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The Jesus Name Church
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Wed, 07 May 2008
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 Are you truely listening to God?
Itching ears is a phrase used in the
Bible to describe a person who looks for messages
that please them and their standard of living, as
opposed to searching for the truth that might
make them uncomfortable.
2 Timothy 4:3-4: For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine; but
after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears; And
they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables. (KJV)
Paul is telling Timothy to always preach
the truth but cautioning him that those who hear
him will not always receive the truth.
We sing and read and preach about grace,
but too often, our talk about grace is simply
another method of protecting our self-
righteousness.
The preaching we love to listen to may be
truth-filled and Bible-centered, but if it only
points out the problems of everyone else in the
world, it misses its target. We love to sit in
the pew and think the preacher is preaching to
someone else. If we are not careful we will get
the attitude that everything we do is like Baby
Bear’s porridge , rocking chair and bed…JUST
RIGHT!
Our ears are tickled when we ear a sermon
that never makes us uneasy. Our hearts are
unchanged when we listen to a sermon that never
gets us to think, or feel uneasy about our
destiny.
Matthew 18:11-18 : For the Son of man is
come to save that which was lost. How think ye?
if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them
be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and
nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh
that which is gone astray? And if so be that he
find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more
of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which
went not astray. Even so it is not the will of
your Father which is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish. Moreover if thy
brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell
him his fault between thee and him alone: if he
shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee
one or two more, that in the mouth of two or
three witnesses every word may be established.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it
unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the
church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man
and a publican.
Be careful about listening when a message
is being given in your presence that you don’t
neglect it and become as an heathen. A heathen
is an unconverted member of a people or nation
that does not acknowledge the God of the Bible.
Proverb 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.
Be careful that you are listening to God
and not leaning upon what feels right to you
because it is the easy way out, or it doesn't
make us have to change the way we are liveing.
The flesh is always looking for the easy way out.
Posted 23:38
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