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-: Hey friends, this is Rick Renner
and here I am today still standing on the very peak
or what was the bow of what is possibly Noah's Ark.
I use the word possibly,
but actually I believe these really are the
ruins of Noah's Ark.
They've been thoroughly scanned and studied since 1959.
This exactly fits all the precise dimensions which are given
to us in Genesis 6.
Underneath my feet, we know from ground penetrating radar,
there are levels, there are floors, there are rooms,
and of course, the size
of this object exactly is the same size
as the dimensions given to us in Genesis 6.
Wow! And I came here today
because I'm teaching a brand new series called, How
to Float on a Sea of Destruction In the Last Days.
You know, we're told in the book of Genesis
that when the flood waters came upon the earth,
the ark was lifted up.
The same waters which destroyed the world, caused the ark
to bogie on top,
And the ark was carried safely
because they had listened
to the Lord when he gave them instructions.
And in the very same way that Noah listened to instructions,
if we're gonna really survive and thrive in these last days,
and friend, God doesn't want you just to survive.
He wants you to thrive.
But if you want to really thrive, then you have to have ears
to hear God's instructions.
God may be speaking to you right now,
but you have not been listening.
You've gotta open your spiritual ears
and say, God, my ears are open.
Please give me instructions about my family.
Tell me what to do with my finances.
Please speak to me about my health.
Lord, we're surrounded by so much craziness in these days.
Please speak to me.
Give me instructions about how to protect me
and those that I love,
and if you will have ears to hear, God will speak to you.
In fact, when we come to Genesis 6,
the Bible says - And God said to Noah, the end
of all flesh has come
before me, for the earth is filled with violence
through them, and behold,
I will destroy them with the earth.
So make thee an ark of gopher wood -
and God begin to give instructions.
But what if Noah had said, I don't like what I'm hearing.
I think I'm going to ignore that.
Then he and his family would not have been kept safely.
He had to have ears to hear.
And likewise, we're sailing
through really turbulent waters in our times
and we've got to open our spiritual ears to hear
what the Lord has to say to us.
And that is what I'm going to talk to you about today.
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-: Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner
and I'm so glad that you have joined me. Today
we're going to continue the series which is called, How
to Float on a Sea of Destruction in the Last Days.
And here we have a picture of Noah's Ark floating on a
Sea of Destruction.
The subtitle says - Principles to Help You Sail Victoriously
through Turbulent End-Time Weather.
And I think you would agree we're facing some turbulent in
time weather, but my friends, we don't have to be capsized,
we don't have to go down with everybody else.
We can literally stay afloat.
And by the way, not just stay afloat,
but to stay afloat, victoriously all the way
to the end of the age.
And in this 10 part series I cover all the essential
elements you need to stay afloat
and to be victorious all the way to the end of the age.
And it comes with a study guide.
I love my study guides and my friends.
These study guides are just loaded with insights
and information.
All the historical points which I share in this series.
It's all in the study guide
because I really want you to get this teaching
down deep inside you.
And, right now we're also offering you my book,
which is called, Last Days Survival Guide.
The Foreword is written by my friend, Perry Stone.
I just love Perry Stone
and I'm so thankful for the Foreword
that he wrote for this book.
And the subtitle says, A Scriptural Handbook to prepare you
for these Perilous Times.
And I really like this book because it is just so practical
and is not just a book of theology,
it's to really help prepare you for perilous times.
And at the end of every chapter, there are action steps
for you to take so you can respond to what you have read.
This would be a great book for you, a great book to give
to somebody else because we really are living in
perilous times.
But hey - you can order all these things by going online
or by giving us a call.
And please remember that we want to pray for you.
Just call the number that's on the screen right
now or send an email.
We're waiting to hear from you.
And the moment we hear from you,
we're gonna release our faith according
to Jeremiah 33:3 which says - Call unto me,
I'll heal you, I'll answer you, and I'll show you great
and mighty things.
And my friends, we will call out to God in faith with you.
Now you can pray by yourself,
but sometimes it helps to have somebody pray with you
and we would love to pray with you.
And when we pray and get into agreement, Jesus is going
to do something simply magnificent for you.
