One Voice

Voice of a Father Today’s Focus: Father/Son Model Part 2: One Voice Scripture: Matthew 3:1,3; Romans 7:22,23 Greetings Sons of God: Now in the beginning as we have said earlier in this series God spoke to Adam Spirit to spirit. So Adam heard one clear distinct voice. The reason why was because the soul of Adam would blindly follow and submit itself to the spirit. Now after the fall we know that things changed and now the soul became the dominant viewpoint to reality instead of the spirit. Mankind would now reason within themselves how they would meet their provision and protection. The voice of the soul was very dominant and the only way God would speak to His people would be through a prophet. Now Jesus came and restored the connection to all those call Him Lord. Now we have a problem and the Lord has a solution. When one is born again of the Spirit we still have a problem. The problem is a voice-recognition problem. This voice recognition problem causes many problems to believers and depending on the voice that the person yields to, the flesh manifests that decision. Romans 7:22,23: For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Let me state this for the record, the soul is not evil, but can be influenced by evil forces. Even within itself the soul can act independent of God and yields to protect itself and figure things out within itself. Now this is the problem, you have your soul wanting to do what it wants to do and you have the spirit wanting to do the Will of God. This is the war within your members. Jesus Himself had to overcome this war in the garden of Gethsemane when He said my SOUL is sorrowful, my FLESH is weak, BUT THE SPIRIT IS WILLING. How does God deal with this problem? He sends mature sons, spiritual fathers, to watch over your soul. Spiritual fathers do not father or watch over your spirit for God is the Father of your spirit. Your biological father is the father of your flesh. The role of the spiritual father is to watch over your soul and help you to silence and submit your soul so that you can hear one clear voice, the voice of the Father. Through their maturity they teach and show the character of the Father in teaching you how you can hear God through submission of the will of self and self-ambition. Let me show you this powerful picture that we read but many miss. Matthew 3:1-3: In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying repent ye: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. For this is he that is spoken of by the prophet Isaiah saying, THE VOICE OF ONE crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. Notice it says the voice of ONE! One voice, the voice of the Father was crying in the wilderness. So let’s take another step back and understand the importance of the voice of the Father and the wilderness experience in the next message. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.