LAST TIME I SPOKE TO YOU, I INTRODUCED THE
7 MTS. OF INFLUENCE. AS A BODY, WE HAVE TO LEARN TO POSITION OURSELVES TO TAKE THESE MTS. WHEN WE DO, WE WILL BE
ABLE TO SAY “THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD HAVE BECOME THE KINGDOMS OF OUR LORD.”.SO TODAY I AM GOING TO REFRESH OUR MEMORIES FOR A MINUTE THEN MOVE ON TO
THE SERMON…OF WHICH TODAY’S TITLE IS “HE WHO HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR!” IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 7 MOUNTAINS THAT ARE IN A KINGDOM-THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THE CHURCH GAVE THESE
TERRITORIES TO THE ENEMY BY DOING NOTHING.WE LOST THESE INFLUENCES TO THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS. BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO WHERE
IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS THAT SATAN IS GOD’S ENEMY? IT SAYS THE CARNAL MIND IS THE ENEMY OF GOD. OUCH. GOD IS NOT SHOOK
UP BY SATAN .HE ISN’T EVEN CALLED AN ENEMY OF GOD! JESUS PUT HIM UNDER HIS FEET …WE ARE THE FEET!
WE ARE THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH. OUR PRAYER… “THY KINGDOM
COME THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.” JESUS WOULD NOT HAVE SAID THIS IS THE WAY TO PRAY IF IT COULD NOT
BE DONE! WE ARE KINGS IN THIS KINGDOM, AND WHEN WE GET THIS REVELATION, WE WILL PUT THE ENEMY UNDER OUR FEET!
THAT’S A FUTURE SERMON…LINE UPON LINE AND PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT. THIS MORNING, I AM SPEAKING ON AN IMPORTANT PERSONAL MOUNT WE MUST CONQUER TO EQUIP US FOR THE BIG ONES. NOTE THAT
THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE MINI MOUNTS FOR TRAINING…ALL ARE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE NO MATTER WERE WE COME FROM, IF WE ARE GOING TO WALK INTO THOSE PEARLY GATES, WE WILL ENTER AS SERVANTS. THE LAST
THING I SPOKE ON THAT SUNDAY WAS OF ENTERING IN AND HEARING GOD SAY “WELL DONE THY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.’
MAKE NO MISTAKE. HE WILL NOT SAY “WELL DONE,” IF WE HAVE NOT DONE WELL. NOR WILL HE SAY “FAITHFUL
SERVANT” IF WE HAVEN’T BEEN FAITHFUL… MUCH LESS CALL US SERVANT IF WE HAVE NOT BEEN SERVING. TODAY WE WILL TAKE THE MOUNT OF HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD. GOD’S PEOPLE MUST BE ABLE TO HEAR HIM. MUST.IT IS
NOT AN OPTION IN THESE LAST DAYS. HOW MANY HERE KNOW THAT IN THE LAST DAYS GOD IS REQUIRING MORE FROM US? IT
IS TIME TO BE ABOUT OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS. THE BIBLE TELLS US SO.
IN ONE OF THE PARABLES JESUS TAUGHT, HE TOLD OF 3 SERVANTS
WHO WERE GIVEN TALENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHILE THE MASTER WAS AWAY. THE FIRST DID VERY WELL, THE SECOND DID WELL, BUT THE 3RD DID NOTHING. HE
EVEN DUG A HOLE IN THE EARTH AND BURIED IT! THE MASTER CAME BACK TO REWARD FAITHFULNESS AND WAS PLEASED WITH THE FIRST 2 BUT
WAS ANGRY AT THE LAST ONE. WHY WERE YOU NOT ABOUT THE MASTERS BUSINESS? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE END TO HIM? HE LOST EVEN WHAT HE HAD - YET THEY WERE ALL SERVANTS…BUT HE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME THAN
HIS COMRADS DID.
