Trusting
Jesse M. Hendley
Romans 10:13
A mother watched her little boy ride a bicycle out doors and one day while she was watching, he disap- peared. She could not find him anywhere. She went to the neighbor's house where he did go sometimes. They were not at home and she became a bit frantic and as she searched around, she found him at a high school football field, his bike parked and sitting in the stands absorbed in the action going on. She was greatly distressed and said to him, "Didn't you hear me?" He replied, "I heard you, but not loud enough." What he meant was "I heard you but I didn't want to obey you." I thought this was a great lesson as I study the Bible. God is speaking to human beings today, speaking loud enough for people to hear but most are not listening. God is speaking to us in His Son, the Bible, by the Spirit, through His specially called messengers. And then He speaks in the depths of every heart, calling people to Himself.
Everyone has heard and most have turned away from God's call refusing to answer Him. Some say, "I heard your call and I answer you today by coming to you through Christ as you called me to do." These people are saved. I am in this group, praise God! But most people all over the earth are saying with little Johnny, "I heard, but I didn't want to answer. I didn't want you interfering with my will. I want to be left alone, to do what I want and not what you want, to live my way without any restraints." Now the warning is this. A child cannot live without someone to love him, guide him, and take care of him and to lead him in the right way; but a parent cannot make a child listen and obey if he will not listen. A human being cannot live without God, and no one can have God without Christ, and he will destroy himself now and forever if he rejects Christ, for then he is rejecting God and rebelling against Him. God cannot bring to heaven one who will not listen to Him.
The warning ...
Jesse M. Hendley
Romans 10:13
A mother watched her little boy ride a bicycle out doors and one day while she was watching, he disap- peared. She could not find him anywhere. She went to the neighbor's house where he did go sometimes. They were not at home and she became a bit frantic and as she searched around, she found him at a high school football field, his bike parked and sitting in the stands absorbed in the action going on. She was greatly distressed and said to him, "Didn't you hear me?" He replied, "I heard you, but not loud enough." What he meant was "I heard you but I didn't want to obey you." I thought this was a great lesson as I study the Bible. God is speaking to human beings today, speaking loud enough for people to hear but most are not listening. God is speaking to us in His Son, the Bible, by the Spirit, through His specially called messengers. And then He speaks in the depths of every heart, calling people to Himself.
Everyone has heard and most have turned away from God's call refusing to answer Him. Some say, "I heard your call and I answer you today by coming to you through Christ as you called me to do." These people are saved. I am in this group, praise God! But most people all over the earth are saying with little Johnny, "I heard, but I didn't want to answer. I didn't want you interfering with my will. I want to be left alone, to do what I want and not what you want, to live my way without any restraints." Now the warning is this. A child cannot live without someone to love him, guide him, and take care of him and to lead him in the right way; but a parent cannot make a child listen and obey if he will not listen. A human being cannot live without God, and no one can have God without Christ, and he will destroy himself now and forever if he rejects Christ, for then he is rejecting God and rebelling against Him. God cannot bring to heaven one who will not listen to Him.
The warning ...
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