{"id":190,"date":"2018-04-17T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/godsvoice\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2018-09-09T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T16:38:56","slug":"conditions-for-hearing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewaywesee.com\/godsvoice\/hear\/conditions-for-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Conditions for Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">STUDY TIP: This page will be best understood by people who have first read <a href=\"https:\/\/website-03399378.phw.pfz.mybluehost.me\/interpret-the-written-law\/two-covenants\/\">Two Covenants.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One thing that we learn in <a href=\"https:\/\/website-03399378.phw.pfz.mybluehost.me\/interpret-the-written-law\/two-covenants\/\">Two Covenants <\/a>is that the New Covenant is the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/hebrews\/passage\/?q=hebrews+8:1-6#\"> better covenant enacted on better promises<\/a>. Since this is God&#8217;s own comparison of the two covenants, most people will want to be sure that their relationship with God is consistent with the New Covenant and not the Old\/First Covenant. That being true, they must be able to hear God&#8217;s voice because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=exodus+19:3-5;+judges+2:11-20;+2-kings+18:11-12;+daniel+9:1-10\">God considers failure to listen to his voice to be a transgression of the New Covenant<\/a>. Another way to say this is to say that failure to listen to God&#8217;s voice is sin. It is critical, therefore, for people who desire to be in a New Covenant relationship with God to understand how to hear his voice.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=jeremiah+31:31-34;+hebrews+8:10-11;+jeremiah+32:40;+1-thessalonians+4:9;+1-john+2:27;+john+14:11-17;+john+14:26;+john+16:13;+1-corinthians+2:12;+psalm+143:10;+luke+12:11-12\">relationship between New Covenant disciples and God has three main points:<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=jeremiah+31:31-34;+hebrews+8:10-11;+jeremiah+32:40;+1-thessalonians+4:9;+1-john+2:27;+john+14:11-17;+john+14:26;+john+16:13;+1-corinthians+2:12;+psalm+143:10;+luke+12:11-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He teaches them directly by speaking to their hearts<\/span>.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They learn his laws by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+30:19-20;+isaiah+28:23;+john+10:1-3;+exodus+15:22-26;+exodus+23:20-25;+exodus+19:1-5;+jeremiah+7:23-26;+jeremiah+11:1-4;+matthew+4:1-4;+deuteronomy+8:1-3;+job+22:21-23;+psalm+119:9-13;+psalm+138:4;+jeremiah+11:1-7;+jeremiah+22:21;+psalm+106:25;+nehemiah+9:29;+jeremiah+11:10;+jeremiah+13:11;+zechariah+7:11;+isaiah+46:12;+matthew+13:15\">listening to his voice only<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=ezekiel+14:1-11;+psalm+118:1-11;+proverbs+29:25;+isaiah+51:7;+ezekiel+2:1-6;+psalm+56:1-11\">not the voices of false prophets<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=exodus+15:26;+exodus+24:7;+deuteronomy+4:1-10;+deuteronomy+4:30;+deuteronomy+5:1;+deuteronomy+6:1-3;+deuteronomy+12:28;+deuteronomy+13:1-4;+deuteronomy+15:1-6;+deuteronomy+28:15;+deuteronomy+30:11-18;+deuteronomy+31:12-13;+1-kings+11:38;+2-kings+18:11-12;+nehemiah+9:17;+psalm+40:6;+psalm+103:20;+ecclesiastes+12:13;+isaiah+42:24;+jeremiah+11:9-10;+jeremiah+13:9-10;+jeremiah+16:12;+ezekiel+12:1-2;+ezekiel+20:39-40;+ezekiel+33:31-32;+zechariah+6:15;+luke+8:15;+luke+8:21;+luke+11:28;+john+12:47\">obey what they hear God say (i.e. they obey his verbal commandments).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Because there is a strong tendency among Jews and Christians to translate &#8220;listen&#8221; and &#8220;hear&#8221; as &#8220;read&#8221;, they have a very hard time hearing and obeying God&#8217;s spoken word. Thus they assume that reading the Bible is the same thing as hearing God&#8217;s voice and they assume that if they hear a rabbi or pastor\/teacher teach them they have heard God&#8217;s voice. Neither assumption is true. Reading the literal words of the Bible and hearing someone teach his\/her interpretation of those literal words are not the same as hearing God&#8217;s voice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">STUDY TIP: See Literal or Symbolic Interpretation for understanding of the differences between the literal words of the Bible and God&#8217;s voice.<\/p>\n<p>This is unfortunate because until they do learn how to hear his spoken voice they are sinning against him because they violate the terms of the New Covenant.