If God speaks to you or someone you know...?

Question

If God speaks to you or someone you know, how do you know it's not Satan pretending to be God and tricking you for some greater plan?

Answer 1

Such an easy question to answer.

There is no god, there is no satan, its all fiction !

peace

Answer 2

The Holy Spirit gives believers a discerning heart to know the truth from a lie. Luke 12:12

Answer 3

How do I know it's not just one of the voices in my head. Or their head?

God speaks to us thru His word, that's how. God would never tell anyone something that contradicts His written word to humanity.

Basiclly, if it ain't in the Bible, it ain't God.

Answer 4

Why make it so complicated?

All you need is one word,

Schizophrenia

Answer 5

I sometimes feel the same way.  I feel like God has spoken to me about something, but then I question whether or not it was Satan instead of God.  But, like someone else mentioned, God will speak to you through scripture and He'll make a particular scripture stand out to you that relates to your situation.  And, yes it does happen when you least expect it.  Also, He'll sometimes confirm in other ways whatever it is that He has spoken to you so that you know its Him.

Answer 6

Good question. I guess one can only pray to God to protect you from temptation. Most of God's words come from the Bible so if what you are hearing goes against the Bible then it could be possible that it is Satan.

Answer 7

God never contradicts himself (He's perfect and all powerful) so He will never go against anything He has said in the Bible.

God also won't vilolate or do something to his character and nature towards us revealed through Jesus Christ and the Bible .

eg. if you think you hear God says "I'm bored with you now, i think i'm going to kill you" you can be sure it not God.

As you go on in Christan life and hear God you learn to recognise how it feels when he speaks (yeah thats more subjective then the two above , but honestly you do) i know when God speaks i often (not always) feel like a joy (other people describe feeling like a leap in there spirit and stuff) probably different for different people

Also often when God speaks it will be spontaneous and completely unrelated to anything you were thinking about at the time.

God i find and others do to usually speaks through words, pictures, memories , thoughts, feelings,  He might speak or quicken a piece of scripture to you that address a situation or may highlight some scripture while you read it, so it just stands out also i think i've heard of cases where God speaks audibly to people (although thats pretty rare and has never happened to me, although still God many years left for that to happen lol )

best thing to do is to have faith and trust God is good and will not let you be conned. can make yourself more ready to hear by reading the Bible (does really help, in hearing God and in life in general), and spending time with him.

Answer 8

There  is  no  love  in  Satan,  he  hates  all  humans,  whom  God  created.  He  has  a  very  evil  presence  and  you  can  sense  it,  even  tho  you  don't  see  him.  He  always  tries  to  tempt  you  and  seduce  you  into  committing  a  sin  or  disobeying  God's  Word.  He  will  not  bother  you  if  you  are  living  a  life  of  sin,  but  the  moment  you  give  your  heart  to  Christ  your  Savior,  he'll  come  after  you  then.  You  probably  won't  be  aware  that  he  is  working  against  you,  but  if  you  keep  pursuing  God,  the  Holy  Spirit  will  show  you  the  truth.

Answer 9

Because God dosent tell you to kill your family like satan.

Answer 10

God said that His sheep know His voice.  (John 10:27)

God will never tell you anything that will cause harm to you.  Satan will always try to keep you down.