“May I Please Have Your Ear?”
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Jesus said it, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” This word has been in my spirit for months. It seems the Holy Spirit keeps drawing me back to this precious truth.
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Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"
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When Jesus spoke words they were always from the heart of God. One awesome passage that brings out this truth is John 1:18
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John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
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When Jesus was declaring about the Father it was not some off handed second hand, he said that she said that he said. Jesus declared the truth from the bosom of the Father. It was not, "How are you today?" " Fine, and how are you?" Have you ever had someone ask you how you are and before you could get out a heart felt answer they had moved on to speak to another? God’s word is not so surface! God’s word is sharp and powerful, God’s word is intimate and speaks life to heart.
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Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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God’s words are so powerful they get past the words of an acquaintance. His words are so powerful they move past the words of a friend! His words are words that divide between your spirit, soul and body. His word moves directly to the thoughts and intents of the heart. When you are wounded you don’t need the niceties of an acquaintance; a word from a friend may be of some help but often still falls short of dealing with the issue behind the issue, the issue of the heart! God’s words are words that affect and effect the heart.
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Luke 8:15 "But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
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God’s word does not affect everyone the same; it is only those who give ear to His word with a noble and good heart that bring the godly and desired results. How many times does the Word of God speak to him who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit speaks? Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God! May I please have your ear? God is not asking much. He just wants an ear that will hear with a noble and good heart. At the risk of repeating myself several times, God wants your ear to hear His Word so that you may live there-by!
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Matthew 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
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Before Jesus began His earthly ministry the Father spoke at His baptism. The Father has spoken that Jesus has His seal of approval! What a way to get started, the Father speaking from heaven. "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!" What words of affirmation!
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John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 "And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. 47 "And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 "For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 "And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak."
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Words to live by from the Father is the command of everlasting life!
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Hebrews 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
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The Father speaks to us by His Son Jesus Christ! Jesus speaks of the purging of our sin; Jesus speaks of everlasting life!
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Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
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The Father has spoken directly to the Son, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.” If you want to live by the words that proceed from the mouth of God you must believe that Jesus is God. The Father calls Jesus God; The Father has reaffirmed the anointing Jesus has and had came from the Father Himself!
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John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." 41 The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." 42 And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.
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Jesus has declared the Father to us and has exposed us to the will of the Father. Shall we hear His Word and live? The Father has clearly pointed that the object of your faith must be in Jesus the one who has taken away the sin of the world this is the Word of life to live by.
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Everyone who has heard and learned from God the Father comes to Jesus. If one does not come to Jesus be assured they have not heard from or have been taught by God. He who believes in Jesus has everlasting life. It not just the start of your faith journey; it is the journey the just shall live by faith. What is the object of faith; always and forever Jesus Christ and Him crucified and resurrected! Nothing else can bring eternal life!
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Matthew 17:1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"
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So many are not living by the words that proceeded out of the mouth of God; yet here on the Mount of transfiguration the message is clear from the Father. While Peter was suggesting a tabernacle for Moses and Elijah and Jesus the Father spoke this is my beloved Son hear Him!
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So many are still busy trying to build a tabernacle for Moses and Elijah. Moses pointed to the coming Messiah and said hear Him Elijah taught us by life experience to hear the still small voice of God! It is all about Jesus and hearing His voice. He spoke, "My sheep know my voice and another they will not follow." Those who are living by the words that have proceeded out of the mouth of God are tuned to the voice of Jesus. His voice is still speaking today; His blood is still speaking today. Indeed His voice will speak yet once again and all that can be shaken will be shaken. All that is in the grace and divine influence found in Jesus Christ alone will remain and walk in victory. Can God have your ear?
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