't even become a Christian till another 10 years passed.

God has spoken to me thousands of times in the last 50 odd years, so don't be so foolish to insist that it doesn't happen.
The reason you are deaf to God's voice, is because you believe a lie, a doctrine of demons.

Francis Drake said:

You clearly believe that demons can speak into your mind, to counterfeit God's voice!

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I think the devil can insinuate a thought - a lie, usually - into a person's mind, or a sudden impulse or feeling. But I have never indicated that the devil converses with a person as a disembodied voice in their mind. The Spirit brings to remembrance the truths of God's word, but nowhere in the Bible do we encounter an instance where he has an internal dialogue with someone, speaking distinctly and directly to that person as we do with each other, nor are we taught in Scripture to expect such a thing.

Can God speak directly to our minds? Of course. Does He? Does Scripture give us good cause to think this is the common means of His communication with us? No.

I think Christians who think they are hearing from God, that the Spirit is speaking in their minds, are far more often than not hearing their own self-talk. Sometimes, though, they are hearing from the devil, who prods and guides their self-talk by subtle intrusions of devilish thoughts and feelings.

Francis Drake said:

Satan speaks, but your god is struck dumb! (Or maybe you've just gagged him)

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Hardly. Nice Strawman, though. God speaks clearly and comprehensively to me in His word - as often as I want to open my Bible and read it. He is far from "struck dumb."

Francis Drake said:

Tell us, why would God allow Satan and demons to speak to people, but shun speaking to his own children when they seek him. That would make God an abusive father in the eyes of any child services department!

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Yeah, still working from a Strawman version of my views, here. See above. God is not silent. He speaks to us through His word which the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance. What's abusive about this?

Francis Drake said:

So, despite admitting that demons can speak to God's children, you believe the lie that God just left an instruction book and then refused to say anything more.

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Knocking down your own Strawman here...

I do most certainly believe, however, that all we need to know about Christian faith and practice we have revealed to us in God's word. By it, the Christian is "thoroughly furnished unto all good works." God has given us His wisdom, spiritual principles, moral commands and truth by which to navigate life in a way that honors Him. What need I, then, of His voice in my head that can be confused with self-talk and that can be easily manipulated by the devil? None at all.

Francis Drake said:

Imagine treating your wife like that. You marry her, then on the wedding day, you hand her an instruction book and never speak to her again.

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God is not my spouse. He is not human, either, readily accessible to my physical senses as my wife is. Your analogy, then, doesn't work. You're making a glaring category error.

Francis Drake said:

As part of the Bride of Christ, your vision of Christ your husband is appallingly shallow.

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I think what you mean is because I don't agree with you, your opinion of me is that "my vision of Christ is appallingly shallow." But, we all have opinions. Why should I care about yours? Especially when they are just ad hominem attacks in place of a solid, biblical argument?

Francis Drake said:

If you are truly sensitive to God's spirit at work within you, then you are obviously part way there, and learning to hear the words of his voice is just a matter of sharpening your spiritual discernment!

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Nope. This is nowhere taught in Scripture.

Francis Drake said:

But in order to do that, you need to repent of the doctrine of demons that teaches you God never speaks. And yes, it is certainly a doctrine of demons that silences God's voice today.

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And...more Strawman arguing. Not going to engage with this logically specious, rhetorical stuff.

Francis Drake said:

That shows exactly how that doctrine of demons controls your thinking. Other people on this thread have shown from scripture how the Holy Spirit speaks words to our spirit, yet you are blind and deaf to them.

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No, what I've pointed out to them, and which they have not yet been able to show is in error, is that in every case there is no description of God or the Holy Spirit speaking privately within someone's head. Not one. In every instance this sort of communication is ASSUMED, not stated. Who's the one who is blind and deaf, then? Not me. I'm simply pointing out what is and isn't in the verses and in the larger context of all of Scripture.

Francis Drake said:

The claim that you need the bible to hear God's voice, has to be one of the most illogical claims in theology.

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And yet another Strawman. I'm beginning to see how you've become so confused about Scripture.

Francis Drake said:

I first started hearing God speak to me in my head, back in the early 1960s, and he hasn't stopped speaking since.

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Uh huh. I don't pattern my faith and practice on your personal experience but on God's word. Your experience will never trump what God's says.

Francis Drake said:

When it first happened, I knew nothing of the gospel, and didn't even become a Christian till another 10 years passed.

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This doesn't help your case any...

Francis Drake said:

God has spoken to me thousands of times in the last 50 odd years, so don't be so foolish to insist that it doesn't happen.

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I can insist what I like - especially when I can properly ground my thinking in God's word - unlike you.

Francis Drake said:

The reason you are deaf to God's voice, is because you believe a lie, a doctrine of demons.

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Uh huh. Ad hominem does not an argument make.

aiki said:

Can God speak directly to our minds? Of course. Does He?

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Yes? At least if you are willing to include audible voices too. How do you interpret the following passages?

Matthew 3:16-17
16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

Acts 8:29
Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.”

Acts 10:19-20
While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself.”

Acts 13:2
While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 9:3-6
3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Acts 9:10-16
10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered. 11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.” 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.” 15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

Exodus 3:1-15
3 One day, Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and Moses decided to lead them across the desert to Sinai,[a] the holy mountain. 2 There an angel of the Lord appeared to him from a burning bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire, but it was not burning up. 3 “This is strange!” he said to himself. “I’ll go over and see why the bush isn’t burning up.” 4 When the Lord saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name, and Moses answered, “Here I am.” 5 God replied, “Don’t come any closer. Take off your sandals—the ground where you are standing is holy. 6 I am the God who was worshiped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face. 7 The Lord said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them, 8 and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. 9 My people have begged for my help, and I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them. 10 Now go to the king! I am sending you to lead my people out of his country. 11 But Moses said, “Who am I to go to the king and lead your people out of Egypt?” 12 God replied, “I will be with you. And you will know that I am the one who sent you, when you worship me on this mountain after you have led my people out of Egypt.” 13 Moses answered, “I will tell the people of Israel that the God their ancestors worshiped has sent me to them. But what should I say, if they ask me your name?” 14-15 God said to Moses: I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord, whose name is “I Am,” has sent you. This is my name forever, and it is the name that people must use from now on

aiki said:

Does Scripture give us good cause to think this is the common means of His communication with us? No.

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How do you measure frequency?

Of course, God speaks audibly to people. There are myriad instances of this in Scripture. But secretly, in your mind? Not so much. Not at all, really. And why would He do so particularly now after He has issued to us the Bible in which He speaks to us about every facet of our lives in Him that we need to know?

With what frequency does God speak directly to a person? About as often as we see Him do so in Scripture, which is very rarely indeed. Mind you, with the giving of His word, I expect Him to speak directly and audibly to people much, much less.