How can we tell when we hear God's voice (Psalm 95:7)?
"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tested me and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work."
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Donna Williams
Supporter
Please allow me to say that the Old Testament was a covenant between the LORD and Abraham his servant. The LORD promised him that through his seed all nations of the earth would be blessed. See Genesis 12:1-3. The seed that the LORD spoke about was ultimately His Son Christ Jesus. See Galatians 3:16. As it pertains to Psalm 95:7, the LORD was speaking to the children of Israel (formerly known as Jacob the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham). It was the children of Israel who wandered in the wilderness for 40 years because of their unbelief. It was the prophet Moses whom God chose to speak to His people and many of them hardened their hearts against God by walking in stubbornness and rebellion. This is the reason why many of them died in the wilderness and did not enter into the promised land known as the land of Canaan. Which leads us to Hebrews chapter 3:7-11 and chapter 4:3, 7, the Apostle Paul echoes what is written in Psalm 95. He is speaking to the Hebrews who have heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is admonishing them not to fall into unbelief. The voice that the Holy Spirit is speaking about is Jesus Christ who was sent to declare the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to the house of Israel! So those who believe, Jew and Gentile, which represent all the nations of the earth spoken of in Genesis 12:3, have been blessed by Jesus Christ and have entered the rest of God through faith! I hope that what I have shared has shed some light! May I encourage you to continue to read the Bible and seek the Holy Spirit for the understanding. Jesus said, in John 16:13, "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come." Be blessed!
Paula Fether
Supporter
Whatever is claimed to be the voice of God must be in line with scripture. We are to "test the spirits" (1 John 4:1) by the Word. In the context of Ps. 95, the meaning is the message of reconciliation with God; this is how God's "voice" goes out today.
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