S)"6 The words of the LORD are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times."
Psalm 12:6 (NASB)
O) I don't know much about silver refining (or any refining, really), but I do know that at a certain point, it doesn't matter how many times it goes through the furnace. Pure silver isn't going to become more than 100% pure. The amazing thing about the God's words is that it doesn't matter how many times they are tested. Whether immediately, or after hundreds of times or thousands of years, it's never going to be shown fallable and it will always be 100% pure.
A) I take the Bible as 100% truth, because it's the recorded, tried, and proven Word. What that means is, that when I hear God telling me something, instructing or directing me, I need to put that up against the Bible. If it's truly the LORD I'm hearing, then it will match with the Bible. If it's showing some kind of inconsistency, then I need to see that as an impurity of some kind, which means I'm not hearing God completely or clearly. I need to be 100% sure that what I am hearing is the LORD. If it's pure, I can bank on it.
P) Father, I continue to speak to me. Holy Spirit, purify my heart and mind so that I can hear the Father clearly. Let me always test the words I hear carefully to determine if it's actually You, LORD. If I am hearing You clearly, then help me to act accordingly. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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