The Holy Spirit

There are some people, some who preach the Scriptures, who believe that the only way that we can hear from God is through the written word of God in the 66 books of the Bible (Genesis to Revelation). And so if you were to say, “God said to me,” or “God showed me,” or “God led me to,” they would say that you are not hearing from God because what you said you heard from God was not a direct quote from the Scriptures. But is it true that none of us can hear God speak to our hearts apart from the written word?

In the following Scriptures we will learn that God does speak to us through his Spirit in words which may not be direct quotes from the Scriptures, but which align with the Scriptures and which do not contradict the Scriptures. For, as followers of Jesus Christ we are to be those who are being filled with the Holy Spirit, who are being led by the Spirit, who are living by the Spirit, and who are walking by the Spirit. And we are not to be resisting the Holy Spirit nor quenching the Spirit nor putting out the Spirit’s fire.

And I am going to interject this here. If I believed that I could not hear God’s voice apart from the written word of God, I would have refused the call of God on my life 21 years ago. I would not have written and posted on the internet what he was teaching me each day from the Scriptures. I would not have written the songs he put in my mind to write nor the poems he put in my mind to write nor would I have recorded the video devotionals he directed me to record, nor would I have written the Christian memes, either.

For all of that has been directed and inspired by the Holy Spirit living within me who shows me each day what Scriptures to read and to talk about, and who directs me in what to say, as he is doing right now. And this is not a bragging point, because all this comes from God, not from me. But if I refused the voice of the Spirit, God would not have used me to share his gospel daily with people in nations all over the world, via the internet. I would not be here, for this is not something I thought up of my own accord.

In summary, what the following Scriptures teach is that the Holy Spirit will give us words to speak, and he will teach us what to say. The Spirit will reveal things to us that are for us personally. And he will teach us all things, and he will guide us into all truth, and he will speak to us, and we will be able to hear him speak to us in our spirits. And some of us will prophesy, and see visions, and dream dreams from God kind of like the parables that Jesus used to tell, to illustrate biblical truth and to teach its lessons.

But in all of this, God must get the glory.

An Original Work / August 3, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

*All bible quotes from the NASB1995 Bible translation

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matthew 4:1)

“When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 13:11)

“And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.” (Luke 2:26)

“When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” (Luke 12:11-12)

“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.” (John 14:16-17)

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” (John 14:26)

“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” (John 16:13)

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams.’ (Acts 2:17)

“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people..” (Acts 4:8)

“And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.” (Acts 4:31)

“And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” (Acts 5:32)

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.” (Acts 7:51)

“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 10:19-20)

“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 11:12)

“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 13:2)

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

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

“They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.” (Acts 16:6-7)

“Except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.” (Acts 20:23)

“Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” (Acts 20:28)

“And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”’” (Acts 21:11)

“For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14)

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16)

“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25)

“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.” (Ephesians 6:18)

“Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion.” (Philippians 2:1)

“..who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.” (Philippians 3:3)

“Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances.” (1 Thessalonians 5:19-20)

“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
‘Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness..’” (Hebrews 3:7-8)

“And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying” (Hebrews 10:15)

“It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look.” (1 Peter 1:12)

“But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit..” (Jude 1:20)

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’” (Revelation 2:7 – see all of Revelation 2-3)

enoob57 said:

Romans 10:14-17 (KJV)

14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

this seems to be God’s intent on how people are saved… you don’t mind if I follow that pattern…

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enoob, I have been a believer in Jesus Christ for 68 years, and a teacher of the Scriptures for over 50 years, and I have been teaching the Scriptures mostly daily for at least the past 9 years here on the internet. I am extremely committed to the Scriptures and to teaching them in their correct biblical context. And I just quoted and posted 34 Scripture verses in the post with which you appear to be taking issue for some reason I can't make sense of. Would you please read those 34 Scriptures and then tell me if you believe what they teach, or not? For if you deny them, you are denying the very Scriptures you claim to fully support. But to agree with them, you would have to agree that the Scriptures do teach that we can hear the Holy Spirit speak to us, and that he gives us words to say, and that Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit to teach us, and that the Spirit will warn us and instruct us and guide us in very practical ways, like in who to speak to or what to write or where to go to minister, like he is guiding me now in what to say to you in response to what you wrote to me. But yes, we must be those who test the spirits to see which ones are of God so that we don't end up believing lies and not the truth. And we need to test them against the Scriptures taught in the correct biblical context.

enoob57 said:

Please explain to me how do you find the correct biblical context in your system?


The 34 versus you gave if properly put in context much would not even be related to one another of what’s being said contextually… you must see God has written one time to a vast amount of people in different times, cultures and situations… it was written to the world!

One of the problems the charismatic persuasion puts forth is not properly contextualizing of the New Testament being assembled… what was being written about that fact and for the purpose of having a completed canon for the future children of God. This transition of going from law to the New Testament writing was needful to be given in spiritual ways that no longer need to be given today because we have a completed New Testament.

It is easy to see by just what you have written that you believe the spirit teaches you all things, but in the context of where that was written was in the transitional nature that all things were not written as they were writing the New Testament. That’s what that is speaking about. Now that the New Testament is written and sealed ‘the canon is sealed’! We move onto the reality of Paul saying in order to help the body of Christ teachers are given~ all I need to do is ask why teachers if what you were teaching is true?


The greatest lie today is that you need to look elsewhere other than scripture as to inward feelings or intuitions in order to hear from God when it is a scripture alone that God has intended for us to hear and follow Him… do you even know what hermeneutics is?

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enoob, the 34 verses I quoted are New Testament teachings, so they apply to the church today. What you are saying here is extra-biblical, a teaching of human beings who have decided that certain New Testament teachings are no longer relevant to the church today. That comes from a particular religious theology created in the minds of humans, and not of God. And please do not tag me with the charismatic movement. I have no affiliations with any church denominations. I follow the teachings of the Scriptures, including the 34 that I posted, not extra-biblical teachings which contradict the teachings of the Scriptures, and which are of human flesh, and not of God. I follow God, not human beings.