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00:03 by the friends of the "Amazing Facts" ministry. 00:14 Doug Batchelor: You've probably met people that, they live in a 00:17 very spiritual state and they say, "God told me to buy this 00:20 kind of toothpaste," and, "I was driving and God said this is 00:24 where He wanted me to park." 00:25 God's not; the main reason the Spirit speaks to us is so we can 00:29 reach others. 00:34 Doug Batchelor: One of the greatest male voices, not 00:37 talking about singers, that might be Caruso, but one of the 00:41 greatest male voices according to history was a preacher by the 00:45 name of George Whitfield. 00:48 George Whitfield was a friend of the Wesleys. 00:51 Early in life, he had such an incredible voice he went to the 00:54 theater and he studied acting. 00:55 And back then, they had no PA system, you would project from 00:59 the stage. 01:00 And he learned to take what was already an incredible voice and 01:03 project from the stage, and then he was converted and God put 01:07 that to good use. 01:09 He was kicked out of the churches of England for 01:12 preaching the conservative Puritan message and so he began 01:16 to do open-air evangelism and preaching, preaching thousands 01:21 of sermons over the course of his comparatively short life. 01:25 But he made history in that they say that probably more people 01:30 could hear him without any artificial amplification than 01:34 any other human. 01:36 He was called The Trumpet of the Lord because God gave him this 01:39 incredible set of pipes. 01:41 Benjamin Franklin even comments about George Whitfield in his 01:45 autobiography, they became good friends. 01:47 Whitfield worked for years to try to convert Franklin but they 01:52 were good friends and Franklin printed many of his tracks. 01:55 And Franklin, being a scientist, he had heard that 25,000 people 02:00 were listening. 02:01 Can you imagine me trying to preach to 25,000 people? 02:03 I need a PA system and we've got, you know, 500 here. 02:06 25,000 people. 02:09 And so what Franklin did is, Whitfield was preaching from the 02:13 steps of the Philadelphia Courthouse, and he began to 02:16 pace-off distance. 02:18 He was right up at the front and he paced-off and he got nearly 02:22 half a mile away and he could still hear him distinctly until 02:25 it was interrupted by other background sounds on the street. 02:29 And then Franklin, being a scientist, he figured how many 02:32 square feet each person takes up, how many people could 02:35 theoretically hear him gathered in a semi-circle and he said 02:38 30,000 people could be gathered to hear him. 02:41 One man, Trumpet of the Lord. 02:44 Now, not only was he a preacher with a loud voice, he was a 02:49 powerful preacher. 02:51 Franklin used to wonder why people would go to hear him 02:53 preach, because they said when they'd hear Whitfield preach he 02:55 would talk to them about their sins and it was so convicting 02:57 and he was so, sometimes powerful in proclaiming 03:05 their sins. 03:07 He thought, "Why would anyone go?" 03:08 But they came because they knew it was true. 03:11 And he goes through a town and all the saloons would close. 03:15 Franklin comments, he says, "After Whitfield went through a 03:18 community preaching," he says, "Where before you'd hear 03:20 cursing," he said, "You would hear people gathered on the 03:22 streets singing Psalms." 03:25 This one man had heard about Whitfield and he wanted to hear 03:28 him preach but he didn't want to give up his drinking, but he was 03:31 very curious to see the man that had such a powerful voice. 03:34 And a friend said, "Look, you better not listen to him because 03:37 if you listen to him you'll be converted." 03:40 He says, "No, I won't be converted," he said, "I'm not 03:42 about to give up drinking." 03:43 He said, "I don't even want to risk it," he said, "I'm going to 03:45 go plug my ears." 03:46 Well, when he came to the place where Whitfield was about to 03:48 start speaking it was so crowded he couldn't get anywhere near. 03:51 So, like Zacchaeus, he found a tree and he climbed a tree. 03:55 And up in the tree he saw Whitfield was getting ready to 03:57 go on this wooden platform and start preaching quite a ways in 04:01 the distance. 