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200 God speaks to us directly Part 2
Talk 16 God speaks to us directly Part 2 Dreams and visions I guess most Christians know that the Bible contains many references to God speaking to people through a dream or vision. The book of Genesis alone contains some 40 references to the word dream, and at least seven…
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199 God speaks to us directly Part 1
Talk 15 God speaks to us directly (Part 1) The Bible is full of examples of God speaking very directly, often without any human involvement. Some of the ways he speaks like this include: an audible voice angels dreams and visions supernatural signs promptings. We’ll look at each of these in turn, starting…
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198 God speaks through Prophets and prophecy Part 2
How God speaks to us Talk 14 Prophets and Prophecy (Part 2) The ministry of a prophet From what we’ve said so far, it should be clear that although all Christians are to ‘prophesy’ in the general sense of speaking on God’s behalf, not all will exercise the gift of prophecy. And not…
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197 God speaks through Prophets and prophecy Part 1
How God speaks to us Talk 13 Prophets and Prophecy (Part 1) We saw last time that God speaks to us through pastors and preachers, but, as we shall see today, he also speaks to us through prophets and the gift of prophecy. We’ll begin by explaining what prophecy is. In the English language the…
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196 God speaks to us through pastors and preachers
How God speaks to us Talk 12 Preachers and Pastors In recent talks we’ve been considering how God speaks to us through our parents and through other Christians. We now turn our attention to how God speaks to us through the preaching of his word by those he has…
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195 God speaks to us through other Christians
Talk 11 God speaks through other Christians Welcome back after a short break. Let’s remind you what we’ve been saying so far. We’ve seen that: God speaks to all humanity through his creation He spoke to Israel by the prophets He has finally spoken by his Son He speaks today through the Bible He speaks…
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194 God speaks to us through our parents
How God speaks to us Talk 10 God speaks to us through our Parents So far, all that we have said has centred very much around the Bible. We have said that God speaks to us through the person of Jesus, but what we know about Jesus we derive from the Bible. We have…
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193 Different ways God speaks through the Bible – Part 3
Talk 9. How God speaks to us through the Bible (Part 3) He directs us by bringing key verses to our attention So far we have identified three ways in which God speaks to us through the Bible. He shows us what to believe and how to behave. Through the lives of God’s people in…
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192 Different ways God speaks through the Bible – Part 2
Talk 8 Different ways God speaks to us through the Bible – Part Two Last time we saw that God speaks to us through the Bible by teaching us: What to believe and how to behave What to expect by giving us examples from the lives of God’s people Today we will see that: He…
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191 Different ways God speaks through the Bible – Part 1
Talk 7 Different ways God speaks through the Bible (Part 1) In recent talks we have been considering the fact that God speaks to us through the Bible. We have seen why we should believe that God speaks to us through the Bible and how we can understand the Bible correctly. We now turn to…