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If We Don’t Need to Learn to Hear God’s Voice, How Do You Explain These Verses?

Sep 11, 2025
The discussion challenges the belief that hearing God’s voice is straightforward and requires no learning. Listeners delve into the significance of spiritual gifts, especially prophecy, and why they demand clarity and discernment. The podcast examines revelatory versus non-revelatory gifts and their roles within the church. It also explores the complexities of divine communication, questioning why some may not perceive God's voice despite its supposed accessibility, using the story of Job as a lens for deeper theological insight.
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Clarity Of Divine Speech

  • Greg Koukl argues you cannot learn to hear God because if God speaks, His communication will be clear and cannot fail.
  • He distinguishes hearing God's voice from interpreting Scripture, which requires skill and study.
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Lesson Of The Bugle

  • Paul’s lesson of the bugle shows revelation must be clear to be actionable and followed.
  • Greg says 1 Corinthians 14 supports that God's revelatory speech is not indistinct requiring human deciphering.
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Gifts For The Body

  • Paul urges the local body to desire gifts so the church functions with diverse parts, not that every individual should prophesy.
  • Greg emphasizes prophecy is a revelatory gift distributed by the Spirit, not a skill to be learned by everyone.
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