So, pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them”.
Luke 8:18
Hear:(Strong’s 191; akouó – ak-oo’-o) to hear, listen; hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
Help Studies:properly, to hear (listen); (figuratively) to hear God’s voice which prompts Him to birth faith within; this is hearing that can receive salvation and discern the voice of God
Heed:to give attention; have regard
Charles Spurgeon gives way to heed God’s Word in his sermon Heedful Hearing,
Hear attentively, retentively. (Take notes if necessary.)
Hear believingly, obediently.
Hear candidly, honestly.
Hear devoutly, sincerely.
Hear earnestly, spiritually.
Hear feelingly, sensitively.
Hear gratefully, prayerfully.
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. James 1:22
For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.
Luke 8:17
I can’t tell you how much this truth both excites and terrifies me.
My proper response to what I hear is obedience.
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