So call us
or let us know how to pray for you by going online
or by sending us an email.
But today, I want
to share just a few testimonies about people
who've reached out to us.
One woman said - I want to thank the Lord for introducing me
to this ministry.
I know it was the Lord
because he knows that I wanted to learn the Bible,
but I didn't know how.
And the reason I'm so grateful for Renner Ministries is
because now I listen to the teachings, I download the audio
or the study guides,
and I've never learned so much about the Bible
through anyone else.
This ministry is such a blessing to me
and thank you Rick Renner for making the word of God
so easily understood
and with so much love.
This is giving me a new foundation for my life.
I would never have been able
to understand the Bible the way I do now if it wasn't
for God connecting me to this ministry.
Well, I want to say thank you. That means so much to me.
But here's another testimony.
Thank you for prayers from the partner team.
I made my first call ever to the ministry
and God moved powerfully in my life.
And a big thanks to Denise for her books and her teachings.
She's so encouraging and obviously loves the Lord deeply.
I pray for Renner Ministries
and all the good they're doing to help people.
Another partner said - She received the monthly teaching
letter in the midst of a lot of difficulties she was facing
and wanted to say that
because of what God spoke to her
through the monthly teaching letter, she's walking
through hardships with victory.
She also wanted to say
how much she appreciates the prayer support she receives
from Renner Ministry.
And here's a final testimony.
We just called a woman and
after we finished praying, she broke down and said that
before we called, she had been very depressed
and then we called. She said in tears,
which she said she normally doesn't have,
Your call was not an accident.
We want you to reach out to us as well
because we believe there's an answer
to prayer waiting for you.
And we'll get into agreement and Jesus will do his part.
He'll move in your life. But hey, reach for your Bible.
We always use the Bible in this program.
And today we're gonna talk about - Having Ears to Hear
what the Spirit is Saying.
And I wanna ask - Do you have ears to hear
what the spirit wants to say to you?
In the last program,
we talked about having instructions from the Lord
and the Lord will give you instructions.
But in order to receive those instructions, you have
to have an ear to hear what the spirit has to say to you.
But let's return to Genesis 7:
16 and 17.
And in verse 16, the Bible says,
-: And they that went in - that is Noah, his family,
and all the animals - went in male
and female of all flesh as God had commanded him
and the Lord shut him in.
Then verse 17 says -
And the flood was 40 days upon the earth
and the waters increased and bear up the ark
and it was lifted up above the earth - and we have it again.
The waters increased
and as the waters increased, it was a global flood
that destroyed absolutely everything except Noah
and his family and the animals that were on the ark
because they had received instructions which they obeyed.
And because they obeyed those instructions,
they were literally lifted up above the waters
of destruction
and floated on top of the same waters
that destroyed everything else.
And in the end of the age, my friends, if we'll listen
to the Lord and obey him, we can survive
and thrive even though it seems there's a sea
of destruction all around us.
But last week we saw that No.1: you have
to be sealed tight in God's ark of safety,
which is Jesus Christ.
No.2: we saw that you have to have the word of God
to steady you in turbulent times.
No.3: we saw the importance of making sacrifices
to bring God's presence to you when you're in a bad place.
No.4: we saw that you need to know
who your people are, who is the family of faith
that you belong to because you need to be a part of a team
to sail through rough waters.
Then we saw on Friday the importance
of - having God's instructions.
And today we're gonna see the need to hear
what the spirit is saying.
If you don't have ears to hear,
you can't receive instructions.
But today we're going to begin in Hebrews 11:
7.
And in Hebrews 11:7, the Bible says,
By faith, Noah being warned of God
of things not seen as yet moved with fear
and prepared an ark to the saving of his house.
But notice those two words in the very beginning
of this verse: By faith Noah, being warned.
Being warned, in Greek, is the word, chrematidzo.
And this is very important
because this word, chrematidzo,
describes a business transaction
and it really portrays the relationship which Noah
had with the Lord.
It means to advise
or to consult with one about important affairs.
And in this particular case, it means to be advised
and consulted by God.
And literally it means being divinely advised,
being divinely consulted, being divinely warned.
And it tells us that Noah had a business like
relationship with God.