<\/p>\n<p>This tendency is a stumbling block that leads people to create religious laws out of the literal words of the Bible while ignoring God&#8217;s spoken word. They self-righteously congratulate themselves for their sincere efforts to make sense out of the literal Bible and convert it to religious laws (i.e. traditions) that mean much to religious people but mean nothing to God.<\/p>\n<p>Religious laws that religious people obey are based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+29:1-16;+matthew+15:1-10;+mark+7:1-13\">traditions that God says are lip worship without the right heart attitude<\/a>. Even though both religions are based on concepts of sacrifices, festivals and rituals mentioned often in the Old and New Testaments, God says the following about these traditions:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/isaiah\/passage\/?q=isaiah+1:10-15\">That they are nothing to him.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/amos\/passage\/?q=amos+5:21-27\">That he hates them<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+1:10-15;+isaiah+3:9;+ezekiel+16:49;+romans+9:29;+revelation+11:8\">That he equates them with Sodom and Gomorrah<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+66:1-3;+jeremiah+7:9-10;+isaiah+1:10-15;+isaiah+44:19;+malachi+2:11\">That they are abominations<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=1-samuel+15:10-24;+isaiah+30:1-9\">That they are sinful rebellion<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=jeremiah+6:18-21;+jeremiah+14:12;+amos+5:22;+malachi+1:10\">That they are not acceptable<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=psalm+40:6;+1-samuel+15:22;+psalm+51:16;+isaiah+1:11;+jeremiah+6:20;+jeremiah+7:22-23;+amos+5:22;+micah+6:6-8;+hebrews+10:5-7\">That he never required them<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We can learn how to apply these truths to our own lives by looking at Jesus\u2019 example. His understanding of God\u2019s view about the relative value of religious traditions compared to listening to God&#8217;s voice is evident in his condemning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/mark\/passage\/?q=mark+7:1-13\">reply to religious leaders who questioned why he and his disciples did not follow Jewish traditions. <\/a>Because Jesus understood that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=1-samuel+16:7;+1-samuel+2:3;+1-kings+8:39;+1-chronicles+28:9;+luke+16:15\">God values what is in the heart<\/a> and does not value religious tradition, he was unafraid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=matthew+12:1-10;+luke+6:6-10;+luke+13:10-17;+luke+14:1-4;+john+5:5-18;+john+9:1-16;+matthew+9:1-3;+mark+2:16\">to break religious laws. He did this\u00a0<\/a>even though he caused trouble for himself<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+53:1-3;+isaiah+49:7;+luke+18:31-33;+isaiah+53:10;+john+1:10-11\"> (i.e. he was despised, mistreated, rejected and eventually killed)<\/a> with the religious leaders of his day when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=matthew+6:1-16;+matthew+23;+luke+6:24-26;+luke+11:42-47\">he rebuked them for their religious behaviors<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=psalm+118:1-11;+proverbs+29:25;+isaiah+51:7;+ezekiel+2:1-6;+ezekiel+14:1-11;+psalm+56:1-11\">He did not fear what men would do to him<\/a> when he broke their religious laws.<\/p>\n<p>What we learn from the life and death of Jesus is that breaking from religious traditions and speaking out against religious behavior are conditions for hearing God&#8217;s spoken voice because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=exodus+15:26;+exodus+24:7;+deuteronomy+4:1-10;+deuteronomy+4:30;+deuteronomy+5:1;+deuteronomy+6:1-3;+deuteronomy+12:28;+deuteronomy+13:1-4;+deuteronomy+15:1-6;+deuteronomy+28:15;+deuteronomy+30:11-18;+deuteronomy+31:12-13;+1-kings+11:38;+2-kings+18:11-12;+nehemiah+9:17;+psalm+40:6;+psalm+103:20;+ecclesiastes+12:13;+isaiah+42:24;+jeremiah+11:9-10;+jeremiah+13:9-10;+jeremiah+16:12;+ezekiel+12:1-2;+ezekiel+20:39-40;+ezekiel+33:31-32;+zechariah+6:15;+luke+8:15;+luke+8:21;+luke+11:28;+john+12:47\">obedience is an absolute condition for being able to hear God&#8217;s voice.