Take Heed How Ye Hear!

In the language of today this directive of Jesus means, “Take care how you listen!” How do you listen? How do you listen to preaching of the Word of God? For we never leave the service in God’s House exactly as we entered it. Every sermon we hear has either a hardening or a softening influence. The Word either proves a savor of life or a savor of death. The Word is either a cause of life or a cause of death. The Word is either a fragrance which invigorates, or a miasma which kills. Therefore,...