- Hear, continued:
- We must take care how we hear.
- How we make application in our lives – Ezekiel 33:30-32
- Hear, recognizing what His Word is – I Corinthians 2:9-3:3
- Where His Word comes from
- How we are to receive it
- How it should affect us
- We must make it durable in our lives – Luke 8:18
- Parable of the sower
- Things can interfere with our hearing.
- We must guard against them and produce fruit.
- Our ability to produce fruit will expand.
- Hearing often requires help
- Moses to Israel – Deuteronomy 6:1-3
- Lack of help – II Chronicles 15:3
- Josiah’s reforms – II Chronicles 35:2-3
- After captivity – Ezra 7:10
- Ethiopian eunuch – Acts 8:29-35
- Apollos – Acts 18:24-28
- Path to effective hearing – James 1:19-25; I Peter 2:1-2
- Lay aside sin
- Long for the Word
- Put the word into practice to shape our lives
- Hearing God’s Word is no small thing
- It must be with fear and respect
- It must be active
- It must be exclusive
- It must be effectual
- It must be forward looking
- Lead and follow
- Some Hebrew words
- נָחָה nachah
- To transport (into exile or as colonists), bring, govern, guide, lead forth, put, straighten
- Usually to describe God leading
- Directly leading – Exodus 13:21
- By inference – Psalm 108:10
- Desire for God’s leadership – Psalms 61:2
- By proxy (only instance) – Exodus 32:34
- נָהַל nahal
- To run flow, to conduct, to protect, sustain, carry, feed, guide, lead gently, lead on
- Not always translated “lead”
- Genesis 33:14
- Isaiah 40:11
- נָחָה nachah
- Some Hebrew words
- Parable of the sower
- We must take care how we hear.
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