I Johannesevangeliet 10, sa Jesus, att han är den gode herden och att hans får som tillhör hans hjord lyssnar till hans röst. Jesus knows His sheep and the sheep know Him and believe Him and therefore they do what He says. But Jesus not only spoke about His voice, but also about the voice of a stranger that His sheep wouldn’t follow. However there are many people today, who call themselves Christians and call Jesus their Lord, but don’t listen to the voice of Jesus. They don’t do what the Bible says, men gå sin egen väg. They listen to the voice of strangers, who don’t preach the words of Jesus but their own words and preach a false gospel. This false gospel promotes the works of darkness and makes the people prideful and rebellious towards God and cause them to walk in disobedience to His Word in the bondage of sin. Vilken röst lyssnar du på?
If you belong to God you listen to Him
The children of Israel lived in Egypt for 430 år. The generation that was delivered from the power of Pharaoh by the hand of God were raised in Egypt. They considered the Egyptian culture and idolatry normal. dock, the Egyptian culture and idolatry were not normal to God and was not according to His will.
God made this known to the people of Israel in the wilderness after God redeemed His people by His power from the power of Pharaoh.
Through signs and wonders, God revealed His greatness and omnipotent power, and highest authority. Then God made His nature and His will known by His words and commandments, som han gav till Mose.
The people had to renew their old way of thinking with the words and the commandments of God, so that their way of thinking would line up with the will of God and they would walk according to His will in His ways.
As long as the people of Israël obeyed the words and commandments of God and lived according to His will, the people of God distinguished themselves from pagan nations and were a witness of God on earth. (Åh. Jesaja 43:10-12; 44:8).
God’s people distinguished themselves from pagan nations
Through the circumcision in the flesh on the eighth day and by keeping the law of Moses, which belonged to the circumcision and the covenant and revealed God and His will, God’s people distinguished themselves from pagan nations both in the flesh as in the natural realm through their walk (Läs också: Vad betyder omskärelsen i Jesus Kristus?).
As long as God’s people obeyed the law and kept God’s commandments, they didn’t walk as the Gentiles in idolatry, trolldom, otukt, otrohet, (sexuell) orenhet, lögner, svek, girighet, etc. God’s people walked holy (separated from the world and devoted to God) i lydnad mot Gud efter hans vilja.
By listening to the Guds röst and keeping the law, which means obeying the words of God, the people showed, that they feared and loved their God above all, above themselves and the will, lustar, och köttets begär.
But even in the Old Covenant, it happened regularly that God’s people compromised and adopted the religion, Ritualer, vanor, and customs of the pagan nations and committed idolatry, otrohet, och (sexuell) orenhet.
They didn’t stay faithful to the voice of God but left the voice and the words of God.
The children of Israel stopped following the voice of God
Många gånger, Israel stopped following the voice of God and followed the voice of people, the voice of strangers; the voice of false prophets, falska herdar, och falska lärare, and expected it from them instead of God. Because of their apostasy, God’s people ended up in bondage, slaveri, and miserable circumstances.
The majority of God’s people didn’t consider the commandments of God as good and a blessing for their lives. Istället, they considered the commandments of God as evil och en tung börda. This was mainly because they were unspiritual and didn’t want to do the will of God. They wanted to do the will and desire of the flesh in which the sinful nature reigns.
Jesus belonged to God and listened to the voice of God
Jesus didn’t annul the commandments of God that represent the nature and will of God. He established the law by walking in obedience to God’s commandments in His will.
Jesus belonged to God and listened to the voice of God and did nothing outside the will of God.
Jesus was not led by His flesh. He wasn’t influenced by His surroundings, nor by what the people, inklusive (religiös) folkets ledare, nämnda. But Jesus stayed obedient and faithful to the voice of His Father. He walked according to His will in His commandments and fulfilled the law.
Jesus var Guds återspegling. Guds ord var den högsta auktoriteten i hans liv (Åh. hebréer 1:3; 5:8).
