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My Friend “Heard from God.” Should I Believe Them?

August 6, 2021

Adriel Sanchez

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My Friend “Heard from God.” Should I Believe Them?

25 min

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My Friend “Heard from God.” Should I Believe Them?

25 min

Episode 766 Show Notes

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When people are not emphasizing the Word of God but their own personal experience and “prophetic” utterances, that’s a recipe for disaster. We have to get back to the Scriptures and encourage each other with the Word of God.

–Adriel Sanchez

My Friend “Heard from God.” Should I Believe Them?

Questions in this Episode

  1. The Bible says that, “no one has seen the face of God.” But is that the case for Adam and Eve, didn’t they see God in Eden?
  2. How should we respond when someone says that they have “received a Word from the Lord”?
  3. My pastor only talks about how the “election was stolen” instead of talking about Jesus. What should I do?
  4. Does Paul contradict himself in Romans 8?
  5. What do you make of the “lost books of the Bible” that have become a hot button topic, like the Gospel according to Judas?

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Adriel Sanchez

Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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