God's Voice

[Saved_by_Jesus]

It sounds to me like you were having a bad day. No, it wasn't God speaking to you. Dreams may need to be interpreted, but I don't think God speaks to us personally in riddles. He certainly doesn't try to put fear or confusion on us.

That's what my pastor said. He asked me if I felt peace when I thought about what was said to me, two years later. I said..."No, not at all-it brings me a lot of anxiety!" and he said it must have been Satan talking to me then.

[Saved_by_Jesus]

i'm not crazy about the idea of being martyred. and i suspect that those who don't want to die a painful death will be more likely to face that than those who relish the idea.

your friend that fantasizes about torturous deaths and talks about how cool it would be sounds like she's got some issues. that kind of talk doesn't glorify God at all, and makes her sound like she's certifiably insane. or on drugs. or psychotic. she needs a lot of prayer.

Well, this girl is very young,and is a strong Christian-much stronger than I am, I'm ashamed to say. One of her most interesting (and disgusting) fantasies of being martyred was to be tied to a tree, and then her legs to a horse who would then take off, so that she would be ripped in two, she said. She said she had heard of someone being martyred that way and she thought how cool it would be. Doesn't seem like it would be a quick death at all. *shudders*

[Guest LadyC]

she may be a "stronger" christian, but she's certainly a poorer witness. i was being serious when i said she sounds like she could be psychotic or on drugs. not saying i think she IS, but that's how she SOUNDS, and is very likely how she comes across to unbelievers. not a good witness at all. you might want to mention that to her.

[KC02]

If I thought God told me that, I would be worried sick. And that answers the question

good point there... God is definitely not the author of either fear or confusion. kc, how'd you get to be so smart?

[ColleenLovesMischief]

The best way I was taught was that if you really think God is speaking to you to line it up to the word. If it doesn't match or goes against the word it isn't God.

[Saved_by_Jesus]

The best way I was taught was that if you really think God is speaking to you to line it up to the word. If it doesn't match or goes against the word it isn't God.

Yes, I know...but what was said to me could be either or. lol

[kross]

I know that God speaks to us in many ways, but mostly through His Word of course. I know there are a lot of pastors and people out there who claim to hear God speak to them constantly, over every detail in their life, like what color shoes to wear or whatever. Personally, I think this is their own thoughts in their head that they are claiming to be God's Voice.

With that being said, I know that God does speak to us in our minds at times, in a clear Voice. I have had Him speak to me several times over the last couple of years, and I know, without a doubt that it was Him, and not my own thoughts, or the voice of the Enemy.

I know that we are to test all Spirits to see if what they say lines up with Scripture. For instance, if I heard some voice in my head saying "Go kill your best friend!", I would certainly know that it was the voice of Satan and not God.

If I heard a voice saying..."Go have a drink or two", I know it could be Satan, or it could be my own flesh, because I used to drink a lot.

Anyway, the point of my post is that I wanted to share about a voice I heard in my head a couple of years ago that has really bothered me a lot because I was new in Christ and did not know a thing about "testing the Spirits" at all, so to this day, I do not know if what was said to me could be from God, or from Satan......I'd like everyone's opinions on this.

I was walking across the parking lot at my job one day, not thinking about anything really......and was shocked to hear a clear voice in my head saying........

"Your death will glorify me!"

I do not remember what I felt at that time, other than being shocked out of my daydreams. I was not expecting the "voice", so I know that it was not my own thoughts or flesh.

So it was either God or Satan saying this to me. I do not remember if hearing it gave me peace or not.

I have asked several people about this, and some say that it was God speaking to me, and others say it was Satan trying to scare me. One pastor said that God only speaks about life, not death.

But then, in the Bible, I saw how Jesus was telling Peter how he would die. He told him that his death would "glorify God". I think it was in the book of John, not sure what chapter. It was before Jesus was crucified.

He told Peter that he would go where he would not want to go, and that by this, Jesus was telling Peter how his death would glorify God.

That terrifies me, to be honest. I'm hoping to be counted worthy enough to be raptured......

I would hope that my death would be counted to HIS glory.It would be a shame to live for CHRISTand then just die. I would think this would be one of those, be of good cheer, your death will glorify the LORD". That is just exciting stuff.

[kross]

It sounds to me like you were having a bad day. No, it wasn't God speaking to you. Dreams may need to be interpreted, but I don't think God speaks to us personally in riddles. He certainly doesn't try to put fear or confusion on us.

That's what my pastor said. He asked me if I felt peace when I thought about what was said to me, two years later. I said..."No, not at all-it brings me a lot of anxiety!" and he said it must have been Satan talking to me then.

It could just be Satan who has turned it into anxiety. Be anxious for nothing. Trust in the LORD with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding.In all of your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will make your path streight. Don't worry about tomorrow, HE's got it under control. Trust in the LORd with all of your might and HE will carry you through.

[kross]

That terrifies me, to be honest. I'm hoping to be counted worthy enough to be raptured......

I think this statement bothers me. What do you mean by worthy enough to be raptured? I guess this is a sidetrack, but it is an odd sentiment.

[Saved_by_Jesus]

That terrifies me, to be honest. I'm hoping to be counted worthy enough to be raptured......

I think this statement bothers me. What do you mean by worthy enough to be raptured? I guess this is a sidetrack, but it is an odd sentiment.

In Luke 21:36, Jesus tells us to, "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."

"Escaping all these things" would mean that you would not have to go through them. A lot of people believe this is a reference to the Rapture.