The following text is repeated in the New Testament:
"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." Does this mean having an understanding of Christ's sayings and teachings and implying that all men had not, or that some lack the desire to hear or listen?
F. F. F.
It implies the latter. Christ is the "true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world." Some will not see, some will not hear, yet over and over and over all are called to hear. The word of the prophet is: "O, earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord." The apostle Paul declares to the heathen world that God is not far from every one of us, and all could hear Him and serve Him if they would.