RE: Draw close to God
THERE ARE THREE VOICES TO DISCERN TO RECOGNIZE:
(1) The Holy Spirit Acts 3:21; 2 Corinthians 12:1-11; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:21
(2) The human spirit Jeremiah 23:16-17, 20, 26, 23; Isaiah 44:20; Ezekiel 13:17; Hebrews 3:10
(3) demon and satanic spirits 1 Samuel 18:8-10; 1 Kings 22:21-24; Acts 16:16; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 John 4:1-6
1. The voice of the Holy Spirit is speaking into your heart: His voice is convincing, without having to push Himself. He knocks on the door of your heart and asks…, His voice is full of peace and love and never in a hurry. There is rest from His presence. It shall amaze you what He speaks about and says; “Don’t be afraid”! He gives the honor to Yeshua or Jesus, Who overcame satan by His blood offer and crucifixion. Your heart becomes filled with worship and thankfulness for God. Peace is with you! His words are staying and are always in harmony with the Word of God. He shows you a specific purpose and shall never forsake to confirm these words also through others. All that He speaks to you comes about. His voice is confirmed and never leads you to confusion. Your faith shall grow. He convinces you of the truth and leads you to the plan of God and the Way to Yeshua or Jesus. His presence glorifies the Messiah, the Christ and shows you as His representative. No guilt, blame or judgment will he lay upon you! When He is correcting you, is it always in love. He shows you your sin, your unrighteousness and iniquity, then He convicts, converts, and enables you to confess, then He cleanses, forgives and purifies you with the precious Blood of Yeshua or Jesus, so that sin is no hindrance between God and you!. ...But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22)
2. The voice of our mind is speaking into your heart: The voice out of your flesh. (Carnal source) This voice does not always convince and also gives no confirmation through others. It shall not amaze you, because it was already in your deepest thoughts. It responds according to your circumstances and points to the carnal things and not to God. It seldom becomes reality and you shall probably forget it very soon, because there is no foundation in it! ...For the flesh lusted against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (Galatians 5:17) For the thoughts of your mind, or flesh lusts against the Holy Spirit and also the (His) Words. In many cases it shall give only frustrations and confusion. Mostly it will give its own interpretations. It is not a foundation for prayer; otherwise you can come quickly to a selfish prayer to God. It’s not bringing the real peace of God into your heart, but it gives the honor to our own flesh and carnal desires. When you are angry or frustrated, your mind is open for satan to influence you. *{So as we have got our mind-thinking from God, we may use it for good. Human spirit is a spirit with intelligence who can think, discuss and make right decisions. But we have to surrender our thinking and thoughts to the Almighty God, so that our decisions are approved by God and led by the Holy Spirit. We have to recognize our human thinking is necessary to make natural decisions. But if we have to understand the spiritual things of God, then our human mind is not able to understand, because it is a higher and a Divine level of thinking. With our human thinking, or carnal way of thinking, we would have to fail. Therefore we need the Holy Spirit, who makes us able to understand the spiritual levels of God in a supernatural and divine way.} …But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelled in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself bearish witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. (Romans 8:11-16) ...Likewise the Spirit also helped our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered. And he that searched the hearts know what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (Romans 8:26, 27)
3. The voice of the evil one or an evil spirit, who is speaking to you. A voice from the pit of hell: He (satan) doesn’t lead you, but he presses himself on you without asking. He pushes you into a specific situation and gives blame and guilt to you! He bases everything on guilt and mistakes from your past. He shall bring you into the atmosphere of unfairness and insecurity. He causes wrong turbulence in your life and you become confused. You don’t see reality anymore. The evil one is driving you up and lets you blame God for your terrible situations. You always have questions, questions and more questions. It is to satisfy your carnal desires and lead you to sinful behavior, aversion to God, always against the Word, or otherwise he abuses the Word of God. He is tempting God and you through your thoughts. …Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (Matthew 4:1-6) He challenges you (in an evil way). Don’t be mistaken, but the evil one or a demon spirit can speak to you through people, from whom you don’t suspect! He abuses people for his evil purpose. He will also use deceiving or sometimes beautiful words to deceive you. Words which satisfy your carnal desires! His voice is impulsive and pushes you into impulsive action also. No waiting, No praying, but now, now, now! There is impatiently in his voice. He frequently speaks to you during moments of weakness (not necessary). He is a coward and is waiting for every opportunity and then he hits directly. He is lying as a predator by your ‘door’ (See also in Genesis 4:7) When you live in sin or live outside the will of God, you will open the ‘doors’ of your heart for these waiting predators. …Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. (1 Peter 5:8)
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