And Noah saw God as the boss
and himself as the servant.
And he was to do whatever God told him to do.
And because his ears were open,
Noah was literally being divinely advised,
divinely consulted, divinely warned
by God himself.
Now I know that Noah himself was listening
to explicit instructions which he was hearing from the Lord.
But if you look at Noah's family, you find
that God had been speaking to Noah's family for years
and years and years.
For example, his great-great-grandfather Jared,
Jared's name means shall come down.
And it was during the days of Jared that fallen angels began
to come down in larger numbers to co-mingle with women
and have sex with him.
And they were beginning to give birth to giants.
It was a horrible time,
but Jared gave birth to somebody named Enoch
who was also one of the grandfathers of Noah.
The name Enoch means to teach
or to correct. Enoch heard from God.
In fact, he heard from God so clearly.
He wrote very ancient documents about
what was happening in that time.
And we know from the book of Jude
that Enoch even prophesied about the 2nd Coming
of Jesus at the very, very end of the age.
These were individuals who were listening to the Lord.
And then we know that Enoch had a son whose name
was Methuselah.
He gave his son the name Methuselah
because it was prophetic.
It means when he dies then it will come.
That's what Methuselah's name meant.
And everyone knew when Methuselah dies, that's the signal
that judgment is coming.
But Methuselah gave birth to a son whose name was Lamech.
And the name, Lamech, means lamentation or sorrow.
And the reason he was so named is
because the world was filled with so much lamentation
and sorrow during his life,
but he gave birth to a son named Noah.
And the word Noah means comfort or rest.
It was a prophecy that during Noah's life, comfort
and rest would finally come
to the planet from all the horrible things
that were taking place.
What I want you to understand is Noah didn't just hear from
God himself, but his family had been hearing from God
for a long, long time.
And one generation passed revelation to another generation
and another generation and another generation
and another generation.
And when it finally came to Noah, he didn't have to learn
how to hear by himself
because he came from a family that had ears to hear.
And I want to ask you - Are you teaching your children
and your grandchildren how to hear? My friends,
they don't have to figure it out by themselves.
You can teach them how to hear from the spirit of God.
But that means you have to have ears to hear first.
And I'm gonna ask you again - Do you have ears to hear
what the spirit wants to say to you?
And by the way, I have a wonderful series called, How
to Know the Will of God.
You ought to get that series.
It will really help you develop the process,
at least the beginning process of having ears to hear
what the spirit wants to say to you.
But Noah had come from a long line of people
that had ears to hear.
And Hebrews 11:7 says - Being warned of God
of things not seen as yet.
And the Greek literally means - not yet, not ever before.
Which means when God advised
and warned Noah about what he was coming, God began
to tell him about things no one had ever seen,
no one had even heard of, for example,
that a flood was going to come.
No one had ever seen a flood.
He told Noah
to build the ark in a dimension like nobody had ever
heard of before.
He began to tell Noah about things
that no one could even imagine.
But Noah had ears to hear not just by himself,
but he had been taught and had been given revelation
by previous generations.
Wow, do you see how important this teaching is?
But the Bible says that Noah moved with fear.
And this word in Greek mean that he took action urgently
and seriously.
And not only that, it says he prepared an ark.
And the word prepared is really, really important
because the very first part
of the Greek word has the preposition kata which means down,
and it really means taking serious action,
putting something very intense into it,
which meant he put forth great effort to build that vessel.
He urgently responded and begin working on the project
and he did it for the saving of his house.
The Greek actually says - for the explicit purpose
of saving his own household.
But Noah had ears to hear
that's why he received instructions.
So let's look at Genesis 6:13.
It says, And God said to Noah..The end of all flesh has come
before me, for the earth is filled with violence
through them and behold I will destroy them with the earth.
But notice God said to Noah
that it means Noah had ears to here.
He was listening.
Verse 14: God said - Make the an ark
of gopher wood. Rooms shalt thou make in the ark
and shall pitch it within and without with pitch.
The very fact that God said make the an ark,
and Noah heard, it means Noah had ears to hear.
He was listening.
Look at verse 15:
and this is the fashion with which thou shall make it.
