Hearing God
The human ear is an incredible and invaluable part of the human body. It goes without saying, but without our ears, we would not be able to hear.
James 1: 22-24 AMP Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
Romans 10:2,3 GNT I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge. They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.
(Psalm 37:30, 31 KJV) The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Proverbs 1:2, 7 KJV To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Romans 10:13-15 KJV For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
John 10:1-6 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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Human Ear
The human ear is an intricate and delicately balanced structure of the body. We are able to detect, differentiate, filter and identify sounds coming into our ears.
The human body has two ears and they are located on the lateral sides of the skull. They are not overly large but some people tend to develop bigger ears than others do.
Did you know that your equilibrium, the soucre of your balance, is located in your ears? Your equilibrium not only gives us balanced, it also tell you when you are in movement.
The word hear is a verb that literally means not only to hear but to listen.
Outer Ear
The outer ear has one great purpose in life and that is to catch sounds and funnel them into the ear, it also amplifies the sounds that it catches.
The sound is then funneled through the ear canal where if anything other than sound like debris is filtered out by tiny hairs and earwax.
The sound then makes it to the eardrum. Past the eardrum is the middle ear.
Middle Ear
The middle ear consists of three very tiny bones that are called the ossicles. It is these three little bones that take sound and turns it into vibrations.
Each ossicle has a name and they are all connected together.
Inner Ear
The inner ear has a very important job. It takes the vibrations created by the ossicles and transmits them to the brain through tiny microscopic hairs that are in a gelatinous fluid.
Not only does the inner ear send the sounds to the brain it also keeps the body’s equilibrium. This is what keeps you from falling over when you walk. It even helps you distinguish which way is up when your under water.
This were the church has to get, at a place were our hearing turns in to a listening.
John 14:15 AMP If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands.
When your a hearer and not a listener there is no real love or obedience.
This verse is telling us if your going to take the time.
- to get out of bed,
- but your good clothes on,
- get in your car
- drive across town to the church,
while your here hear God's word.
Don't just come to church because that is what you were taught makes you a good Christian. Coming to church has never saved anyone.
True Salvation is your devotion to God. Many have substituted their devotion for God to being devoted to the church, to our offices in the church.
Why? Because when people can't hear God, they always look for a substitute.
Gen. 2:16-17 KJV And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Listen, they were in a garden and there were tree all over the garden.
But why is it we always want what we are told to stay way from?
And we are even willing to take the chance of dealing with the consequences. God said when they eat they would surely die.
Listen it was not just the fact that Adam did not obey God, the first thing obedience demands is that you hear, listen and comes obeying.
James 1:22 GNT Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice.
Never has there been a time as it is now in the church, we have more word and more revelation of the word that ever before, but little to no practice, which literally means no application.
As powerful as God and his word is, if we are not hearing and hearing turns to listening and the listen moves us to act or application we make even the Word of God of none effect.
When we truly hear God, our steps or ordered by the Lord.
The drama that many people experience in their life is simply their spirit feet slipping as a result of not being clear on what God's word says about what they are dealing with.
When God word is in your heart, this verse says that our mouth will speaketh, meaning continuously, meaning often the wisdom of God.
Very important that you understand that a person speaking knowledge and a person speak wisdom are not the same.
These verse gives us three important elements of learning any thing.
Instruction/ knowledge
Understanding
Wisdom
Knowledge is the information that can be learned or understood.
Understanding is the comprehension of information.
Wisdom is the ability to apply that which has been learned.
Jeremiah 3:12-16 KJV Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. 14. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15. And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16. And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
1 Sam 3:1-10 Samuel hears God
Gen. 3 Eve listens to Satan
Lust deadens our spiritual senses so we cannot hear God calling.
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