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Hear What the Spirit Says
(Jn16:12-13; Rev2:7)

God is the God of revelation (Jn1:1).
He reveals Himself in His time, according to His ways (Jn1:14; Gal4:4-5) and
To those who love Him He reveals Himself all the more (Jn14:21).
 
Faith is hearing His word and believing it and
The life of this faith is obeying His word until the end.
 
While religions originate from the spirit of the world (1Co2:12) and
Attempt to approach the supernatural by human efforts,
God hides Himself from such (Mt11:25-26).
 
The faith by revelation, however, is following the revealed word (Jn1:1; 1Pe1:20):
Hearing according to what He speaks and
Knowing according to what He reveals — that is, hearing the Word.
For faith comes from hearing, when the soul that hears through the voice of men (phoné) that
Carries the Word of God (logos), receives the power to move the soul (rhema) (Rm10:13-14).
 
The Bible contains the story of men who heard the word of God and how they responded:
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, the prophets and the disciples (He1:1-2):
•       In the past — through the prophets — to Israel;
•       In these last days — through the Son — to the world, the disciples; and
•       On this day — through the Holy Spirit — to the church, inside souls.
 
The Law is the word that God spoke through the angels (Ac7:53; He2:2) and
The Gospel is the word that He spoke through the Son (He2:3), which
Many prophets longed to hear but did not hear it (Mt13:16-17).
 
The sanctuary where inside the ark were the stone tablets
Reminded them that God spoke to their ancestors (Ex25:22).
 
But Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He Himself would reveal God and speak directly to souls (Mt17:1-5; He1:1), for
He is the God who spoke from the beginning, who became flesh and
His words are what the Word in the beginning spoke (Jn1:1, 14), and
Also will later be spoken by the Holy Spirit inside souls (Jn14:24, 16:12-13).
 
Although He spoke what He heard from the Father (Jn12:49),
The people refused to hear Him (Jn9:29), and
The disciples, though blessed to hear His voice (Mt13:13-17; Mk4:9, 23),
Still could not understand (Lk18:33-34).
 
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)     Only listened to the Father’s word and obeyed to death (Jn10:18);
2)     Judged the spirit of the world, the liar, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:43-47, 12:31); and
3)     Tore His flesh like the temple veil and sprinkled His blood on the souls of men, opening their ears that were blocked by sin (Ge3:21, 24; Ex25:22; Lk23:45).
 
He resurrected and ascended to the throne in heaven
In the body that has the marks of being torn (Rev5:6).
To this day, His voice comes from the throne like
Peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm (Rev11:19).
 
The Holy Spirit lets believers who heard the voice of Yeshua inside their souls
Speak in tongues (Ac2:4; 1Co14:14).
He speaks the words of Yeshua to them (Jn14:23-26) and
Lets them hear what the Spirit says to the churches (Rev2:7).
 
The man of the Spirit is blessed for
He has ears to hear the word spoken since the beginning (Mt13:16-17), and
Repents when rebuked and obeys when commanded (Jn6:63, 68, 12:50; He4:12-13, Rev2:12-17).
He is changed by hearing the voice of the Lord, like Apostle Paul (Ac9:17-20; Gal1:15-17), and
Preaches the words that he heard (Mk16:15; Rm10:14-15) for
When the Lord returns, he longs to hear His voice and rise to live (Jn5:24-25; 1Th4:16-17).
 
O Lord,
I am amazed that my soul can hear the word spoken since the beginning!
Let all our ears be opened to hear Your voice so
Even if we lose strength at times,
Let us hear your gentle whisper like Elijah did (1Ki19:11-16) and
Get back up again to speak Your words.
Ephphatha (Mk7:35)!