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NASB | Numbers 22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Numbers 22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?" |
Bible Question: i'm looking for scriptures on how the lord can use someone like me to reveal a word from god to someone in leadership,,would the lord reveal to me a word to be given to my pastor or someone in leadership,,and what if they try to tell me "why would the lord use you to reveal anything to me a leader"i need an answer real soon please |
Bible Answer: Babydoll: Of course all Scripture attests to the absolute sovereignty of God. Therefore, God can do what He pleases. Thus to your question of how can God use someone like you, the answer always must be, "Because He IS God!" ..... But that does not prove that God IS using you to reveal anything to your pastor or leaders of the church. We have ample proof that God uses his word, the Bible, to reveal Himself and His will to man. The Bible is God's written revelation to man, the plenary Word of God (1 Cor. 2:7-14; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20,21). The Scriptures testify of Christ and His gospel, and it is through this revelatory testimony of the Lord Jesus that God speaks to us by His Son in these last days (Hebrews 1:1,2). ...... You don't say what the word is which you imply that the Lord has revealed to you to be communicated to your pastor. But that really isn't the chief issue. The only real issue is, DID God reveal anything to you? Obviously you have some doubts and misgivings about this matter or you wouldn't be asking for answers on this Forum. I'm quite sure that if I approached my pastor with the news that God had revealed to me a word to be delivered to him, he would, among other things, invite me to read 1 John 4:1. And rightly he should. On the other hand, if I had what I felt were legitimate councerns, and could back them up with sound scriptural doctrine, that my pastor was not preaching the word of God or was otherwise being derelict in his sheparding of his flock, and stating them as being MY concerns and not as something I had received by private revelation from God, I'm quite sure that my pastor would readily lend me his ears. ...... Revelation that God makes through His word is altogether true and absolutely trustworthy. What is "revealed" through man's feelings, hunches, dreams, and sensational "experiences" is not. ...... If you have a "word" -- whether of rebuke, reproof or exhortation -- that you have gleaned from Scripture that you feel your pastor should consider, then by all means schedule some time with him and present your case with gentleness and love. But I wouldn't go any further than that, or make any claims beyond that, unless I could prove them beyond any shadow of doubt. --Hank |