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How do you know it’s God speaking?

When God speaks, you will have a sense of agape love, caring, authority, wisdom, understanding, and peace. The Christ in you gives His approval within you. Demonic voices lack authority even if they’re powerful, loud, and threatening. They are often condemning or else condoning continuing in sin. Demons often glorify something or someone other than God. If you’ve ever watched show that depict demons, the fallen culture knows how to convey that spirit. That feeling of weirdness, fear, or cleverness is often but not always present when demons are involved. The carnal mind lacks any substance but reasons based on worldview and opinions that may even seem rational when they are irrational. You’ve been listening to these voices all along and may have just thought you were reasoning. That’s why God’s voice may sound like the way you’ve been reasoning. If you can’t get peace on a matter, keep asking God about it until He tells you what’s wrong.

The first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans explains that we can lose that discernment if we refuse to acknowledge God when He speaks and glorify Him. That’s the danger in taking the glory for yourself (pride) when God gives you wisdom. At the same time, we gain sharper discernment when we acknowledge Him.

“But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.” (Hebrews 5:14)

As you listen to the Holy Spirit and allow God do work through you, Christ is built up in you, and the carnal mind is diminished.

The Holy Spirit never conflicts with Scripture. He doesn’t twist Scripture to fit a doctrine as so many theologies do.

Look at the fruit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22)

Ask God to answer these questions.

1. What does agape love mean?
2. What do demonic voices sound like?
3. Why do demons try to make you glorify something other than God?
4. What is the carnal mind?
5. How is the carnal mind different from God’s voice?

Bonus Questions:

1. How do you get better at knowing what is good and evil?
2. Why does God’s voice sometimes seem the same as when you’ve been reasoning?
3. What does it mean to lose discernment if you don’t glorify God?
4. What are the fruits of the Spirit, and how can you see them in your life?
5. How does listening to the Holy Spirit help Christ grow in you?

SEEKING GOD

audio recording for reflection:

1. Pray for the Lord to protect you and keep you in His presence and His presence only.
2. Direct your mind toward the Lord only.
3. Ask God what He want’s to talk about.
4. You can ask God any questions. In all of this, be led by the Holy Spirit. God promises that He will answer you if you ask Him.
5. Do not edit or change what God says even if you don’t understand it.
6. Reject the lies and receive the truth.
7. Take notes.
8. Transfer your notes to your journal without editing what God said to you.