We are led by The Holy Spirit by listening and responding to GOD’S Voice, not by what we see!
Jesus spoke in John chapter 10:
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
In other Words, Jesus is the Gateway. To enter through Him is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction. The adversary knows this, so he attempts to steer everyone away from Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is clear that the world is attempting to silence anyone who speaks of Jesus Christ. Those that speak His Name are disparaged and censored. The world wants to eradicate the use of His Name but it won’t work.
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have Life, and that they may have It more abundantly.
Why would anyone give up this promise? Life or death and destruction… you choose!
11 “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His Life for the sheep.
12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
A hireling is one who only considers self at the expense of others whereas Jesus considered others at the expense of self. We will walk the same path as Jesus and be a blessing to others.
14 I am the Good Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My Voice; and there will be one flock and one Shepherd.
In other Words, “And I have other sheep that I will gather which are not of this Jewish flock. And I, their shepherd, must lead them too, and they will follow Me and listen to My Voice. And I will join them all into one flock with one shepherd.
The Words of Jesus apply to Jews and Gentiles alike! There is only one Door, period!
It is impossible to follow THE LORD unless you hear His Voice. Jesus did not say “My sheep read the Bible”. It is essential to read the Bible, but it is not sufficient. In order to be led by THE SPIRIT, we must hear His Voice. Sheep will follow their shepherd. Goats, on the other hand, are stubborn. When we hear His Voice, He knows us and we follow Him.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 7:
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your Name, cast out demons in Your Name, and done many wonders in Your Name?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!‘
Those who hear His Voice will become pure in heart and will reject lawlessness in all aspects of their lives. The word lawlessness means: contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness.
24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Those who place the greatest priority on hearing GOD’S Voice and do HIS Sayings, will be wise! Major storms of the last days are now developing, and the inhabitants of the earth are going to be tested. Will you be seen as wise or foolish?