04:02 He thought, "Look, I don't want to get converted," so he wrapped 04:04 his legs around the branch of the tree and he leaned against 04:07 the trunk and he plugged his ears, and Whitfield 04:11 commenced preaching. 04:13 Well, back then, they came to listen riding horses and so 04:15 there are a lot of horse flies, and horse flies bite. 04:18 And this man saw a horsefly was buzzing around his face getting 04:23 ready to land and the horse fly landed on his nose. 04:30 So he pulls his fingers out of his ears to swat a horse fly, 04:35 and right when he did that was at the very moment when George 04:38 Whitfield said, "He that has ears, let him hear what the 04:42 Spirit saith," and he was so convicted, he figured he'd 04:47 better keep listening and he was ultimately converted. 04:51 Now, most of us don't have problems talking and a lot of us 05:00 talk much more than we should. 05:02 The Bible doesn't say, "He who has a mouth, let him speak." 05:05 It says, "He that has ears, let him hear." 05:08 In fact, seven times in Revelation, Jesus makes that 05:11 statement word-for-word, "He that has ears, let him hear what 05:14 the Spirit says." 05:16 "He that has ears, let him hear." 05:20 You know, people talk about the gift of tongues but a lot of us 05:23 need the gift of hearing, because sometimes we struggle to 05:27 hear what God is saying to us. 05:30 Now, when I talk about hearing the voice of God, I am not 05:34 talking about hearing God speak audibly; God has done that a few 05:39 times in the history. 05:41 We -- read about that in Deuteronomy, where God spoke in 05:45 giving the 10 Commandments. 05:47 You can read in Deuteronomy 4:33, "Did any people ever hear 05:51 the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you 05:54 have heard, and live?" 05:57 Happened a few times in the Old Testament, where God spoke 06:00 audibly to people like Moses and Abraham and Jacob, there are 06:08 others, Samuel. 06:11 In the New Testament, it tells about from the baptism of Jesus, 06:15 "A voice came from heaven, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, 06:20 in whom I am well pleased,'" and people heard that. 06:24 John 12, verse 28, "Jesus prayed, 'Father, glorify 06:27 Your name.' 06:29 Then a voice came from heaven, saying, 'I have both glorified 06:32 it and I will glorify it again.' 06:35 Therefore the people who were standing by" 06:37 said they thought they heard thunder. 06:38 "Others said, 'An angel has spoken to Him.' 06:41 Jesus said, 'This voice did not come because of Me, but for your 06:44 sake,'" that they might believe. 06:47 Then Jesus took Peter, James and John up on the mountain, and 06:51 after they saw the vision of Moses and Elijah, it says then 06:55 there was a voice from Heaven and God said, "This is My 06:58 beloved Son, hear Him." 07:01 Now here's my question for you. 07:03 Why would God say, "Hear Him," if it was not possible to 07:06 hear Him? 07:08 Is it possible to hear the voice of God? 07:12 Problem is we're not very good listeners most of the time. 07:18 Jesus said, Matthew 13, verse 14, "In them the prophecy of 07:23 Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'Hearing you will hear and not 07:27 understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; For the 07:32 hearts of these people have grown dull. 07:34 Their ears are hard of hearing, their eyes of closed, Lest they 07:38 should see with their eyes in here with their ears, and they 07:42 should understand with their hearts.'" 07:44 So what's the hearing that God wants from us? 07:46 It's a hearing where we understand in our hearts. 07:50 "So that I should heal them," heal them from our sin. 07:56 So how do we know if we're hearing the voice of God? 07:59 I thought I might even ask for a show of hands but I changed my 08:02 mind because it frightened me. 08:04 I was going to ask if anyone here feels they have audibly 08:07 heard the voice of God. 08:10 You don't have to raise your hands. 08:12 I meet people every now and then that think that they heard the 08:14 voice of God and you've probably met people that they live in a 08:21 very spiritual state and they say, "God told me this today and 08:24 God told me that," and usually they mean God spoke to their 08:27 hearts or impressions or their spirits somehow. 08:29 But some folks just are really walking in the spirit 'cause I 08:32 know people will say, "God told me to buy this kind of 08:35 toothpaste," and, "I was driving and God said this is where He 08:38 wanted me to park," and, "God told me to buy this dress." 