“Let he who has ears to
hear, use them” Jesus used this phrase eight times in the Gospels and eight
times in Revelation. Look at James 1:22-24 – 22 Do not
merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who
looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes
away and immediately forgets what he looks like. Don’t just listen but
obey!
Look at the parable of the
seed and the Sower found Luke 8:1-8 1
After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve
were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil
spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come
out; 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household;
Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their
own means. 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were
coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A
farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along
the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell
on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no
moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and
choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up
and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”
In all four cases the seed, the
Sower, and the message is the same.
What’s different? – It’s the listener!
Be wise today and always –
listen and obey God’s Word.