<\/a> Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/passage\/?q=john+7:16;+john+12:49;+john+14:10;+john+14:26;+john+16:13;+1-john+2:27;+1-john+2:20;+1-corinthians+2:12;+psalm+143:10;+luke+12:11-12;+matthew+10:17-20;+mark+13:11;+1-thessalonians+2:13;+exodus+4:12\">Jesus only did the things that God told him to do and only said the things that God told him to say<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=matthew+12:1-6;+matthew+21:12-13;+matthew+24:1-2;+matthew+26:61;+matthew+27:39-40;+mark+11:15-16;+mark+13:1-2;+mark+14:58;+mark+15:29;+luke+19:45-46;+luke+20:1-26;+john+2:14-15;+john+2:19-21;+john+8:58-59\">breaking religious traditions, causing trouble in the temple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=matthew+6:1-6;+matthew+6:16-18;+matthew+23:1-12;+luke+20:46-47;+luke+21:1;+john+5:41-44;+john+12:37-43;+romans+2:29;+john+7:18;+2-corinthians+5:12\">speaking out against religious behavior<\/a> are acts that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=john+5:20;+john+14:12\">people who claim to follow Jesus should do also<\/a>. More to the point, if they do not themselves break religious laws, do not cause trouble in religious institutions, and do not rebuke religious people for religious behaviors, it must be\u00a0 said that they do not hear God&#8217;s spoken voice. In other words, obedience that includes, but is not limited to, breaking religious laws, causing trouble in religious institutions, and rebuking of religious people for religious behaviors, is a an absolute condition for the ability to hear God&#8217;s voice. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+29:1-4;+isaiah+6:9-10;+ezekiel+12:2;+matthew+13:14-19;+acts+28:26-27;+mark+8:17\">He gives the ability to hear his voice only to people who obey what they hear &#8212; not to rebellious people who harden their hearts to his voice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jews and Christians, however, being full of pride about their righteousness in obeying their own traditions based on the literal words of the Bible, fail to recognize that Jesus\u2019 condemnations of traditions and religious behavior applies to them just like it applies to the Pharisees (i.e. religious leaders) of Bible days. In their pride and ignorance, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/mark\/passage\/?q=mark+7:8-13\">invalidate God\u2019s word for the sake of preserving and advancing their religious traditions and behaviors.<\/a> They have stumbled over the written laws on which their religious traditions are based. They exalt their ability to understand and obey the literal words of the Bible while totally ignoring God&#8217;s spoken voice. They create for themselves active, and even satisfying, religious lives but they do not possess <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+8:1-3;+deuteronomy+30:15-20;+john+6:63-68;+matthew+4:1-4;+luke+4:1-4;+john+5:24;+deuteronomy+32:45-47;+1-peter+1:22-25;+hebrews+4:12;+1-john+1:1-3;+john+1:1-4\">fulfilling spiritual lives that is available only to people who hear, understand, and obey God&#8217;s spoken voice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">STUDY TIP: Religious people call what they do faith, but in God&#8217;s eyes their religion is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/fakefaith\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Fake Faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To state the condition for hearing God&#8217;s voice as plainly and simply as possible, it can be said that God does not allow people who follow religious laws the ability to hear his voice. It is an issue about which he is very jealous because speaking and hearing represents deep intimacy between God and his people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">STUDY TIP: See <a href=\"https:\/\/website-03399378.phw.pfz.mybluehost.me\/hear\/competing-voices\/false-prophets\/intimacy-and-prostitution\/\">this link for a discussion about intimacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE<\/strong><br \/>\nFor God, the issue of listening to his spoken voice is a matter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/deuteronomy\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+30:15-20\">choosing life or death <\/a>that is portrayed in the story of Adam and Eve who chose to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the Tree of Life. Religious people do not see it that way, but this is only one example of God&#8217;s way not being man&#8217;s way.**<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a certain amount of unlearning that must happen before God will open their spiritual eyes and ears to hear his spoken voice. What religionists know they have learned while they were disciples of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\/symbols-signs-types-copies-shadows-and-patterns\/people\/religion-is-the-kingdom-of-false-prophets\">false prophets<\/a>. Things they have learned have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/forum-descriptions\/toxicity\" class=\"broken_link\">intoxicated<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-not-faith\/religion-is-a-stronghold-of-wrong-thinking\">strongholds of wrong thinking <\/a>that are difficult, but not impossible to destroy.