JOHN 10:3-5 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

Recognizing God’s voice!

I JOHN 4:1 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

PROVERBS 14:12 12 There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

RECOGNIZING GOD’S VOICE FOUR WAYS 1. Does is line up with the Bible?

MATTHEW 19:3-6 3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” 4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

LUKE 21:33 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

RECOGNIZING GOD’S VOICE FOUR WAYS 2. Will it make me more Christ like?

PHILIPPIANS 2:5 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.

II CORINTHIANS 10:5 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

JAMES 3:17-18 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. 18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

RECOGNIZING GOD’S VOICE FOUR WAYS 3. Does Godly counsel agree?

PROVERBS 12:15 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

PROVERBS 19:20-21 20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days. 21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand.

PROVERBS 24:6 6 For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory.

RECOGNIZING GOD’S VOICE FOUR WAYS 4. Do I have peace?

I CORINTHIANS 14:33 33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

TUNING IN: 1. Tune in to God everyday.

JOHN 10:4 4 He leads them and they follow because they are familiar with his voice.

TUNING IN: 2. Tune out things that oppose God.

JOHN 10:5 5 They won’t follow a stranger’s voice but will scatter because they aren’t used to the sound of it.”

TUNING IN: 3. Take steps towards what God has spoken.

JOHN 10:27 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

Recognizing God’s voice!