Voices- "Was that you, Lord?"

How To Know The Difference Between The Lord's Voice And Other Voices.

John 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice:
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

John 10:5
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him:
for they know not the voice of strangers.

John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

John 18:37
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Rev. 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not:
I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.


When The Lord Speaks, the following is evident:

An Inward Knowing

1 Cor. 2:13
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
 

Peace

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.


Trusting

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.



Confidence and Assurance

Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved;
in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.


Agreement With the Word of God

2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed,
as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn,
and the day star arise in your hearts:


Confirmation

2 Cor. 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three
witnesses shall every word be established.


The Lordship of Christ

2 Cor. 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.

1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Clarity

2 Cor. 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

 

When the Devil or Another Evil Spirit Speaks, the following is evident:

Doubt, Fear, Discomfort

2 Tim. 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Romans 8:15-16
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God:


Conflict, Restlessness, No Peace

James 3:14-18
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.  This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.  And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

Questioning, Wondering if it is the Lord

Romans 14:23
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Lack of Clarity, Confusion

James 3:16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

1 Cor. 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Negation of the Lord's Commands

Matthew 13:4
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came
and devoured them up:

Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Matthew 13:24-30
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:  But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.  But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?  He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?  But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.  Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:
but gather the wheat into my barn.


Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

 

Lordship of Christ Denied

1 John 4:1-6
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.  Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.  They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.  We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Condemnation, Guilt, Discouragement

Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

Rev. 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

When the Flesh-Self Speaks, the following is evident:

Hesitation

Romans 8:5-7
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after t
he Spirit the things of the Spirit.  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace.  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Deception

Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?  I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings.

Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk,
and not of strong meat.

Double-Mindedness

James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Matthew 6:22-23
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.  But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.

Philip. 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,
that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Unregenerate Desires

James 1:13-16
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin,
when it is finished, bringeth forth death.  Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Romans 6:1-4
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.