WE NEED TO HEAR NOT
ONLY HIS LOGOS WORD, THE BIBLE, BUT ALSO HIS NOW WORDS TO US. GOD WAS NOT STOPPED SPEAKING! HE WANTS YOU TO HEAR HIM
MORE THAN YOU DO! OUR FIRST PRIORITY ON THIS EARTH IS TO HAVE INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP
WITH HIM…HOW CAN WE DO THAT IF WE ARE NOT HEARING HIM? HOW CAN WE LOVING OBEY HIM IF WE CANNOT HEAR HIM? TO OBEY HIM,
WE MUST HEAR HIM. TO HEAR HIM WE MUST HAVE INTIMACY. WE HAVE TO HAVE INTIMACY TO SEE GOD. GOD IS A SPIRIT. WE ARE SPIRIT. SO HOW DO YOU THINK HE WILL TALK TO US? BY OUR SPIRITS. NOT BY
THE 5 SENSES IN THE NATURAL, BUT BY OUR SPIRITUAL SENSES. WHEN WE BECAME BORN OF GOD, AND NO LONGER BORN OF THE EARTH (DUST)
WE ALL GOT HOOKED UP! NEWS FLASH! IF YOU ARE BORN OF GOD, YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING
HIM SPEAK! 1.-YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE 2.-YOU WOULD NOT BE SAVED, AND FOR SOME HERE, 3. - YOU WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING A STRANGE
LANGUAGE THAT SOUNDS WEIRD TO OTHER PEOPLE!
HIS VOICE WORKS THROUGH OUR SPIRIT AND OUR EMOTIONS AND MIND. IF YOU ARE
ON A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS AND CONFUSED AND HAVE NO PEACE, YOU AREN’T HEARING FROM GOD. SO, HOW DO WE KNOW OR DISCERN THE VOICE OF GOD…. WITH YOUR SET OF SPIRITUAL EARS THAT ALL BELIEVERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN.AS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE ONCE SAID-YOU GOTTA HAVE
HOLY GHOST EARS! IN THE NATURAL, IF YOU MOVE AWAY FROM SOMEONE WHO IS SPEAKING,
YOU FINALLY ARE OUT OF EARSHOT AND BEGIN TO NOT HEAR THEM, RIGHT? SO IT IS WITH OUR LORD. THE FURTHER YOU MOVE WAY FROM HIM,
THE DIMMER HIS VOICE GETS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THAT THEY WHO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL
DO GREAT EXPLOITS! IT IS TIME FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST TO STOP WALKING AROUND
IN THE WILDERNESS LIKE ISRAEL DID FOR 40 YEARS WHEN ALL THEY HAD TO MAKE WAS AN 11 DAY JOURNEY…REMEMBER THEM AT THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD…THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO START AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOD THAT HAD DONE SO MUCH FOR THEM, BUT THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN’T
WANT TO HEAR HIM FOR THEMSELVES. “OH, .NO…SPEAK TO MOSES. HE WILL TELL US” I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL THAT THIS REALLY HURT GOD. GOD HAS EMOTIONS TOO. YOU CAN GRIEF HIS SPIRIT. WE SAY OH,
I WOULD NEVER DO WHAT THEY DID - GIVE UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR GOD CLOSE UP AND PERSONAL... BUT, DON’T WE? DO WE WALK AWAY FROM HIM –AWAY FROM OUR FIRST LOVE AND BECOME
TOO BUSY TO TAKE THE TIME TO DRAW CLOSER SO WE CAN HEAR… TOO BUSY LISTENING TO THE OTHER VOICES- SO THAT WE
DO NOT KNOW HIM WHEN HE IS SPEAKING?
IT IS TIME TO STOP GOING AROUND THE SAME MT. OVER AND OVER. IT IS TIME HEAR
THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TEST AND PASS IT! WHY MAKE YOURSELF GO THROUGH COUNTLESS HARDSHIPS WHEN THERE IS A PROMISE LAND TO
ENTER? A
KINGDOM OF GOD HERE ON EARTH! WHERE WE CAN REIGN AS KINGS AND PRIEST HERE ….RIGHT NOW! IN THE FULLNESS OF GOD! IT’S TIME TO COME ALL THE WAY AND POSSESS EVERYTHING HE HAS FOR YOU! AND
FOR OTHERS THRU YOU! THERE IS A PLACE WHERE THE ENEMY CAN’T TOUCH YOU! ITS NOT ENOUGH TO COME TO THE CROSS-WE MUST WALK THROUGH
THE CROSS AND INTO THE HIS THRONE ROOM.!
GOD
HAS TOLD US IN MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE THE LAND. WE CAN TAKE THESE MTS. WE MUST OCCUPY UNTIL HE COMES. DOING HIS WILL
UNTIL HE COMES! BEING ABOUT OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS UNTIL HE COME! PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS UNTIL HE COMES! WALKING
IN HIS KINGDOM POWER UNTIL HE COMES! CHURCH…THERE IS SO MUCH MORE!
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