08:43 And you've met people like that, right? 08:45 You know what I'm talking about? 08:47 That's okay, some people are just very sensitive to 08:48 the Spirit. 08:50 And I know when I was a baby Christian I was listening for 08:52 the voice of God in everything because I realized God 08:55 was everywhere. 08:56 So I was talking to Him all the time and I was looking for 08:59 indications and impressions and guidance on things that, you 09:02 know, later, you mature and you realize, "God just wants me to 09:05 use good judgment." 09:06 I mean, you know, I was asking God, just, "Should I buy the 09:10 white corn chips or the yellow, Lord? 09:12 Which one is it? 09:14 Your perfect will, I want to be in your perfect will." 09:17 And then, you know, God says, "Which one do you like? 09:18 I don't know." 09:20 But and so some people, they're always saying God told me this 09:24 and God told me that. 09:25 And so how do you know the voice of God? 09:29 And I looked at some of the different things and there 09:31 probably a dozen different keys that we could look at about how 09:35 do you know when you're hearing the voice of God or how do you 09:38 identify the voice of God. 09:39 Well, I'm going to give you four and you may want to write some 09:45 of these down, they won't be on the screen. 09:47 Number one, "Is what I'm hearing in line with Scripture?" 09:53 Does the voice that you're hearing, the impression you're 09:56 receiving, does it line up with Scripture? 09:59 Romans 10:17, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by 10:03 the Word of God." 10:05 We measure what the voices are telling us by, "Is this matching 10:08 up with what the Word of God says?" 10:10 Psalm 25, verse 5, "Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You 10:16 are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day." 10:21 We're listening for what the Word of the Lord says. 10:25 Deuteronomy 13, verse 1, "If there arises among you a prophet 10:30 or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 10:34 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass," it does come to pass, 10:37 "Of which he spoke," but then he says, "Let's go serve other 10:40 gods," well, that's not a true prophet. 10:43 So if you're hearing a voice and it's saying, "You know, you 10:46 don't really need to pay your taxes," but the Scripture says, 10:50 "Obey the laws of the land," you want to believe that's the Voice 10:54 of God that says, "Don't pay your taxes," but it's probably 10:57 not because the Bible says that we ought to do everything that 11:03 is decent and we ought to live lives of integrity. 11:05 Or, if you think there's a voice that's saying, "My spouse is 11:10 evil, God wants me to find a new one," and the Bible tells us 11:17 that, "What God has joined together let not man put 11:19 asunder," that may not be the Holy Spirit or God's voice 11:24 that's talking to you. 11:27 And if you think you're hearing a voice and it's saying, "I 11:30 could probably buy this and not tell my spouse," well, that's 11:35 not honest and it's probably not the Holy Spirit telling 11:38 you that. 11:41 The Bible says in Isaiah 8:20, "To the law and to 11:44 the testimony!" 11:45 that means the law and the prophets, the Word of God. 11:47 "If it speaks not according to this Word, it is because," what? 11:50 "There's no light in them." 11:51 So right away, you can eliminate a lot of false voices out there 11:55 by just saying, "Is what the voice is saying measuring with 11:58 the Word of God?" 12:00 But frankly, a lot of things that we need to know about 12:02 you're not going to find word-for-word in the Bible, so 12:05 what are some other ways you can know if God is speaking to you. 12:09 Second point, and this may be one of the most important, if 12:13 you really want to hear the voice of God, Bible says, "He 12:16 that has ears, let him hear." 12:17 How many of you want to hear the voice of God? 12:19 Are you like that guy in the branch trying to plug your ears 12:22 and still listen? 12:23 "You know, I want to come to church, but God, don't speak 12:25 to me." 12:26 Are are you like the Israelites, saying, "Moses, you talk to us, 12:28 but don't let God talk to us, it's too much." 12:31 But don't we want to be led of the Lord? 12:33 Don't you want to hear Jesus speaking to you? 12:36 Alright, one of the most important criteria if you want 12:39 to hear the voice of the Lord: Are you willing to do what the 12:42 voice says? 12:45 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 12:47 free resource. 