Revelation 2:29

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29 He that hath [echo] an ear, [ous] let him hear [akouo] what [tis] the Spirit [pneuma] saith [lego] unto the churches. [ekklesia]    KJV-Interlinear

29 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'    NASB

The same exhortation is stated here again, ‘he who has an ear,’ is an expression which emphasizes the responsibility of the individual Christian to heed Gods Word in scripture.

God has issued you a mandate in this verse, now for the fourth time, to heed, to listen, to hear, to learn, to understand, and to grow up as a result.If you are not interested in doctrine, then you are in violation of this mandate.  If you do not pursue your daily study, then you are in violation of this mandate.

So, you as a Christian, have an obligation to learn truth.You should want to learn truth.It should not be forced on you.And if your interest is not in truth, then your interest is in other than truth, namely lies.  For that is all that is left, when truth is rejected.

And unless you are an instructor, or unless you know it all already, then your mandate is to be a student and to listen and to learn.   Even instructors are students at some point in their life, and should approach their studies objectively and thoroughly for their entire life.

But this is directed toward the entire church of believers.Have an ear, listen, be objective, do not bind yourself with false notions or wives tales, and certainly do not restrict your spiritual education because of an adherence to things that are not true.

Let the Christian, hear what the ‘Spirit says to the Churches.’This did not say what Christ said to the Churches.This did not say what Christ said to the Spirit.  It said, what the Spirit says.

Your spiritual life functions only when you are in fellowship.In order to get into fellowship you must confess your sins to God the Father.  You are to do this on a regular basis in order to remain in fellowship as much as possible.  The study of confession and fellowship is more detailed in the 1 John study.

When in fellowship, the Holy Spirit has control over your soul.When out of fellowship, your sin nature has control over your soul.

When in fellowship, all communication from God, through doctrine, is transmitted into your human spirit, and into your soul, by means of the Holy Spirit.Therefore, all doctrine is taught by the Holy Spirit.  He is the primary communicator of truth.

Therefore, you are to listen to the Spirit, which means to be in fellowship so that the ministry of the Holy Spirit will function properly for your spiritual life. You do not have any unusual feelings or sensations, for you cannot sense or detect anything of a spiritual nature from this temporal world.Those who say they have Spirit ecstatic moments are frauds.

The word for Churches is plural and therefore, is a message to all Christians.

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