Verily,
verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him
that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I
say unto you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall
hear the Voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
John, Chapter 5, verses 24-25.
I
had a hearing problem when I was growing up. My mother took me to a
specialist to check my hearing to make sure that there weren’t any
major problems. The doctor told my mother that I had
selective-listening. This meant I tuned out the things that I didn’t
want to hear and only listened to the things that I wanted to hear.
Are we “Selective-listening Christians,” listening only to what
we want to hear when it comes to God? Are we only open to doing the
Christian acts that are comfortable for us and don’t really require
us to make any changes to grow as Christians?
You
will notice that it talks about he that heareth My Word and believeth
on Him that sent Me, not he that heareth only what he wants to hear
and only believes when it’s convenient. Hopefully, we aren’t
using selective-listening in our Christian lives.
Since this is an example of the positive influence God has made on my walk with Christ, this may not reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verses.
