July 30, 2024 -- Hebrews 5:11 -- How's your hearing? What?

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain,
since you have become dull of hearing.
Hebrews 5:11 ESV

Perhaps you know the hymn: “The Love of God”? Listen to the words of the final stanza and the refrain that follows.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
     Refrain
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.

I wonder, have we grown so familiar with the amazing salvation of Jesus Christ that we grow cold in the telling of it? We are dull of hearing, precisely because of familiarity. The breathless recounting of Jesus’ salvation fills the pages of Hebrews. The epistle is marked with wonder and praise to God. That is why there are so many warnings against apostacy found in Hebrews. Apostacy is when one appears to be a child of God, though his heart is cold and his actions argue against his salvation.

Preach to your soul, every day, the marvelous love of God. Declare the rich salvation of Jesus Christ, which has lifted you from death life. Cry out to the Spirit so that your ears will hear the blessed truths of Scripture and your heart will rejoice in all you hear.

Spirit of God, we confess that all too often we are dull of hearing. The blessed truth of Scripture, so rich and deep that it will take eternity to comprehend, is regularly brushed aside for vain and useless pursuits. Spirit of the Living God, revive us again, so that the great and glorious salvation that is ours in Christ will be for us new every morning, filling our thoughts with excited anticipation for all that is yet to be. Assist us, Spirit of God, by Your divine power, so that we will live as soldiers of the cross. Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in our lives be glorified. Amen.

https://youtu.be/NafJoD8Mt94?si=0QACR9-CwABakFsy “The Love of God”

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