Faith, the Ear of the Soul.
Every Christian has heard what is worthy of repetition.
I. Jesus Christ is Himself a word. Jesus spake not His lips, but Himself. His nature, His presence, His character, His deeds were voice not echo. He was the living word of the living God.
II. But the lips of Jesus Christ spake also.
III. And the Christian has heard. The Apostles first heard, and they believed and spake. Other faithful men heard, believed, and spake. Through this means the voice of God is made yet to linger upon earth, and the Christians of this day have heard and do hear Christ's voice. To them Christ speaks from heaven. He who hath an ear for godlike grace and eternal truth will hear Divine love and wisdom in Christ the voice and in the voice of Christ.
S. Martin, Westminster Chapel Pulpit,3rd series, p. 145.
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