Malcolm Cox

Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God; Dallas Willard Today we look at Chapter 4. Our communicating Cosmos How do we know whether the voice we are hearing from God or not? The limits of signs Jesus could not be forced into doing ‘religious stunts’. Even something directly done by God does not necessarily convince, Luke 16:31. ““He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”” (Luke 16:31 NIV11)  ‘If a man (says Jesus) cannot be humane with the Old Testament in his hand and Lazarus on his doorstep, nothing - neither a visitant from the other world nor a revelation of the horrors of hell – will teach him otherwise. Such requests for signs are pure invasions." Hunter ‘Interpreting the parables’, 84 Necessity of a general understanding of God Knowing God helps us to recognise his word, but also what is congruent with his nature. This comes about largely through knowing his teachings. Four neg