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The Kingdom of God runs on a sonic frequency. Creation was spoken into existence. The Gospel is proclaimed with sound. Miracles are released through the hearing of faith. Jesus repeated "he who has ears, let him hear" throughout the Gospels and seven times in Revelation. The Ear Gate is not incidental to Kingdom life. It is central to it.
The writer of Hebrews warns we can drift. We can become dull of hearing. We're not born again that way, but shaped that way gradually. What are you hearing, and how are you hearing it? Tune to the Voice Signature of God.
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: The Ears Have It
The Kingdom Is Sonic
Hey, welcome back. I'm Brian Del Turco. This is Jesus Smart 180, our short-form episodes sprinkled in alongside our longer-form episodes each week.
Here's something that might reorient how you think about your faith. The Kingdom of God is sonic. It runs on hearing.
We are so taken with the visual. Having a vision has become a catchphrase, and we tend to think of faith as primarily visual: seeing, believing, imagining. But Paul cuts directly against that instinct. We walk by faith and not by sight. And where does faith come from? Romans 10: faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Faith isn't generated by what we see. It's generated by what we hear.
Tuning to the Right Frequency
Think about it. Everything was created by sonic. God spoke, and it was. All things are upheld by the word of his power. Sonic. The proclamation of the Gospel of the Kingdom. Sonic. Prophecy. Sonic. In Ephesians 4, Paul says we have heard Jesus and have been taught by him. In Galatians 3, he says we receive the Spirit by the hearing of faith. He also says God works miracles among us the same way. The whole Kingdom apparatus is activated through the ear, not the eye.
Jesus was deliberate about this. He didn't say "he who has ears, let him hear" just once. He said it repeatedly throughout the Gospels, and seven times in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. What you let into your ear gate shapes what you believe. What you believe shapes how you live.
The writer of Hebrews adds a sharp edge to all of this, warning that we can become dull of hearing. We can drift. We're not born that way. We drift gradually, away from the sonic frequency of the voice of the Lord. That's worth taking seriously.
So the question is: what are you hearing? And how are you hearing it, with fear or with faith? The Kingdom is sonic. Tune accordingly. Condition your inner man to the voice signature of God, however he chooses to speak.
If this sharpened something for you, pass it on. I'm Brian Del Turco. He who has ears, let him hear.
Thanks for listening to Jesus Smart 180. Your move. Visit jesussmart.com for show notes and more.
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Jesus Smart 180, three minutes, one turnaround.
Speaker B:Hey, welcome back.
Speaker B:I'm Brian Del Turco.
Speaker B:This is Jesus Smart 180.
Speaker B:Our short form episodes sprinkled in with our longer form episodes.
Speaker B:Here's something that might reorient how you think about your faith.
Speaker B:The kingdom of God is sonic.
Speaker B:That is, it runs on hearing.
Speaker B:We're so taken with the visual, it's so powerful.
Speaker B:And, you know, your vision.
Speaker B:Having a vision has become a catchphrase.
Speaker B:And we tend to think of faith as primarily visual.
Speaker B:We talk about vision, about seeing, about what we're believing for.
Speaker B:But Paul says something that cuts against that instinct directly.
Speaker B:We walk by faith and not by sight.
Speaker B:And where does faith come from?
Speaker B:Faith comes from hearing.
Speaker B:If you need faith, there's no problem.
Speaker B:Paul said in Romans 10, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the message or the word of God.
Speaker B:Faith isn't generated by what we see, it's generated by what we hear.
Speaker B:The kingdom runs on a sonic frequency.
Speaker B:Think about it.
Speaker B:Everything was created by sonic.
Speaker B:All things are upheld by the word of his power.
Speaker B:Sonic.
Speaker B:Everything that God advances is by sonic.
Speaker B:The proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom.
Speaker B:Sonic prophecy.
Speaker B:Sonic.
Speaker B:In Ephesians 4, Paul says, if we've heard Jesus and have been taught by him.
Speaker B:Paul makes it even more Pointed in Galatians 3, he says, we receive the spirit by the hearing.
Speaker B:There it is, of faith.
Speaker B:Sonic.
Speaker B:He also says God works miracles among us by the sonic.
Speaker B:The whole kingdom apparatus, if you will.
Speaker B:There's a way that things work, you know, is activated through the ear, not the eye.
Speaker B:Jesus was very deliberate about this.
Speaker B:He didn't just say, he who has ears, let him hear one time.
Speaker B:He said it repeatedly in the Gospels.
Speaker B:It's repeated seven times in the Book of Revelation, chapters two to three.
Speaker B:So what you let into your ear gate shapes what you believe.
Speaker B:What you believe then shapes how you live.
Speaker B:The writer of Hebrews puts a sharp edge on all of this, warning us that we can become dull of hearing, we can drift.
Speaker B:We're not born that way.
Speaker B:We become dull of hearing, and we don't want that to happen.
Speaker B:That's something worth taking seriously.
Speaker B:A gradual drift from the sonic frequency of the voice of the Lord, the frequency of the kingdom.
Speaker B:So what we need to ask ourselves is, what are we hearing?
Speaker B:There's a lot of noise around us.
Speaker B:And how are we hearing it?
Speaker B:Are we hearing with fear?
Speaker B:Faith.
Speaker B:The kingdom is sonic.
Speaker B:We need to tune accordingly.
Speaker B:Bottom line, we need to condition our inner man to the voice signature of God.
Speaker B:However, he wants to speak to us.
Speaker B:Show notes for this episode are@jesussmart.com 372 if this sharpened something with you, pass it on.
Speaker B:I'm Brian Del Turco.
Speaker B:He who has ears, let them hear.
Speaker A:Thanks for listening to Jesus.
Speaker A:Smart180.
Speaker A:Your move.
Speaker A:Visit jesussmart.com for show notes and more.