Jesus, so many times as He was ministering to
those around Him, would say
…“He who has ears
to hear, let him hear!”. Jesus
demonstrated that those that have ears to hear
will hear and the ones that didn’t, He left
alone. Clearly, there is a serious warning for
those that did not take to heart His words.
Consider, who were some of those that did not
hear and would not listen to what Jesus had to
say? Was not some of them, the most Scriptural
educated and considered Godly men of that day?
And weren't some of them also trusting in those
that was looked upon as Godly, and neither had
ears to hear the words of Jesus? Even though,
they physically heard Him, they did not hear Him
with their heart. And take notice that Jesus
did not chase after them, it was their choice to
listen, or not to listen, with their heart as to
what He was saying. Scripture tells us in
Hebrews 13:8. Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, today, and
forever. Here's my point! Today we have
the Holy Spirit and if we place our trust in
those that are thought of, as Godly, are we any
different than those of that day, I don't think
so! Christ is not going to force divine truths,
through the indwelling Holy Spirit to those that
are not listening, including those that are
credentialed and looked upon as men of God. I
truly believe the following verse is so very
applicable to today as it was then.
Acts 3:22. For Moses
truly said to the fathers, 'The
Lord
your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me
from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all
things, whatever He says to you. 23. And
it shall be that every soul who will not hear
that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from
among the people God has given us
His Spirit through Christ Jesus
(Matthew 3:11)
and it is through this Holy Spirit that we have
communication with our Lord. I think this verse
is especially for today. Think about it! God
has given us His Spirit as a guarantee and has
anointed us in Christ! Therefore we have no
excuse not to hear unless one's heart is not
right before God. 2 Corinthians 1:21.
Now He who establishes
us with you in Christ and has anointed us
is God, 22. who also has sealed us and
given us the Spirit in our hearts as a
guarantee.
Jesus Christ is so absolute foundational to the
"Promise of the Father"
(Acts 1:4),
He is our salvation! He is our mediator to God
and the fulfillment of God's promise of "pouring
out His Spirit on all flesh", and yet, today I
fear many have little interest of seeking this
divine relationship. I think these words of
Jesus have even a greater impact today for I
believe they were spoken, especially to include
today. One of Jesus’ disciples, John,
understood this closed heart vs. the open heart
to God, as he was inspired to write the
following Scripture.
1 John 4:4. You are of
God, little children, and have overcome them,
because He who is in you is greater than
he who is in the world. 5 They are of
the world. Therefore they speak as of the
world, and the world hears them. 6 We
are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is
not of God does not hear us. By this we know the
spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
When Jesus would say …“He
who has ears to hear, let him hear!”, He
knew this was a condition of the heart thing.
Those that did not have an open heart for truth
would not hear the messages that Jesus was
giving and Jesus knew better than to try to
explain the message for it would only fall on
deaf ears, leading to strife and argument, which
can destroy any chance of fellowship, forever.
For a moment, I would like to focus on
repentance. Repentance can be an illusion if
it’s not focused upon God and His indwelling
Holy Spirit. Some may believe they’ve repented,
turning to a doctrine, or to a local church or a
variety of differing beliefs but the repentance
this verse is talking about is simply turning to
the Lord our God.
Acts 3:19. Repent
therefore and be converted, that your sins may
be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may
come from the presence of the Lord,
The word repent has had several meanings over
time which includes feeling remorse and the
action of “turning back”. So repentance is not
something we ask for, this is an action to be
taken. The verse above is talking about turning
to this divine fellowship. One can place their
trust in a religion and following the guidelines
of that religion, appearing Godly, and never
experience the fellowship of the presence of the
Lord because their heart is in their "faith"
rather than being dependent upon God for their
divine relationship and fellowship. I think
this is the main message behind those words of
Jesus, He who has ears
to hear, let him hear!, because He knew
what He was going to do for mankind and yet many
today, just as the days of His earthly ministry,
will not have ears to hear the quiet voice of
God through His Holy Spirit. The main point I’m
trying to communicate is that in similarity, as
Jesus did not force His ministry on those with
deaf ears, is the same today, He will not force
God’s word or His will on those that are not
interested. Even though we have all been given
the Promise of the Father, the gift of the Holy
Spirit, if we seek it, there are many that are
not listening to the word of God in their heart,
and will never experience this divine presence.