12:48 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 12:51 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 12:53 mobile device. 12:55 To get your copy of today's free gift, simply call us and ask for 12:58 the offer number shown on your screen, or visit the web address 13:02 and download a digital copy and be sure to select the Digital 13:06 Download option on the Request page. 13:08 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 13:11 "Amazing Facts" wherever and whenever you want, and most 13:15 important, to share it with others. 13:19 Doug Batchelor: Do you remember we read a verse a moment ago and 13:21 it said some people thought they heard thunder. 13:23 Others said, "No, it was a voice from heaven." 13:24 And others, the Apostles heard what the voice said, that it 13:27 was, "This is My Son. 13:29 I have glorified your name and I will glorify it," they 13:31 understood what was said. 13:33 Why did some understand and some not understand? 13:35 I think it's because God had those understand who were 13:39 willing to listen, who are willing to follow Jesus. 13:42 You know, we're accountable for all that we know, God knows 13:47 that, and if you don't have a heart that's willing to do God's 13:50 will, He's not going to make you understand more than you need 13:53 to know. 13:54 The Bible says, "My people are destroyed for lack of 13:56 knowledge," not just because they don't know but, "Because 13:59 you have rejected knowledge." 14:02 So, do you want to hear what God is going to say? 14:07 What if He's going to point out some sin in your life, do you 14:10 still want to hear Him? 14:12 Another very important criteria for understanding, something 14:16 very important to understand God's will; is what the voice 14:20 you're hearing, the guidance, is it supported by 14:24 Christian counsel? 14:26 In other words, it's not that God just speaks through His 14:29 Word, God speaks through other people. 14:33 I'm hoping that's true or what are we doing right now listening 14:36 to me? 14:37 Like I said, if you're just listening to me, 14:40 that's dangerous. 14:42 We hope that God will speak through Christian counsel. 14:44 Let me give you some verses on that. 14:46 Proverbs 11:14, "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But 14:51 in the multitude of counselors there is safety." 14:54 It's not just any counselor, you want good counselors. 14:57 I'm always amazed in the Bible of the story of Rehoboam, when 15:01 he had to make a tough decision that was going to keep the 15:03 kingdom together he had the choice of getting Solomon's 15:06 counselors or his friends. 15:12 I mean, who would say no to Solomon's counselors? 15:15 this was the wisest man who ever lived. 15:16 If he picks a counselor, he's gotta be like top-tier, right? 15:21 that's the A-team. 15:23 And young Rehoboam, he said, "No, they're old fuddy-duddies, 15:28 you know, they're stuck in the mud, they're too conservative. 15:30 I'm going to get my buddies to tells me what to do." 15:33 And they gave them some advice and he lost half the kingdom, 15:37 the kingdom was split from that time on for 200 years after that 15:41 because he listened to the wrong counselors. 15:43 So when you're getting counselors, it's not any 15:45 counselors, there's plenty of counselors out there, you want 15:49 counselors with integrity, Christian counselors. 15:53 God speaks through people. 15:54 Ephesians 3:10, "To the intent that now the manifold," manifold 16:01 is like on your car you've got an intake and an exhaust 16:03 manifold, it's got many different ports, "The multiplied 16:06 wisdom of God might be made known by the church." 16:10 Within the church, God has some are prophets, some are 16:13 evangelists, some are pastors, some are teachers, there are 16:16 elders, there are leaders, there are people you can go to who 16:20 have some age and experience and they will teach you, they'll 16:23 give you advice, they'll counsel. 16:26 That through them might, "The manifold wisdom of God might be 16:29 made known by the church." 16:32 Acts 9:6, you remember when Paul had his vision on the road 16:35 to Damascus. 