Voice Authentication

1 John 4:¹ [LB] “Don’t believe everything you hear just because someone says it is a message from God; test it first to see if it really is!”

Today, we will take off from a thought we touched on yesterday and that is, that there are three sources of voices that exist. The first source is God. Scripture points out in Job 33:¹⁴ “For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.” I pray that you will always recognize God, in Jesus Name.  The second source is Yourself. Unfortunately, people talk to themselves and say God has spoken to them. No, dear brother or sister; you are the one talking to yourself. I talk to myself, I say “why did you do that?”

You can talk to yourself but do not talk to yourself and say God has spoken to you. Why? It is because your ways are not His ways. Pr.14:¹² “There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. We can actually broadcast stuff to ourselves. If we are left to ourselves, we will take the path that seems right, the path that seems logical, and the path that makes sense. But God says everybody has such paths and the destination is death. I pray that you will not take that path, [say amen]. I pray that you will find the time and have the patience to listen to God.

The third source is satan. The devil also broadcasts; he tries to jam our frequencies and tries to disguise himself.  2Cor.11:¹⁴“But I am not surprised! Even satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” If the devil came to us with horns, nobody will fall into temptation because human beings are smart. So the devil comes disguised with subtlety, he disguises as the angel of light. But God says to us in 1 John 4:¹ [LB] “Don’t believe everything you hear just because someone says it is a message from God; test it first to see if it really is!”

God says it is your responsibility and my responsibility to see if messages are really from Him. Sometimes when I point out messages that are not from God, people get uncomfortable because it came from a pastor. Do not get me wrong; I am not saying he is not of God, I am saying that particular message isn’t – two different things. It is your duty to test!

Prayer: Father, in the Name of Jesus, I declare that I will not judge by the hearing of my ears and the sight of my eyes but by the Spirit of God, in Jesus Name. Amen!