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Posted by Dee Knight for “Adjusted Sails” @ https://adjustedsails.wordpress.com
Original post @ https://adjustedsails.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/how-to-hear-gods-voice-and-not-your-own-or-others/
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The voice of Jesus for those with ears to hear…..
The message of The 11 (“The narrow gate”)
“The eleven disciples went to Galilee”
“Where Jesus had told them to go”
They heard His voice and obeyed His will
Despite uncertainty down below
Jesus spoke to them at length
He wasn’t really a Tweeter
Only 3 of them wrote Scripture
Matthew John and Peter
“Feed my sheep” said Jesus, for though
“Heaven and earth will pass away”
I have the words of eternal life and
“My words will never pass away”
“Enter through the narrow gate”
The voice of Jesus through the eleven
Believe in Jesus “through their message”
And “eat from the tree of life” in heaven
Jesus commissioned the eleven
With “everything I have commanded you”
“Teaching THEM to obey” Jesus
And “THEM” means me and you !
“The command given by our Lord and Savior”
Is not a Pharisee speaking alone
It came rather “through your apostles”
Matthew Peter and John
If a Pharisee boasts proudly
Those men added nothing to my message
He doesn’t speak for Jesus
His words are nothing more than garbage
Bibliography
All “quotes” in “quotation marks” are from the writings of the Apostles Matthew John and Peter in the Bible, mostly the “Red Letter” words of Jesus. [Matthew, John, Revelation, 2 Peter – NIV]
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That old secular statement that, “practice makes perfect” is very true indeed. The other thing, the Holy Spirit doesn’t SHOUT at you! His voice truly is the “still, small voice” because as a perfect Gentleman, He will never overpower you, you HAVE to be listening. Unlike the Holy Spirit, the devil will always be trying to get his voice heard above the fray, you can count on that as fact. He may APPEAR as an “angel of light” but his words are ALWAYS shrouded in half-truths and innuendos! Time and experience helps to prepare the one trying/practicing following the leading of the Holy Spirit and for when you “might” have made a mistake, our FAITH in God’s ability to lead will always correct the situation AND it is the one sure way to please our Heavenly Father!!!!!
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Yes, Jesus “….will never overpower you, you HAVE to be listening.” To HIS voice. Not the voice of a Pharisee.
Jesus “The Good Shepherd” is my Pastor
Jesus is The Way to God
The real Jesus of the real Apostles
But false teachers come and pervert God’s Word
With twists and turns and jostles
“My sheep listen to my voice”
Jesus said for us all to hear
“I know them, and they follow me”
He doesn’t run when a wolf appears
He “calls his own sheep by name”
It’s not the witchcraft of a distant stranger
Not just repeating the magic words
And then thinking you are out of danger
Our Father in Heaven wants to talk to you
He can hear you loud and clear
And He sent His Son Jesus to inhabit the earth
So that all who want God can draw near
Real prayer is a conversation
At least that’s what God wants it to be
We talk in the garden in the cool of the day
When we are part of His family
Only Jesus never disobeyed God
He’s the only immaculate conception
The Holy Spirit comes in His Name
Don’t listen to the voice of deception
If a false apostle preaches
I became your father, imitate me
He doesn’t speak the words of God
It’s just Boss Paul the Pharisee
And if a heretic now claims to be
The Church’s universal pastor
His words should be ignored
They lead to nothing but disaster
Jesus did not just teach The Way
He IS The Way, my friend
Repeating the mantra of Marypaulhammad
Is nothing but a dead end
Bibliography – all “quotes” in “quotation marks” are the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John chapter 10
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I loved this Pastor! Thanks and God bless – very timely for me!!
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Blessings to you in the name of Jesus!
Poem – What is love?
Two men came to Jesus
With different motivations
They asked Him the same question
Relevant to all the nations:
Which is the Most Important?
The answer was the same.
Jesus did not manipulate
He was not there to play a game.
“Love the Lord your God” said Jesus
as He quoted from The Law –
To fulfill and not abolish
was His purpose, full of awe.
Jesus did not make all Scripture
Into one new great commandment
He summarized The Law and Prophets
“First and Greatest” and “The Second.”
The Love of God is higher
Than the love of any man.
Receive from God, give back to God-
Then to others, that’s His plan.
The Love of God involves much more
Than simply “love your fellow man.”
Worship, trust, and pray to God,
and obey Him – that’s His plan
To worship and pray to neighbors,
Whoever they may be,
Or trust and obey our enemies
Would be idolatry.
The love of God is first and greatest,
And the love of man is second.
“All we need is love” are words
of dead Beetles on the pavement.
“The entire law is summed up in a single command”
are not the words of Jesus our Salvation.
It’s false teaching of Paul the Pharisee
an “accuser of our brethren.”
“Love” without God is Satan’s word through Paul
in his chapter to the Corinthians.
“I will show you the most excellent way”
is the road to eternal perdition.
Where is God in Paul’s chapter on love?
Nowhere in view of the eye.
Paul sings about himself like a Mexican Mariachi
“I, I, I, I.”
Jesus is The Most Excellent Way
Not the words of a Pharisee.
The words of Jesus are very clear.
Jesus said, “You must follow ME.”
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