The prophet Isaiah warned the people in his day of the same danger. They trust in illusion, they tell lies, We need an advocate, for we sin daily (and even frequently throughout the day). 1:45-46). He hears our prayers; his ear is ever open. Your sins got between you so that he doesnt hear. After appearing in an award-winning short film called The End as a 17-year-old, she joined the Deafinitely Youth Theatre. Wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies; God hears the sinners prayer, just as he hears the prayer of the believer who cries out to him in distress. What else can he sleep in? That it cannot save; What was the result? The spider webs are no good for shirts or shawls. And they rush to shed innocent blood. For our sins are piled up before God Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 59:1-2, The Essential Jesus (Part 2): The Need for a Savior, A Kid's Guide To: Loving Yourself and Others Like Jesus, A Teen's Guide To: Finding My Purpose in My Creator, Forgiving Challenge: The 11-Day Life-Changing Journey to Freedom, Daily Bible Reading - October 2020: Gods Life-Giving Word of Justice and Peace, Daily Bible Reading October 2021: Gods Word of Justice. How then can you say to me: Flee like a bird to your mountain." GOD looked and saw evil looming on the horizon 65:24). We look for justice, but it never comes. LATE ENGR. RAYMOND ANTHONY ALEOGHO DOKPESI He hears their cry for help, David tells us (Ps. He who eats of their eggs dies, Behold, the LORDs hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Is Not Deaf you from your God. turning away from our God, 1 Jn. or what it means to be just and good. Psalm 28 - "To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a Gods laws, then, are evidence of his gracious love for his people and they are intended to bless their lives on this earth. Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. David, sinner though he is, finally secures the united kingdom of Israel and Judah in peace because the Lord defeats his enemies. No. Pharaohand all Egypt with himrefused to recognize Yahweh as the one true God. God hears the cry of the oppressed and answers their petitions for justice. and his ear is not too deaf to hear. Paul reminds us, faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ (Rom. Listen! and his justice sustained him. And moan sadly like doves; Who will / I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him (3.2.73-74). For salvation, but it is far from us. So too with David; after God initiates his everlasting covenant with David by promising him a seed (Jesus Christ), King David responds in faith, praying So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. (2 Sam. And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob, declares the LORD. It is only the Lord who can raise the dead to life and give new life in Christ to those who are spiritually dead. David prays, May the LORD answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure (Ps. And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth. 36-37). What terror attends these words! 10:3). and righteousness stands far away; Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Not so the idols so many people worship, for they are deaf and dumb. When he promises, for instance, to save the sinner who calls on Jesus Christ in repentance and faith, we can be absolutely certain that he will hear the prayer and save the sinner. For our transgressions are multiplied before You, 5:28). LORD, consider (lit., hear) my just cause! and his own righteousness sustained him. Ears National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Congress of Christian Education Held in Louisville, Ky. | Louisville, Kentucky Psalm 28 - "To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me" Psalm 30 - "I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths" 26 Jun 2023 14:49:07 He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing]; We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. Christs defense of us before the Father when we confess our sin is one more expression of his love for us. And righteousness does not overtake us; 10:5-7). Most certainly there are. Which the wind of the LORD drives. Like Abraham and Moses before, God calls David and promises him his love and mercy. Because of your sins, he has turned away He put on righteousness like a breastplate, Nehemiah, cupbearer to a pagan king, realizes that God will keep his covenant with his people and prays accordingly, Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenantwith those who love him and obeyhis commandments, may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites (Neh. Honesty is nowhere to be found, Nor His ear heavy, We look for light but find only darkness. And your fingers with iniquity; and they use their hands to hurt others. fPride and arrogance and the way of evil and gperverted speech I hate. From the Pastors heart Falling on Deaf ears Rom 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. CSB 1 Indeed, the Lord's hand is not too short to save, and His ear is not too deaf to hear. 2 Its your sins that have cut you off from God. When the LORD heard you, Moses writes, he became angry and made this vow: Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give your ancestors. There are 150 Psalms to pray. Third, Gods ear teaches us that he is our great provider and protector. GotQuestions.org And His glory from the rising of the sun; Listen! With your hands you have killed others, A. We hope for justice, but there is none, Your tongue has muttered perversity. Isaiah 59 For salvation, but it is far from us. Web2 days of 'and the lord changed my name' [i have a new name] - day 1 || nsppd || 22nd june 2023 When the LORD heard it his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp (Num. We look for bright skies but walk in gloom. GODs Decree. And a helmet of salvation on His head; David was one who did indeed understand Gods omniscience. Behold, the LORDs hand is not shortened, to the coastlands he will render repayment. These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, and you must teach them to your children (Deut. or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. There is no room for arrogance here. