TALK TO ME

Pastor Bryan – TALK TO ME

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

John 10:27

BIBLICAL TRUTH: The better you , the better you will

THE BIG GOAL: Learn how to know with that God is speaking to you.

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?

 ⁸ So the Lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”

Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy. ⁹ So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.

¹⁰ And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”

And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. ¹² I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. ¹³ I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God^[b] and he hasn’t disciplined them.

I Samuel 3:8-13

THE GOOD NEWS:

We have something Samuel didn’t have, Jesus the living word, who makes it possible for to hear from God.

¹In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He existed in the beginning with God. ³ God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. ⁴ The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.”

John 1:1-5

BIBLICAL TRUTH: God , so we need to .

• The Bible is more than .
• The Bible is less about and more about .

The questions we ask of the Bible impact the wisdom we glean from it. — Tara-Leigh Cobble

WHO IS THE WHO? (FOUR QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED AND ANSWERED)

1. Who’s in ?

Who gets to decide what’s true?

Who has the biggest voice?

When you come to the Bible, you have to decide, “Who’s in charge?”

¹⁰ For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.”

Job 12:10

²¹ You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.”

Proverbs 19:21

⁹ We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.”

Proverbs 16:9

        2.  Who’s it ^?

³⁹ “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! ⁴⁰ Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.”

John 5:39-40

• God helps those who help .
• lead to God.
• Follow your .
• You deserve to be .
• Feel free to act on your .

² Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

Romans 12:2

¹² For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.”

Hebrews 4:12

        4.  Who can it?

• God to speak to you.
• God to speak to you.
• until God speaks to you.

Want to hear God speak? Read your Bible. Want to hear God speak audibly? Read your Bible out loud!

³² They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:32