{"id":20047,"date":"2014-06-02T11:42:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/?p=20047"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:10:24","slug":"gods-voice-over-his-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddymartin.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/02\/gods-voice-over-his-children\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Voice Over His Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20048\" src=\"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Prayers.jpg\" alt=\"Prayers\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">J<\/span>ournal,<\/p>\n<p>Jesus did not come into our world to give us another religion. We as humans have done that very well on our own. We love to run about declaring how our religion is the true religion.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"color: #37404e;\" \/><span style=\"color: #37404e;\">What a dismay it is when we look to religion rather than why Jesus came into our world.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #37404e;\" \/><br style=\"color: #37404e;\" \/><span style=\"color: #37404e;\">Jesus came to bring us into the Father&#8217;s heavenly family.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #37404e;\" \/><br style=\"color: #37404e;\" \/><span style=\"color: #37404e;\">So, what is the Scr<\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"color: #37404e;\">iptural evidence that we are in the family of God?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are several evidences, however, a primary evidence is the evidence of having heard and in continuing to hear and continuing to know the voice of the Shepherd. (Only Jesus can speak to us with the heavenly voice.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>If You Have Heard His Voice<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin with a portion of Psalm 95:<\/p>\n[note note_color=&#8221;#dbfba4&#8243; text_color=&#8221;#501e9b&#8221;]<em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">&#8220;Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><em>&#8220;For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Today, if you would hear His voice<\/strong><\/span>, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah &#8230; &#8220;<\/em> (Psa 95:6-11)<\/span> [\/note]\n<p>This Scripture part is important in that it is directly quoted in the book of Hebrews. Hearing the voice of God has always been the keynote of our relationship with heaven. You can trace this through the Scriptures from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>And so, now take note to these\u00a0witnesses:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><em>&#8220;When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the sheep follow him because they know his voice.<\/span><\/strong> A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>they do not know the voice of strangers.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/em> (Joh 10:4-5)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And again,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><em>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My sheep hear My voice<\/strong><\/span>, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.&#8221;<\/em> (Joh 10:27-28)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now pay very close attention to the following witness:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><em>&#8220;I HAVE OTHER SHEEP, WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD; I MUST BRING THEM ALSO, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>AND THEY WILL HEAR MY VOICE<\/strong><\/span>; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.&#8221;<\/em> (Joh 10:16)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Did you notice what the Lord said about the other sheep? 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