Four things we can’t hear
Posted at Reformation Scotland : God is always true to His word, and He has given us “exceeding great and precious promises.” But what happens if we neglect to accept what He is giving us, or overlook His gifts and leave them largely unused? Andrew Gray pointed out that God who gives the gift of Jesus Christ and the gift of the precious promises of the everlasting covenant, gives also the gift of the grace of faith — and it is by using faith that we make use of the other two gifts. Our spiritual lethargy and inactivity leave us vulnerable to spiritual harm. In the following updated extract from one of his sermons, Andrew Gray identifies four tragic consequences of failing to use God’s gifts, before encouraging us with six golden pillars which God’s promises rest on. Four evil silences These four most sad lamentable evils fall on us because we make such little use of the glorious and excellent gifts God gives us — Christ and His promises and faith. A silent conscience Although we are so...
