You'll hear these four voices but only one is God. These four voices will be speaking to you. Now if
we look at the garden story where everything started, we will see four voices. We see our
own voice. We see Adam speaking, Eve speaking. We see God's voice. God was speaking to Adam,
and then God was speaking to Adam and to Eve and to the snake. We see the devil speaking,
the snake speaking, and we see Eve speaking to Adam and telling him to do something. In this
case in Genesis 3, it was contrary to God's Word. I want you to notice one thing. In the midst of
voices in this world, God still speaks. In Hebrews chapter 3:7-9, we see that Holy Spirit says:
Matthew 4:4 Jesus says that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from
the mouth of God. Jesus didn't just say, "every word that proceeded," but "proceeds." Meaning
God still speaks today. Jesus also tells us that the sheep know the voice of the Shepherd. Like
I don't have sheep but I have a dog, Jocko. Jocko can recognize my voice. He also knows
certain words like a treat, a snack or some other words that he just knows what that means. Sit. He
knows my voice, he can distinguish my voice, and he knows these commands and he responds to
them. Now our Father, He speaks, our Shepherd, He speaks. And many times what happens is the enemy
confuses people by letting them not discern God's voice and they heed wrong voices in their life.
Listen to me very carefully. The secret of your spiritual life is not necessarily in whose voice
you hear but whose voice you heed, obey, act upon. In Deuteronomy 28:1-2, and pretty much the whole
Deuteronomy 28, God says if we obey His voice and keep His commands, He will pour out a blessing.
If we do not obey His voice and do not keep His commands, there will be a curse that will come.
Now I want you to notice that God doesn't bless us for hearing His voice. God blesses us for obeying
His voice. Adam heard the voice of a serpent in the garden. Jesus heard the voice of the devil
in the wilderness. The outcome from the first man and the second man, first Adam and the last Adam,
wasn't the voice they heard. It was the voice they obeyed. But before you act on God's voice, you
have to know His voice, distinguish His voice. One of the best things we must understand about the
voice of God, I'll give you some practical things to help you distinguish between all these voices.
God's voice always aligns with Scripture while other voices can contradict it. Eve contradicted
God's voice and serpent contradicted God's voice, but God's voice aligns with God's Word and so we
must understand that. God doesn't speak contrary to His word. The second thing I want you to know
about God's voice is it's divine in nature because God is divine being. All other voices,
a lot of times can come from experiences, traumas, circumstances, demonic voices,
they come, their source is demons. God's voice is divine. The third thing I want you to know about
God's voice is there is a consistency about it. People's voices, they change, they fluctuate. Our
own thoughts, they can fluctuate, people change, and sometimes Satan can come and say one thing,
then he says another thing. And like Satan came to Jesus and said you know are you truly the Son
of God, and then he quotes the Scripture and you can see this, no consistency there. And
constantly trying to bombard to make Jesus you know get away from obeying the Father. And that's
the difference between God's voice is there's a sense of consistency about it. Versus the voice,
our voice, the voice of people and Satan's voice. The fourth thing I want you to know about God's
voice is that God's voice is according to God's will. Whether our voice, other people's voices
or the devil's voice, it's usually a reflection of the state of the person. Or if it's Satan,
it's a reflection of his own nature but it's not an alignment with God's will. The Bible tells us
that we must not conform to this world but be transformed by the renewing of our mind that we
might prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God is. God is always speaking in
the way that reflects His nature, that reflects His will. It doesn't contradict His character.
God's voice doesn't necessarily reflect your state, circumstances or your being. He reflects
His being. He speaks from Himself into your world and that's a big distinction. Another one, a big
difference is that God's voice requires faith. To hear God's voice requires faith. When it comes to
other people, all you have to do to hear other people's voices is open your ears. To hear the
devil's voice, it doesn't require a lot. Honestly just go through life and you will hear the devil's
voice. It contradicts God's voice. That's usually how you know it's the devil's voice. It doesn't
require faith. It really manipulates your feelings a lot of times. It could come in to deceive you.
It's not reliable. But God's voice requires faith. When it comes to your emotions on the other hand,
my emotions, it doesn't require faith. I just need to manage my emotions through self-awareness.
There's no faith required. I just need to steward them and become aware of them. God's voice isn't
like that. It does require faith. Another thing that I love about God's voice is that it has
God's backing, God's support. People's voice, the devil's voice, doesn't have a supernatural
providence. Now the devil's voice will have supernatural problems. People's voice will not
have supernatural providence. Sometimes you'll have a form of manipulation, a form of anxiety,
a form of fear or hype, but there is no supernatural backing. In John 10:4, it says:
I love this. The Shepherd leads them out and He calls them by name. You know what that means?
This simply means that our Shepherd, He doesn't just speak over a cellphone. He speaks close to us
and He leads us. There is a providence. There is a support. There is a guidance that we experience
when God's voice speaks. That's how you can distinguish between your voice, people's voice,
the devil's voice. When the devil speaks, a lot of times there's supernatural problems. You kind
of notice it. There's a turbulence, there's no peace and we'll mention the devil's voice in
just a moment. But God's voice has a supernatural providence. And one more thing about God's voice
that I think is very important is God whispers more than He yells or even speaks. He does speak
but a lot of times it's in whisper. In First Kings 19:12 we see after the earthquake a fire,
but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. God's voice is a still
small voice. This impulse of the voice of God is like a dove, gentle and we tend to underestimate
it. You know we have to understand that the Holy Spirit speaks, God speaks today and a lot of times
it will not come in an audible form. It will come in a quiet still small voice. Now for those of
us who want to learn a little bit more about the devil's voice and God's voice, here are just a few
practical things to keep in mind. God's voice will calm you. Satan's voice will obsess you. God's
voice will comfort you. Satan's voice will worry you. God's voice will convict. Satan's voice will
condemn. God's voice will encourage you. Satan's voice will bring discouragement. God's voice
will enlighten you. Satan's voice will confuse you. God's voice will lead. Satan's voice will
push. God's voice will reassure. Satan's voice will frighten you. God's voice will still you.
Satan's voice will rush you. So how do you learn to discern God's voice better? Remember, we need
to be near God to hear God. Secondly, we must be filled with His Word to hear His voice. Thirdly we
must lower the noise in our life to hear His voice in our spirit, and lastly, we must obey the last
thing He said before expecting Him to give us new instruction or new direction. I hope that these
truths will help you to learn to hear the voice of the Lord better. You are a born again Christian.
Seeing the kingdom of God, living in the kingdom of God is part of your inheritance. Knowing the
Lord's voice, His word and His presence is part of being in His family. It's a privilege that we have
as children. May we hear His voice and may we heed His voice in our life. Thank you for watching this
video and let me know in the comments below any other suggestions, tips that you have discerned
or learned in your journey with Christ on how to hear God's voice better. God bless you.