Spiritual Communication One of the great questions of Christian faith is whether we are “working for God” or “working with God”. A hireling or employee can work for someone or even work for God. They blindly do what they are instructed to do for a wage or reward. In a negative sense, this is nothing more than outward religion or legalism. But we are not called to be hirelings or employees. We are called to be friends of God and even sons of God! “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you” (John 15:14,15). “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Rom 8:14). Friendship – and especially “sonship” – demands a relationship. Relationship implies two-way communication or dialogue. By dialogue, we mean that we can speak to God and know that He hears us. It also means that God can speak to us and we can know that we have heard from God. Even in the natural sense, can there be a genuine relationship or friendship without communication? The Bible: The Measuring Rod Some will say, “Of course God speaks to us. He speaks to us through His Word, the Bible!” That is an absolutely true statement. But is the Bible the only way in which God speaks? The answer to that pivotal question is a resounding, “No!” God is Spirit and He is able to communicate with us in a direct manner by His Spirit. But let me place a caution here: God will never violate (or change) His Word as already given in the Bible. This means that the Bible becomes the “plumbline” or the “measuring rod” by which we can discern the accuracy and source of any spiritual communication. In other words, if someone says God spoke to them, and what they heard does not agree with what is already in the Bible, then what they heard was not from God.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:41:43 +0000
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