• Click on Title and Scroll down to access - Introduction
  • STUDY LESSON 101: REPENTANCE
  • LESSON: 102: FAITH
  • LESSON 103: BAPTISMS
  • LESSON: 104 A, B & C
  • LESSON 105: SALVATION
  • LESSON 106: LIFE & DEATH
  • LESSON: 107 HEAVEN & HELL
  • LESSON: 108 SIN
  • LESSON: 109 TRINITY
  • LESSON:110 GOD THE FATHER
  • LESSON:111 GOD THE SON
  • LESSON: 112 GOD THE HOLY SP[IRIT
  • LESSON:113 MAN (Anthropology)
    • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
    • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
  • LESSON:114 DEMNS & 115 SATAN
  • LESSON: 116 ESCHATOLOGY (End Times)
  • APPENDIX A: VICTORY (booklet)
  • APPENDIX B: LOVE STORY
  • APPENDIX C: THE SAMARITAN RESPONSE
  • LEVEL TWO: INTRODUCTION
  • LESSON 201: STEPS TO MATURITY
  • LESSON 202: LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
  • LESSON 203: RENEWING THE MIND
  • LESSON 204: DISCIPLESHIP
  • LESSON 205: GOD'S DWELLING
  • LESSON 206A: PRAYER
  • LESSON 206B: PRAYER
  • LESSON 207: LOVE
  • LESSON 208: Spirit Soul & Body
  • A PRAYER FOR jULY 4TH
  • A SENSE OF FOREBODING
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • ALL AUTHORITY
  • AMERICA MUST REPENT
  • ANOTHER LEGALIZED SIN
  • AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE
  • AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH
  • BEING MADE A VESSEL
  • BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
  • BE CAREFULL WHO YOU LISTEN TO
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • CALLED OF GOD AND ......
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 1
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 2
  • CHRISTIAN WARFARE
  • COMPARING CHILDREN
  • CREATED IN HIS IMAGE
  • DARKNESS IN CHURCHES TODAY
  • DARKNESS vs LIGHT
  • DECEPTION
  • DECLARING THE KINGDOM
  • DEPENDENCE ON GOVERNMENT
  • DISCERNING THE WIND
  • DISCERNMENT
  • DIVINE GUIDANCE
  • DRIFTING INTO DARKNESS
  • ETERNAL VALUES
  • EXPERIENCEING HIS PRESENCE
  • FEAR - WHY?
  • GO AND SIN NO MORE
  • GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES
  • GODLESS CHRISTIANITY
  • GOD'S PRESENCE
  • GOD'S SABBATH REST
  • GOD'S TIMING
  • GOD'S WORD IS ETERNAL
  • GOVERNMENT
  • GROWING TO MATURITY
  • HARVEST TIME IS ALMOST OVER
  • HE THAT HATH AN EAR
  • HIS ENEMIES - HIS FOOTSTOOL
  • HOW CLOSE IS CHRIST'S RETURN
  • HOW DISTRACTED ARE YOU
  • HOW TO SHIELD YOURSELF
  • I DREAMED OF TREASURE
  • IDENTIFYING ANTICHRIST
  • IMMORALITY IN THE CHURCH
  • IS THE DEVIL IN HARRY POTTER
  • IT IS TIME FOR GOD TO......
  • JESUS SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN
  • KINGDOMS IN CHAOS
  • KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD
  • KINGDOM THINKING
  • KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH
  • KNOW THE POWER
  • LET THE LIGHT SHINE
  • MAINTENANCE
  • MANY REFUSE TO REPENT
  • MYSTERY BABYLON
  • NECESSARY DISCIPLINE OF A CHILD
  • NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE BORN AGAIN
  • AN OMINOUS PROCLAMATION
  • ON BEING A WITNESS
  • POOR, BLIND & NAKED
  • PRAY AFTER THIS MANNER
  • PRAYER THAT CHANGES THINGS
  • PRAYING FOR ENDURANCE
  • PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
  • PREPARE FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • PROOF ISLAM IS OF SATAN
  • PROPHESY GOOD TO US
  • PSALM 91: TRIBULATION PSALM
  • REASON TO WATCH & PRAY
  • RECOGNIZING TRUE MINISTRY
  • REJECTING TRUTH
  • RELEVANCE OF THE LAW
  • RELIGION vs TRUE CHRISTIANITY
  • REPENT MEANS CHANGE
  • RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
  • SATAN'S STRATEGY EXPOSED
  • SELFISHNESS
  • SHALL DO EXPOITS
  • SHEDDING INNOCENT BLOOD
  • SIN AND GODLESSNESS
  • SPIRITUAL DECLINE
  • STRONG DELUSION
  • STUFF
  • SURVEILLAENCE
  • TAKE A STEP BACK
  • THE ENEMY WE DON'T SEE
  • THE BIBLICAL GOD
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • THE CHILDREN OF GOD vs ....
  • THE CHURCH & TRUTH
  • THE COMING OF JESUS
  • THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES
  • THE CURRENCY OF HEAVEN
  • THE GATES OF HELL
  • THE GOSPEL THAT PLEASES
  • THE GREATEST OF THESE
  • THE ABSOLUTE POWER
  • THE HORROR OF ......
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • THE LAST DAYS
  • THE MARRIED WIDOW
  • THE ORIGIN OF CREATION
