Oh Come On, Who You Gonna Believe?

This bit of Scripture just amazes me.  The Man of God that the Scripture refers to is a prophet who is returning from rebuking King Jeroboam.

1 Kings 13:11-19(NKJV)

11Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. 

12And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” For his sons £had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah. 

13Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it, 

14and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”

15Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”

16And he said, “I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place. 

17For I have been told by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’”

18He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (He was lying to him.)

19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

Oh come on, who you gonna believe?!

If God has spoken to you and then someone comes along and tells you God spoke to them as well and then they contradict what God told you directly, why would you ever listen to the other person?

But how can we be sure that we are right and the other person is wrong?  Or to put it another way how do we know that God was actually speaking to us?  Those of us who have accepted Jesus as our savior know it because we have received the Holy Spirit.

What is the Holy Spirit?  Here is the way one commentator described the Holy Spirit.

"The Holy Spirit is the bridge to God within you. It is the part of your mind—the part of your Spirit—that is joined with the Mind of God. The Holy Spirit is the Voice for God and acts as a reminder to all of God's children of the unconditional love that God has for them.

Pasted from <http://thevoiceforlove.com/holy-spirit.html>

One of the purposes of the Holy Spirit is to guide us in our lives.

John 16:13(NKJV)

13However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 

The Holy Spirit is sent to guide us and Scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit will only tell us what God has told Him to tell us. 

So unless God is in the habit of playing tricks on us, you can rest assured that what God spoke directly to you is what you should listen to, that is as long as you have the Holy Spirit.

So how do I get the Holy Spirit?  That's easy.  All you have to do is accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.  Just simply ask Jesus to come into your life and take over.  Simply confess your belief in Him and your need for Him to lead you in your life.  Have a heartfelt conversation with Jesus.  "Dear Jesus…."