Use It Or Lose It
Good Morning,
As parents, we have all told our children something only to have them later say they did not hear us. As married people, sadly, this also happens between husbands and wives. We get used to people talking; we think we know the direction they are heading conversationally, and we simply complete their comments in our minds without hearing them clearly — then confusion happens.
God warns us to take heed how we hear His Word.
Luke 8:18 “Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”
God gets tired of our not paying attention. If we fail to HEAR, we are not going to get any more information. If we pay attention, listen, and obey, we will be trusted with more truth. If we fail to listen and honor the things we heard, we will lose even what we have known in the past.
We all know people who used to be vibrant Christians, but today flounder without knowing what to do, where to go, or even doubt their own salvation. We are not referring to a lost person, but to someone who lost the truth he had in his head and heart.
Peter warns us that if we do not apply what we have heard, we can easily forget that we have been saved:
2 Peter 1:9 “But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”
Saved? Sure, but this person just forgets the truth, forgets all the wonder salvation brings.
Faithfulness to church, to Bible reading, and to faithful Christian living is not just good for those around us and those we serve, it is vital for our own security and stability. God places great esteem on the believer of great age who stands true to his faith over decades.
Take heed therefore how ye hear...
Be sure to cling tightly to the truth you know, to live it, to love it, and to embrace the things learned from God’s Word.
Hebrews 2:1 “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.”
A casual Christian will most often become a casualty. Do not think there are not people who will spoil us or slowly pull us away from living the truth we all know.
Colossians 2:6 “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:”
vs. 7 “Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”
vs. 8 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
Once we pull away from biblical obedience, God will pull away the truth we have learned in the past, and we will flounder spiritually.
Luke 8:18 “Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”
May we be doers of the Word, faithfully living the truth God has given us.
Pastor