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 “Let That Sink In”

 

We have begun a new series entitled: “The Inner Ear of the Spirit.” It's vitally important to be able to “hear” – and, in a spiritual sense it means more than just to listen.

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We've been talking about the three dimensions of spiritual hearing: the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. I want to focus on the inner ear. In the natural ear, there are 3 canals of fluid in the inner ear, and as the sound passes over the fluid, there's a conversion that takes place to energy. And that is parallel to what happens in a spiritual sense, as God's word enters our heart and is converted into revelation by the Spirit.

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The three canals are the three dimensions of revelation by the Spirit - our conscience, fellowship, and our intuition are made alive. But if our middle ear of the spirit is blocked then we will not receive revelation as we should. Even Jesus' disciples had impaired hearing; they didn't really understand some of the things that Jesus was trying to tell them.

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Luke 9: 43 But while everyone marveled at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples, 44 “Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.” 45 But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.

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Let this sink down into your ears. Jesus, in saying this describes for us the process of spiritual hearing. The outer ear hears, the middle ear of the heart, when receptive, accepts the truth; then the inner ear receives a revelation of what the Lord is saying. It has to sink in!

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Let it sink down - this reminds me of the sinking of the Titanic. Bound to the U.S. out of England, this ship was deemed to be invincible and even when it got news flashes about icebergs nobody reacted. Because they were hearing impaired! The news that they received was contrary to what they were feeling and what they were thinking.

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As we are sanctified by the Spirit, we begin to hear the word of God in the inner ear of our spirit; we begin to understand the deep things of God, and we begin to see with spiritual eyes. The goal of our spiritual walk is to hear and understand the word of the Lord that leads to seeing with spiritual eyes.

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2 Corinthians 4: 18 …while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.