Mark 4:24-25 Then he added, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given — and you will receive even more. To those who listen to my teaching more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away.”
This is how the false narratives are flourishing in your churches today. This is how my word is twisted and the twisted version accepted by so many. You do not understand how they can know my Word enough to twist it if they are not listening. They listen with their ears, then their hearts interpret the Word to mean what they want it to mean. They hear a version that flatters their ears. They hear what they want to hear and change the rest. So it is that false gospels appear and flourish. To really hear and understand my Word means to be willing to hear and understand — with everything in your being — what I am saying. That means understanding and accepting hard truths — truth about your sinful nature, about my Holiness and about the gap between the two. It means accepting it when I tell you that you must change. That you are not being obedient. That things that you love are not good for you. That is true hearing and understanding. Not those who only “hear and understand” what they like and what promotes those things that make them happy, give them power, give them fame. There is ultimate accountability for these decisions — eternal. (2022)
Amanuensis 