hearing god

²⁷My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.

¹⁷Therefore, faith is from hearing, and hearing is through the Word of Christ.

³Cry out to me and I will heed you. And I will announce to you great things, things that are certain, though you do not know them.

⁴⁷Whoever is of God, hears the words of God. For this reason, you do not hear them: because you are not of God.”

²¹And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back: “This is the way! Walk in it! And do not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.”

²⁸Then he said, “Yes, but moreover: blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

¹³But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.

¹²For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

⁸I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you. ⁹Do not become like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding. Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, so as not to draw near to you.

⁶³Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?

¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, so that he may abide with you for eternity: ¹⁷the Spirit of Truth, whom the world is not able to accept, because it neither perceives him nor knows him. But you shall know him. For he will remain with you, and he will be in you.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.

²⁶But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.

¹⁹You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger. ²⁰For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God. ²¹Because of this, having cast away all uncleanness and an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to save your souls. ²²So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves. ²³For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with; ²⁴and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen.

¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

¹For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.