Through His total submission to God and obedience to His words, Jesus, Guds Son, separated Himself from the world (världssystemet) and distinguished Himself from the sons of the devil (Både män och kvinnor).
Through His obedience to God’s voice and keeping His commandments, Jesus showed that He feared and loved God. Jesus showed that He belonged to Him and nobody else.
Och precis som Jesus, who showed through His walk that He belonged to God and was His Son, alla, who is born of God and belongs to Jesus Christ, shall fear and love Him and listen to His voice and keep His commandments and be His witness.
The people who belong to Jesus listen to His voice
sa Jesus, His sheep hear His voice and follow Him. This means that they listen to Jesus and do what Jesus told them to do. Jesus sa också, His sheep shall not hear the voice of a stranger and follow the stranger but flee from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.
I sanning, i sanning, säger jag er, Den som inte går in i fårhuset genom dörren, men klättrar upp på annat sätt, detsamma är en tjuv och en rövare. Men den som går in genom dörren är fårens herde. För honom öppnar portvakten; och fåren hör hans röst: och han kallade sina egna får vid namn, och leder dem ut. Och när han fäller ut sina egna får, han går före dem, och fåren följer honom: ty de känner hans röst. Och en främling kommer de inte att följa, men kommer att fly från honom: ty de känner inte främlingars röst (John 10:1-5)
Then came the Jews round about Him, och sade till honom, Hur länge får du oss att tvivla? If Thou be the Christ, berätta tydligt. Jesus svarade dem, Jag sa till dig, och ni trodde inte: de gärningar som jag gör i min Faders namn, de vittnar om mig. Men ni tror inte, because ye are not of My sheep, som jag sa till dig. Mina får hör min röst, och jag känner dem, och de följer Mig: Och jag ger dem evigt liv; och de skola aldrig förgås, och ingen skall rycka dem ur min hand. Min far, som gav dem Mig, är större än alla; och ingen kan rycka dem ur min Faders hand. Jag och min far är ett (John 10:24-30)
Many Christians don’t know the voice of Jesus
Today there are many people, som kallar sig kristna, but don’t know the voice of Jesus Christ. They don’t listen to the voice of Jesus and don’t do what the Bible says. Istället, they listen to the voice of strangers.
They listen to the devil and people, who speak from their carnal mind, and follow them and obey their words.
Många kristna läser och studerar inte Bibeln själva. Therefore they don’t know the words and the will of God and have no knowledge of good and evil.
Instead of spending time with God and knowing His voice and listening to Him and feeding themselves with the words of God, Christians listen to the world and all kinds of preachers. They feed themselves with their words and consider their words as the truth.
They don’t look at their lives and the fruit they bear. Nor do they compare their words with the words in the Bible. But they blindly trust their words and follow them. All because they don’t know the truth of God themselves.
Since they don’t study the Bible, but rely on the words of preachers, who are many times carnal and worldlike and preach their own truth, they become lukewarm and apostate to God and His Word. They don’t live according to God’s will but live outside His will. På grund av det, the ‘sons of God’ (Både män och kvinnor) don’t distinguish themselves from the sons of the devil.
Are Christians a reflection of Jesus?
Christians are supposed to be a reflection of Jesus (the true Jesus Christ and not the new age Jesus) and walk in obedience to His words and distinguish themselves from the world.
But instead of Jesus Christ being the Lord of their lives and hearing His voice and obeying His commandments, they are the lord of their lives and live after the will, lustar, och deras kötts begär. They speak words and do things, which are an abomination to God and go against His will.
Many times they bring fellow Christians down with them and defile the church through their sinful behavior and consider the blood of Jesus as unclean.
God’s people distinguished themselves from the pagan nations by keeping the law. Jesus Christ distinguished Himself from the carnal man, den gamla skapelsen, vid keeping the commandments of God and fulfilling the law, och kristna, som har blivit en ny skapelse i Kristus, distinguish themselves from the old creation, who belong to the world and walk in darkness, by walking by faith after the law of Spirit of life.
dock, due to the fact that many Christians listen to the voice of the world and the voice of preachers, who are carnally minded and belong to the world, and consider the voice of the world as the highest authority in their lives, they live like the world and therefore there is hardly any difference between believers and unbelievers.
