He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

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He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

• Matthew 1115 139 1343
• Revelation 27,11,17,29 36,13,22
• Mark 423-25

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Mark 423-25

• If anyone has ears to hear,
  let him hear. 24 Then He said to
  them, Take heed what you
  hear. With the same measure you use, it
  will be measured to you and to you who hear,
  more will be given. 25 For whoever has, to him
  more will be given but whoever does not have,
  even what he has will be taken away from him.
• i.e. What you are hearing is very important,
  and it pays to listen!

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Let Him Hear!

• The Dull of Hearing
• It is hard for others to explain to them.
• (Hebrews 58-11 Matthew 1313-15)

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Hebrews 58-11

• Though He was a Son, yet He
  learned obedience by the things
  which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected,
  He became the author of eternal salvation to all
  who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest
  according to the order of Melchizedek, 11 of
  whom we have much to say, and hard to explain,
  since you have become dull of hearing.

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Matthew 1313-15

• Therefore I speak to them in
  parables, because seeing they do not
  see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do
  they understand. 14 And in them the
  prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says
  Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
  And seeing you will see and not perceive 15 For
  the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their
  ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they
  have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes
  and hear with their ears, Lest they should
  understand with their hearts and turn, So that I
  should heal them.

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Let Him Hear!

• The Dull of Hearing
• It is hard for others to explain to them.
• (Hebrews 58-11 Matthew 1313-15)
• Those with Itching Ears
• They listen only to what pleases them.
• (2 Tim. 43-4 No to sound doctrine vs. 2)

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2 Timothy 43-4

• For the time will come when they
  will not endure sound doctrine, but
  according to their own desires, because
  they have itching ears, they will heap up for
  themselves teachers 4 and they will turn their
  ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to
  fables.

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2 Timothy 41-2

• I charge you therefore before God
  and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will
  judge the living and the dead at His appearing
  and His kingdom 2 Preach the word! Be ready in
  season and out of season. Convince, rebuke,
  exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

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Let Him Hear!

• The Dull of Hearing
• It is hard for others to explain to them.
• (Hebrews 58-11 Matthew 1313-15)
• Those with Itching Ears
• They listen only to what pleases them.
• (2 Tim. 43-4 No to sound doctrine vs. 2)
• Those who Hear with a Noble and Good Heart
• The kind of listener that we should all be.
• (Luke 815 Acts 1711)

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Luke 815

• 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.
• Parable of the Sower
• Good soil that yielded crop a hundredfold.
• (vs. 18), Therefore, take heed how you hear

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Acts 1711

• These were more fair-minded
  than those in Thessalonica, in that
  they received the word with all readiness,
  and searched the Scriptures daily to find out
  whether these things were so.
• In contrast, those in Thessalonica became
  envious, and sought to harm Paul and Silas (cf.
  vs. 5)

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Conclusion

• How important, then, is
  listening?
• When it comes to
  listening to God, it is
  very important!
• Isaiah 552-3

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Isaiah 552-3

• Why do you spend money for what is
  not bread, And your wages for
  what does not satisfy? Listen carefully
  to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul
  delight itself in abundance. 3 Incline your ear,
  and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live
  And I will make an everlasting covenant with
  you-The sure mercies of David.
• This is my beloved Son. Hear Him
• Luke 935