there is nothing more vital in your life than that you hear from GOD. nothing. one reason why is because it assures me that i'm in GOD's family.
the proof that you really know JESUS CHRIST, that you have a relationship, is that you hear GOD speak to you. JESUS said in john 10.14 & 16 (ph), i know those who are mine...and they hear my voice...
if you've never heard GOD speak to you, if you've never sensed HIS speaking to you in your heart and in your mind, you have every reason to doubt that you're really a true believer, that you're in the family of GOD and that you're on your way to heaven. you have every reason to doubt it because JESUS said, those who are mine hear my voice.
some of you may be brand new believers and when you first get started sometimes its a little bit difficult to figure out, "is this GOD talking to me or not?" you're not used to HIS voice. but if you're really a child of GOD you're going to know your FATHER's voice.
when i call my kids, i don't have to say, "this is bill williams your father." i just start talking to them and they know my voice. when brett or stef call me, they don't have to say, "this is stef," or "this is brett." i know their voices. why? because i have a relationship with them.
if you don't have that, if you don't ever hear GOD speaking to you, you need to be saved because you're not going to heaven unless you have a relationship with CHRIST. it's really clear. it is available to anybody who says, "JESUS, i want a relationship with you. GOD, i want to know you. i want to communicate with you."
some of you know about GOD but your don't know HIM. some of you know about JESUS, but you really don't know HIM. you have a religion not a relationship. you may have gone to sunday school or catechism as a kid and you go to church every week but you don't have that relationship.
there is a man that comes by my house everyday. he's our mail carrier. i know who he is, i know what he looks like, i say hi to him but i don't really know him. i know about him but i don't really know him. that's the difference.
one of the proofs that you know you're a CHRISTian is that GOD talks to you on a regular basis and you listen and you hear and you talk back.
many people think that GOD only talks to super saints. no. those of you who are parents, do you only talk to your smartest kid? (i hope you are going to say no) GOD talks to all his true children – young believers, old believers, baby believers, grown up believers. it assures me i'm in GOD's family.
just a thought from the front porch…
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