Matthew 10:19 (NKJV) But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;
It takes faith to believe we have heard from the Holy Spirit and to speak it out.
We should cultivate a mind like Christ’s, recognising that hearing from God through our hearts is possible. Our soul must not be a hindrance to reasoning and rationalising it away. There will come a point when we recognise that we have heard from the Holy Spirit, because we have repeatedly yielded to His instructions regarding doing and saying what is right in our lives.
The key to the “hearing of faith” is yielding, and the key to understanding what we have heard and has been revealed is believing.
The spirit man (or the heart) can hear from the Spirit of God through the spiritual ear, not the physical ear. Hearing from the spiritual ear is a process of faith—it is the hearing of faith. The hearing of faith is necessary in all the operations of the Holy Spirit. We must learn to listen, then speak by faith what we have heard from God.
It would be helpful for us to identify areas in our lives where we have resisted the Holy Spirit’s leading in our hearts. We should work on those areas where our soul or mind has been hindering us from being led by the Spirit of God, and intentionally engage our spiritual ears to listen to what the Spirit of God says.
It is easier to hear from the Holy Spirit if we have established a relationship with Him. However, not all believers wish to hear from the Holy Spirit or maintain a close walk with God because they do not fully submit to the Lordship of Christ. Our conscience may become seared if we are not walking with God and practising the truth. Those who do not prioritise spending time in God’s presence have distanced themselves from Him, His values, and His principles. Therefore, if we cannot hear from God in our hearts, it may be a result of a broken relationship with Holy Spirit, because we have consistently failed to yield to the Holy Spirit when He spoke to us through our conscience, leading to a seared conscience, or because we have not been taught how to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
When we have a close relationship with Him, we will be joyful when we spend time in God’s presence and receive from Him. It is when you act in faith to speak out or act on what you have heard that you will know whether what you have heard is from the Holy Spirit. The voice of the Holy Spirit is more authoritative than your own voice. Once you speak out or act on it, it seals the conviction that what you heard is indeed the voice of the Holy Spirit. This will help us to improve in hearing the Holy Spirit’s voice and leading.
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凭信心听与行
马太福音10:19 你们被交的时候，不要思虑怎样说话或说什么话，到那时候必赐给你们当说的话；
相信自己已经从圣灵那里听见，并且勇敢地说出来，是需要信心的。
我们应当培养基督的心思，认识到：透过内心聆听神是可能的。我们的魂不应成为拦阻，使我们不断用推理与分析把神的声音否定掉。当我们在生活中一次又一次顺服圣灵的引导，去做当做的事、说当说的话时，终有一天，我们会清楚地认识到：我们确实听见了圣灵的声音。
“信心的听见”的关键在于顺服；而明白我们所听见、所领受之启示的关键，在于相信。
属灵的人（也就是我们的心）是借属灵的耳朵，而不是肉体的耳朵，来听见神的灵。用属灵的耳朵聆听，是一个凭信心的过程——这就是“信心的听见”。在圣灵一切的运行中，信心的听见都是不可或缺的。我们必须学习先聆听，然后凭着信心，把从神那里听见的说出来，或行出来。
我们也需要省察自己生命中，哪些领域曾经抗拒过圣灵在内心的引导。对于那些因魂或理性而拦阻我们被圣灵带领的部分，应当认真对付，并有意识地操练属灵的耳朵，去聆听神的灵所说的话。
若我们与圣灵建立了亲密的关系，听见祂的声音就会相对容易。然而，并非所有信徒都渴望听见圣灵的声音，或愿意与神保持亲密同行，因为他们并未完全顺服基督的主权。若我们不与神同行、不实行真理，良心就可能逐渐麻木。那些不把亲近神当作优先的人，实际上已经在生命中远离了神、祂的价值观，以及祂的原则。因此，若我们在内心听不见神的声音，可能是因为与圣灵的关系受损——也可能是我们多次在良心中听见祂的提醒却不肯顺服，导致良心变得迟钝；又或是因为从未被教导如何聆听圣灵的声音。
当我们与祂关系亲密时，花时间在神的同在中会成为一件喜乐的事，并且能从祂那里不断领受。当你凭信心把所听见的说出来，或照着所听见的去行时，你才会真正知道那是否来自圣灵。圣灵的声音，比我们自己的声音更具权威；当你一说出口，或一付诸行动，就会在心中印证：你所听见的，确实是圣灵的声音。这将帮助我们在分辨与跟随圣灵引导上不断成长。
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