Out of Heaven He Let You Hear His Voice

Wisdom and understanding in the sight of people is God’s statutes and judgments.

Listen to what God has to say… “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. Therefore be careful to observe them; for THIS IS YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLES WHO WILL HEAR ALL THESE STATUTES, and say, ‘SURELY THIS GREAT NATION IS A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE.’” [1]

God’s Word came to us from heaven… from our Creator. It is wisdom and understanding from God Himself. Those who live by it, are living by God’s standard.

“What great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? What great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? …Teach them to your children and your grandchildren… that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.” [2]

The Lord God does things with people that no one else can do.

“…Since the day that God created man on the earth. Ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. DID ANY PEOPLE EVER HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD SPEAKING OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE, as you have heard, and live? Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? To you it was shown that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him. OUT OF HEAVEN HE LET YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, THAT HE MIGHT INSTRUCT YOU…” [3]

God spoke His Word to Israel out of fire. He spoke to them from heaven.

God speaks His Word to His Church out of the fire of the Holy Spirit today. Currently, God is calling people out of every nation, tribe and tongue to be His special people via His Word the Bible and the Holy Spirit.

Faith in Christ opens God’s Kingdom to us.

The Lord said to Moses in regards to entering the Promised Land, “Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.” [4]

Joshua led Israel to inherit the earthly Promised Land. Jesus is leading us His followers into the heavenly Promised Land.

We have a better inheritance in Jesus Christ than Israel had with Joshua. We have a better inheritance than those outside the faith. The following Bible passages speak about inheriting the Kingdom of God.

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” [5]

Normally, a child has 100% confidence in its parent to provide for it. This is the kind of faith we have in Christ.

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. And those who heard it said, ‘Who then can be saved?’ But He said, ‘The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.’” [6]

The main point is that with God all things are possible. We look to God to get us in. Its our personal relationship with God that seals the deal.

[The Holy Spirit] “is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” [7]

The Holy Spirit’s presence in us is God’s down payment on our lives. The Spirit leads us to believe and profess Christ. He helps us to enjoy God’s Word. He helps us to pray.

“Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.” [8]

What a wonder! “Out of Heaven we hear His voice.”

One day, we shall see His face: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” [9]

[1] Deuteronomy 4:5-6
[2] Deuteronomy 4:7-10
[3] Deuteronomy 4:32-36
[4] Deuteronomy 1:38 (See also Deuteronomy 3:28)
[5] Luke 18:16-17
[6] Luke 18:25-27
[7] Ephesians 1:14
[8] Colossians 3:24
[9] Job 19:25-27