Urgency: Hear Vs Listen?

URGENCY… WE HEAR BUT WE DON’T LISTEN?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)

I BEG YOU TO CATCH THE SENSE OF URGENCY.

I GIVE EACH PERSON A SMALL LIST TO READ: URGENT with 1) MATTHEW 24, 2) MARK 13, 3) LUKE 21, 4) 2 TIMOTHY 3,

5) 2 PETER 3.

There is a Biblical blessing to those that read and hears God’s words… Part of my job is making uncomfortable people comfortable. But let’s be honest. Part of my job is to make comfortable people uncomfortable?

THERE ARE MANY SIGNS OF THE TIMES THAT MUST SPUR US TO A GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY. PLEASE READ THE 5 CHAPTERS LISTED ABOVE.

Let us focus on the two signs within the church. Visible, measurable signs we experience within the church.

ACTS 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

MATTHEW 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

BLESSED: WHEN TIME SHALL BE NO MORE…

*BLESSED: Old English: to be consecrated (covered with blood,) HOLY, consecrated, divine favor, relief, happy,

Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

*Urgent, urgency: ASAP, quick, compelling, SITUATION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OR ACTION, critical, pressing, demanding, very important.

DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY? THERE IS A DANGER IN THE CHURCH AND IN OUR FAMILIES: WE HEAR BUT WE DON’T LISTEN, WE HAVE OUR EYES OPEN BUT WE DON’T SEE… GOD’S SWEET HOLY SPIRIT BIDS US PLEASE LISTEN, LISTEN ACTIVELY… DO WE DAILY WALK BY FAITH…

Hebrews 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,

Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Titus 3:14 (MSG) Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives.

LIVING WITH A SENSE OF SPIRITUAL URGENCY!

IT IS PURE STUPIDITY IF WE DO NOT GROW. THEN WE WILL STAY THE SAME…

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

2 Peter 3:18 (MSG) Grow in grace and understanding of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. Glory to the Master, now and forever! Yes!

ARE WE IN A TRAP BECAUSE WE AVOID CORRECTION? CORRECTION CAN SEEM PAINFUL AT THE PRESENT TIME.

Not correcting ourselves can bring more PAIN and BLAME down the road of life.

Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Hebrews 12:11 (MSG) At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.

URGENCY: *DISCIPLINE: To correct, instruct, rebuke, the practice of training to obey the rules, code of behavior, correction, punishment, reward, instruction.

THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF DISCIPLINE. 1. DISCIPLINE BY OTHERS. 2. SELF DISCIPLINE… discipline by others is embarrassing.

ALBERT EISTEEN said: IT IS INSANE TO KEEP DOING THINGS THE SAME OLD WAY AND EXPECT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.

IGNORANCE IS NOT KNOWING OR NOT UNDERSTANDING… STUPIDITY IS KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING BUT DOING THE WRONG THING ANYWAY…

James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:17 (MSG) In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is evil.

*STUPIDITY: no common sense, slow, TO KNOW TO DO GOOD AND NOT DO IT… Doing wrong anyway, slow, behavior that shows a lack of good sense or judgement.

URGENCY: PARADIGM SHIFT --- SHIFT THE GEARS? WE NEED A DIVINE SHIFT TO MOVE OR CHANGE FROM WHERE WE ARE TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE… AS A MAN THINKS? COME AND ACKNOWLEDGE WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR THINKING PATTERNS…

Proverbs 23:7(a) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

Will we forever stay in kindergarten? Urgent: Joseph knew there was a time for 70 of his family to go to Egypt! Urgent: Moses knew there was a time for God’s people to leave Egypt! Urgent: Moses, it is time to quit going around this mountain! Urgent: Naomi and Ruth knew there was a time to leave Moab and head home! Urgent: John the Baptist knew it was time to prepare for the coming of Christ Jesus!