He that Has An Ear Revelation 3:22

John the apostle saw the vision of Jesus in chapter one of “Revelation”, and he began to write to the “seven churches in Asia”. He started with the church located in “Ephesus”, then the “church of Smyrna”, the “church in Pergamos”, the “church in Thyatira”, “the church in Sardis”, “the church in Philadelphia” and finally the “church of the Laodiceans” where He told them, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me”, and He added, “To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” In chapter three and verse twenty-two of Revelation Jesus told the “church of the Laodiceans” “he that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches” where we read:

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

The verse reads, “He that has an ear, ...” John began with the words, “he that has an ear” which means “the person who hold, owns and possesses the body part used for the faculty of hearing, perceiving, understanding and knowing with the mind”, “let him hear” or “allow and permit that person attend to, consider, understand and perceive”. Jesus called upon everyone who has the “capacity for listening, perceiving and understanding”.

The verse goes on to say, “... what the Spirit says unto the churches.” John continued with the words, ““what the Spirit” which means “that which the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit who is coequal and co-eternal with the Father and the Son” “says” which means “speaks, utters, declares and proclaims” “unto the churches” which refers to “toward the assemblies of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting”. Jesus desires for everyone to “consider, understand and perceive” what God's “Spirit” is telling the “churches”.

When we consider John's words in this verse, we see how Jesus declared the same exhortation to the “church in Philadelphia” as He did the other churches. God desires for people to have “listening ears” and “obedient hearts” to what His “Spirit” says, and those who have received His Son Jesus as their “Savior and Lord” and part of His “church” should be “hearing” Him at all times. May all who are reading these words “hear” and “obey” the “Spirit” of the living God.

Next time we begin a new chapter and see John taken into heaven, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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