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Read the story of Stephen, Acts 7. Notice what the crowd did before they stoned him. First, they released their own voice of emotion. Then they stopped their ears from hearing the Truth Stephen was speaking. When a sheep does not want to follow My Voice he will give full vent to his desire by releasing emotion from his flesh and then refuse to hear My Truth. He cannot hear because he wills not to hear. Desire Truth no matter how difficult it is to hear. John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. 1 John 2:9 The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now. 10The one who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits. Acts 7:54-60  54 When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and he said, 56 “Look! I see the heavens opened and the •Son of Man standing at the right hand of God! 57 Then they screamed at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him. 58 They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.59 They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin! ” And saying this, he fell asleep.