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God spoke
directly to a few people during the Patriarchal period recorded in the book
of Genesis. He spoke to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2,3). He
also talked with Noah about the flood (Genesis 6-9). God spoke to Abraham a
number of times (Genesis 12-22). God appeared to Moses in Exodus 3 and spoke
to him many times, revealing what is contained in the first five books of
the Bible.
God spoke the
ten commandments directly to all of the Israelites (Exodus 20). That scared
them so they asked Moses to speak to God, and tell them what He said. From
that time on God spoke to people through prophets (Hebrews 1:1). Those
prophets were guided in what they said and wrote by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter
1: 19-21). David is a good example of this in 2 Samuel 23:2.
Jesus said
that what He taught was what the Father had given Him (John 12:49). Jesus
gave God’s word to His apostles (John 17:8). Then He gave the apostles the
Holy Spirit to bring to their remembrance exactly what Christ said (John 14:
26). In fact Jesus told the apostles that the Holy Spirit would guide them
into all the truth (John 16:13). We know by that the New Testament contains
all of the truth God has for man. Jude says it was delivered once for all to
the saints (Jude 3). God has said to us in the New Testament all He wants us
to know about Him and His will for us. God also charges us to remember His
word (Jude 17). More in our next web page…
Harvey
Childress, servant of Jesus Christ |
