“He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” Revelation
3:6
We just had
a very long and deep study of the Seven Churches Of Asia Minor. In each of
these churches the Lord ended with these words, “He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches”. Each time the Holy Spirit spoke
God said to the Pastors of each church to listen. God said to listen to the
Spirit which is the Holy Spirit. Not everyone has an ear to hear God speaking.
If a soul is lost and without Christ, then they have no true idea what God is
saying in His word. I cannot say this enough, and every time I do say it I get criticized,
but God did not write the bible to lost people, He wrote it to His people. Lost
people do not understand the simplest thing about salvation. When God says, “He
that hath an ear, let him hear” He means to hear the scriptures and to hear the
real and true meaning of them are. But it is not that God wants us to hear the
scripture, but He also wants us to react to what the scriptures conclude. God
also said in Mark 4:9 “And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear,
let him hear.” See there are worlds of misinformation in the religious world
called Christianity. The reason for the misunderstanding is for many reasons,
maybe the teachers are lost, maybe the teachers simply teach lies, maybe the
teacher doesn’t like the truth, but I think the reason for so much misunderstanding
is teachers care to much about what people think of what they teach. Many
teachers would rather teach a lie because it is easier to make lost people
understand. Lost people hate the sovereignty of God because it puts God in
control of everything. Therefore, they just eliminate that teaching, changing
it into a lie to glorify the lost person instead of God. But the most harmed by
not listening to the Holy Spirit are the churches. Churches are required to
follow the teachings of the scriptures, which was breathed by the Holy Spirit
himself. It does not matter who penned the scriptures, but rather who’s word it
truly is. The Holy Spirit does not have hands to write so He used men inspired
by Him to write the words on paper. This concludes that we have the actual word
of God and not the words of men. It is the churches who are accountable to God
to hear the scriptures, that is to hear them with their spiritual ears. Since
the people are the members of the churches that means her membership must hear
the teachings of the scripture. Jesus spoke of the false teachers in Matthew
15:9 “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men…And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear,
and understand:” but we, churches of truth must hear and understand. That is to
understand the Holy Spirit and what He says to the hearts of the membership. To
understand, is to do, and to do is to hear. There are far too many Christians
not understanding and doing the teachings of the bible. It is not good enough to simply attend church
and hear the Pastor or teacher, you must understand and react to what the
Spirit says in the service. God said “Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2
Timothy 2:15 this is by hearing, understanding, and reacting to the word of
God. If churches fail to teach, listen, hear, understand, and react then they
are failing to serve God. If they do not teach the truth, then they are failing
to hear God. If they fail God, the Jesus Christ will remove the candlestick and
they will no longer be a church. Hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, because
if we do not, we fail God.
