I. Introduction
A. Amazing Facts about the Human Voice
1. The unique size and shape of your nose, mouth, and throat create your distinctive voice.
2. As we age, our voices can change.
3. Humans have the unique ability to flexibly control pitch, tied to specific brain regions, to intentionally convey mood and meaning. It is what allows us to communicate in such complex ways, such as forming a sentence as a question or a statement.
4. The human voice is an amazing creation!
B. Review of Son Above All
1. Scheme of Redemption
2. The Supremacy of the Son
3. Soundness of Scripture
4. Application: Listen to Christ and Look to Christ
C. God’s Voice
1. Have you ever wondered what God’s voice sounds like?
2. What did His voice sound like when He spoke to Adam and Eve or to Moses on Mt Sinai?
3. Even though we cannot “hear” God’s voice in an audible fashion, we can still hear Him through His Word.
4. We should listen to God’s voice. Here’s why.
II. The Voice of God
A. Voice of
1. Even though man sinned, God did not us.
a. The Hebrew writer reminds us that God has been communicating with us even though sin created a separation.
b. God has always done the hard work in communicating with us.
2. Illustration: You probably recognize the name Helen Keller. She is the deaf and blind woman who achieved great things (including graduating from Harvard), but there would be no Helen Keller without Anne Sullivan. Anne is the one who overcame near blindness herself to become Helen’s personal instructor. If you’ve ever seen the movie The Miracle Worker, you’ll remember Anne’s tireless work to teach Helen words using manual language and eventually to read braille.
3. Even when the Israelites were in captivity in Babylonia, God told them that when they were ready to talk to Him, He would listen. (Jeremiah 29:10-14)
4. If God’s voice is this , we should find direction and comfort in it.
B. Voice of
1. God’s voice creates, heals, and .
a. “God said…” is the phrase that precedes what happens in the creation scene. (Genesis 1:3ff)
b. There are times in Scripture when God’s voice is thunder (Exodus 19:19)
c. Jesus stilled the winds and waves simply by speaking to them (Mark 4:39).
d. There are times when Jesus simply speaks, and a miracle occurs (Matthew 8:8,13).
e. The Hebrew writer tells us that Jesus “…upholds the universe by the word of His power.”
f. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
2. Through Jesus, God’s voice became flesh, and God Himself to us (John 1:1,14-18).
3. If God’s voice is so powerful, we should to what He says.
C. Voice of
1. The writer’s intention is to help us understand the nature of God’s Son. A part of that nature is true love.
2. When we understand who Jesus is, it makes a huge on how we see what He has done for us.
a. Matthew 26:28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
b. Remember the scene of the Lord’s Supper; it is the Passover, which was instituted by God to remind the people of their deliverance from slavery in Egypt.
c. The blood of the lamb had to be painted on the doorposts of the home so that death would pass over.
d. Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of deliverance and freedom from sin.
3. God’s voice is one of redemption, not .
a. Voice of condemnation is what we deserve. We deserve the crowd screaming, “Crucify him!”
b. What we hear from God, however, is a voice saying, “Father, forgive them.”
III. Conclusion
A. The Voice of Jesus
1. There are times when I wish I could actually hear the voice of Jesus. Something I have found true as I have aged is that I seem to hear Him more clearly the more I spend time with Him.
2. I’m not talking about audibly; I’m talking about hearing the tone of His voice, the pain in His voice as He cries out to God, “Why have you forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46) on the cross, or the joy in His voice when he commands the apostles, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14).
B. Invitation
- How does the sermon describe the different ways God communicates with His people, and which aspect—presence, power, or pardon—stands out the most to you? Why?
- If God’s voice is powerful enough to create, heal, and sustain the universe, what does that imply about the authority Scripture should have in our lives today?
- The sermon emphasizes that God’s voice brings forgiveness rather than condemnation. How should that truth shape the way we see ourselves—and how we treat others?