Those of us who walk with the Spirit can feel like strangers in a world where it is the status quo to ignore God and refuse to obey Him.

Being led by God’s spiritual voice, that others can’t hear, is the most important part of the unseen battle. However, that spiritual walk with God cannot be easily proven to our non-Spirit-led friends and family. That distinction and separation can cause us to feel like foreigners in our own hometowns.

Having spent the last decade bringing proof Scriptures about our requirement to hear God, I’ve learned something strange about those who don’t seek God. They are just as bold about saying that God doesn’t speak as they are about insisting that the devil and demons do speak. Their false theology leads them to believe that those of us who hear God, must surely be hearing from the devil. Insisting that God’s voice is the devil speaking is known as blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

The devil, demons and evil spirits are real. They have a spirit voice that speaks deception. In the Scriptures, we can read that Jesus talked to and heard the devil, demons, and evil spirits. Those spirit-voice conversations, recorded in Bible texts, were likely only heard by the one providing testimony. All throughout the Bible, we can read of the heroes of the faith who singularly and independently heard God and obeyed.  We can also read about those who refused God and walked contrary to His will. 

Hell is real too. Whether someone believes that hell is real or not doesn’t change the facts. Those who ignore God and choose their own paths should not expect to have a heavenly home with God. They instead will spend eternity in the devil’s domain and surely they will hear the enemy’s voice of condemnation.

Study: Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 5:1-20; Mark 9:42-48