Hearing
“To day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts” (Hebrews 3:15).
As children, many of us remember frustrated parents asking if we really heard their reminder to finish an unwanted chore, complete our homework, get ready for bed, etc. We may have claimed to have heard, but our attitude and actions said otherwise.
What about our response to the gospel? Have you heard it? Have you responded? It’s easy to put off making a decision, and the longer we do the easier it becomes.
The gospel is a simple but heart-penetrating truth, and it is not enough just to know it. No, we must act upon it, realizing that we are lost sinners on our way to hell, but that God has provided a remedy for sin through the sacrificial work of His Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
God has spoken, we have heard, but we must act. We must receive Him. “As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).