Det finns många kristna, who are sincere and want to walk right, but because of carnal preachers and carnal fellow Christians, they are misled by their lies and keep doing the works of the flesh and persevere in sin and keep living after the will of the devil in the bondage of death.
Vad säger Bibeln?
In all three dispensations in the Bible, the will of God has always remained the same. Not God, but the people changed. The people changed and twisted the words of God and came up with new things and preached their own message.
Självklart, we should distinguish the Old Covenant, which was sealed with the blood of animals and was meant for the carnal old man, och det nya förbundet, vilket är sealed with the blood of Jesus and is meant for the spiritual new man. dock, the will of God did not change with the New Covenant and shall never change!
Köttets verk (dvs. liggande, avgudadyrkan, (sexuell) orenhet (otukt, prostitution, tittar på porr, onani, non-marital sexual relationships, having sex with plural people or people of their own gender or children or animals, etc.) otrohet, ilska, stöld, drunkenness and so on, are works of the old man and should be put off.
These works of the flesh don’t belong in the lives of the sons of God.
And nobody can ever say, that this is impossible. Because the Bible says that by the power of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, the new man is able to put off the works of the flesh.
I själva verket, the Word commands to put off the works of the flesh and to Skjut av dig den gamle mannen och till Ta på dig den nya människan, som är skapad till Guds avbild. (Åh. Efesierbrevet 4:20-32, Kolosserna 3:1-14).
The fear and love for God and the will of man
But it all depends upon the fear and love for God and the will of man. Does the person fear and love God with all his heart, själ, sinne, and strength and submitted his will to the will of God?
Is the person willing to lay down the works of the flesh or does the person loves the works of the flesh more than God and wants to keep doing the works of the flesh to please himself and fulfill the desires of the flesh? Om det senare är fallet, people shall search for preachers and fellow Christians, who are carnal just like them, and say what they want to hear and affirm and approve their works of the flesh.
The fruits of people’s lives prove to whom they belong and what voice they listen to
Folk, who are born of God and really belong to Him shall listen to His voice. Even when God’s voice doesn’t correspond with their will or feelings.
Jesus speaks the words of His Father and the Holy Spirit speaks the words of Jesus. Therefore the Holy Spirit always speaks according to what the Word says.
The Word is the reflection of God and His nature and reveals His will.
Därför, if people say, till exempel, that a little white lie, marrying an unbeliever, bor tillsammans ogifta, otukt, nonmarital sexual relationships, (sexuell) orenhet, otrohet (äktenskapsskillnad), abort, dödshjälp, avgudadyrkan, and witchcraft aren’t bad, and that engaging in Eastern religions, and philosophies and practices, like yoga, meditation, mindfulness, reiki, akupunktur, kampsport, etc. isn’t evil and harmful and is allowed for Christians, then they put themselves above God and speak lies because their words contradict the words and the will of God (Läs också: Kan du skilja det andliga från österländska filosofier och praktiker?? och Kan du fortsätta att synda under nåden?).
Their words prove they are unspiritual and don’t discern the spirits and don’t know the will of God and don’t live according to the Word and the Spirit. Därför, you should reject their words and run away from them, instead of believing and obeying their words and following them.
Christians should live within the framework of the Bible. God’s Word must be the highest authority in the lives of Christians. Så att, Kristna’ lives align with the Word.
This only happens if the fear of God and Jesus Christ returns in the lives of Christians and they put God and His Word above the people and the world.
Vilken röst lyssnar du på?
If you’re born of God and belong to Jesus Christ and are part of His flock, you’ll hear His voice and follow Him. You shall do what Jesus said and keep His commandments, whereby you shall distinguish yourself from the world and show that you are a son of God instead of a son of the devil.
’Var jordens salt’
