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.

None are so deaf as those who refuse to hear. These people removed themselves far from God.

Do you want to hear God?

If you do want to hear God, what is your purpose?

V20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Sin stands in our way. God will prove to us what we are and we will only hear Him if we are willing to forsake sin. God speaks to us to draw us lovingly closer to Him and that can only happen thru obedience of faith.

Romans 16:25-26 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

You cannot please God without faith, you cannot obey God without faith, you cannot hear God without faith.

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

Galatians 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Can you see thru these passages that faith has all the attributes of a language? Do you want to hear faith? Faith speaks all languages and dialects.

Hebrews 1:1-3 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; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: (King James Version)

First I would like to admit that I write in the King James Version because it is free of copywrite restrictions and I can use as much of it as I choose without fear of violating copywrite laws. That being said, I also read the KJV for a personal reason. It is an archaic language which was archaic to the public at the time of its release in 1611. This archaic language causes me to seek. I am a seeker, that suits me. It does not suit all people. Some prefer a plain reading.

Were the original documents in English? Of course not, so all translations are the difficult and painstaking work of learned scholars to render a usable version of the bible for common use. Which version in which language is irrelevant to me as this pertains to us, Christian believers. We want to grow closer to God and grow up in Christ, to whatever fullness we are capable of attaining in the time we have left.

Looking at the opening verses of Hebrews it is clear that God does communicate directly with man. God spoke to us thru the prophets. Prophets were men. Now in these times God has chosen to speak to us thru His Son, Jesus Christ. Here once again God is speaking to us. How isn’t clear in these verses but since God is choosing to speak to all of us, language, dialect, and translation cannot and will not hinder our God in His will and purpose.

Tomorrow I will address God speak.