ARE YOU LISTENING?

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ARE YOU LISTENING?

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Matthew 13:13-1713 Therefore I speak to them in parables,

because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14

And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; 15 For the hearts of this people

have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing,

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And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their

hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.‘ 16 "But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17 for assuredly, I say

to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see

it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased,

Hear Him.

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ARE YOU LISTENING?

So Your Heart Does Not Become Hard And Calloused

So You Do Not Have A Foolish Heart

So You Will Not Be Deceived

So You Will Have A Good Heart

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo Your Heart

Does Not Become Hard And CallousedVs. 15

For the Heart of this people has grown dull"

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WHY WON’T PEOPLE LISTEN?TRADITIONS

Acts 6:14 "for we have heard him say that this Jesus of

Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us”"

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WHY WON’T PEOPLE LISTEN?UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CHANGE

Acts 10 Apostle Peter

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WHY WON’T PEOPLE LISTEN?MONEY

Acts 19:23-28 Loss of money by idol makers

Matt. 19:16-22Rich Young Ruler

Acts 5:1-11Ananias & Sapphira

Matt. 26:14-16Judas Iscariot

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WHY WON’T PEOPLE LISTEN?POPULARITY

James 4:4Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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WHY WON’T PEOPLE LISTEN?DECEITFULNESS OF SIN

Heb. 13:3But exhort one another every day,

as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Do Not Have A Foolish Heart

Matt. 13:15Lest they see with their eyes

and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Do Not Have A Foolish Heart

Prov. 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and

instruction.

Ecc. 4:13Better a poor but wise youth than an old but

foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.

Prov. 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so

the hearts of fools.

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Will Not Be Deceived

Matt. 13:22Parable of the Sower

Jn. 14:13And whatever you ask in My name, that I will

do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Matt.6:25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will

drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body

more than clothing?

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Will Not Be Deceived

Lk. 21:8Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and,

'The time has drawn near.‘ Therefore do not go after them.

1 Cor. 6:9Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor

idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will

inherit the kingdom of God.

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Will Not Be Deceived

1 Cor. 15:33Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts

good habits.

Gal. 6:7-8Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for

whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit

will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Will Not Be Deceived

James 1:14-1614 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then,

when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved

brethren.

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People Who Were Deceived In The Bible

Luke 15: The Prodigal Son

Luke 12:The Rich Farmer

Gen. 3Adam and Eve

1 Kings 13The Young Prophet

Judges 16Samson

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LISTEN TO JESUSSo You Will Have A Good Heart

Matt. 13:16But blessed are your eyes for they see

and your ears for they hear.

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THE WISE MAN & THE FOOLISH MANMATT. 7:24-27

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"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them

will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall,

because it had been founded on the rock.

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And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do

them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and

beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

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ListenTo

Jesus

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ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?Hear – Rom.10:17

Faith – Jn.8:24Repent – Acts 17:30Confess – Rom. 10:9

Be Baptized – 1 Pet.3:21

ARE YOU A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN?Confess sins – James 5:16

Live faithfully – Matt:10:22