Once you have heard them both, it is easy to recognize the
voices.
Terry
It's something Peter did not get even though he
stood beside the living and breathing Jesus.
Matthew 16, Jesus asks Peter who he is and
Peter says you're the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus commends him
and said "this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven."
A few short verses later, Jesus talks about his
coming death and resurrection. Peter said, "Never Lord! This shall never
happen to you". Jesus rebukes Peter saying, "Get behind me, Satan!"
So one incident, Peter is hearing from God.
Then he is hearing from Satan.
jt: The above happened under the law and
before the "indwelling" of the Holy Spirit. He was with them (in
Jesus) but He was not yet in them (the
disciples)
Even after receiving the Spirit in Pentecost,
Peter still goofs in his choices. In Acts, we learn that Peter sees a vision
and goes to Cornelius house and recognizes that Gentiles have been accepted
by God. Yet Paul complained about Peter avoiding Gentile believers when men
from James came down from Jerusalem and so led Jewish believers astray.
jt: The above wasn't hearing the wrong
voice so much as yeilding to a man-pleasing spirit which apparently was part
of his character at the start.
His repentance and growth in grace is apparent by what he has
written.
Oh, I could go on forever of men who confused
the voices of God and Satan. Ask anyone who has studied Martin Luther's
writings! Yup, the guy who broke us free from the Catholic church with his
sola fide and sola scriptura had major issues.
jt: Everyone has major issues - if they
are human. The answer is to have our senses exercised to discern the
difference between good and
evil. Easy to say, not so easy to do especially when Satan comes with
his
angel of light religious hat
on.
So, Terry, repent ye of this proud and false
belief ere you also be dragged away into deception. None of us here are
greater than Peter or Luther. Love,
Caroline
jt: I must have missed the "proud and
false belief" - Terry's senses have had some good instruction in the prison
system and this along with the every
day tutoring of the Holy Spirit puts him in good stead so what belief of his
are you calling "proud and false?"
Caroline. judyt
