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1 | How do we hear the Word? | Ezek 33:31 | DocTrinsograce | 225801 | ||
"How far are they from offering violence to themselves in hearing who come to the Word in a dull, drowsy manner, as if they came to church to take a medicine to make them sleep! The Word is to feed; it is strange to sleep at meat. The Word judges men; it is strange for a prisoner to fall asleep at the bar. To such sleepy hearers, God may say, 'Sleep on,' He may suffer them to be so stupified that no ordinance shall awaken them. 'While men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares.' (Matthew 13:25). The devil is never asleep, but sows the tares of sin in a drowsy hearer. "It maybe the last time that God will ever speak to us in His Word; it may be the last sermon that we shall ever hear; we may go from the place of hearing to the place of judging. If people would think thus when they come into the house of God, 'Perhaps this will be the last time that God will counsel us about our souls, the last time that ever we shall see our ministers face,' with what devotion would they come! How would their affections be all on fire in hearing! We give great attention to the last speeches of friends. A parent's dying words are received as oracles. Oh, let all this provoke us to diligence on hearing! Let us think, 'This may be the last time that Aaron's bell shall sound in our ears, and before another day is past we may be in another world.' "How far are they from offering violence to themselves in hearing who scarcely mind what is said, as if they were not at all concerned with it. They come to church more for custom than for conscience, 'They come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as My people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them' (Ezekiel 33:31a). If we could tell them of of a rich purchase or of some place of preferment, they would diligently attend; but when the Word of life is preached, they disregard it." --Thomas Watson |
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2 | How do we hear the Word? | Ezek 33:31 | azurelaw | 225804 | ||
Wow, great quote! Convicting and admonishing. Thank you. Azure |
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3 | How do we hear the Word? | Ezek 33:31 | DocTrinsograce | 225806 | ||
Thank you, Sister Azure. That is from Watson's "The Christian Soldier, or Taking Heaven by Storm" ... one of my favorite books. http://www.fivesolas.com/watson/soldie_i.htm |
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