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SIGNIFICANT HALLMARKS OF GOD'S MESSAGE.

Hey lovelies,

Happy weekend, I hope we’re all doing well, staying safe, and trying to get ourselves back together(emotionally), let’s not forget to keep our hopes, faith and strength up no matter how hard things get, it might take longer but the land would be green❤️.


Last weekend I wrote about “When God Speaks” and the importance of the spiritual sensitivity to know when God is talking.


Today you are going to reading about how to know it’s God speaking.


NB: this was inspired by my daily devotional ðŸ¤—.


It's important to hear from God or communicate with God but it’s also important to know when it’s God who is speaking.



There are five significant hallmarks of God’s messages to us. They’re a means of determining whether the voice we’re hearing is truly the voice of God. If you have a question about whether a message is from God, line it up against these criteria’s:


1. The message must be consistent with the Word of God, the Bible. God will never tell us to engage in any activity that’s inconsistent with Holy Scripture.


2. The message will usually conflict with the mainstream of conventional wisdom. We must recognize that most of the world is moving in a direction away from what God’s Word says to be true. In most cases, God’s message stands in sharp contrast to what the world around us has to say on an issue. But when God speaks to you, He calls you to His way of thinking and seeing. In the New Testament, this mindset is called the “mind of Christ.” Ask yourself, Would Jesus do this? If not, don’t do it.


3. The message will clash with fleshly gratification and basic human lusts. We must recognize immediately that any counsel is not of God if it urges us to gratify the flesh, without any thought for the consequences. God gives us messages that please the Spirit of God within us, not our lusts and sinful desires.


4. The message will challenge one’s faith to rise to a new level. A “measure of faith” has been given to every person, and our faith is to grow. We grow in faith when we hear from God, obey what He says to do, and then acknowledge God’s faithfulness to His Word in our lives. 


5. The message will call for personal courage to do what God has said or to change what He has said to change. If you’re being asked to move against the tide of conventional human wisdom and act in contradiction to your fleshly nature, you’re going to feel as though you’re taking a risk in obeying God’s message to you. Any time you take a risk for God’s purposes, you’re going to need courage. And the Lord tells us that, if we’ll have courage, He’ll strengthen our hearts (Ps. 31:24). His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but the bold witness (1 Cor. 16:13-14). 


Take time to make certain that you’ve truly heard from God on a matter and that you’ve heard clearly and precisely. Above all, make sure He’s finished with all He has to say to you on a point before rushing off to obey Him. Make sure you have all the directions, assurances, insights, and details He desires to give you. Then, subject the whole of God’s message to the points discussed in this lesson.


Read: John 10:27-29, Psalms 31:24, 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14.


Thank you for reading🤗, let me know what you think in the comment section or send a mail to thegabbytable@gmail.com 

Love y’all.

Bye.

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  1. Fenwa Gabriel23 October 2020 at 18:48

    Awesome

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  2. Corede Nelson24 October 2020 at 11:01

    This has shed more light on knowing if it's God speaking... Thanks for this, God bless you

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