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few rules of thumb to consider when trying to discern if we have heard God\u2019s voice or not:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong><a id=\"generalconditionsforhearinggodsvoice\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR HEARING GOD\u2019S VOICE:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When people first hear God\u2019s voice, it will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+28:9-13;+isaiah+33:10-19;+1-corinthians+14:20-21\">like a foreign language to them<\/a>. They will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+29:1-4;+ezekiel+12:1-3;+ezekiel+40:1-4;+mark+8:14-20;+luke+10:21-24;+romans+11:1-10;+isaiah+6:1-10;+isaiah+43:1-8;+jeremiah+5:20-21;+matthew+13:13-18;+mark+4:8-18;+luke+8:1-10;+john+9:39-41;+john+12:37-40;+acts+28:17-28\">not be able to understand what he is saying because they have hard hearts.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">People will only be able to hear and understand after they turn from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-sin\/religion-is-idolatry\">idolatry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/ezekiel\/passage\/?q=ezekiel+14:1-11\">stop listening to the voices of false prophets.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When God says \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/search\/?s=bibles&amp;q=hear+the+word+of+the+lord&amp;t=nas&amp;c=all\">hear the word of the Lord<\/a>\u201c, he is talking about hearing his spiritual voice \u2014 not listening to any human who claims to speak for God in verbal or written language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/luke\/passage\/?q=luke+17:20-24\">Hearing can come at any time in any location<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hearing God\u2019s voice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+30:11-14;+romans+10:6-8\">does not happen only in special buildings or places that are considered to be holy or sacred<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hearing will not come to people who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/passage\/?q=psalm+46:10;+habakkuk+2:20;+zechariah+2:13\">busy<\/a> with religious activities, but does come to people who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\/gods-written-word-and-gods-spoken-voice\/the-law\/fourth-commandment\/sabbath-fasting-rest\">fast and rest from religion.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice explains the meanings of \u00a0Biblical\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\">mysteries<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/search\/?s=bibles&amp;q=dark+sayings&amp;t=nas&amp;c=all\">dark sayings<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=proverbs+1:1-6;+psalm+49:1-4\">, proverbs and riddles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=proverbs+1:1-6;+psalm+49:1-4;+john+10:1-6;+john+16:23-30\">figures of speech,\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"verse-12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/lexicons\/hebrew\/nas\/chiydah.html\">enigmas <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/daniel\/passage\/?q=daniel+5:1-17\">difficult problems<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/daniel\/passage\/?q=daniel+5:1-17\">, <\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=colossians+2:13-22;+hebrews+8:1-10;+hebrews+10:1-18\">shadows, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=romans+5:14;+hebrews+11:19\">types and patterns<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/rsv\/passage\/?q=genesis+9:12-17;+genesis+17:11;+exodus+13:16;+numbers+6:7;+deuteronomy+6:8;+deuteronomy+11:18;+joshua+4:1-6;+isaiah+8:18;+isaiah+19:20;+isaiah+20:3;+ezekiel+17:2;+ezekiel+24:3;+galatians+4:24;+hebrews+9:1-9;+hebrews+11:19;+1-peter+3:20-21;+revelation+11:1-8;+revelation+17:1-5\">symbols, signs and allegories<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Only New Covenant disciples can reliably hear God\u2019s voice because<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=jeremiah+31:31-34;+jeremiah+32:40;+1-thessalonians+4:9;+1-john+2:27;+john+14:11-17;+john+14:26;+1-corinthians+2:12;+hebrews+8:10-11\"> God\u2019s speaks to their hearts with his spirit<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Old\/First Covenant religionists will hear one main message: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/god-is-calling-people-out-of-religion\">Come out of religion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/rsv\/passage\/?q=exodus+15:22-26;+exodus+23:20-25;+exodus+19:1-5;+jeremiah+7:23-26;+jeremiah+11:1-4;+matthew+4:1-4;+deuteronomy+8:1-3;+job+22:21-23;+psalm+119:9-13;+psalm+138:4;+isaiah+28:23;+jeremiah+11:1-7;+jeremiah+22:21;+psalm+106:25;+nehemiah+9:29;+jeremiah+11:10;+jeremiah+13:11;+zechariah+7:11;+isaiah+46:12;+matthew+13:15\">listen to God\u2019s voice<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice is discernible only to people who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+11:1-3;+isaiah+32:1-3;+ezekiel+12:1-2;+jeremiah+5:21;+ezekiel+40:1-4;+deuteronomy+29:1-4;+isaiah+6:8-10;+ezekiel+12:2;+matthew+13:14;+acts+28:23-28;+romans+11:8;+mark+8:18\">expect to see with their spiritual eyes and ears and do not expect to gain understanding through use of their natural, physical abilities (i.e. eyes, ears, intellect).