How Does God Speak To Us?

God spoke directly to the prophets — long ago, at many times and in many ways. Why does it seem he does not speak that way to us now? The question matters, because the answer changes how we listen: where we go to hear God, and what we are listening for.

How Does God Speak To Us?

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. (Hebrews 1:1-2 ESV)

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. (John 5:39-40 ESV)

who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:6 ESV)

These scriptures are worthy of prayer and meditation.

More on How God Communicates With Us

To gain even greater clarity on how God speaks to us, you may wish to include these scriptures in your study:

John 10:27, Hebrews 3:15, Job 33:14, Romans 2:29, Galatians 5:25, 2 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Peter 1:3.

Do You Wish to Hear God?

If you knew the giftAmong the most loaded terms in Christian vocabulary — claimed so thoroughly by one side of the Law vs Grace debate that using it tends to import the entire framework rather than the underlying reality. The Greek charis — favor, gift freely given — is worth examining directly rather than through the accumulated weight of the English word. Synonyms: charis, favor, gift. See Nowhere on That Spectrum More of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living waterIn Scripture's plain sense, living water is moving water — a spring or flowing stream, as opposed to the still water of a cistern. Jesus offers it as a gift to whoever asks (John 4:10) and speaks of it flowing out from within the one who comes to him (John 7:38) — which John identifies as the Spirit (John 7:39). Synonyms: mayim chayyim, running water, flowing water, spring water. See How Does God Speak To Us? More. (John 4:10 ESV)

See also John 7:38, John 14:26, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:22-23, 1 Corinthians 2:12.

And also: How Did The Apostles Understand Psalm 119:105?