Now God begins to tell him how to make it,
but the very fact that he received instructions means he
was listening.
Verse 16: A window shalt thou make
to the ark, in a cubic shalt, thou finish it above
and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof
with lower second and third stories.
shalt thou make it. Notice -
shalt thou, shalt thou, shalt thou: these were instructions.
And the reason that Noah heard the instructions is
because he was listening.
And in fact, when you come to Genesis 6:22,
it says - Thus did Noah, according to all
that God commanded him
so did he.
He received instructions
because he had ears to hear.
Then you come to chapter 7:1 -
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou
and all thy house into the ark.
How did Noah know that
God said that - because Noah had ears to hear.
He was listening. He was listening.
And over and over
and over, as we go through this text, we find that God said
and Noah heard. My friends,
God is speaking all the time. He's speaking to you.
You may not be hearing it, but God is speaking to you,
but you have to have ears to hear.
And it's interesting that in the gospels, 6-times,
Jesus pleaded with people to have ears to hear.
For example: in Matthew 11:15, Jesus said, he that hath ears
to hear, let him hear.
In Matthew 13:9, Jesus said, he who hath ears
to hear let him hear.
In Matthew 13:43, Jesus said, he who hath ears to hear,
let him hear.
In Mark four nine, Jesus said, he that hath ears
to hear, let him hear.
In Mark 4:23, Jesus said, if any man hath ears
to hear, let him hear.
And in Luke 8:8, Jesus said, he that hath ears
to hear, let him hear.
And not only that, to all 7-churches in the book
of Revelation - in Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11,
Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29, Revelation 3:6,
Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22 - To Ephesus, Smyrna,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia
and Laodicea - to all of the 7 churches
Jesus said - He that hath
and ear, let him hear: let him hear
with the Spirit sayeth unto the churches. My friends,
God is speaking and God will give you all the instructions
you need to sail through whatever you're facing right now
and for the church itself,
to sail victoriously to the end of the age.
But Jesus is still crying out in these saying - Please,
if you have an ear to hear, then hear
what I'm saying to you.
And if you'll open your ear to hear,
Jesus will give you the instructions that you need.
Jesus is speaking all the time,
but the fact is everybody is not listening.
So I have to ask, what about you? Do you have ears to hear?
And if you will listen, 1st of all,
if you'll listen to God's word.
Secondly, if you'll listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit,
he will begin to give you what you need for you
and for your family to sail
through these times in victory.
And if you don't have ears to hear, then today say,
holy Spirit, help me to open my ears that I can begin
to hear the instructions that you want to give me.
And in Genesis 7:17, we read again
-: And the flood was 40 days upon the earth
and the waters increased and bear up the ark
and it was lifted up above the earth.
The ark was born above it all.
It was lifted up above the earth
and above the sea of destruction
because Noah had ears to hear.
He received the instructions that he needed.
And likewise, you need ears to hear so you can hear
what God wants to tell you so you can get -
through whatever you're dealing with in your life right now.
Do you have ears to hear?
And be back in just a moment
and I'm going to pray for you to have ears to hear
what the spirit wants to say to you.
Someone has asked the question -
How do I begin speaking in tongues?
Well, that's a great question.
You need to ask Jesus to fill you with the Holy Spirit.
We're told in the Bible that he is the one that baptizes
with the Holy Spirit and power.
And in Acts 2, when they were filled
with the Holy Spirit, they begin to speak with other tongues
as the spirit gave them the utterance.
But notice it says - The Spirit gave them the utterance.
They had to speak it out,
but the Holy Spirit gave them the ability.
When I received the baptism
in the Holy Spirit, I was afraid to begin
to pray in tongues because I was concerned
that maybe I was just making it up.
But one day the Holy Spirit spoke to me
and said, come on Rick, let's get started.
And I began to speak by faith and it was like a damn broke
and suddenly pouring forth from the inside
of me was this beautiful language.
And my friends today praying in tongues
as a very significant part of my life.
And if you've never prayed in tongues
but you want to pray in tongues,
it's really the language of your spirit.
It's the most direct communication between your spirit
and God who also is a spirit.
Just say, Jesus, fill me with the Holy Spirit.
Open your mouth and begin to speak.
