As with all things we study we need to be diligent in making
sure that we abide by what we're seeing in scripture and rely
only on Scripture to give us a definition of what it is we're
trying to find out to be the mind of Christ on any given
subject.

As well, we also need to compare spiritual with spiritual, and
the Lord has given us physical examples in order to do that.
So, as we see those things which are made by the things
which do not appear, we must humbly ask for wisdom to
properly understand what it is we are given to see and hear.

the study. The best teachers in our vapor of life are the
examples and experiences the Lord uses to mold us into his
image. After all, we are just pottery in the potter\u2019s hand.

I have a three year old daughter, who learned a little while
ago to drink out of a regular cup instead of a \u201csippy\u201d cup.
One day, I gave her a glass of milk and a few minutes after
that she spilled it on the kitchen floor. When she did this she
had already been to the point where she was comfortable
drinking with a regular cup, so my initial fleshly reaction was
to get upset with her spilling the cup when I had already told
her to be careful. This just so happened to be one of those
examples where the Lord chastised me on the spot, by
reminding me just how He sees me in my spiritual condition.

What I came to realize was, the Lord already had this
particular event planned out from the foundation of the
world. Not only that, but I was given a whole different
perception on exactly what just happened. I was just given
the eyes to see that the result of my daughter\u2019s spilt milk was
actually completed before the actual steps that were taken to
bring that about were achieved.

What I mean is, the end-game of what the Lord has planned
for us all has already been determined as well as the steps
that will bring that about, but the result came before the
steps. This is what I hope the Lord uses me to help show you
in the Scriptures today, and it is all a matter of perception.

being given the eyes to see and ears to hear. Of course this is a scriptural phrase, and most Christians know that phrase, but they don't have a clue of what it actually means.

When I was starting this study, it just dawned on me that he I
eyes are in the head. Obviously that is fairly apparent, but
what I mean is, the eyes are connected directly to the mind
and brain. So, having the same mind or being like-minded
directly correlates to seeing and hearing the same thing.
After all, it is our brain physically that processes what it is we
are seeing and hearing though what we are seeing and
hearing happened first. When I ask the Lord to give me eyes
to see and ears to hear what His mind is on a particular
doctrine His mind has already determined what that is. It is
simply my lack of understanding, my lack of sight and my
lack of hearing that keeps me from having that same mind.
Let us turn to the Scripture to bear this truth out.

I am honestly flabbergasted when the Lord is so blatantly
clear on the subject, yet it cannot be seen until He gives you
eyes to see it. Here in Deuteronomy 29 verse two through
four we have Moses speaking to Israel telling them that they
are entering into a covenant with God. This covenant
however is not something they understand. Why? Because
they haven't been given the eyes to see and ears and to hear
\u201cunto this day.\u201d Did you notice in verse two Moses says \u201cye
have seen\u201d and in verse three, he says \u201cthine eyes have
seen?\u201d