Consider these words of Jesus as He quotes
Isaiah, Matthew 15:8. 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And
honor Me with their
lips, But their
heart is far from Me. 9 And
in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines
the commandments of men.'
Would those that He was speaking to that day, if
they were with us today, would they be taking
advantage, hearing the Holy Spirit? I’d say
no! Would they be listening to the convictions
of the Holy Spirit? I think not! Would they have
ears to hear any of the divine things of God
that was revealed to those that are of God. And
again, I’d say no, unless they had a change of
heart! Because it is all about the condition of
one’s heart. To hear from God, man must show a
sincere heart in wanting to hear from God.
Reconsider Acts 3:19, the very first word of
that verse is an action of repentance.
Repentance is the action of turning to God, not
a religion, nor a doctrinal faith, but simple
turn to God. Please consider:
Repent
therefore and be converted, that your sins may
be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may
come from the presence of the Lord,
Scriptures tell us that God first loved us by
making a Way for our reconciliation, now it’s
man’s turn to first take action. This same
message of man’s decision to first focus on God
is found in this Scripture. James 4:7. Therefore
submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee
from you. 8 Draw near to God and He
will draw near to you. Again, take
notice that it’s up to us to make the choice to
submit to God, It’s our choice to first draw
near to God as it’s our choice to have “ears
to hear”. Those that have truly repented
to God and drawn near with their heart will
experience the following verses and those that
haven’t, the following verse will have little
significance for they’ve not had “ears
to hear, let him hear!” what the
anointing is teaching.
1 John 2:26. These
things I have written to you concerning those
who try to deceive you. 27 But
the anointing which you have received from Him
abides in you, and you do not need that anyone
teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you
concerning all things, and is true, and is not a
lie, and just as it has taught you, you will
abide in Him.
John 4:6. …By this we
know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
If one’s heart is of that spirit of error, will
this divine anointing spoken of in 1 John 2:27,
be manifested in their life? I’d say no! Not at
all because they’ve not truly repented and drawn
close to God, taking full advantage of His Holy
Spirit.
Today, we have an open invitation to truth
through God’s Holy Spirit. Those that are not
interested in living in Christ Jesus through
God's anointing are not going to hear truth.
They are not going to understand this divine
anointing or how it works. Same with the
following verses. The convictions of God are
not going to be experienced either, if they do
not have hears to hear!.
1 John 3:18. My little
children, let us not love in word or in tongue,
but in deed and in truth. 19 And by
this we know that we are of the truth, and shall
assure our hearts before Him. 20 For
if our heart condemns us, God is greater than
our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved,
if our heart does not condemn us, we have
confidence toward God. 22 And
whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we
keep His commandments and do those things that
are pleasing in His sight.
For those that do not have ears to hear, they
will not understand the will of God for them.
They will not understand the anointing of truth,
to know what is pleasing in His sight. Having
success in Christ is totally dependent upon
one’s openness of heart, having ears to hear,
the messages that are given through the Holy
Spirit of God. As Jesus walked passed the ones
that did not hear, so will Christ pass by those
today that also do not have ears to hear the
words of God that are divinely given through His
Spirit.
The following Scripture assures us that as long
as one’s repentance is directed only to a
church, or pastor, or any belief other than the
true repentance experiencing the refreshing
presence of the Lord, their heart is far from
the Lord. Jeremiah 17:5.
Thus says the
Lord:
"Cursed is the man who trusts in man And
makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs
from the
Lord. True repentance is being
totally dependent upon God’s divine direction
given through His Holy Spirit and being obedient
to His will. The fullness of God “101” is found
in the King James bible and the genuine divine
understanding is given through His Spirit.
Do not depend upon the teaching of man nor the
books they write, for they will become a curse
to your soul. Instead chose God and have ears to
hear what the Holy Spirit teaches!
1 Corinthians 2:13.
These things we also speak, not in words which
man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy
Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
with spiritual. 14. But the natural man does
not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for
they are foolishness to him; nor can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned.
John 14:16. "And I will
pray the Father, and He will give you another
Helper, that He may abide with you forever, 17.
"even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows
Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you
and will be in you.
Where did Jesus say for His followers to focus
and place their trust? John 16:13.
However, when He, the
Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you
into all truth;…
Just as the Apostle wrote: 2 Timothy 2:7.
Consider what I say,
and may the Lord give you understanding in all
things.
