HOW TO IDENTIFY THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT

B.     How To Identify  the Voice of the Spirit.  (continue from Training the Spiritual Ears)

1.      Ascend into the manifested presence of God to hear in the spirit. Worship causes to draw the presence of God into our lives. That will allow us to hear from God and interpret His Voice.

2.      Set your mind on the spirit by meditation of the word. The Word will speak to us. It is sharper than the two edge sword piercing the marrows and bones into your spirit.

3.      Observe the characteristics of the state of your mind.

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -think about such things.” – Philippians 4:8

4.      OBEY the voice of the Holy Spirit.

“We ought to obey God rather than men” - Acts 5:29

5.      SPEAK from the Spirit as you minister.

I  Cor. 2:10, 13 - (NIV) ¹⁰ these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. ¹¹ For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹² What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. ¹³ This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.

C.      How To Identify the  voice of  the  flesh.

1.      When the flesh is speaking the Holy Spirit is not heard. They are against each other.

2.      The flesh is manifesting actively in you when condition is like Galatians 5: 19 –21 and 

Colossians 3: 5 – 8.  (NIV)

5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[a] 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

3.      You  can  stop  the thoughts and feelings immediately at the power of  your  will  and turn towards the  spirit. (Romans 8:5)

^“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.” 

4.      Flesh carries the nature of sin.

“For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.”   NIV.

New Living Translation

The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

5.      When flesh is speaking there is an open door to the influence of darkness. The bible says the flesh is an enmity to God.  They always oppose God and His ways. The flesh kills but the Spirit gives life.

Discernment of Thoughts and Intentions in the Spirit

Hebrews 4:12  - For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 

Hebrews 5:14  - But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good  from evil.