  • THE OTHER CHURCH
  • THE REFORMATION CONTINUES
  • THE RISE OF LAWLESSNESS
  • THE SECULAR CHURCH
  • THE SEVEN CHURCHES
  • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOVE
  • THE THREE HOLY SPIRITS
  • THE WALKING DEAD
  • WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
  • THE WORKS OF GOD
  • THREATENED WITH DEATH
  • THE TIMING OF EVENTS
  • TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR
  • TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH
  • THE TRAGEDY OF ICABOD
  • TRIED BY FIRE
  • TRUE RICHES
  • TRUTH vs DECEPTION
  • TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
  • TWO NATURES IN CONFLICT
  • TWO KINDS OF ENEMY
  • UNCLEAR PROPHETIC WORDS
  • UNDERSTANDING THE LIBERAL MINDSET
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD
  • WHAT BECAME OF THE NEPHILIM
  • WHAT DOES JESUS HATE
  • WHAT GOD WANTS
  • WHERE IS YOUR TRUST
  • WHY A MINISTER FALLS
  • WHY CHRISTIAN DECLINE
  • WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
  • WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?
  • WHY GOD MADE MAN IN HIS IMAGE
  • WHY IS AMERICA IN DECLINE
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY NO JUDGMENT ON THE WICKED.....YET
  • WHY PEOPLE REJECT TRUTH
  • WHY PEOPLE WORSHIP FALSE GODS
  • WHY PRAY
  • WHY THE CROSS
  • WHY THE LATTER RAIN
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
  • WHY WAS JESUS BAPTIZED
  • WONDER OF THE SEED
  • YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER
  • YIELDEDNESS
  • YOUTHFUL LUSTS
  • YOUR BEHAVIOR REVEALS .....
  • DO NOT BE DECIEVED
  • WHEN ARE WE CAUGHT UP
  • WHERE IS THE POWER
  • REAL SURVIVAL GEAR
  • UNITY IN CHRIST
  • VISION OF TWO CHURCHES
  • WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • WHY SEXUAL PERVERSION EXISTS
  • WHEAT AND THE TARES
  • ON BEING SONS OF GOD
  • WHAT KINGDOM DO YOU DESIRE
  • WHAT IS THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • THE GREAT AWAKENING - Part 2
  • TWO HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
  • PRAYING FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY
  • WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS
  • WAS JESUS LATE?
  • WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH
  • WHY DID JESUS COME
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY CHANGE IS COMING
  • CLARIFYING THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • YOU WILL FACE THE JUDGE
  • FAILURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD
  • WHAT DOES "LORD" MEAN
  • THE ULTIMATE LOSS
  • THE WAY YOU THINK
  • WHAT IS REALITY AND TRUTH
  • THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY
  • WHY IS PATIENCE IMPORTANT
  • WHERE WAS GOD WHEN ......
  • WHY MANY WON'T BE SAVED
  • SECTARIANISM IN THE CHURCH
  • WHY SO MUCH DARKNESS
  • INCREDIBLE DECEPTION
  • THE VALUE OF SALT
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF WHEAT AND TARES
  • WHO IS IN CONTROL
  • We Are Wonderfully Made By God
  • STUDY OF DIVINE POWER
  • TOTAL REDEMPTION
  • THE HARVEST IS RIPE
  • THE PENALTY OF UNBELIEF
  • WHAT PRECEDS THE RETURN OF CHRIST
  • WHO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN HEAVEN
  • THE ERROR IN THE GRACE MESSAGEE
  • FINAL CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
  • HAS AMERICAN BECOME WORSE
  • WHY CELEBRATE PENTECOST
  • WE HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED
  • IS A FAMINE COMING?
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • DEALING WITH LEFTIST PROGRESSIVES
  • MAN'S KINGDOMS vs GOD'S
  • MOTIVATION TO PRAY
  • PRIDE - WHAT GOD HATES
  • SEEING IS BELIEVING - OR IS IT?
  • WHY THE DISCIPLES HAD GREAT SUCCESS
  • REVIVAL vs ENTERTAINMENT
  • FACING DEATH
  • AFFLICTION
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF BITTERNESS
  • THE REALITY OF HELL
  • TIME OF TRAVAIL
  • IN HIS IMAGE
  • BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE - PART 2
  • THE POWERLESS CHURCH
  • WHAT IS ATONEMENT
  • UNGODLY COUNSEL - BEWARE
  • BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS & MINISTERS
  • THE GREAT DISCONNECT
  • WE HAVE A SERIOUS FUEL SHORTAGE
  • WHY SO MUCH CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
  • PROOF OF A DIVINE CREATOR
  • THE DANGEROUS PROSPERITY DOCTRINE