Take a moment and listen to the following
verses:
Isaiah 50:4. "The Lord
God has given me the tongue of the learned, that
I should know how to speak a word in season to
him who is weary. He awakens me morning by
morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the
learned. 5. The Lord God has opened my ear; and
I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.
Jeremiah 25:4. "And
the Lord has sent to you all His servants the
prophets, rising early and sending them, but you
have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.
Ezekiel 12:1. Now the
word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2. "Son of
man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious
house, which has eyes to see but does not see,
and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are
a rebellious house.
The very words of
Jesus!
Mark 4:21. And He said
to them, "Is a
lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a
bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? 22.
"For there is nothing hidden which will not be
revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but
that it should come to light. 23. "If anyone
has ears to hear, let him hear.''
24.
And He said to them,
"Take heed what you hear. With the same measure
you use, it will be measured to you; and
to you who hear, more will be given.
25. "For whoever has, to him more will be
given; but whoever does not have, even what he
has will be taken away from him.'' Please
notice! With the same measure you listen to the
Lord, He will speak to your heart and if you
belief Him, more will be given. But my friend,
if you listen to man, even me, rather than the
Lord, what you have will be taken away.
Scriptures tell us in 1 Corinthians 1:29.
that no flesh should
glory in His presence. I do not think
I’m using this verse out of text, begin reading
from verse 26 and you decide. If one listens to
man rather than God, he will not experience the
glory of God. It’s that simple. Our ears are to
be opened only to our Lord God. We can share
what we learn, we are with the use of the Holy
Spirit to recognize error and truth, but the
beliefs we lock in our heart had better come
from God and not man!
Matthew 13:7. "And some
fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and
choked them. 8. "But others fell on good ground
and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some
sixty, some thirty. 9. "He who has ears to
hear, let him hear!'' 10. And the disciples
came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them
in parables?''
Matthew 13:41. "The Son
of Man will send out His angels, and they will
gather out of His kingdom all things that
offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42.
"and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43. "Then the righteous will shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who
has ears to hear, let him hear!
Mark 7:14. And when He
had called all the multitude to Him, He said to
them, "Hear Me,
everyone, and understand: 15. "There is nothing
that enters a man from outside which can defile
him; but the things which come out of him, those
are the things that defile a man. 16. "If
anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!''
Luke 14:33. "So
likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all
that he has cannot be My disciple. 34. "Salt is
good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how
shall it be seasoned? 35. "It is neither fit
for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw
it out. He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!''
2 Timothy 4:2. Preach
the word! Be ready in season and out of
season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all
longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the
time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine, but according to their own desires,
because they have itching ears, they will
heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and
they will turn their ears away from the
truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Why, because they will not have ears to hear the
Holy Spirit of God!
Those that did not have ears to hear:
2 Thessalonians 2:9.
The coming of the lawless one is according to
the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and
lying wonders, 10. and with all unrighteous
deception among those who perish, because they
did not receive the love of the truth,
that they might be saved. 11. And for this
reason God will send them strong delusion, that
they should believe the lie, 12. that they all
may be condemned who did not believe the truth
but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Pay close attention to these words found in the
above verse, ... "love
of the truth" How does those in Christ
find truth, is it not through God's Holy Spirit,
so in other words, those that will perish, did
not find a love for the presence and fellowship
of God's divine "truth revealing" Holy Spirit!
To live in Christ is a spiritually growing
process
but you must have
Ears to hear!
the
Anointing of Christ!
1 Corinthians 3:1. And
I, brethren, could not speak to you as to
spiritual people but as to carnal, as to
babes in Christ.2. I fed you with milk and not
with solid food; for until now you were not able
to receive it, and even now you are still
not able; 3. for you are still carnal. For
where there are envy, strife, and
divisions among you, are you not carnal and
behaving like mere men?
1 John 2:26. These
things I have written to you concerning those
who try to deceive you. 27 But
the anointing which you have received from
Him abides in you, and you do not need that
anyone teach you; but as the same anointing
teaches you concerning all things, and is
true, and is not a lie, and just as it has
taught you, you will abide in Him.
Ephesians 3:14. For
this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would
grant you, according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with might through His Spirit
in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith; that you,
being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be
able to comprehend with all the saints what
is the width and length and depth and
height-- 19 to know the love of Christ which
passes knowledge; that you may be filled
with all the fullness of God.
