12/07/10 AM WORSHIP... CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
God calls, Men do not always HEAR.
3 Hearing Levels:
1- Listen,
2- Understand,
3- Heed.
Dangers of Deafness
1- God stops calling,
2- God becomes enemy/fights us,
3- God protests backsliders,
4- People stiffen their necks
5- People resist the Holy Spirit,
6- Rebels get cut off, without remedy.
DO NOT WAIT,
Now is the time.
Open Your Heart. (see verses)
PASSAGES for DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL DEAFNESS...
1- God calls individuals and He calls societies, but there comes a time He no longer calls.
Genesis 6:3
(3) And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh:
2- To resist and reject God's call can result in Him becoming our enemy and fighting against us.
Isaiah 63:10
(10) But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Hebrews 10:26-31
(26) For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
(27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
(28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
(29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
(30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
(31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
3- God does not want empty lip service from those He delivers from sin, He expects obedience.
Jeremiah 11:7
(7) For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
4- God will not hear the cry of the reprobate.
Jeremiah 11:11
(11) Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
5- Those who will not Listen, Understand and Heed God's call will become more belligerent and hard hearted.
Acts 7:51
(51) Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
6- Those who will not listen Resist, Quench and Griev the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
(19) Quench not the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:30
(30) And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
7- God cuts off persistent rebels, suddenly and without remedy.
Proverbs 29:1
(1) He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
The right response to God is to Listen, Understand and Heed.
2 Corinthians 6:2
(2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
PASSAGES for DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL DEAFNESS...
1- God calls individuals and He calls societies, but there comes a time He no longer calls.
Genesis 6:3
(3) And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh:
2- To resist and reject God's call can result in Him becoming our enemy and fighting against us.
Isaiah 63:10
(10) But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Hebrews 10:26-31
(26) For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
(27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
(28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
(29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
(30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
(31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
3- God does not want empty lip service from those He delivers from sin, He expects obedience.
Jeremiah 11:7
(7) For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
4- God will not hear the cry of the reprobate.
Jeremiah 11:11
(11) Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
5- Those who will not Listen, Understand and Heed God's call will become more belligerent and hard hearted.
Acts 7:51
(51) Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
6- Those who will not listen Resist, Quench and Griev the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
(19) Quench not the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:30
(30) And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
7- God cuts off persistent rebels, suddenly and without remedy.
Proverbs 29:1
(1) He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
The right response to God is to Listen, Understand and Heed.
2 Corinthians 6:2
(2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Revelation 3:20
(20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
