God’s Work and Voice in Me, Part 7E: God’s Voice in the New Testament
The voice of God as found being spoken to various people in the New Testament, both publicly and privately.
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God Speaks to Us
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” God says he will speak to his sheep individually, call each by name, and lead us, and he does. Stephen and Saul of Tarsus are an example of this.
Paul’s Mourning over those who have Not Repented, 2 Corinthians 12:21
When Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians, he feared he would later come to them and find that they had not repented of their underlying mixed motives and attitudes of self-centered worship and sensual focus. The result would be the same strife and disorder he had reproved in his first letter.
Godly sorrow and repentance which leads to salvation, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10
In Corinth, Godly sorrow over a letter Paul regretted writing led the members of the church to a zeal to put away their sins which is the definition of repentance. After that repentance, they were told to accept back among themselves even those who had lapsed into the “worst” sins, but had repented.
Works worthy of repentance in Acts 26:20
In his trial before King Herod Agrippa in Acts 26, Paul went out of his way to emphasize that “works worthy of repentance” flow from turning to God and not from our own determination to prove our repentance.
An ambiguous instance of “repentance” before the Ephesian elders, Acts 20:21
Paul’s farewell message to the Ephesian elders reminded them of his former preaching in their church, in which “repentance toward God” was linked with “the things concerning God’s Kingdom,” a realm in which God is obeyed.
The Ephesian believers in Acts 19 and John’s baptism to repentance
When Paul spoke to some disciples of John the Baptist in Acts 19, he pointed out to them that John’s baptism was a baptism to repentance–a changed way of life–not as an end in itself, but leading to Jesus and a life transformed by the Holy Spirit.
Burning Cultural Bridges? Repentance and Paul in Athens, Acts 17:22-31
Paul’s speech to the rulers of Athens in the Areopagus was a long exercise in deliberate irony, first building and then promptly burning cultural bridges. Paul did this to show them the folly of their deliberate ignorance of the true God.
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Paul’s sermon at Pisidian Antioch places repentance in John the Baptist’s message, Acts 13:24
Paul’s use of the word “repentance” in Antioch in Pisidia did not directly connect it with obedience. However, his references to the preaching of John the Baptist and to the contrast between Kings Saul and David implied this connection.
Recognized Leaders May Lapse into Incorrect Positions and Divisiveness
“Heresy” cannot be determined by calling anything that goes in a different direction that specific leaders a heresy, because leaders are sometimes wrong. Peter is an example, though he repented when rebuked for his divisiveness in Antioch.