God is not Silent

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Hebrews 1:1-3 says, “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;”

     Do you talk to God?  Most believers would say “yes” to that question and we do quite often through our prayer life where we can approach the throne of grace to find help in time of need.  I always add, and who is not needy?  We all have needs and so we speak to God  and He has already spoken to us through His Word.  If one were to drop in on my conversations with God, you would find me speaking to Him in regard to some circumstance, or disease, or direction that is needed by Him for someone.  Sometimes you may also hear the answer from God as verses are brought to mind in regard to those very requests that have just been made.  Certainly we can say, “God is not silent.”

     The above passage reveals to us how God spoke in the days of the Old Testament through the prophets.  How often have you read the words, “Thus saith the LORD…”  That phrase occurs 415 times in the Old Testament.  God was not silent in the days of the prophets.  Then it goes on to remark about the Lord Jesus Christ and how He has spoken to us by His Son.  We are reminded about the fact that it was the Son Who was doing the creating and what was created was for Him and by Him as we also see in Colossians one.  Then, we have the mighty  act that was accomplished on Calvary where He purged our sins and after that He sat  down on the right hand of The Father, the Majesty on high.  For years, people have had the privilege of owning a “red letter” Bible, where the words of Christ were printed in red type.  There are a lot of religious books in the world today, but the Bible is the complete word of God and needs to nother revelation even though the world comes up with extra revelation.  The cults are always to come up with their own so-called revelation and try to pass it on as coming from God.  One writer in the United States has written books claiming that they are the words of Christ to her and she is to pass them on as extra revelation and are to be regarded as being God breathed but that does not make it so.  God was never silent but always had his Word going forth.  His Word was always present, even when men and women forgot it, it was still there.  There was that day when Ezra stood and read from the scriptures which they had not heard for seventy years, but the Word was still there.  Praise God today that He has indeed spoken to us.