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SO FAITH COMES FROM HEARING,

THAT IS, HEARING THE GOOD NEWS
ABOUT CHRIST.
ROMANS 10:17
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I remind myself this morning

Nothing I say this day, will teach me anything. So if I’m
going to learn, I MUST DO IT BY LISTENING.
- Larry King

“We have two ears and one mouth so we can

listen twice as much as we speak.”
-Epictetus
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“We can’t obey God

until we first
LISTEN to His word.”
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LISTEN UP! Facts about hearing
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LISTEN UP! Facts about Listening
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• Studies show that listening to classical music while hitting the

books has been linked to a 12% increase in math test scores.
• Listening to music before surgery has been shown to lower
cortisol levels and result in less anxiety compared to patients
who were given drugs instead. (source)
• Researchers have shown that listening to relaxing music while
eating out at a restaurant resulted in diners consuming 175
fewer calories. (source)
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• Kids consume about 8 to 10 hours of media a day,

and 2.5 of those hours are spent listening to music.
• Men are more likely than women to experience
hearing loss.
• Even a mild hearing loss can cause kids to fall behind
in school.
• Research shows that men only use half their brain to
listen while women engage both lobes.
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Why is LISTENING important?

The Bible speaks of many instances where

LISTENING is taken forgranted;

• ADAM & EVE

• THE ISRAELITES IN THE WILDERNESS WITH MOSES
• NOAH –HOW MANY WERE SAVED?
• LOT & LOT’S WIFE
• THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM
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Listen closely, Israel, and be careful to obey. Then all will go well with you,
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and you will have many children in the land flowing with milk and honey,
just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

Deuteronomy 6: 3, NLT
This is what I told them: ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be
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my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!’

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“But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they
wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went
backward instead of forward.
Jeremiah 7:23,24 NLT
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The Book of Jeremiah
-It tells of how the people of God have been warned repeatedly of what is
to come in Jerusalem and yet have not listened.

The command to listen was a condition precedent to a life; a better life

just as He promised.
-The command to listen was shamelessly and repeatedly been broken;
-idols, backsliding, doing evil in the sight of God, not following His
commands
Prophets and Kings
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2000 years 2000 years 2000 years

Creation to Noah to Birth of Jesus’ time up to

Flood Jesus present
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Prophet Jeremiah
-he hoped for a permanent spiritual revival
-called of God to the prophetic office while still a youth
-he was trained from childhood for holy service
-he had been ordained from birth to be “ a prophet of all nations”
As a wise master builder, Jeremiah at the very beginning of his lifework
sought to encourage the men of Judah to lay the foundations of their
spiritual life broad and deep, by making thorough work of repentance.
Prophets and Kings
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For forty years Jeremiah was to stand before the nation as a witness for
truth and righteousness. In a time of unparalleled apostasy he was to
exemplify in life and character the worship of the only true God. During
the terrible sieges of Jerusalem he was to be the mouthpiece of Jehovah.
He was to predict the downfall of the house of David and the destruction
of the beautiful temple built by Solomon. And when imprisoned because
of his fearless utterances, he was still to speak plainly against sin in high
places. Despised, hated, rejected of men, he was finally to witness the
literal fulfillment of his own prophecies of impending doom, and share in
the sorrow and woe that should follow the destruction of the fated city. PK
408.1
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Through Jeremiah the word of the Lord to His people was: “12 Therefore,
go and give this message to Israel.[b] This is what
the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
    come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
    I will not be angry with you forever.
.” Jeremiah 3:12-14,. PK 410.1
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Through Jeremiah the word of the Lord to His people was: “13 Only
acknowledge your guilt.
    Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God
and committed adultery against him
    by worshiping idols...
Confess that you refused to listen to my voice.
    I, the LORD, have spoken!
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“Return home, you wayward children,”
    says the LORD,
    “for I am your master…
    Jeremiah 3:13-14,. PK 410.1
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Through Jeremiah the word of the Lord to His people was:

“I thought to myself,
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    ‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’

I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land—
    the finest possession in the world.
22 I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’
    and I wanted you never to turn from me .
Jeremiah 3:19,22. PK 410.1
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Jeremiah called their attention repeatedly to the counsels given in
Deuteronomy. More than any other of the prophets, he emphasized the
teachings of the Mosaic law and showed how these might bring the
highest spiritual blessing to the nation and to every individual heart.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,” he
pleaded, “and ye shall find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah 6:16. 

What was the promise or reward?

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This promise of prosperity as the reward of allegiance was accompanied
by a prophecy of the terrible judgments that would befall the city
should its inhabitants prove disloyal to God and His law. If the
admonitions to obey the Lord God of their fathers and to hallow His
Sabbath day were not heeded, the city and its palaces would be utterly
destroyed by fire. 
PK 411.3
Did they listen?

But by the great mass of the people the call to repentance and reformation
was unheeded… PK 412.2
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Israel's experience from the days of the Exodus was briefly reviewed.
God's covenant with them had been, “Obey My voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be My people: and walk ye in all the
ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto
you.” Shamelessly and repeatedly had this covenant been broken. The
chosen nation had “walked in the counsels and in the imagination of
their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.” 
Jeremiah 7:23, 24.  PK 411.3
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Let none refuse to be reproved for evil, nor charge the
servants of God with being too zealous in endeavoring to
cleanse the camp from evil-doing. A sin-hating God calls
upon those who claim to keep His law to depart from all
iniquity. A neglect to repent and to render willing obedience
will bring upon men and women today as serious
consequences as came upon ancient Israel. PK 414.2
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“Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: If you
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will not listen to me and obey my word I have given

you, 5 and if you will not listen to my servants, the
prophets—for I sent them again and again to warn
you, but you would not listen to them— 6 then I will
destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place
where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make
Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on
earth.”
Jeremiah 26: 4-
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What are we to do now to improve our relationship with God?

LISTEN TO HIM inorder to KNOW HIM

1. Read the Bible

Only those who have been diligent students of the 
Scriptures,and who have received the love of the truth, 
will be shielded from the powerful delusion that
takes the world captive… GC 625.3
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What are we to do now to improve our relationship with God?

LISTEN TO HIM inorder to KNOW HIM

2. Prayer & Repentance

We should now acquaint ourselves with God by proving His promises.
Angels record every prayer that is earnest and sincere. We should rather
dispense with selfish gratifications than neglect communion with God.
The deepest poverty, the greatest self-denial, with His approval, is better
than riches, honors, ease, and friendship without it. We must take time to
pray… GC 622.2
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What are we to do now to improve our relationship with God?

LISTEN TO HIM inorder to KNOW HIM

2. Prayer & Repentance

The office of the Holy Spirit is distinctly specified in the words of
Christ: “When He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment.” John 16:8. It is the Holy Spirit that
convicts of sin. If the sinner responds to the quickening influence of the
Spirit, he will be brought to repentance and aroused to the importance
of obeying the divine requirements. 
Bulahan ang mobasa niining basahon sa mga propesiya ug bulahan
ang mamati ug magtuman sa nahisulat niini kay duol na ang
panahon nga mahitabo kining tanan.
Gipadayag 1:3

God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church,
and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the
time is near.
Revelation 1:3
Today, if you hear His voice,
Harden not your hearts.