I want to just tell you this people
always like to quote this okay and uh
try to bring us into bondage other than
what the author of this verses meant
which is God the heavenly author they
like to say be doers of the word and not
hearers only have you heard that before
be doers of the word and not hearers
only and that that one quote has Rob us
from hearing more because we saying
hearing is no point it's not just
hearing you must do it almost every
sermon you hear hearing is not important
it's doing it come
on you want to have the phical look you
know have you heard that before it
discourages people from hearing actually
they keep on hearing they end up doing
they can't help how me understand when
you're full of energy you got to you got
to do something you got to jump and
break the windows or something like that
you right I mean Wild Horses cannot stop
you from performing when you are full of
energy amen so it's like you know but
instead of that they make they make it a
competition between between hearing and
doing hearing is not so important doing
is important you hear a lot of sermons
I'm telling you almost half or three
quarter of them more than half will say
hearing is not important it's
doing I'm telling you church and they
like to quote from where from here be
doers of the word and not hearers only
but you know what everything must be in
its
context so let's look at the context
real quick all right if anyone is a
hearer of the word and not a doer he's
like a man observing his natural face in
a mirror mirror here is a picture of
God's word for he observes himself goes
away and immediately forgets what kind
of man he was so keep the idea there
it's someone who looks at himself in the
word and the word says you are more than
a conqueror the word says you are a new
creation the word says you are righteous
in Christ he closed the Bible he forgets
he doesn't walk in line with who he is
you know why because next verse says but
he who looks into the perfect law of
Liberty this is not the Ten Commandments
it's not Moses law perfect law of
Liberty is Grace the law of the spirit
of
Life the law of Faith the law of the
spirit of life this is the perfect law
of Freedom whoever looks at it and
continues in it there the answer is
there continues Faith come by hearing
and hearing and hearing and hearing and
hearing keep on hearing and hearing
continue the one who is a hearer and not
a doer have heard it once and forget but
the one who is a doer of the word is
actually the one who keep on hearing and
hearing continuing hearing continue
looking into the
word not a forgetful hearer but doer of
the work this one will be blessed in
what he does plain and simple don't let
someone take the verse out of his
context it's telling you keep on hearing
exactly the same thing don't be a a
one-time hearer be a continual
hearer are you with
me Pastor Prince I I I I listened to the
sermon once and and my faith grew up but
but uh you know I I I I remember I was
so blessed you know my I don't know
where it all went get back that sermon
and listen to the word again and listen
to it
again are you with me
amen one last verse are you learning yes
is this helping you real quick in
Galatians three all right Paul asked
this one question this only I want to
learn from you if he attends the church
in in the world today if Paul is alive
Paul says I only want to learn one thing
from you all this only I want to learn
from you did you receive the Holy Spirit
by The Works of the law by you keeping
the Ten Commandments by The Works of the
law or by the hearing of faith is it by
works or by
hearing what's the
answer all of you receive the Holy
Spirit how by hearing not by performing
the
law nobody will receive if it's by
performance of the law so Paul Paul says
are you so foolish having begun in the
spirit now how do you begin in the
spirit by hearing that's how you got
saved are you now made perfect by the
flesh what is trying to be perfect by
the flesh
works then he says have you suffered so
many things in vain if indeed it was it
was in vain therefore God who supplies
the spirit to you and works miracles by
the way this constant supplying in the
tents and constant working miracles in
the Greek right it's God who constantly
supplies you the Holy Spirit and God who
constantly works miracles among you wow
what a t what a t what a t to wake up
tomorrow morning to realize that God is
constantly supplying me the Holy Spirit
even though I'm leaking I'm constantly
supplying how mean you know I heard
before last time yeah you know all you
know all of us we receive the Holy
Spirit what what's the point next day
you all
leak get so discouraged some along the
way some wrong word some some uh
erroneous thought caused the the Holy
Spirit to leak but what a wonderful
thought
in the Greek the tense there God is
constantly supplying you the
spirit and not only that God is
constantly working miracles among you
how does he do it by The Works of the
law by our works of the law or by the
hearing of Faith hearing is it by works
or
hearing is it by works or hearing is it
by your performance or by you hearing
that's what I'm telling you church just
keep on hearing keep on hearing keep on
getting blessed
see right now you're
hearing and I'm telling you Church you
have learned a
secret that a lot of people are asking
why is it I've heard the sermon all
right I've heard some of the best
healing evangelist and I'm still not
healed it's not enough to have
heard Hebrews 4:2 we close with this
indeed the gospel was preached to us as
well as to them but the word which they
heard did not profit them referring to
the children of Israel in the wilderness
many of them died in the wilderness you
know why they heard the good news that
there's a promised land where they will
live in houses they did not build drink
from Wells they did not dig eat from
Vineyards they did not plant and yet
many of them died even though they heard
the good news that they are supposed to
inherit a land flowing of milk and honey
and what's the reason not but the word
which they heard did not profit them not
being mixed with faith in those who
heard it now what's the problem if you
look at the word heard it who heard it
is a is the Greek
AIS tense which means it's a past tense
in other words they heard it once in the
past and they thought they knew it they
were never hearing it how do you mix it
with faith faith comes by hearing and
hearing not having
heard okay look up here church that's my
message for you today only one word only
so simple keep on
hearing keep on hearing have you noticed
that many times you fall when you fall
sick of seasons of depression or when
you are really down or bad days you know
are days that's that's been preceded by
a lack of
hearing now you all didn't hear what I
said I said I can only speak in simple
English those days when you are not
feeling well those days when you feel
you know you you even indulged in sin or
whatever has it been preceded by those
those days when you're full of the word
no it's when you feel empty when you
feel blah when you feel lousy all right
are you with me that's why God says keep
on hearing and hearing and I'm telling
you Church even for me when I preach
this sermon you know what I do you know
where I where I get my nourishment from
I go to my sermon in my
iPod okay and I roll the iPod click
click click
cck
then then whatever I CH I listen and
many times God speak okay can I tell you
all this it's not a joke okay sometimes
I'm so desperate I don't know which
message to listen to all right but I
know that when I when I see Pastor
Prince Why You're So Vain you you listen
to yourself is not
that let me let me tell you this when
I'm in the Pulpit I'm under the
anointing when I'm under the anointing
I'm saying things that's beyond my
intelligence I'm saying things that will
not just help you it will help me do you
know that when I pray for me to be in
the pulit uh God's anointing on me I
always say God put the people's answers
Supernatural answers for the people and
for me in my mouth sometime I'll say
things I said that's the answer but I
cannot stop there and take down notes
you know what I'm saying all right so
many time I I'm saying I'm saying man
this is really good and and and the Holy
Spirit is on me and I'm saying things
that I myself need if I don't listen to
my sermon where will I get my
nourishment from I do listen to others
as well of course don't misunderstand me
but you know it's good