Mark 4:23-24 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.… Preachers are often blamed because their discourse fails to impress, but the great Preacher Himself failed to impress secularized minds! A lay preacher, some short time ago, dreamed a dream, which was much more than a dream. He fancied himself in the pulpit before a large congregation, and, opening the Bible to give out his text, found, to his dismay, that it was not the Bible, but his ledger, that he had brought with him in mistake; in confusion, he looked round, and seized what seemed the genuine book, but it was his stock book; once more he found another book on the desk, but on opening it, to his horror, found it was his cash book, and awoke to find it was not altogether a dream. Is it not often true that we cannot get at the gospel, and its saving truths, because of worldly thoughts and sympathies? The Hebrews are rebuked because they "were dull of hearing;" and the apostle indicates that they had become worldly in heart and practice, and so were the less able to comprehend and receive the highest truth. (W. L. Watkinson.) Parallel Verses KJV: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. |
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