Jesus is Lord. Therefore we listen to His voice and obey what He says. Jesus is Lord of the church.
You do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow MeThe Holy Bible, New King James Version, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc.) 1982.
“Son of man,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a nation that is rebelling against me. Their ancestors have rebelled against me from the beginning, and they are still in revolt to this very day. 4 They are a hard-hearted and stubborn people. But I am sending you to say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ 5 And whether they listen or not—for remember, they are rebels
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.) 1996.
“Let all who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
The Living Bible, (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.) 1997.
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