And, you know, God's word is what the Holy Spirit uses.
The Bible says He'll not speak of Himself, meaning, you know, something that He came
up with on His own, but rather He said, "He will take of mine and show it unto you."
He's going to take the words of Christ, the Word of God, the Bible.
He's going to take that and He's going to use that to speak to you.
You know, I hate it when people say, like, you know, "God just told me," and then they
just make stuff up, like, you know, "God spoke to me and told me to go to this city."
And you know, "God spoke to me and said, you know, 'Steven, I want you to go to Tempe.'"
You know, or, "God just spoke to me and just said, you know, 'Go witness to that person.'"
You know what?
No, God does not speak to you except using these words.
You know, people just say, you know, I remember one time pastors said, you know, "Man, you
know, God just spoke to me.
I just know that we're supposed to read so-and-so of the building."
And then it fell through.
It's like, well, I thought God told you that.
You know, but the Bible says, "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and
thou be found alive."
Sometimes that's your imagination, these voices that you're hearing, okay?
Because you know what?
We have the book here.
We have the Word of God.
It tells us what we need to do.
And you need to be very careful just saying, "You know, God just told me," and then you
just start saying stuff.
"You know, God told me it just wasn't the right time to quit that job."
No, He didn't tell you that.
What are you talking about?
He didn't know.
What, did He appear unto you in the burning bush in your backyard and tell you, "Don't
quit that job, you know"?
What?
Well, we need to be careful not to put words in God's mouth, but here's the thing though.
We do want God to guide us and to direct us and to teach us and to give us information
that we need in a certain situation.
And the way He does that is that He'll bring to remembrance the Word of God.
The more you've read, the more He'll bring to remembrance.
The more you've memorized, the more it's going to come to your remembrance.
The more it can come back to you.
If you haven't memorized it and you haven't read it, it isn't there.