Carolyn Ann Bardsley

God Talks With Man Carolyn Ann Bardsley

The Bible was never meant to replace relationship with God. The written word was given to bring us to a Living God who still desires to communicate with us. Nowhere in the Bible does God say He is going to stop talking to man because He gave the written word. Without hearing God directly, you and I can turn the Bible into just another book of beliefs and laws like so many other religions and miss Christ's salvation. God calls us to believe in Him, not to just have beliefs about Him. This book highlights all the occasions in the first book of the Bible where God spoke with man and examines what this tells us about God's desire to communicate directly with us today. The examples given show that God spoke with man from the very beginning and that it was part of God's initial design to relate intimately with man. God walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Even after Adam and Eve were separated from God through disobedience, God continued to talk with them and their descendants. You will see that God spoke then about the same issues and fears we want and need to know about today. The questions included with each example will help you examine your own beliefs about God speaking with man and grapple with your own desire and ability to hear God speak with you. This book is written for Christians who don't know that God wants to speak directly with them or who struggle to believe that God wants to talk with them and who, as a result, don't hear God's voice. God never stopped talking with man. It was man who stopped listening to God. God is speaking to you. Are you listening?