Why God Is Speaking By Sheldon D. Newton

I feel a large hand rest on my shoulder, and hear Father whisper into my ear.

The Bible, which is the holiest text in the Christian religion has many instances in which individuals communicate with God. In each instance of contact, it brings some form of good or

The witness is not just the power to preach the gospel; the first result of the coming of the Holy Spirit is the ability to speak in other tongues.

Like children struggling to overcome the powerful tug of the ocean’s current, so humans were imprisoned by the unyielding tug of sin. The Son of Man’s cause was to save man from this paralyzing current. Jesus was even nailed to a rough tree and died on our behalf. The Bible states this, “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). He valued our freedom with Him so much He was willing to die to secure it.

In these brief three pages, there is a bold calling for spiritual authority, and ways friends of Jesus can authentically experience and acquire that authority. In the beginning, Anderson explained that spiritual authority is manifested from personal experiences and not “secondhand authorities” (pages 50-51). Next, he addressed certain characteristics that “make one fit to be a minister of the gospel” (pg. 51). Finally, he provided a glimpse on what it takes to be an Authentic Child of Light by walking well in the Light. In these three pages, I felt like Margaret Fall in which these words cut to my heart and I wept.

According to Oral Roberts, in his book entitled The Ultimate Voice, “God’s still small voice is the clearest and loudest voice you’ll ever hear” (Roberts vii). Roberts so fervently believes in this statement that he puts it on the front cover and in the introduction of his book. The Ultimate Voice serves as his lifelong legacy book. The Ultimate Voice describes Roberts’ personal experiences hearing God’s voice and gives the reader an overview of the actual process of hearing God’s voice in their life. Roberts answers questions many people contemplate such as, “Why doesn’t every person hear God’s voice?” (Roberts 15). The book is divided in to two main sections: The Truth about God’s Voice and His Messages and God’s Messages to Me and What

He will lead you into all truth. He will not speak on his own authority but will speak of what he hears, and will tell you all things to come. He will give glory, because he will take what I say and tell it to you. All that my father has is mine, that is why I said the Spirit will take what I give him and tell it to you” (John 16: 12-15).

Many people will argue that God was speaking to humanity in a language they would understand for the period in history when it was written. Let's take a look at what religion has accomplished in the twenty-first century. Meet Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, former Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome from 2004 to 2011. Cardinal Law was appointed by Pope John Paul II, considered in the Catholic Religion to be the Vicar of Christ on earth (earthly representative of Jesus). Before his appointment by the Pope in 2004, Cardinal Law was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Boston when church documents showed he had, according to the Boston Globe, "covered up sexual abuse committed by dozens of Catholic priests within

Genesis chapter 1 verse 3 and 6 states, “In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. He saw that the Earth was dark, so God said, “Let there be light and there was light. God said let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water and. And so it was.” In these biblical readings there is a significant connection between how God created the Earth and the idea of communication. Communication has been around for ages; however, everyone seems to have the same general idea of what communication is. From prior knowledge, I concluded that communication simply means transferring one idea to another. However, what I fail to include is an imperative aspect of what I feel communication is and represents. When we communicate, we do more than

We do this because God gave us the knowledge and freewill to do so. Robert Krieg said that “a human person possesses in principle at least seven facets” (5). In searching for the meaning to be human, knowledge and free will is two of the seven facets. The reason why God doesn't just tell us what being human means is because he wants us to look for the meaning with what he gave us. When we want to know something we spend our time searching for it, for us wanting to know the purpose of life and the meaning of being human we spend our time searching. When we searching for this it draws us closer to God. God gave humans life, in understanding what it means to be human and the meaning of life we find who God is and why he created us. Then who is God? From the stories in the bible, they tell us that God is the creator of man and earth, that he is eternal love, and that he is the truth. To fully understand this we need to have a divine-human relationship. The nature of divine-human relationship simply means to have a relationship with God. In searching for what it means to be human we grow in our relationship with God. And when our relationship with God grows, this is when you can truly understand why he created

The Lord came to Cain in the field and asked him where his brother was. I think this is so ironic and God does this over and over again in the Bible. He asks a question that he already knows the answer to. He is the all-knowing God of the universe. In no situation, in my opinion, does God ever actually ask a question because he truly needs to know the answer. We would be foolish to think that God needs any more information than He already has. He has infinite knowledge on all things. There is no reason for him to ask anyone anything because he already knows it.

•“I’ve come from above to rescue those below and call them to higher things, just as the One who sent me to you commanded me.” (Infancy Gospel of Thomas 8:2)

He is unsure how he should call upon the Lord (3). He points out that it is his faith,

of words, to show the gentle nature of god and to wonder if he created the

God wants our attention right now. God said that if we take one step, he will take two. He said this to encourage our relationship with him and to reinforce the fact that he loves us and will never turn his back on us, even if we are living in sin.