  • SPIRITUAL WOLVES
  • OUR WORLDLY STRUGGLES
  • UNEXPECTED AND UNPREPARED
  • WHAT GOD IS
  • EVERTHING IS BEING SHAKEN
  • NO EXPIRATION DATE
  • WHY JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD
  • WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
  • THE STATE OF THE UNION
  • HOW AWESOME IS GOD
  • SELF PRESERVATION
  • A HOUSE DIVIDED
  • WICKED vs SINNERS
  • PREPARED FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • WHAT'S LACKING IN CHURRCH LEADERSHIP
  • WHAT A PRIVILEGE
  • WHAT GOD HAS PROVIDED
  • GOD'S LOVE RESTORES WHAT WAS LOST
  • WHY TRIALS AND TESTINGS
  • SIGNS OF THE TIMES
  • SPIRITUAL WARFARE
  • WALKING IN VICTORY
  • HAS THE EZEKIEL 38 WAR BEGUN
  • ON BEING A SERVANT
  • UNPREPARED FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD
  • BOOK - THE OTHER CHURCH
  • LUST IS A HUMAN PROBLEM
  • THE POWER OF GOD
  • WHAT CAUSES APOSTASY
  • MAN: GOD'S BELOVED MASTERPIECE
  • WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR AMERICA
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD'S POWER
  • APOSTASY
  • WHAT TIME IS IT?
  • WHO OR WHAT IS BABYLON
    • THE TWO SIDES OF GOD
  • WHY SATAN PRODUCED GIANTS
  • WHY ALL THE CORRUPTION
  • THE AWSOME RESPONSIBILITY OF A PASTOR
  • THE DESTRUCTIVE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS
  • COMPARE KING DAVID & JESUS
  • WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • HEAVEN IS NOT FOR SINNERS
  • AN APPOINTED DAY
  • SPIRITUAL WARFARE WILL INTENSIFY
  • JESUS TELLS OF SOWING SEED
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH - part 2
  • HOW SHALL THE BELIEVER LIVE?
  • WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT "WOKE" AMERICA
  • IGNORANCE OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY
  • THE END IS NEAR
  • WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
  • WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • REAL TREASURE
  • PREPAREING THE WAY OF THE LORD
  • PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD - Part 2
  • COMMUNION - THE LORD'S SUPPER
  • LIFE CONSISTS OF TWO COMPONENTS
  • LOVE: FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM
  • MISPLACED TRUST
  • CELEBRATING PENTECOST TODAY
  • ENDURING FATIH
  • DON'T READ THE BIBLE......
  • IF MY PEOPLE......
  • HUMAN NATURE ISN'T HUMAN
  • LIGHT AND LOVE
  • World In Upheaval
  • IS YOUR FAITH GETTING WORN OUT?
  • TO SERVE OR BE SEREVED
  • TO SERVE OR BE SERVED - Part 2
  • WHAT WILL IT TAKE
  • WARNING ABOUT REVIVAL
  • PERILOUS TIMES ARE HERE
  • LIFE - PHYSICAL vs SPIRITUAL
  • LIVING FOR CHRIST IN A HOSTILE CULTURE
  • ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - AN OPPORTUNITY
  • CORRECTING OUR WORLDLY LOVE
  • UNBELIEF AMONG CHRISTIANS
  • WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON
  • INTIMACY WITH CHRIST
  • LEARNING TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY
  • THE CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS
  • GOD HEARS A DESPERATE CRY
  • BABYLON IS FALLEN
  • TECHNOLOGY - The Modern Tower of Babel
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF FALSE MINISTERS
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE
  • GREAT EXPECTATION
  • SOWING THE GOSPEL AS SEED
  • WHAT YOU THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE - INS'T
  • DECEPTION IS GOING EXTREME
  • GOD KNOWS IT ALL
  • INSIGHTS ON THE BOOK OF JOB
  • WILL YOUR LOVE BE TESTED
  • GOVERNMENT IN DARKNESS
  • APPROACHING HARVEST TIME
  • INSTRUCT YOUR CHILDREN
  • Apostasy - PART 2
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE
  • THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD
  • BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS
  • THE UNRECOGNIZED CHRIST
  • TRANSGENDERISM - A DEATH SENTENCE
  • REBUILDING JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE
  • WHAT IS A LIVING SACRIFICE
  • THE CHURCH OF THE ITCHING EAR
  • THE DEVIL'S MISTAKES
  • BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS - Part 2
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF IDOLATRY
  • EMBRACING TRIBULATION
  • CALLED TO SEPARATION
  • CONSEQUENCES OF ENVY AND STRIFE
  • WHY GOD SENT JESUS
  • KEEP LOOKING UP
                                              HE THAT HATH AN EAR
 
