Wednesday, July 14th  – Do You Hear God?

The deaf man cannot enjoy the symphony; the blind man cannot enjoy the beauty of the sunset. Why? Because he lacks the faculties by which these things are appreciated. So, in the same logic, the natural man cannot receive or know the things of the Spirit, because he lacks the faculty by which these things are known. He lacks the Spirit. And lacking the Spirit, it’s impossible for him to know the things of the Spirit.

Some people suffer from a strange hearing disorder; they can hear sounds but cannot understand words, they have no trouble hearing a bird sing or a watch tick but words are as unintelligible as if they were a foreign language. The source of the problem is not in the ears, it stems from an injury to the brain.

There is also a spiritual deafness that affects many people. Because of a sinful heart, those without faith in Christ can read the Bible and hear the teachings of God’s Word but its spiritual message is foolishness to them.

Now the natural man cannot understand your love for the Word of God. He cannot understand your love for the people of God. He cannot understand your love for the things of God. They’re foolishness unto him. What do you do for fun? And the natural man is just at a loss to understand. He walks away and says, “Those people are crazy. He talks about the Lord all the time, something’s wrong.”

Some people read the Bible and appreciate it as literature, as a reliable history, and as a source of high moral standard, but they fail to understand its spiritual message. They don’t grasp the significance of it says about Christ, His death on the cross for our sins, His resurrection, and His ministry of intercession for us in heaven; these truth make no sense to them.

Do you hear what God says when you read the Bible? If not, ask the Lord to open your understanding to what He is saying. Put your trust in Him and accept Him as your personal savior to be cured of spiritual deafness.

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