Do I Need to ‘Hear from God’ Before I Make a Decision?

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🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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We all want to know we are making the right decisions. To decide wisely, do we need to hear from God beyond what he has already written?

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0:00.0	Well, do we need to hear from God before we make a decision?
0:08.5	And what if we have a friend who claims to have heard God's voice on something, but we
0:12.3	think they're mistaken in that decision?
0:14.7	How do we question that decision without undermining their faith?
0:19.0	This is a really sharp question from a listener named Matt.
0:22.0	Pastor John, thank you for your ministry and all that you do for the glory of God through
0:24.6	the world.
0:25.6	I have a question about addressing issues with people who have prayed about a certain decision
0:29.5	and feel that God spoke to them.
0:31.6	Is there a way to lovingly push back when it seems like what they apparently heard from
0:35.3	God seems like a poor choice?
0:37.8	How do you critique their choice without shaking their faith and making them doubt their
0:41.8	ability to ever hear from God?
0:44.6	Well, I would attempt five steps with them, perhaps.
0:49.3	And this may be over time, rather than in the moment.
0:53.4	These are things you need to establish with a person in order to help them see rightly
0:59.3	about this.
1:00.3	So the first thing I want to establish is that scripture trumps spiritual gifts.
1:08.6	And the principle is found in 1 Corinthians 14, 37, 38, where Paul says this, if anyone
1:15.2	thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am
1:22.5	writing to you are a command of the Lord.
1:27.1	If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
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