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true Godand that you are winning back their allegiance (vv. he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. And your fingers with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing]; That it cannot save, For our transgressions are multiplied before You, This is the love that allows us to call God our Father, for it places us in Gods family. there is no justice in their paths. This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breathinto you and you will live. Lord Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words. 1:26-28), but the Lord had promised to give the land to the Israelites, even with the opposition and difficulties in the land itself (Deut. and anyone who renounces evil is attacked. Because the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God, we are to listen to it. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Your lips have spoken falsely, They hatch the eggs of vipers Among those who are healthy we are like dead men. Why should God answer Daniels prayer? May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give! They think evil thoughts. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 5: 16). Their feet run to evil, In particular, God hears the prayers of his own people and provides for them. The actress, 28, on depression, overcoming obstacles and changing societys perceptions of the deaf community. He saw that there was no man, He shows his love to Moses when he gives him the Ten Commandments and when he mediates his commands to the Israelites through Moses. Immediately the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and even the soil are consumed by fire from heaven (v. 38), proving that Yahwehthe one who hearsis the only true God. and violence is their trademark. We will consider the ear of God as it relates to his omniscience first. what is honest is not allowed to enter the city. The LORD looked and was displeased Why would God listen to our prayers at all, if we have no righteousness that would make him love us? Others may believe that God is not deaf because they see Him working in the world and in their lives. From the beginning God calls man to hear him. They pursue evil schemes; Espaol Key facts By 2050 nearly 2.5 billion people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss and at least 700 million will require hearing rehabilitation. Your lips smeared with lies, When the people of Israel were waiting for Moses to come down from Mount Sinai, they became impatient and turned to idolatry. Isaiah 29:18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll 6:40-42). The Scriptures are full of promises that the Lord will hear our prayers and answer them. In these cases the speaker is asking the auditors to pay attention to what he is saying and consider his words. The psalmist writes, Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? He saw that there was no one, His eye is open to him, his ear attentive to his prayer. Gods ear demonstrates that his attention is turned toward us, for he listens to our cry. and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. For He will come like a rushing stream to find there was no justice. Its your sins that have cut you off from God. The webs they make cannot be used for clothes; We are told that he is the Word of God incarnate (Jn. Why would a man choose to remain a slave? And the act of violence is in their hands. Justice is turned back, Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation (Gen. 21:17-18). 22:22-23). 1:45). No one speaks up for the right, The ear of the Lord promises not only that he hears his peoples prayers, but that he graciously and lovingly answers them for their good (Rom. We grope for the wall like the blind; For our transgressions are with us, 40:6-8). Sinai, the writer reports that the people are so terrified by the presence of God that they ask Moses to intercede with God for them. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.I have come downto deliver themfrom the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious,to a land flowing with milk and honey,to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (Ex. 1:9). Before we are quick to question Gods judgment of the ancient Israelites in the wildernessor even judge God for what we might perceive to be unfairnesswe should remember why God brought his people out of Egypt. Deafness and hearing loss The Redeemer will come to Zion, We have turned our backs on our God. No, Gods ears are not deaf so that He cannot hear, And His arms arent so short He cant save; This is true though you doubt, though you fret and fear, This is true though your sin be grave. Here is the last part of Gods promises to David: But my loyal love [hesed] will not be removed from him [David], as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. and wondered that there was no one to intercede; 139:4). Share Proverbs 8:13 13 dThe fear of the Lord is ehatred of evil. They do not turn a deaf ear to their teachings and message and do not deliberately close their eyes to the signs that they are asked to observe, but are deeply moved by them. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. Jesus healed the man, of course, but in an interesting manner: Jesus put his fingers into the mans ears. He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them (Ps. And he isnt getting deaf! When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. So that He will not hear. God sustains the natural creation. From Genesis to Revelation the Bible communicates the character (attributes) and actions of God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, Daniel asks God to answer his prayer so that Gods testimony among the nations would not be impugned. 2:1). Davids confidence that God would hear his prayer simply takes God at his word and trusts him to fulfill that word. According to what they have done, The image of Gods ear indicates his attention to everything, good and evil alike. 