Isaiah 59:1
Able to Listen
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Isa 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened,
that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Communication – (latin) meaning to share or partake
In communication, God has not only imparted, but He’s also a partaker of our desires and prayers.
God listens (“Talk to me…”)
To be a good communicator, one must be a good listener. (Focus, content, emotion)
God applies active listening skills.
God manifests thru Revelation (I Corinthians 2:9-14) – God has certain good plans to those who love Him.
Nature of Revelation
1.) Verbal – thru dreams and visions
2.) Anthropomorphy – representing God having human bodily parts
3.) Intervention in History
4.) Religious observance
5.) Nature (Psalms 19:1)
6.) Conscience – intuitive in knowledge
7.) Miracles
8.) In Christ (Hebrews 1:2)
9.) Thru the church (I Peter 2:9) God’s Testimony
God Listens to us - - -
1.) Periodically – Psalms 55:17
a.) God knows we live through times and we can arrange our time.
b.) We’re not always conscious on Him
c.) God has set us seasons to remind us of the temper times.
2.) Systematically – Matthew 7:7
a.) God in His sovereignty has already seen our needs and our prayers can’t alter His plan.
b.) But God id the God of order. He sets paradigmatic law to comply orderliness.(Ecclesiastes 5:1)
c.) In God’s system, we simply obey.
3.) Wonderfully – Jeremiah 33:3
a.) He is accessible. It is us that get short circuit (sin). V.2
Iniquity – violation of God’s will
b.) God’s answer is limitless. As He listens to us (great and mighty things which thou knowest not).
c.) God’s invitation to have wonderful time with Him.
4.) Intimately – I John 5:14
a.) Remember the sparrows (maya)
b.) Reflect the creation
c.) Regard the petition
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