The Voices Inside Your Head. Part [13] 10/04/2026 (Morning thought)

Joshua 24: 15 And if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore, choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live….. [1] If you were to hear voices inside of your head, telling you to do something that is wrong, can those voices then force you into doing the evil act, against your will, so that you have no choice but to do it? We are taking a close look at the very concept.

Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not….. There is a growing tendency in our day to remove responsibility from the individual, and place blame on circumstances, the weather, drugs, voices, and everything and anyone but the person in question. Furthermore, even though we hate to say it, the old devil gets blamed wrongfully on too many occasions for things that persons are fully responsible for.

There are instances where the excuse: “the devil made me do it” is applied to abuse of one’s credit cards, driving under the influence of alcohol, and to other failures in the human experience, too many to mention. And the poor devil cannot defend himself since he is hidden from view, and therefore, he becomes a sort of scape goat for anything that may otherwise shift the burden of responsibility to our shoulders. He is a last resort of blame, with no one to vouch for him.

Proverbs 1:11 If they say, Come, with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause. 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

The Voices Inside Your Head. Part [12] 10/04/2026 (Evening thought)

Exodus 1:15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then you shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Exodus 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive…. When Pharaoh commanded the male Hebrew babies to be disposed of, was he taking any kind of drugs and was he hearing voices in his head, and if so, did the prince of darkness bypass his freedom of choice, and force him to do what he did? Was Hitler on medications, and did he also hear voices inside his head? This raises an even greater, and far more important question.

If persons claim that the commanding voices made them do what they did, against their will, who should ultimately be held responsible, the person in question, or the prince of darkness, or the drug company? As we dig deeper into the ramifications of the plea of insanity, commanding voices, the effect of drugs and the consequent verdicts of innocence, we have to ask ourselves could the devil force persons to sin against their will, after intruding a sinful suggestion into their minds.

Let’s say David heard a commanding voice inside his head, telling him that he must sleep with Bathsheba or else, would he still have a choice in the matter, or is he bound in an iron destiny, from which he cannot escape? It may be that The Lord, through angelic agencies, stopped the Clancy trial in its tracks, lest we board a runaway train, headed for never land, as far as the issue of personal responsibility and the freedom of choice goes. So, here’s the first question in precis form, that needs to be addressed:

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore, choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!