Hear

Matthew 11:15 “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

Reading a commentary on this great Bible verse, the Commentator points out that the Lord Jesus Christ must have considered this exhortation to be of great importance, for it appears eight times in the four gospels and seven times in Revelation, all as spoken by Christ Himself—as well as one more time apparently uttered by  the Apostle John in Revelation 13:9. It is urgent, therefore, that people not just “hear” God’s Word with their ears (“in one ear and out the other,” as the saying goes), but really hear it, with understanding minds, believing hearts and obedient lives.

The article states that it is most important, first of all, for unsaved men and women to respond to the gospel message in this way. Jesus said in John 5:24, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” Hearing this message with believing minds and hearts means all the difference between salvation or judgment; heaven and hell.

But then explains that that’s just the beginning. Jesus also said in John 10:27-28, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand”.The Lord not only promised us everlasting life when we first heard His voice, but also assures us that this regenerated life is truly everlasting and can never be taken away from us, as we continue to hear His voice in His Word and live it out in our lives, walking with the Spirit.

John 5:28-29 “Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.”

Not only everlasting life, but resurrection life! 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”

 He that hath ears, let him hear!