"Hearing God pt 2"

Jesus’s disciples asked him why he spoke in parables when he spoke to the people.👇🏽

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Matthew 13:10

10 His disciples came and asked him, Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?

Jesus’s response is here in vs 15👇🏽

Matthew 13:15 For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes- so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.'

Harden Hearts

They can not hear

They have closed there eyes

Their hearts cannot understand 

They cannot turn to God for healing. 

Regarding the heart

Psalm 119:70 NLT

Their hearts are dull and stupid, but I delight in your instructions.

🟣Read Psalms 119- for more insight.

Zechariah 7:12 NLT

They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the LORD of Heaven's Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD of Heaven's Armies was so angry with them.

Regarding the ears

Zechariah 7:8-10 NLT

8Then this message came to Zechariah from the LORD: 

9 This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another. 

10 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.

Zechariah 7:11 NLT

Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.

John 8:41-44 NLT

41 No, you are imitating your real father." They replied, "We aren't illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.

42 Jesus told them, If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me. 

43 Why can't you understand what I am saying? It's because you can't even hear me! 

44 For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

🟣Read John 8:12-52

 Ignorant and unbelief

This is when Stephen spoke to the people and they closed their ears and drug him out of town and stoned him to death.👇🏽

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Acts 7:57 NLT

Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him

Act 7:58  And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 

Read Acts 6:8-15 and Acts 7:1-60

2 Timothy 4:3-4 NLT

For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. [4] They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

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Hebrews 5:11-14 NLT

Hebrews 5:11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don't seem to listen. 

12] You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God's word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. 

13] For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn't know how to do what is right. 

14] Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

The Eyes👇🏽

IIsaiah 29:10-12 NLT

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. 

11 All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, We can't read it because it is sealed.

12 When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, "We don't know how to read.

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Isaiah 44:20 NLT

The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can't help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this idol that I'm holding in my hand a lie?"

2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 NLT

He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. 

11 So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.

Remember what Matthew 13:15 says:

Matthew 13:15 For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes- so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.

And should be:

Converted 

Acts 3:19 KJV

19  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Acts 3:19 NLT

Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

25  In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26  And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Hebrews 6:4-6 NLT

4 For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened-those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, 

5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come- 

6 and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

And I:

Should heal them

Isaiah 57:18 NLT

I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them. I will comfort those who mourn,

Jeremiah 3:22 NLT

My wayward children, says the LORD, come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts. Yes, we're coming, the people reply,  for you are the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 17:14 NLT

O LORD, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone!

Jeremiah 33:6 NLT

Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem's wounds and give it prosperity and true peace.

🌟Hearing from God also occurs when he shows us a reflection of ourselves.

He won’t leave you hanging, when he shows us these truths, we have clear understanding how to clean it up, and make it right.

🌟In summary: We know why the Lord spoke in parables to the people.

The heart hardened refuse to listen (ears) and obey. Disobedience and a harden heart keeps us from seeing and understanding the goodness of God. His truths,

Pro 30:5  Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 

Prayer:

Lord, help us find our way back to you. Remove pride and guide us in your truth so we will see with our eyes, hear with our ears, understand in our hearts, and recieve forgiveness and a cleaned vessel from you. In Jesus’ name. amen.

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