Hebrews 3:7-8 Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice,… I. There is a voice which may, with emphatic propriety, be termed THE VOICE OF GOD. 1. the providences of God, particularly those of an afflictive nature. 2. The sacred Word — both law and gospel. II. THE VOICE OF GOD DEMANDS OUR SERIOUS ATTENTION, 1. Should a servant decline the reasonable commands of his master — a son, the gentle authority of his father — or a subject turn his back upon his prince, who might condescend to address him? 2. The nature of the subject upon which He deigns to address us is another reason for our attention to His voice. He calls us to no hard service. He invites us to approach that we may receive those blessings which constitute the happiness of man. III. YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VOICE OF GOD SHOULD BE WITHOUT DELAY. IV. IF WE WOULD LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF GOD WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS NOT TO ADOPT A CONDUCT WHICH WILL PREVENT OUR ATTENTION TO ITS ADMONITIONS. 1. Yon must avoid that state of insensibility into which so many nominal Christians have fallen. 2. It will be of equal importance that you also studiously avoid the inordinate cares of life, which first this obstruct and then close up the avenues to the soul, and so produce a fatal insensibility. 3. Moreover, it will be of vast consequence that you avoid temptation; for the mind is rendered insensible in proportion as it becomes familiar with sin. 4. Finally, beware of the whirlpool of scepticism — the dangerous shoals and fatal rocks of infidelity. (S. Lowell.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,WEB: Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice, |
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