Revelation 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
You only Hear when you Understand what is said
“Listen” means to pay attention but not necessarily understand the significance of the noise or words. As a result, what was said does not change our behavior.
“Hear” means to be informed by what is said or heard. Your understanding deepens.
What you hear influences your behavior, which is what you do.
DEUTERONOMY 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Matthew 15:10 And He called the multitude and said unto them, Hear, and understand.
Hearing must be linked to understanding because hearing has value.
ROMANS 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
You only get faith from the Scriptures that you understand.
Our problem is that we do not know so many of the Bible mysteries which we just try to find superficial and shallow answers for.
HEBREWS 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
“Dull of hearing” means dull of understanding.
To really understand something takes hard work.
To listen is meaningless. We can all listen to a lecture but how many can understand the lecture?
Listening means knowledge goes in one ear and out the other ear.
MARK 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not?
and having ears, hear ye not?
and do ye not remember?
We all listen to the sound of the voice thanks to our ears receiving the sound waves. This is called noise or it may be a code.
But there was certain information being transferred that had to be understood in the mind. That is called the signal or the meaning of the code.
But if you hear what the prophet says then you link his statement to other statements that are in the Bible and you develop a pattern of thought that runs through the Scriptures.
Today we take a superficial view of the Bible and look for shallow meanings in many of the symbols and events because we fear the hard work it will take to seek and dig up the truth.
JEREMIAH 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
May the Lord help us to tune our spiritual ears properly so as to hear properly what the Spirit is saying!
Shalom!
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 