Hebrews 1:1-2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

In the Old Testament economy God spoke to prophets and those prophets spoke to us. Some of them left a treasure troth of words. All of it was designed to point to the life and times of Jesus Christ, by whom God talks to the masses. The fear and trembling of Exodus was calmed by seeing God in the person of His Son Jesus Christ.

God speaks to us through His Son Jesus Christ and faith is the vehicle of delivery. Those words spoken by the Son to us are delivered by the third person of God, the Holy Spirit. As I said yesterday, this is a spiritual experience, and in order to hear the spirit, our dead spirit must be brought to a newness of life. Our spirit must be quickened.

Psalm 119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Perhaps the most import truth in these verses is this issue of being quickened together with Christ. The issues of the indwelling Christ is vital to the process of faith. That faith emanates from He who is faithful because He dwells in your heart.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Jesus is the Word and He abides in your heart by faith, so faith comes by hearing Him from your heart.

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

We have established the need for relationship with God. We have established setting aside self-interest. The next step should be hearing God. What does the bible say about hearing God?

The Lord spoke to Abram. Just before this pronouncement, there was no indication of any contact, speech, events or relationship between God and man. This was many generations after the Tower of Babel and the confusion of languages. We know nothing about how Abram would have heard or recognized that it was the Lord. We do not even know if it was an audible voice. Somehow Abram heard and obeyed and for that he became to father of faith to three major religions.

Let us move forward to Moses, the burning bush, and an exchange of dialogue between God and Moses. Moses was living and working with his wife, the daughter of a Median priest. They worshipped the God of Abraham and they lived beneath the mountain of God. Moses had some idea of this God and seeing the burning bush he turned aside from his duties to investigate. In this we see an individual who is hearing God in the midst of a miracle. Something caught his attention. This is still an individual hearing God. God has chosen to speak to Moses. Why hasn’t God spoken to the masses?

Exodus 20:18-19 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

The masses were afraid to hear God. They were not ready to hear God.