          When the Lord speaks, do you hear Him?  Most people don’t;  in fact many say that God does not speak to us as He did in times past.  They say that now God only speaks through His Word - the Bible.  Unfortunately, such a statement defies what is written in the Word and what was spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ.  Having an ear to hear is an admonition instructing believers to be alert and sensitive to His voice and the leading and promptings of His Spirit.  Failure to do so has grave consequences, yet the church seems to be ignorant of this vital warning and its relevance today. 
 
             In variations, the warning phrase, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear” occurs 15 times in the New Testament, and each time it is spoken by Jesus.  Jesus even indicated that the majority of the end-time church, represented by the church of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-20) would be devoid of His Spirit and thus lacking the ability to hear what the Spirit is saying. This is why He gave this warning:
 
Revelation 3:20 – Behold, I stand at the door and knock:  if any man hear My voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup (fellowship) with him, and he with Me.
 
          This verse is often used for evangelism, being directed at the unsaved; but this message was not written to the unsaved but to a dead and dried up, materialistic church.  Jesus’ message to every church in Revelation 2 and 3 ended with this phrase:
 
Revelation 2:7; 2:11; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13 and 3:22 –  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
 
         It has become very obvious that most Christians do not have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying.  In fact, they are not even taught in their churches that they can hear Him speak to them individually.  Christians are generally discouraged from hearing what the Spirit is saying as they are to listen instead to the pastor.  It is implied that the average Christian cannot be trusted to hear what the Lord is telling them; and those that claim to hear from the Lord are looked at with suspicion and often disdain as though they were weird.  As a result, prophets are no longer allowed to function in the church because all “words from the Lord” have to come through the pastor or his designee.
 