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/ezekiel\/passage\/?q=ezekiel+14:1-11\">God\u2019s speaks only to people who do not listen to false prophets<\/a> (i.e. Old\/First Covenant religious leaders).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God voice gives understanding to the mysteries of the literal Bible. It explains, and connects seemingly unrelated parts of the Bible that we do not understand because we cannot relate them to each other using our natural, intellectual minds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It explains the symbolic meaning of the literal words of the Bible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It explains the spiritual meanings of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/search\/?s=bibles&amp;q=dark+sayings&amp;t=nas&amp;c=all\">dark sayings<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=proverbs+1:1-6;+psalm+49:1-4\">, proverbs and riddles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=proverbs+1:1-6;+psalm+49:1-4;+john+10:1-6;+john+16:23-30\">figures of speech, words of the wise and riddles, <\/a><span class=\"verse-12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=job+33:9-19;+job+4:12-17;+job+33:15-18\">dreams and visions<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/lexicons\/hebrew\/nas\/chiydah.html\">, enigmas <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/daniel\/passage\/?q=daniel+5:1-17\">difficult problems<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/daniel\/passage\/?q=daniel+5:1-17\">, <\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=colossians+2:13-22;+hebrews+8:1-10;+hebrews+10:1-18\">shadows, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=romans+5:14;+hebrews+11:19\">types and patterns<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/rsv\/passage\/?q=genesis+9:12-17;+genesis+17:11;+exodus+13:16;+numbers+6:7;+deuteronomy+6:8;+deuteronomy+11:18;+joshua+4:1-6;+isaiah+8:18;+isaiah+19:20;+isaiah+20:3;+ezekiel+17:2;+ezekiel+24:3;+galatians+4:24;+hebrews+9:1-9;+hebrews+11:19;+1-peter+3:20-21;+revelation+11:1-8;+revelation+17:1-5\">symbols, signs and allegories <\/a>that we we cannot\u00a0 interpret and understand with our natural, human minds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice spiritually connects the pieces of the incomprehensible <a href=\"https:\/\/website-03399378.phw.pfz.mybluehost.me\/how-to-assemble-the-puzzle\/\">Bible puzzle<\/a> that we do not understand into comprehensible images that we do understand, and integrates them into the big picture of who God is and how he relates to his people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When God opens the eyes of New Covenant disciples to see how pieces of the Bible puzzle are connected, and explains their spiritual meaning, disciples experience an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/study\/study-for-discipline\/test-yourself\/2\">\u201caha\u201d<\/a> moment that causes them to tremble with awe in appreciation that God has revealed a spiritual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\">mystery<\/a> to them with his spiritual voice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice may not come all at once in a complete, fully formed, comprehensive revelation. It will more likely come in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/job\/passage\/?q=job+33:9-19\">bits and pieces<\/a> of smaller, incomplete revelations that make no intellectual sense until they are linked together as in the <a href=\"https:\/\/website-03399378.phw.pfz.mybluehost.me\/how-to-assemble-the-puzzle\/\">assembly of a puzzle<\/a>. The linking occurs, however, only for people who<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=matthew+7:7;+luke+11:9\"> diligently search<\/a> for related links that will complete that portion of the puzzle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Only people who are<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\/gods-written-word-and-gods-spoken-voice\/literal-or-symbolic-interpretation-part-1\/2\"> like little children, full of questions, who ask God \u2014 not false prophets \u2014 to explain the spiritual meanings of scripture, may expect to hear his voice.