SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 1:1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
OBSERVATION: Of the many special characteristics of God is that He wants to be known. He is a “self-revealer.” One of the ways He shows Himself is through His words; He is a “speaker.” The writer of Hebrews mentions that God has spoken in the past but recently (in the writer’s day) God had spoken through Jesus.
God did not stop speaking when Jesus finished His ministry here on earth, but continued to speak through the writers of the New Testament and today through the Holy Spirit.
Because God is eternal and immutable, we know that what Jesus said lined up perfectly with the Old Testament. We know that what the writers of the New Testament wrote lined up perfectly with the Old Testament and with Jesus. And we can have confidence that what the Holy Spirit speaks to us will also line up perfectly with the Old Testament, Jesus, and the New Testament.
APPLICATION: Obviously, the better I know the written Word (the Old and New Testaments), and the better I know the living Word (Jesus), the better I will recognize and understand what the Holy Spirit, who lives in me, is speaking to me today.
PRAYER: Lord, Eli in 1Samuel chapter 3 directed Samuel to pray, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” And, as Israel needed Samuel, so the United States of America, on this Independence Day, needs people who hear your word today! May SOAP readers be people who hear your voice. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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