Ear
Joseph Holstege uses the biblical imagery of the ear as a metaphor for spiritual receptivity and hearing God's voice. The article explores how believers, cleansed by Christ's blood and opened by the Holy Spirit's grace, are enabled to hear and obey God's commandments with love and joy. Through careful exegesis of Scripture, Holstege connects the physical sense of hearing to the spiritual reality of receiving God's Word.
The old adage says there is a reason we were created with only one mouth, but with two ears. The biblical description of the ear would confirm the wisdom of this clever observation. The ear is more than an oddly shaped appendage of flesh and cartilage such as the one Peter smote off the head of Malchus (John 18:10). God planted the ear in the skull of man just as a gardener might plant a patch of delicate tulips in the earth (Ps. 94:9). If we are amazed by the intricate design of the seeing...
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