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=proverbs+25:1-2;+deuteronomy+29:29;+matthew+13:1-17;+matthew+19:1-11;+luke+8:10;+1-corinthians+2\">God will reveal spiritual mysteries <\/a>only to people who assume that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/proverbs\/passage\/?q=proverbs+25:1-2\">God has planted mysteries in the Bible and expect that God will reveal the interpretations of those mysteries<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=proverbs+25:1-2;+john+16:17-31;+deuteronomy+29:29;+matthew+13:1-17;+matthew+19:1-11;+luke+8:10;+1-corinthians+2:8-10;+numbers+12:8;+job+33:9-19\">reveal mysteries<\/a> only to people who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/passage\/?q=2-timothy+3:16-17;+luke+8:17-18;+matthew+13:11-12;+matthew+25:24-29;+luke+19:11-26;+job+33:9-19\">apply what they learn in their own lives.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We will actually hear God\u2019s voice before we recognize it as his voice. It will first be like a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/acts\/passage\/?q=acts+26:1-18\"> goad\/prick to our heart<\/a> that creates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\/symbols-signs-types-copies-shadows-and-patterns\/2\">doubt<\/a> about our religious beliefs and practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We will probably not understand or believe what we have heard when we first hear it because what God tells us about how to interpret scripture and religion is contrary to what we have been taught by religion. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\/gods-written-word-and-gods-spoken-voice\/literal-or-symbolic-interpretation-part-1\">Religion teaches how to interpret scripture literally, while God teaches how to interpret it symbolically.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=deuteronomy+29:1-4;+matthew+13:13-14;+acts+28:26-27;+romans+11:8;+isaiah+6:9-10;+ezekiel+12:1-2\">Our eyes are opened when we interpret scripture that we thought we understood<\/a> in a totally new way. The literal words are still the same, but our spiritual understandings of those words are totally different.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice will be heard and understood by people who are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-not-faith\/pride\/19\">humble<\/a> enough to admit that the doctrines they believe and the religion they practice are not, or may not, be in perfect agreement with spiritual truth that comes from God\u2019s voice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice will be heard and understood by people who are like little children who are not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=isaiah+5:20-21;+proverbs+3:7;+romans+12:16;+1-corinthians+3:18-20\">wise in their own eyes <\/a>because they are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-not-faith\/pride\">proud<\/a> of their intellectual understanding of the literal meanings of the Bible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s voice can be heard only by people who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=matthew+7:7;+luke+11:9;+psalm+63:1;+proverbs+7:15;+proverbs+8:17;+hebrews+11:6;+proverbs+2:1-8;+james+1:5;+proverbs+13:4;+proverbs+21:5\">ask, seek and knock<\/a> so they might understand the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/passage\/?q=1+corinthians+2:6-8;+colossians+2:1-3;+psalm+51:1-6;+proverbs+2:1-12;+psalm+78:1-4;+romans+11:25;+romans+16:25\">wisdom of God that is hidden in the mysteries.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s word is his spoken word \u2014 not just words written in the Bible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nas\/john\/passage\/?q=john+16:5-8\">spirit of God\u2019s voice will bring personal enlightenment on three basic issues:<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Convict religious people that they have practiced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-sin\">sin of religion<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It will convict people about their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-not-faith\/pride\">prideful self-righteousness<\/a>, religious behaviors and beliefs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It will enable them to make judgements about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/religion\/religion-is-not-faith\">differences between religion and faith<\/a> in their lives and in the lives of others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STUDY TIP: This page will be best understood by people who have first read Two Covenants. 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