Malcolm Cox

A teaching class for the Thames Valley churches of Christ. Class 1 - Security: Finding Strength From Hearing the Father’s Voice In this short series we will explore how our security in the Father enables our willing submission to him. The critical issue before us today is the way in which we hear Father’s voice. We may intellectually understand many things with our mind, but it is the voice in our head which so often controls our feelings and our behaviour. Which voice dominates in your head at the moment? Do you find it easy or hard to hear the Father's voice? Perhaps you even think it's rather weird to expect such a thing. However, let us consider the example of Jesus. Can you imagine how he felt when he heard this on the occasion of his baptism, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17 NIV11).  That incident was not the only time. Consider what happened on the mountain, “Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I lo