091004-0830-Randy Smith - Hearing God

2009-10-04-0830 Dr. Randy Smith is the guest speaker this morning October 10th, 2009 in the 8:30 service.

Scripture Ref: John 10:22-42

Topic: Obedience

Notes:
- Story of man who lived along river, flood, trusted God/missed help
- God is speaking but we don’t know how to listen
- 7 problems we have hearing God: we want God to speak on our terms, we're self-centered, we aren't committed to obey, we want benefits without responsibility, preconceived notions, we want His words to serve our purpose, we want unlimited chances to ignore His word
- We don't have a picture of Jesus' life, but snapshots
- Matthew: words of Jesus, Mark: works of Jesus, Luke: chronology, John: conflict
- Belief is when I change my life to conform to what God says is true
- Story of man with gout; we hear what we want to hear
- The way to get there is to go through it
- Walk with God or be afraid