16:37 It says, "Trembling and astonished, he said, 'Lord, what 16:40 do You want me to do?' 16:41 And the Lord said, 'Arise, go to the city, and it will be told 16:44 what you must do.'" 16:45 Well, Lord, aren't you going to tell me? 16:47 No, I'm going to tell you through a person, his name is 16:48 Ananias; God uses people to talk to people. 16:53 Acts 10:4-6, "And when he observed him, he was afraid," 16:58 this is when Cornelius sees the angel, "And said, 'What is 17:01 it, Lord?'" 17:03 He said, "Your prayers and your alms have come up as a memorial 17:05 before God. 17:06 Now send men to Joppa, to the house of Simon whose name 17:10 is Peter. 17:11 He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, who is in the house by 17:14 the sea. 17:15 He will come and he will tell you what you must do." 17:17 I want you to go get this man to tell you what to do, Spirit-led 17:21 man; God speaks to people through people that are 17:25 connected with God. 17:27 That's why it's so important we're connected because other 17:30 people may need our guidance. 17:32 Now, when we're asking about listening to the voice of God, 17:40 this is a very important subject because it's through listening 17:45 to the voice of God we have opportunities to reach others. 17:49 Have you ever had the voice of the Lord tell you to say 17:52 something to somebody and maybe you are afraid? 17:55 I wish I could tell you, "I've always listened to the voice 17:58 of God." 18:00 You read stories like Philip and the Ethiopian. 18:06 The Spirit of the Lord said to Philip, "Arise and go down 18:10 to Gaza." 18:12 He doesn't know why, he said, "That's where the Spirit's 18:14 telling me to go, I'm not sure why." 18:15 He figured there was someone or somewhere to preach so he goes, 18:19 and when he goes he's standing on the road and this entourage 18:24 is going by, it's an official going down to Ethiopia, having 18:28 come from worship in the temple. 18:30 And there's this chief treasurer for Candace, the Queen of 18:35 Ethiopia, and he's riding along in his chariot and he's reading 18:38 out loud from Isaiah chapter 61, he's reading the prophecy, or 18:44 I'm sorry, it's Isaiah chapter 53, reading prophecy 18:47 about Christ. 18:49 And Philip knows this is an opportunity and the Holy Spirit 18:52 says, "Draw near to the chariot." 18:54 He hears a voice say, "Go to Gaza," now he says, "Go 18:56 to chariot." 18:57 And he ends up saying, "Can you understand what you're reading?" 19:00 He said, "No, I need some help actually." 19:01 He says, "Well, you know, I specialize in that 19:03 very chapter." 19:05 "Well, come up on in my chariot, tell me about it," and the man 19:08 ends up getting baptized. 19:10 The Holy Spirit spoke to Philip not 'cause God's always talking 19:13 to us telling what kind of toothpaste should I buy and what 19:17 kind of mouthwash, God's not. 19:19 The main reason the Spirit speaks to us is so we can 19:21 reach others. 19:23 It says in Acts chapter 1 "And I will give you My Spirit and you 19:26 will be My witnesses." 19:28 The Spirit will speak to us and help us recognize opportunity to 19:32 witness to others. 19:35 You know, something else I've noticed about receiving the Holy 19:40 Spirit; we hear God's voice when we accept God's plan. 19:44 This is a very important point, we hear God's voice when we 19:49 accept God's plan, God said to Abraham, Genesis 22:18, "In you 19:55 and in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed," 19:58 notice, "Because you obey My voice." 20:02 God did something through Abraham because 20:04 Abraham listened. 20:06 Have you read in Isaiah chapter 6? It says there in Isaiah 6, 20:10 you read the first eight verses, "In the year that King Uzziah 20:13 died, I saw the Lord on a throne, high and lifted up, and 20:18 the train of His robe filled the temple." 20:20 And on the right and the left were these angels that were 20:23 declaring the, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts; The whole 20:25 Earth is full of Your glory!" 20:27 And the temple shook from the voice of God and the angels that 20:31 were there, and Isaiah fell down on his face and he said, "Woe is 20:35 me, I am undone! 20:36 I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people 20:39 of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The Lord 20:42 of hosts." 