CHAPTER 1
Can We Hear God’s Voice Today?
CHAPTER 2
The Implanted Word
CHAPTER 3
Abram’s Righteousness
CHAPTER 4
The Map
CHAPTER 5
Truth In The Inward Parts
CHAPTER 6
Eternal Repercussions
CHAPTER 7
Intuition Defined (Method)
CHAPTER 8
Once For All Act
CHAPTER 9
The Just Can Hear His Voice
CHAPTER 10
Timing Is Of the Essence
CHAPTER 11
Priming the Pump
CHAPTER 12
Beyond the Written Page
CHAPTER 13
Servants of Righteousness
CHAPTER 14 Throwing
it All Out
CHAPTER 15
Dogs and Swine
CHAPTER 16
Know Yourself
CHAPTER 17
The Condition of Communications
CHAPTER 18
New Words and Biblical Texts
CHAPTER 19
Defining Moments
CHAPTER 20
Knowing and Intuition
CHAPTER 21
Honesty of Experience
CHAPTER 22 Prime Directive of My Life
CHAPTER
23 The Written Side of Life
CHAPTER 24
Things that ARE
CHAPTER 25
I Know It All
CHAPTER 26
The Unknown Unfolding
CHAPTER 26
The Thin Line of Direction
CHAPTER 28
Know and Don’t Tell
CHAPTER 29
Breath Prayer
CHAPTER 30 Filling Up That Which Is Lacking
CHAPTER 31
Strange Matters
CHAPTER 32
Hope Unseen
CHAPTER 33
Faith in the frame
CHAPTER 34
Plagiarizing the Word of Intuition
CHAPTER 35 What about John
CHAPTER 36
Letters of Defense
INTRODUCTION
At the request of many of those I have shared
spiritual insights to over the years, I decided to put this book together that
deals with our learning to hear God’s voice and how to overcome our fears of
doing this. I decided to call it, “The
Devil’s Scarecrow,” which came to me by way of a quote I heard years ago which
went as follows:
“Don’t
let the devil’s scarecrow keep you out of God’s corn field.”
I have observed in the course of sharing this
truth that there are those who dislike anyone who lays claim to hearing God’s
voice. I understand this, and know why
this is felt having experienced it myself.
We have heard of those who have claimed to hear God’s voice and have
lead many astray, to the point we no longer desire to hear from God. If this isn’t, in itself, a trick of the
devil to cut us off from God nothing else is.
If it is possible, this matter of hearing God’s voice, and a needed
thing in our growth, evil has accomplished what it wanted in using good, sometimes
well meaning individuals, to keep us from ever hearing what it is that God,
through the Holy Spirit, desired for us to know daily, Living Words; living
words that only can give what has been called the dead letter, life.
Usually the error in
this matter of hearing God speak to us comes via what is called prophecy,
especially in areas of end time predictions etc. This area is one of the main reason people
have been turned off. So, I will not at
this point address this abuse but will focus on “personal direction” from our
hearing His voice. I have come to
experience that this is where we each have to begin. Beginning in this manner will keep you from
falling into the many errors we all have seen and experienced with what I have
said of following individuals that are being lead astray. This matter of hearing from God is a
personal encounter with the living God which is confirmed as one needs
confirmation unprompted of human efforts.
Later, in the unfolding chapters of this book,
I will share, via some experiences I have had with hearing God’s personal
direction in my life, in hope that it will clarify what I mean by “hearing from
God.” For now, let me continued with some examples we all know from Scriptures.
Let me now show you how
those who were able to hear from God, did at times make mistakes or were
uncertain of what they had heard and questioned it, desiring confirmation. I’ll start with the book of Acts 16:6. Here we see Paul the Apostle being forbidden
to preach at that time in Asia. In Acts
16:7 Paul continues on as if not knowing where the Spirit desired him to
preach. He goes to Mysia then wanted to
go to Bithynia… still finding the Spirit forbidden him to do so. He ends up in Troas and a vision appears to
him. In Acts 16:9 it says that in his
vision he sees a man from Macedonia saying “Come over to Macedonia.” He ends up in the chief city of Macedonia
meeting Lydia, “whose heart God had opened.”
She and her house hold receive the Lord through Paul’s words, words the
Lord had given to him to share.
Now notice this, the
IMMITATOR of hearing the VOICE of the Spirit, another evil spirit is there to
counteract what God desires. Something
we have all encountered and what I call the devil’s scarecrow in God’s corn
field. This spirit attempts to mimic the
Holy Spirit…hear it…Acts 16:17 “the same followed Paul and us, and cried,
saying, “these men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us
the way of salvation.”
You wonder, “What’s
wrong with what she said?” Nothing wrong
with what she said, only the channel that she received it. You hear it today, those in this so-called
New Age saying some beautiful things.
It’s not the sayings but the source and the intent behind that source;
the intent being possession requiring exorcism as Paul performed that day.
