Many christian have said that God is not speaking to them.The Bible records God speaking
audibly to people many times (Exodus 3:14;
Joshua 1:1; Judges 6:18; 1 Samuel 3:11; 2
Samuel 2:1;Job 40:1; Isaiah 7:3; Jeremiah
1:7 ;Acts 8:26; 9:15—this is just a small
sampling). There is no biblical reason why God
could not speak to a person audibly today. With
the hundreds of times the Bible records God
speaking, we have to remember that they
occur over the course of 4,000 years of human
history. God speaking audibly is the exception,
not the rule. Even in the biblically recorded
instances of God speaking, it is not always clear
whether it was an audible voice, an inner voice,
or a mental impression.
God does speak to people today. First, God
speaks to us through His Word ( 2 Timothy 3:16–
17). Isaiah 55:11 tells us, “So is my word that
goes out from my mouth: it will not return to
me empty, but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
The Bible is God’s Word, everything we need to
know in order to be saved and live the
Christian life. Second Peter 1:3 declares, “His
divine power has given us everything we need
for life and godliness through our knowledge of
Him who called us by his own glory and
goodness.”
God can also “speak” to us through events—i.e.,
He can guide us through arranging our
circumstances. And God helps us to discern
right from wrong through our consciences ( 1
Timothy 1:5;1 Peter 3:16). God is in the process
of conforming our minds to think His thoughts
( Romans 12:2). God allows events to occur in
our lives to direct us, change us, and help us to
grow spiritually ( James 1:2–5;Hebrews 12:5–
11). First Peter 1:6–7reminds us, “In this you
greatly rejoice, though now for a little while
you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of
trials. These have come so that your faith—of
greater worth than gold, which perishes even
though refined by fire—may be proved
genuine and may result in praise, glory and
honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
God may sometimes speak audibly to people.
It is highly doubtful, though, that this occurs as
often as some people claim it does. Again,
even in the Bible, God speaking audibly is the
exception, not the ordinary. If anyone claims
that God has spoken to him or her, always
compare what is said with what the Bible says.
If God were to speak today, His words would be
in full agreement with what He has said in the
Bible ( 2 Timothy 3:16–17). God does not
contradict Himself.