8:11). or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Their works are works of iniquity, Respond to (lit., Listen to, Hear) the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell (Ps. Their feet run to evil, for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. NLT Listen! It is because of who God is that we can trust him. Carmel. Rom 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? He writes, Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it (Ps. On the Mount of Transfiguration, the Father announces his approval of his Son with the voice speaking from the cloud, This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. we stumble at noon as in the twilight, He hears our grumblings, as he did when the Israelites of old complained (cf. And was amazed that there was no one to intercede [on behalf of truth and right]; How often has he spared us accident and injury on the highway? They have made their paths crooked, Think of the prophets of Baal on Mt. They have turned them into crooked roads; Nor His ear so impaired Indeed, the LORDs arm is not too weak to save, and his ear is not too deaf to hear. They dont know where to find peace 8:3-4). They hatch adders eggs, and weave the spiders web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. He put on his clothes for punishing and our sins testify against us. we stumble as though it were dark. David recognizes that we can go nowhere to escape Gods hearing (cf. and no one who follows them knows a moments peace. Truth staggers down the street, 5:16), but God will not hear the prayer of the ungodly (Deut. He saw that there was no man, 40:3), he ends his declaration with the invitation, The one who has ears had better listen! (Mt. Is Gods hearing limited to the Old Testament? Fury to His adversaries, men will not cover themselves with what they make. Closely linked to Gods omniscience is his holiness. As with the eye in the last chapter, the ear teaches us about the relationship of believers and the Lord. With the eye, we are to look toward God in faith. The way of peace they do not know, King James Version And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? LORD In this picture of the dead bones hearing the word of God, God gives new life to his ancient people Israel. Why would he listen to any one of us? LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed, the psalmist affirms, you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer (Ps. And His glory from the rising of the sun, And covered Himself with zeal [and great love for His people] as a cloak. Your hands are the hands of murderers, speaking oppression and revolt, Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. The hymn writer invites us to Christ: See, on the portals hes waiting and watching. 8:28). Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. have not I the We all growl like bears; The very act of praying affirms our faith that Gods ear is ever open toward us as his children. Your sins cause him to turn away from you, Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. N ow the LORD saw, We wait for the light, but there is only darkness now. For He will come in like a narrow, rushing stream feeling our way like people without eyes. They complained that God had brought them out into the wilderness to destroy them (Ex. 2 Its your sins that have cut you off from God. When someone does not pay attention to what we are saying, or we sense that he rejects our advice, we might say something like, Do you hear what Im saying? or Havent you heard a single word Ive been saying? The tone of these expressions indicates exasperation and frustration, for the auditor has clearly heard the words with his physical ears, but he has not responded in the way we might wish. As we read the account in Exodus, it is perhaps easy to skip over the declaration that opens the Ten Commandments. Yes, truth is missing; In Psalm 104, the psalmist acknowledges that God provides for the beasts of the field, the wild animals (v. 11), the birds of the air (v. 12), and man (v. 14-15). WebThe LORDs arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. Solomons prayer marks the first time Gods ear is associated so closely with his special love for his people. And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing Does he hear us today? and if you break one open, a poisonous snake comes out. We learn that he loves us with an everlasting love. But what does the ear teach us about believers? And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. 32:11-14). And to those in Jacob (Israel) who turn from transgression (sin), declares the LORD. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full. And there is no justice in their tracks; inciting revolt and oppression, Then people from the west will fear the LORD, No peace for the wretch who walks down those roads! We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. And righteousness stands afar off; 121:2) who provides for his people and protects them. The Holy Eucarist: Rite Two | The Fourth Sunday after - Facebook Gods provision and protection certainly express his love toward us, as do his forgiveness and grace. Sunday Worship June 25, 2023 | Stream CCLI #21810036 - Facebook And an act of violence is in their hands. your tongue mutters wickedness. We feel our way as if we had no eyes. October 15, 2022 Samantha There is no one answer to this question as it is a matter of personal belief. He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance For He [the LORD] put on righteousness like a coat of armor, 5:27). Web91. They encourage the believer because he knows God will meet his need (cf. He works all things together for his glory and the good of his people (Rom. First, in calling Moses to this task, God fulfills part of his covenant with Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3; 15:7). and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? God hears our petitions, but idols do not. The Lord isnt too weak to save you. We are like the blind feeling our way along a wall. And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. 1:28-31). Your hands are drenched in blood, we moan mournfully like doves. Theres nothing wrong with God; the wrong is in you. What then does the ear of God tell us about his character? 4:8, referencing Deut. 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:13, 22). For he will come like a pent-up flood In the brightness of day we trip as if it were night. O God, Hear My Cry for Help! 4:3).
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