It is June 21, 2009, and I have to deal with
such a thing happening right now to a dear couple whose son has gotten into
what is expressed in this text in Acts.
This is still going on, individual listening to the wrong VOICE. Yet, without the assistance of the Voice of God
today, I would stand helpless in assisting them as I hope to do. I was warned of their situation weeks before
they brought it to my attention, thus the Holy Spirit prepared me, and now I to
them, to set their son free.
Notice, this woman in
the book of Acts, who was possessed of this false spirit, kept doing this for
days. Paul, being grieved, turns and
says to the spirit, “I command you in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST to come out of
her.” Well, the spirit is cast out which
didn’t make those happy who were dependent upon this woman’s spirit for gain in
the market, causing Paul and Silas problems.
That’s one situation,
now let me share another I am sure we have all heard concerning John the
Baptist doubting. John is in prison, and
he is shaken by the whole ordeal, and doubts creep into his mind. You read it in Matt. 11:3 “And said unto him (Jesus), are you He that
should come, or do we look for another?” One wonders, had could John not have
known; why would he doubt it? You don’t
need to go far to understand John’s doubts, just go and look in the mirror. We all have had these doubts. We have read the word of God and still doubt
it at times wondering if it’s really true.
I know, speaking for myself, apart from God’s confirming to me the truth
of His word as He did that day to John with the reply from Jesus to John’s
disciples, Matt. 11:4,5,6,…I would be in confusion and toss to and fro by every
wind of doctrine that has come down the pike.
I wonder how some make it in this world today without this confirming
voice; this day and its massive flood of information that can over whelm us all,
ending as Pilate so well expressed, “What is truth?”
This is my introduction
and I feel is vital to our staying in touch with God; a God who is there, and
is not silent. I understand your fears;
fears I believe true Love will cast out.
Will we make mistakes, yes, we all will make mistakes; mistakes that are
covered through what the Grace of God has established; a grace that can work
even our mistakes to His Good. The
biggest mistake is to spend a life time not hearing one on One that which God
would have said to us, simply because evil has placed a scarecrow in God’s corn
field.
FOREWORD
BEYOND
CONFUSION…Jumbled message
Things have been
intentionally jumbled so that any guessing on our part will be off; thus we would
be put into a position where if we don’t acquire the ability to hear His voice,
we will not know. By jumbled I am not
implying “confusion.” We know it is said
that Satan is the author of confusion, so this matter of jumbling is not to
confuse, but as it is written to “hide from the wise and the prudent.” What do
I mean by hide? I wouldn’t be
suggesting something unknowable, but rather it would only mean that those that
acquire and desire to hear will hear.
This is not to suggesting a secret society or elite group of
individuals; all are welcome to hear if they only desire to know.
Think of the many views
of dates and conflicts of calendars, so much so that one cannot say that the
dates we might want to set are 100% accurate.
How then can we know with some degree of certainty? Again, I see this done with deliberate
intention; not with ill intent, but to our well being. (Don’t let the left hand
know what the right hand is doing).
Think of the time period we are living in, 2010, the general consensus
is “what is truth?” Who do you trust to
give you the real scoop on matters? We
have had lies exposed, those whom we have trusted revealed to be untruthful.
Well, what about this
claim of hearing from the Lord? We have
seen and heard of those who have made such a claim and were shown to not have
heard from the Lord. Believe it or not,
this works to a good rather than an evil.
How so you might ask? We have
been warned, “Let every man be a liar, but God true.” This “all” is just that, “ALL.” This includes me and everyone reading this
book.
Now you might be even
more confused and ask, “Then who can be trusted in such a world?” The answer has already been given, NO ONE,
other than God Himself, and for this to happen you would have to acquire the
ability to hear Him. Is this
possible? If it isn’t, then you are as
it says, “In the world without God and without hope.”
We are told we aren’t
without hope, yet that hope is not in the seen but comes from that unseen. As for confirmation that we are hearing from
this unseen source, we are promised that it would be confirmed. Of course we are instructed to “test” the
spirits, from any unseen source, whether it is from God or not from Him. I John 4:1, I Thess. 5:21, Gal. 6:4 We are told we do have a “more sure word
that reveals how others before us received words from this unseen source and
that we should pay attention to these words, “as a light that shines in this
dark place, until the DAY DAWNS and the Day Star rises in our hearts; II Peter
1:19… heart implying something beyond the natural mind’s ability to know
matters. Until such a time that is
designated of the Father, we are under tutors and guides as Paul states in Gal.
4:2. Yet note this, a true tutor and
guide would lead us to the only TRUE teacher and guide that Jesus Himself
promised in John 16:13, John 23:9,10,11.
He, the Holy Spirit would teach, lead and guide us unto all truth. Heb. 3:7, Heb. 3:15, Heb. 4:7, Rev. 3:20
In our opening chapter
of this book the question, “Can we hear God’s voice today,” is addressed. I believe that we can come to hear His
voice. So, adventure with me and do not
allow the devil’s scarecrow to keep you out of God’s corn field.
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