The Voice of God If there is a

The Voice of God If there is a God, why has He not made Himself more clearly known?

The Voice of God, Heard… • Through His Creation Psalm 19: 1 -4; Romans 1: 19 -20

Psalm 19: 1 -4 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. 2 Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world…

Romans 1: 19 -20 Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.

The Voice of God, Heard… • Through His Creation Psalm 19: 1 -4; Romans 1: 19 -20 • Through His Word Romans 10: 17; Acts 10: 39 -42

Romans 10: 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The purpose of the Word is to produce Faith (trust, conviction)

Acts 10: 39 -42 And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree. 40 Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, 41 not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. 42 And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

The Voice of God, Heard… • Through His Creation Psalm 19: 1 -4; Romans 1: 19 -20 • Through His Word Romans 10: 17; Acts 10: 39 -42 • Through His Son Hebrews 1: 1 -2; John 1: 14 -18

Hebrews 1: 1 -2 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds.

John 1: 14 -18 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, ‘This was He of whom I said, “He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me. ”’ 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

The Voice of God, Heard… • Through His Creation Psalm 19: 1 -4; Romans 1: 19 -20 • Through His Word Romans 10: 17; Acts 10: 39 -42 • Through His Son Hebrews 1: 1 -2; John 1: 14 -18 • Through His People 1 Peter 2: 9 -10; Romans 12: 1 -2

1 Peter 2: 9 -10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Romans 12: 1 -2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Conclusion Can the world hear the voice of God through you?