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Summary
This conversation emphasizes the critical need for believers to move beyond relying on the voices and interpretations of others and into a personal, living revelation of God. In a time filled with many competing voices, true spiritual direction comes only by hearing the voice of the Lord individually. The Word of God is not meant to be intellectually processed alone but spiritually received, digested, and lived. As believers grow, they must learn to discern between human interpretation and divine revelation, walking in the Spirit with clarity, simplicity, and direct relationship with the Father.
Show Notes
Many voices are present today, but not all are from God
The necessity of personally hearing and recognizing the Lord’s voice
Warning against following positions, authority, or personalities instead of God
The importance of personal revelation over borrowed understanding
Spiritual confirmation comes through alignment with what God has already spoken within
Simplicity in relationship with God—avoiding confusion and complication
The Word must be “eaten” (received and internalized), not just read
Difference between intellectual knowledge and spiritual impartation
The danger of relying on human interpretation instead of the Spirit
Revelation is foundational to a true walk with God
Transitioning from secondhand revelation to firsthand relationship
Living in the Spirit vs. standing on unstable, human reasoning
Moving from occasional “glimpses” of the Spirit into continual habitation
Becoming sons who live, see, and speak from the Spirit realm
Quotes
“Who are we going to listen to? The Lord is speaking to us—My sheep hear My voice.”
“Unless you have a personal revelation, how can you follow that?”
“The minute it becomes complicated, drop it like a hot rock.”
“We’re not supposed to just read the Word—we’re supposed to eat it.”
“There’s been too much human evaluation and not enough impartation of the living Word.”
“Is it a word from God, or is it man’s interpretation of a word?”
“I was basing my walk with God on someone else’s revelation—not mine.”
“If it isn’t of the Spirit, you’re on sandy ground.”
“My words are Spirit and they are life.”
“We’re not meant to get glimpses—we’re meant to live in that realm.”
Scriptural References
John 10 (27)“My sheep hear My voice… and they follow Me.”
James 1 (22)Be doers of the Word, not hearers only
Takeaway
True spiritual life is not built on what others say about God but on personally hearing, receiving, and living His Word through direct revelation. As believers learn to discern His voice and walk in the Spirit, they move from confusion and dependence on others into clarity, maturity, and a real, living relationship with the Father.
Transcripts
Hearing the True Voice of God in a World of Many Voices
Ron:
Welcome to Live Behind the Veil where we pursue a deeper living relationship with the Lord beyond surface understanding. In today's episode, we're talking about the importance of hearing God's voice for ourselves in a world filled with many competing voices. What does it mean to move from secondhand revelation into a personal knowing of him?
How do we discern between human interpretation and the true leading of the spirit? Join us as we explore what it means to truly receive the word, not just as information, but as life, and to walk in the reality of a relationship where his voice becomes clear, personal, and transformative.
Ken:
I think there are many voices coming in right now. I don't know how many are experiencing different philosophies, things, and all of them sound really good. I think it's very important that we keep hearing the voice of the Lord and being led. So many things are happening right now, but so many voices, so many people saying different things.
Who are we going to listen to? The Lord is speaking to us: “Hear My voice. My sheep hear My voice, and they follow Me.”
Lois:
“My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”
Ken:
We have to hear the voice of the Lord ourselves. We have to know what we're hearing is the Lord.
It’s important that we hear His word ourselves and have our own revelation of who He is and what He’s speaking to us personally. I know that there are many voices that have come along, and they say different things about how we are to approach God, what we are to hear, and what we are to speak. All of that is really good. It’s okay. But unless you have a personal revelation of the word that they’re speaking, how can you follow that?
Now, will there be different things that the Lord speaks? Absolutely. But I believe that there will be a recognition of those words in the Spirit, and it will identify with our foundational word.
It still comes right back to the personal revelation that you have in the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
The minute it becomes complicated, drop it like a hot rock. Let it be a simplistic thing that you have in your relationship with the Lord. He is not going to confuse you. You’re going to be like a little child, hearing the voice of your dad saying, “This is the way—walk in it.”
Jim:
I was sitting right about here where I’m at, and this vision came to me of ripping pages of the Bible out and smearing them all over my face and arms, and going, “That’s so stupid. Why am I thinking that?”
And it came to me very simply that I’m not supposed to just take the Word and read it—I’m supposed to eat it. It should be so simple to see the difference between superficially feeding on the words, just because we can read the words—anybody can read the words—but not everybody can take those words apart and digest them and put them through our spirit.
Dave:
This thing about Revelation—:
So I changed up. It took me over a year just for God to get my attention. I kept saying, “What am I doing here? What do You want?” Then He started to tell me.
And it’s the same thing that I guess Peter experienced. He said, “Lord, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said, “Yes, but My Father gave you that revelation.”
Mike:
And now we’re living in the day of Spirit. Today is the day of Spirit, and if it isn’t of the Spirit, watch out, because you’re on sandy ground—not solid, firm ground.
Because this foundation that the Lord talked about in Matthew 16 is the foundation of revelation knowledge that comes from the Father to His sons.
Ken:
“My words are Spirit, and they are life.” If you’re speaking from a human concept, that’s not Spirit—that’s a concept of humanity.
We must hear this word. My words are Spirit, and they are truth. That’s Christ speaking to us. God made us in His image. That image is Spirit. Man’s been trying to make up that difference for a long time, and it will never happen by trying to teach people about God. Speak the Word of the Lord.
Ron:
I need to have eyes to see and ears to hear in the spirit realm—the whole realm that we talk about and we prophesy and we speak about. We’re not supposed to get glimpses of it, and that’s what we’ve gotten—glimpses here, glimpses there. We call it revelation, but this is a realm that we have to live in.
And if we’re going to teach somebody something, then to teach them, you have to know the realm you’re teaching them in. And personally, I get revelation, and I get glimpses, and I get visions and all that—but that’s not good enough.
We have to have eyes to see and ears to hear in the realm of Spirit, just like Christ did. “I only see those things the Father…” “I only speak those things…” You know the Scripture well—that was a reality to Him. And it has to be a reality, because we’re sons just like Him.
Ron:
Thank you for joining us at Live Behind the Veil. As you go from here, take time to quiet the noise around you and turn your heart toward the Lord. He is speaking and his desire is that you would hear him clearly and walk in the revelation he gives you personally. If this episode encouraged you, be sure to share it with others and as always, continue to press in. Listen closely and live each day led by his spirit.