          Consider what Jesus said about His people hearing their shepherd’s voice:
 
John 10:3-4 – and the sheep 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.
 
         It appears that Christians today do not know His voice; instead they are giving heed to many other voices; some being strange voices that are pleasing to their ears but lead to bondage and destruction.  Even sheep are smarter than many Christians:
 
John 10:5 – And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
 
         Regarding hearing other voices Jesus warned:
 
Luke 21:8 – And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
 
         Among true believers there are those who really know Him and are able to hear His voice; they recognize Him when He speaks to them:
 
John 10:14 – I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
 
        However, in the same crowd (or church) there are those who may have heard His voice but their spiritual ears are not tuned in to recognize that it was their name that was called, or that it was to them He was speaking.  These are the ones who hear a word from the Lord and say, “that was for so-n-so”.  Still others hear His voice but don’t even recognize that it was Him speaking.  All they are able to hear is noise.  This later condition we see in some churches today is well illustrated in scripture:
 
John 12:28-30 – Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.  The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.  Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes .
 
           Some only heard a noise, others heard a voice but said it was for someone else, all failed to recognize that it was God speaking to them and for their benefit; but they didn’t receive it.  Why?  Because they did not recognize His voice and didn’t have ears to hear it clearly at all.
 
         Obviously many believers don’t have ears to hear; or more accurately stated, they don’t have the needed spiritual quality or maturity to hear and listen.  These are people who have to understand all things intellectually and reason things out in their natural mind.
 
1 Corinthians 2:14 – But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
         Such believers just don’t know how to walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7); they have to rely on limited human intellect, physical senses and natural understanding:
 
Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
 
          In these last days, before our Lord’s return, it is critical that His people are able to hear or discern His voice among all the many voices that are speaking in these days.  How do you hear and recognize His voice?  You must listen; not with your natural physical ear, but with your spirit – where His Spirit resides in you.  Many Christians do not understand that they are a triune being made in the image and likeness of God.  (The word “God” as used in Genesis Chapter One is Elohim, which is plural for God and refers to Father, Son and Holy Spirit).  Christians are also three part beings having a physical body, a soul (personality, intellect and emotions) and a spirit, your inner-most being or the life force that is made alive unto God by believing in Jesus the Christ.  These three are listed in the Bible:
 
1 Thessalonians 5:23 – And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
         
         When the Lord speaks to you, He speaks by His Holy Spirit:
 
John 8:24 – God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
 
        Therefore, in order to hear, you must hear in your spirit, not with your natural ear.  Where does the Lord reside in you? ….in your spirit, in that part of you that was re-born upon the salvation experience; that part of you in which He now resides:
 
Galatians 4:6 – And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
         
          God has never stopped speaking to His people; His people just stopped hearing Him speak.  Why? ….because they have put more of their trust in the arm of flesh, in their physical ear, than in their spiritual hearing ability.  Again, they have not been taught to listen to God but to man, and their leaders.
         
          How do you cultivate the ability to hear in the spirit or hear what the Spirit is saying to you and the church?  How do you know or recognize His voice or when He is speaking to you?  Two main ingredients are required – the Word (Bible) and prayer.
         
          You must know the Word of God.  This gets you familiar with who He is, what He does, how He directs, what He wants of you, etc.  Knowing His Word equips you to recognize when you are hearing some other voices that speak contrary to His Word and His will.  Other voices you will hear, and some of them will use His Word also, but they do not apply it properly.  Familiarity with His Word is essential to discern what is of God and what is not.  This refers to spiritual maturity:
         
Hebrews 5:11-14 – Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.  For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.  
         
          The second requirement is prayer; intimate, intense and frequent communion with God.  This also produces familiarity so that you recognize not only His voice but how He speaks as well.  The more you commune and fellowship with Him in prayer the better you get to know Him.  Many Christians have not come to really KNOW Him; that is, to become intimately familiar with Him.  Jesus’ complaint with some ministers is, “I never knew you” – Matthew 7:23.  The word knew used here is the same word as when a man “knew” his wife and she conceived.  Jesus said they were doing things their way (the same as rebellion, iniquity) and not doing His work His way.  This is because they did not spend sufficient quality time with Him in prayer and fellowship and thus were not intimate with Him enough to know His will and His way of doing things.
 
