[Alamo-Girl]

Rats, I should have clarified my remarks at post 5888.

In the passage, John 10:26-30, the ones Christ was addressing were physically hearing Him. Their sensory perception and minds were working and Christ was speaking. But they were not spiritually hearing Him, because they were not of His sheep.

The “knowing” of Jesus Christ occurs in the spirit, when His sheep hear his “voice” then Christ “knows” them. Therein is the direct Spiritual revelation that Jesus Christ is Lord!

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. – John 1:12-13

This power of God cannot be usurped or simulated by any man and any claims to the contrary I aver is a futile attempt to ‘anthropomorphize God.’

The knowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord can only come from Him. Thus it is the primary Spiritual "test:"

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: - 1 John 4:1-2

[Dr. Eckleburg]

But they were not spiritually hearing Him, because they were not of His sheep. The “knowing” of Jesus Christ occurs in the spirit, when His sheep hear his “voice” then Christ “knows” them. Therein is the direct Spiritual revelation that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Amen!

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" -- John 10:27

His sheep follow Him because He knows them, because He has loved them from before the foundation fo the world.

[annalex]

The knowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord can only come from Him

Indeed, the confession that "Jesus Christ is come in the flesh" is from Christ. So is the Church who told you that.