20:43 And because he confessed his sin, God then sends an angel 20:46 who takes with tongs a coal from the altar and he places it on 20:50 Isaiah's lips, and he said, "'Your sin is purged,' your sin 20:54 is forgiven, your iniquity is purged." 20:57 So after he sees the Lord, he hears the voice of God, his sin 21:02 is purged, then he hears the voice of the Lord saying, "Who 21:07 will go for Us, Who will I send?" 21:09 After his sin is purged, he hears the voice of the Lord. 21:13 You notice after Jesus is baptized, he comes up out of the 21:15 water, it says the heavens are open and there's a voice that 21:19 says, "This is My beloved Son." 21:22 It seems like we hear the voice of God a lot better after we 21:25 accept the plan of salvation. 21:30 You know, I remember reading about Helen Keller, it's kind of 21:35 an interesting story from history that, you know, she was 21:38 born blind. 21:41 Well, she wasn't born blind, she actually got a disease and she 21:44 became blind and deaf. 21:49 I think she had scarlet fever or something and it completely took 21:52 away her hearing, took away her sight. 21:55 She did eventually learn to talk, she had that famous 21:57 teacher, Anne Sullivan. 22:00 But some friends, she was with a group of friends one time and 22:04 they were listening to their radio back in 1925, and they 22:09 said, "Oh, Helen." 22:11 You know, they're talking to her through braille or tapping on 22:16 her hands, and they said, "If you could only hear, this is 22:19 so majestic. 22:21 We're listening to Beethoven's ninth, it's being played by the 22:25 best orchestra in the world in Carnegie Hall, they're 22:28 broadcasting it on the radio." 22:31 And she said, "Well, let me feel the speaker of the radio." 22:35 So she put her hand on the speaker of the radio and she was 22:39 amazed to discover, a matter of fact, I'll read it to you, it's 22:43 in her words. 22:44 "Last night, when the family was listening," she wrote a letter 22:46 to Carnegie Hall. 22:49 "Last night, when the family was listening to your wonderful 22:52 rendering of the immortal symphony, someone suggested that 22:56 I put my hand on the receiver to see if I could get any of 22:58 the vibrations. 23:00 He unscrewed the cap and I lightly touched the sensitive 23:03 diaphragm," of the actual speaker itself. 23:07 "What was my amazement to discover that I could feel not 23:10 only the vibrations but also the impassioned rhythm, the throb 23:13 and the urge of the music. 23:15 The intertwined intermingling vibrations from the different 23:18 instruments enchanted me." 23:20 This is a person entirely deaf, her fingers were so sensitive 23:23 from reading braille that she put her fingers on the speaker. 23:29 "'I could actually distinguish the coronets, the role of the 23:31 drums, the deep toned violas, the violins singing in 23:35 exquisite unison. 23:36 How the lovely speech of the violins flowed and plowed over 23:40 the deepest tones of the other instruments, when the human 23:42 voice leapt up thrilling from the surge of harmony I 23:46 recognized them instantly as voices. 23:48 I felt the choir girl more exultant and more ecstatic, up 23:52 curving, swinging like a flame until my heart almost 23:55 stood still. 23:57 The women's voices seemed an embodiment of the angelic 24:00 voices, rushing in harmonious flood of beautiful and 24:03 inspiring sound. 24:04 The great chorus throbbed against my fingers with poignant 24:08 pause and flow.' 24:10 The composer of the symphony Keller enjoyed was Beethoven." 24:15 Now you realize Beethoven had written it 100 years earlier 24:18 while he was deaf; perhaps one reason deaf person could hear it 24:26 is because a deaf person had written it, and perhaps the 24:32 reason that we can hear the voice of the Lord is because God 24:35 became one of us so he understands our speech so that 24:40 we can hear his voice. 24:42 Isaiah 51, "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness." 24:48 Isaiah 54, verse 4, "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear." 24:53 Isaiah 51, verse 7, "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness." 24:58 Over and over, God is appealing, He wants to speak to us and, "He 25:04 that has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says." 25:05 Do you want to hear the voice of the Lord? 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