Unstopping Blocked Ears
Zech. 7:8-12
8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah,
saying,
9 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The
alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.'
11 "But they refused to heed, shrugged their
shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could
not hear.
12 "Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to
hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts
had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets.
Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts."
Zech. 7:8-12
8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah,
saying,
9 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The
alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.'
8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah,
saying,
9 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The
alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.'
11 "But they refused to heed, shrugged their
shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could
not hear.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah,
saying,
9 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The
alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.'
11 "But they refused to heed, shrugged their
shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could
not hear.
12 "Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to
hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts
had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets.
Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts."
Zech. 7:8-12
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Hungering
for truth
6 Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, For they shall
be filled.
Matt. 5:6
Hungering
for truth
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Wanting to
do His will
Wanting to
do His will
17 If anyone wants to do His will, he shall
know concerning the doctrine, whether it is
from God or whether I speak on My own
authority.
John 7:17
Wanting to
do His will
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Fair-minded
searching
Wanting to
do His will
Fair-minded
Searching
11 These were more fair-minded than those
in Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness, and searched the
Scriptures daily to find out whether these
things were so.
Acts 17:11
Fair-minded
Searching
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Wanting to
do His will
Fair-minded
searching
Trembling
at His word
Trembling
At His word
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist," Says the LORD.
"But on this one will I look: On him who is
poor and of a contrite spirit, And who
trembles at My word.
Isaiah 66:2
Trembling
At His word
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Wanting to
do His will
Fair-minded
searching
Trembling
at His word
Open face
honesty
Open face
honesty
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding
as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image from glory
to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Cor. 3:18
Open faced
honesty
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Wanting to
do His will
Fair-minded
searching
Trembling
at His word
Open face
honesty
Changed by
the Spirit
Changed by
the Spirit
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding
as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image from glory
to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Cor. 3:18
Changed by
the Spirit
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Wanting to
do His will
Responsively
Fair-minded
searching
Trembling
at His word
Open face
honesty
Changed by
the Spirit
Responsively
12 Those by the wayside are the ones
who hear; then the devil comes and takes
away the word out of their hearts, lest they
should believe and be saved.
Luke 8:12
Responsively
Unstopping Blocked Ears
Hungering
for truth
Wanting to
do His will
Responsively
Fair-minded
searching
Trembling
at His word
Love for
the truth
Open face
honesty
Changed by
the Spirit
Love for
the truth
10 and with all unrighteous deception among
those who perish, because they did not
receive the love of the truth, that they might
be saved.
11 And for this reason God will send them
strong delusion, that they should believe the
lie,
2 Thess. 2:10,11
Love for
the truth
Open Your Ears to These Truths
Open Your Ears to These Truths
• Believe in Him
John 8:24
Open Your Ears to These Truths
• Believe in Him
John 8:24
• Turn (repent) from sin
Luke 13:3
Open Your Ears to These Truths
• Believe in Him
John 8:24
• Turn (repent) from sin
Luke 13:3
• Confess Christ
Matt. 10:32
Open Your Ears to These Truths
• Believe in Him
John 8:24
• Turn (repent) from sin
Luke 13:3
• Confess Christ
Matt. 10:32
• Baptized into Christ
Acts 2:38
Open Your Ears to These Truths
• Believe in Him
John 8:24
• Turn (repent) from sin
Luke 13:3
• Confess Christ
Matt. 10:32
• Baptized into Christ
Acts 2:38
Added to His Kingdom, His Church
Open Your Ears to These Truths
• Believe in Him
John 8:24
• Turn (repent) from sin
Luke 13:3
• Confess Christ
Matt. 10:32
• Baptized into Christ
Acts 2:38
Added to His Kingdom, His Church
• Live Faithfully unto death Rev. 2:10