Bible Verses for Voice Of Truth

I have been reading through the Bible this year and have been noticing a pattern that starts back in the Garden of Eden. There is a choice repeatedly laid before mankind. Choose to listen, obey, and trust God's voice or to listen to other voices (including your own). Choose to walk in the ways of God or to go your own way.

There are several times that Israel's leaders have called them to make this decision. 

Moses admonishes Israel before he died and they entered the promised land under Joshua in Deuteronomy 30:19-20 �I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.�

Similarly, when Joshua is old he also urges Israel to follow the Lord in Joshua 24:14-15 �Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.� 

Elijah called to the people to choose God over Baal in 1 Kings 18:21 Elijah came near to all the people and said, �How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.� But the people did not answer him a word. 

We are similarly called to follow the Lord rather than go our own way by repenting and believing in Christ and His death for our sins.

Jesus said in Matthew 7:13-14 �Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.�

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, �If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

Acts 17:30-31 Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.�

Paul recounts in Acts 26:12-20 �While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, �Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.� And I said, �Who are You, Lord?� And the Lord said, �I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.� So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.�

Then, as believers, we are also told to listen to God's voice and follow in His way:

Jesus says in John 10:27-28 �My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.�

Voice of Truth

by Steven Curtis Chapman and Mark Hall

Verse 1:
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand

Matthew 14:23-29a After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, �It is a ghost!� And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, �Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.� Peter said to Him, �Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.� And He said, �Come!�

But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"

Matthew 14:29b-30 And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, �Lord, save me!� 

Chorus:
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?

God said in Isaiah 41:10 �Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.�

The voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"

Ephesians 1:14 to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Psalm 95:7-8 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Verse 2:
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

1 Samuel 17:31-41 When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. David said to Saul, �Let no man�s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.� Then Saul said to David, �You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.� But David said to Saul, �Your servant was tending his father�s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.� And David said, �The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.� And Saul said to David, �Go, and may the Lord be with you.� Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor. David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, �I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.� And David took them off. He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd�s bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine. Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.

But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"

1 Samuel 17:42-44 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance. The Philistine said to David, �Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?� And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. The Philistine also said to David, �Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.�

Bridge:
But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground

1 Samuel 17:45-48 Then David said to the Philistine, �You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. This day the Lord will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord�s and He will give you into our hands.� Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

And the waves they don't seem so high
From on top of them lookin' down

Matthew 14:31-33 Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, �You of little faith, why did you doubt?� When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, �You are certainly God�s Son!�

I will soar with the wings of eagles

Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus singing over me

Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.