It is GOD Who SPEAKS

 

John 1:1

King James Version

1 In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

When GOD speaks, we listen.

He spoke through JESUS, SPIRIT, and the prophets.

They all relied on His EVERY WORD.

Scripture reveals it.

GOD spoke through JESUS:

John 14:10

King James Version

10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, 

and the Father in me? 

the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: 

but the Father that dwelleth in me, 

he doeth the works.

John 12:49-50

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49 For I have not spoken of myself; 

but the Father which sent me, 

he gave me a commandment, 

what I should say, 

and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment 

is life everlasting: 

whatsoever I speak therefore, 

even as the Father said unto me, 

so I speak.

John 14:24

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24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: 

and the word which ye hear is not mine, 

but the Father's which sent me.

John 15:14-15

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14 Ye are my friends, 

if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; 

for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: 

but I have called you friends; 

for all things that I have heard of my Father 

I have made known unto you.

John 17:8

King James Version

8 For I have given unto them the words 

which thou gavest me; 

and they have received them, 

and have known surely that I came out from thee, 

and they have believed that thou didst send me.

GOD speaks through His HOLY SPIRIT:

John 16:13

King James Version

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 

he will guide you into all truth: 

for he shall not speak of himself; 

but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 

and he will shew you things to come.

GOD spoke through the PROPHETS:

Genesis 6:22

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22 Thus did Noah; 

according to all that God commanded him, 

so did he.

Genesis 12:4

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4 So Abram departed, 

as the Lord had spoken unto him; 

and Lot went with him: 

and Abram was seventy and five years old 

when he departed out of Haran.

Exodus 3:14-15

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14 And God said unto Moses, 

I Am That I Am: 

and he said, 

Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 

I Am hath sent me unto you.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, 

Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 

the Lord God of your fathers, 

the God of Abraham, 

the God of Isaac, 

and the God of Jacob, 

hath sent me unto you: 

this is my name for ever, 

and this is my memorial 

unto all generations.

Isaiah 1:2

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2 Hear, O heavens, 

and give ear, O earth: 

for the Lord hath spoken, 

I have nourished and brought up children, 

and they have rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, 

of the priests that were in Anathoth 

in the land of Benjamin:

2 To whom the word of the Lord came 

in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, 

in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Ezekiel 1:3

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3 The word of the Lord came expressly 

unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, 

in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; 

and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

Daniel 1:17

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17 As for these four children, 

God gave them knowledge and skill 

in all learning and wisdom: 

and Daniel had understanding 

in all visions and dreams.

Hosea 1:1

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1 The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, 

the son of Beeri, 

in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 

kings of Judah, 

and in the days of Jeroboam 

the son of Joash, 

king of Israel.

Joel 1:1

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1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel 

the son of Pethuel.

Amos 1:6

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6 Thus saith the Lord; 

For three transgressions of Gaza, 

and for four, 

I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 

because they carried away captive 

the whole captivity, 

to deliver them up to Edom:

Obadiah 1

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1 The vision of Obadiah. 

Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; 

We have heard a rumour from the Lord, 

and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, 

Arise ye, 

and let us rise up against her 

in battle.

Jonah 1:1-2

King James Version

1 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah 

the son of Amittai, saying,

2 Arise, 

go to Nineveh, that great city, 

and cry against it; 

for their wickedness is come up before me.

Micah 1:1

King James Version

1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah 

the Morasthite in the days 

of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 

kings of Judah, 

which he saw concerning 

Samaria and Jerusalem.

Nahum 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The burden of Nineveh. 

The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; 

the Lord revengeth, and is furious; 

the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, 

and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Habakkuk 1:1-3

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1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, 

and thou wilt not hear! 

even cry out unto thee of violence, 

and thou wilt not save!

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, 

and cause me to behold grievance? 

for spoiling and violence are before me: 

and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Zephaniah 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah 

the son of Cushi, 

the son of Gedaliah, 

the son of Amariah, 

the son of Hizkiah, 

in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, 

king of Judah.

2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, 

saith the Lord.

Haggai 1:1-2

King James Version

1 In the second year of Darius the king, 

in the sixth month, 

in the first day of the month, 

came the word of the Lord by Haggai 

the prophet unto Zerubbabel 

the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, 

and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, 

saying,

2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, 

saying, 

This people say, 

The time is not come, 

the time that the Lord's house 

should be built.

Zechariah 1:1-2

King James Version

1 In the eighth month, 

in the second year of Darius, 

came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, 

the son of Berechiah, 

the son of Iddo the prophet, 

saying,

2 The Lord hath been sore displeased 

with your fathers.

Malachi 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The burden of the word of the Lord 

to Israel by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, saith the Lord. 

Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? 

Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: 

yet I loved Jacob,

When GOD speaks, He has a matter to address.

Usually, to save.

To correct.

To warn.

Thus, we can be sure GOD's WORD is important.

But how many people care to listen?

JESUS always gave GLORY to the FATHER.

He taught us to do the same.

JESUS is GOD's WORD "made flesh".

JESUS is the personification of GOD's WORD.

John 1:14

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14 And the Word was made flesh, 

and dwelt among us, 

(and we beheld his glory, 

the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) 

full of grace and truth.

Is it any wonder JESUS warned:

John 12:48

King James Version

48 He that rejecteth me, 

and receiveth not my words, 

hath one that judgeth him: 

the word that I have spoken, 

the same shall judge him in the last day.

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