And Jesus will enable you to begin to
pray in other tongues.
It's it seems we are surrounded by the swirling currents
of destruction in a world that has gone astray.
Many feel besieged by these tempestuous times
and worry about their loved ones, praying
that they will somehow survive the fluctuating tides.
Noah and his family faced insurmountable challenges,
but God showed Noah concrete steps to ensure he
and his family could rise above the confusion
and float on a raging sea of destruction.
In this series, How to Float On a Sea
of Destruction In the Last Days,
Rick Renner takes you deep into the specific instruction God
gave Noah and shows
how those same instructions are needed again now to survive
and thrive in a world gone mad.
In this 10 part series, Rick covers - How
to be sure you are sealed tight
and safe: How to stay steady in turbulent times: How
to get God's personal instructions for you: How to act
with fearlessness when God speaks.
This powerful series will help you fill your heart
and mind with victory
and will show you how to rise above the destructive tides
and it is available in digital
or physical formats starting at just $20.
In addition, we're also offering you Rick's book, Last Day
Survival Guide: A practical
and essential guide to help you protect yourself
and those you love from the nonsense
that is wreaking havoc in the world.
And it's available today for only $29.
Order the bundle of the series - How to Float on a Sea
of Destruction in the Last Days
and the book, Last Day Survival Guide, today.
Call the number on your screen or scan the QR code to order.
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-: This is Rick Renner, and today I'm in the Tulsa office
and this is another part of our new TV studio.
This is where Denise is filming TV programs
and how wonderful that now we have two little studios, one
for her and one for me where we can interview guests
who can't come all the way to Russia
to be interviewed in our studio there.
So when we're in the United States,
we can interview them here.
And that's what we've been doing all week
in this wonderful facility which God gave us in
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
We're so grateful for this building,
it was really a gift from the Lord and it's almost paid for.
We've already retired, 86% of the debt.
We just need to go a little ways to finish this.
We call the Ministry Expansion Project
because when this is finished, it's going
to allow the ministry to really expand financially,
to wrap our arms around the whole world
where people need the trusted teaching of the Bible.
And we know that's our calling.
And if you're a part of the Giving Team, I want
to say thank you for helping us
to retire the dead on this facility
and to release those finances.
And if you're not a part of the Giving Team yet,
I'm inviting you today to join us
to help us finish this project.
Wow, what a shalt of victory we're gonna give to God on
that day when it's done.
And just think of the people that are going to be reached.
So thank you for being a part
of the Ministry Expansion Project.
-: We have covered so much material today.
Has this been good?
Would you please reach out to me
and let me know if these programs are ministering to you.
And when you reach out to us, be sure
to order your series called, How to Float on a Sea
of Destruction in the Last Days.
It will encourage you, we'll give you what you need to sail
through turbulent times.
In fact, the subtitle says - 10 Principles
to help you Sail Victoriously through turbulent End-Time
Weather. You can do it, you just need to know how.
And it comes with a wonderful study guide.
And we're also offering you right now my book,
which is called, Last Days Survival Guide.
The subtitle says - A Scriptural Handbook to prepare you
for these Perilous Times.
And please, you can order all these things
by going online right now
or by giving us a call, the number's on the screen,
and when you reach out to us, let us know how to pray
for you because we really want to pray for you.
And I wanna pray for you right now.
Put your hand on your heart - Father, in the name
of Jesus Lord, you've given us ears to hear, so help us
to open our ears.
You have instructions that you want to speak
to every one of us.
Lord, if we're not hearing them, it's
because we're not listening.
You're so good. You're telling us
everything we need to know.
So help us Lord to hear what you're saying to us
and help us to develop our ears, spiritual ears
so we can really hear what it is that you want to say
to us - in Jesus name -
Amen. By the way, I want to remind you about
that series which you can get online called
How to Know The Will of God.
It will help you to begin to open your ears to hear
what the spirit has to say to you.
But I'll see you tomorrow,
but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4,
"Where the word of a king is there's power."
If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life
Jesus has to give you.
Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
and Lord. Wash away my sin
and make me completely new.
I thank you that my sin is removed
and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me.
I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord
for the rest of my life
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