If Anyone Has Ears Let Him Hear

Last week message from the Lord on Deliverance / such a time as this

As the Lord revealed to me, very important, so many desperately want to hear from God

Jesus said so many times - literally cannot understand

Revelation - speaking to the churches

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Why Would I Want To Hear From God?

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reason number 1

Why Would I Want To Hear From God?

1) Salvation (His sons)

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Galatians 4:6-7

Galatians 4:6–7 NASB95

6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

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Proverbs 15:29

Proverbs 15:29 NASB95

29 The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

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reason number 2

Why Would I Want To Hear From God?

1) Salvation (His sons)

2) Build our Faith / Seek the Lord

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Romans 10:17

Romans 10:17 NASB95

17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

As God speaks to us in His written word or spoken word, faith is built

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Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:6 NASB95

6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

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reason number 3

Why Would I Want To Hear From God?

1) Salvation (His sons)

2) Build our Faith / Seek the Lord

3) Help and Protection

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Psalm 4:1

Psalm 4:1 NASB95

1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

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reason number 4

Why Would I Want To Hear From God?

1) Salvation (His sons)

2) Build our Faith / Seek the Lord

3) Help and Protection

4) Peace / Joy / Rest

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Psalm 51:8

Psalm 51:8 NASB95

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

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Psalm 85:8

Psalm 85:8 NASB95

8 I will hear what God the Lord will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly.

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reason number 5

Why Would I Want To Hear From God?

1) Salvation (His sons)

2) Build our Faith / Seek the Lord

3) Help and Protection

4) Peace / Joy / Rest

5) God’s Wisdom

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1 Corinthians 1:25

1 Corinthians 1:25 NASB95

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

How can I hear from God / what will help me hear more from God

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How Can I Hear From God?

point number 1 of encouragement to us

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How Can I Hear From God?

1) Start the Conversation / Prayer

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Psalm 27:7

Psalm 27:7 NASB95

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.

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Psalm 116:1

Psalm 116:1 NASB95

1 I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my supplications.

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encouragement number 2 for us

How Can I Hear From God?

1) Start the Conversation / Prayer

2) Fearing the Lord

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Psalm 66:16

Psalm 66:16 NASB95

16 Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.

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Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7 NASB95

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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encouragement number 3 for us

How Can I Hear From God?

1) Start the Conversation / Prayer

2) Fearing the Lord

3) Read Psalms, Proverbs / The Bible

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encouragement number 4 for us

How Can I Hear From God?

1) Start the Conversation / Prayer

2) Fearing the Lord

3) Read Psalms, Proverbs / The Bible

4) Humbleness / Soft Heart / Repent

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Hebrews 3:7-8

Hebrews 3:7–8 NASB95

7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

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Isaiah 59:1-2

Isaiah 59:1–2 NASB95

1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

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encouragement number 5 for us

How Can I Hear From God?

1) Start the Conversation / Prayer

2) Fearing the Lord

3) Read Psalms, Proverbs / The Bible

4) Humbleness / Soft Heart / Repent

5) Create a Dwelling Place for God / Minister to God (Worship)

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1 Corinthians 3: 16-17

1 Corinthians 3:16–17 NASB95

16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

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encouragement number 6 for us

How Can I Hear From God?

1) Start the Conversation / Prayer

2) Fearing the Lord

3) Read Psalms, Proverbs / The Bible

4) Humbleness / Soft Heart / Repent

5) Create a Dwelling Place for God

6) Listen & Act

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Matthew 7:24

Matthew 7:24 NASB95

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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Matthew 7:26

Matthew 7:26 NASB95

26 “Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Preaching also / church hearing the word

Romans 10:14 “14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?”

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IF ANYONE HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR

Salvation / to those are His has been granted to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God

Romans 10:9-10 “9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.”

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