          When such a level of fellowship is attained, then you will know His voice and follow Him in obedience.  Then you will not be deceived into following strange other voices even though they use His name and His Word.  Remember Jesus warned that in the last days there would be great deception: 
 
Matthew 24:4-5, 24 – And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many –  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
 
Following are three reasons why Christians don’t have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying:
 

1. FALSE PROPHETS (preachers and teachers) – They may be pastors of Bible believing churches, and they may even be saved; but, what makes them false  teachers and preachers is what is in their messages.  They may have truth, but they mix in error, doctrines of men and/or demons.  Error mixed with truth voids the truth; it’s like a little cancer in the body, or leaven in the dough – it will spread and infect the whole.  God does not honor or work with or through error.  Therefore those who believe or embrace error are not able to hear Him because He only speaks TRUTH. 
 
John 17:17 – Sanctify them through thy truth:  thy Word is truth.
 

2. TRADITIONS – practices or doctrines established or added by man that are not
 based in or on God’s Word.  Every church denomination has them.  Jesus said that the traditions of man make the Word of God of no effect in the lives of people who submit to them because they adhere to that which is not true or not of God:
 
Matthew 15:3, 7-9 – But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?  ...Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.  Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
 
          Many Christians actually prefer and follow their church traditions to the Word of God, and they refuse to change even when they are confronted with the truth.  Such people certainly cannot hear from God because they are, in fact, not worshipping Him but instead worshiping their churches traditions and doctrines. 
 
          Jesus spoke of this condition to the woman at the well:
 
John 4:22-23 – Ye worship ye know not what (your traditions): we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
 
3. DOCTRINES OF DEMONS – such false beliefs and practices that migrated from pagan religions into the church over the course of history; particularly those adopted by the Roman Catholic Church, many of which continue in the Protestant churches.  Thus many such doctrines are found in denominational churches today.  They are based on miss-use, miss-understanding and miss-application of the scriptures; in addition to many cases of rejecting scriptures and substituting other beliefs, including pagan ones that can be traced all the way back as far as ancient Babylon.  Satan and his “ministers of light” sometimes use God’s Word, but they use it deceptively to ensnare and beguile God’s people to trust in things that will not work and are not true.  The church of Rome is specifically referred to:
         
1 Timothy 4:1-3 – Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
         
        Why is it so important to be able to hear the Holy Spirit speak to your spirit?  Because Jesus said the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth:
 
John 14:26 – But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13-14 – Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.  He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
 
          To sum it up, you must be able to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches (that’s you if you are a believer), because He will continually reveal the truth of God’s Word; will continually reveal more about Jesus and His Word; will continue to glorify Him in each new level of understanding and fellowship; will help you remember scripture;  will aid you in ministry to others by always pointing to Jesus; will tell you of things to come which includes warnings, leading you to shelter or safety or making preparation.
 
          He that does not have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying is at a great disadvantage.  That is why Jesus stressed this warning of hearing the Spirit so strongly.  Remember this; God is a Spirit and He speaks to your spirit by His Spirit.  How do you know you heard from Him?  …if you are suddenly made aware of something, and your mind has not been thinking or working on that subject, then most likely it came from your spirit, not your mind.  Then you need to check out what you heard with scriptures to verify and confirm what you heard is scriptural.  What you hear from God in your spirit will ALWAYS agree with and be confirmed with what is recorded in His Word.  God will not speak anything that is contrary to His Word.  Then submit what you heard to other mature believers who know how to hear what the Spirit saith.
 
          The following are additional scriptures about “he that hath and ear, let him hear” for you to study:  Matthew 11:4-15;  13:3-9;  13:36-43;  Mark 4:1-9; 4:21-25;  Mark 7:14-16; Luke 8:4-8;  Revelation 2:1 – 3:22.
 
NOTE: the Bible tells us that you can not expect to hear from God if you are not one of His children, born again and cleansed by the blood of Jesus and have received the life of Christ within you:
 
John 8:43 & 47 -  Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. … He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
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