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Introduction:
Jesus’ admonition is repeated 8 times, John repeats it 8 times in Revelation.
This means that it it important.
Listen to this! vs. 3
Jesus tells a story where He compares ears (hearts) to soils:
hardened soil and completely unreceptive
rocky soil in which seed goes in one ear and out the other
overgrown with weeds where the seed is overcrowded and choked out
soil is just right and receptive for the word
Same seed and same Sower, just different hearts (ears)
In Mark 4:1-9 Jesus speaks of different kinds of soils.
What do these soils represent?
And, who controls the type of soil the seed sown in?
Scriptures places a premium on hearing
Hear, o Israel (Dt.
6:4)
What is the prayer in Dt. 6 called?
People stood to hear the Word of God (Neh.
8:3)
Blessed is the man who listens to me (Prov.
8:34)
Listen like sheep (John 10:3)
Jesus knocks, and if anyone hears His voice… (Rev.
3:20)
He who has an ear, let him hear (Rev.
2-3)
Selective hearing
Most people practice selective hearing.
We hear what we want to hear.
Pilate practiced selective hearing
He spoke with Jesus
His wife told him the truth about Jesus
Yet he chose to listen to the mob (John 18:37).
What did Pilate’s wife see in her dream?
(Matthew 27:19)
Why do you think Pilate chose to listen to the mob instead of his wife and Jesus?
(John 18:37, Matthew 27:21-26)
Romans 10:17: Since Pilate refused to hear, he also refused to lay a foundation for faith.
Why do you think that faith comes by hearing?
Also, if faith comes by hearing, why do you think that Paul specified what we needed to hear?
Just Like Jesus - Two Essentials
Prayer: Spend time with Jesus in the Gospels (Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16)
Scripture reading: (Matthew 4) Jesus battled the Devil by knowing and relying on Scripture
Surrogate Spirituality
Sometimes we want others to study, pray and do the spiritual work for us
Vacations?
Romance?
Food?
Relationship with God is personal and no one can do it for you or for me.
Are you Listening?
Regular time and place (Psalm 88:13; Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16)
Open your Bible (Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 2:4-5)
Open your heart (Matthew 4:4; Dt. 32:46-47)
Read Mark 4:2-9.
List three take-away truths from Jesus’ story of the sower.
In what way(s) might God accuse religious people in general of having “selective hearing?”
There was never anyone busier than Jesus.
There was no one ever who had more demands upon His time than Jesus.
Yet somehow He made time for prayer.
In light of Matthew 14:23; Mark 1:35, and Luke 5:16, how was Jesus able to prioritize?
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