Ears to Hear.
“The eye as a mere organ of sense must give place to the ear. Therefore it is wittily observed that, our Saviour, in commanding the amputation of the offending ‘hand,’ ‘foot,’ or ‘eye,’ In Mark chapter 11, never spoke of the ear! If thy hand, or thy foot, or thine eye offend thee, deprive thyself of them; but part not with thine ear, for that is the organ to use unto thy soul’s salvation. The Jews had eyes to see Christ’s miracles, but because they had no ears to hear His wisdom, therefore they had no feet to enter His kingdom. The way into the house is by the door, not by the window; the eye is but the window of the heart, the ear is the door. Christ now stands knocking at the door, not at the window, and He will not come in at the window, but at the door. ‘He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.’ Christ now comes by His oracles, not by His miracles; the way to open and let Him in is by the door – to hear His voice. Open your ears, therefore, to His heavenly voice.”
Hearts to Understand.
“Because we do not know who belongs, or does not belong, to the number of the predestinated, it becomes us to desire the salvation of all. Thus, whoever we meet, we shall endeavour to make him a partaker of peace; but our peace shall rest upon the sons of peace.”