To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
From; GOD THE FATHER, THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
The Helper, that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16 ]
Subject: MY WORD
8 Then I heard the
voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I
said, “Here am I. Send me!”
9 He
said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
10 “Render the hearts of this people
insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
14“This
fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah:
‘They hear, but don’t understand; they
look, but don’t see! 15For their hearts are fat and heavy, and their
ears are dull, and they have closed their eyes in sleep, 16so they
won’t see and hear and understand and turn to God again, and let me heal them.’
But blessed are
your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
11-12He
replied, “You are permitted to know some truths about the Kingdom of God
‘Though they see and hear, they will not
understand or turn to God, or be forgiven for their sins.’
10He
replied, “God has granted you to know the meaning of these parables, for they
tell a great deal about the Kingdom
of God
38This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had
predicted: “Lord, who will believe us? Who will accept God’s mighty miracles as
proof?” 39But they couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said: 40“God
has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts so that they can neither see
nor understand nor turn to me to heal them.” 41Isaiah was referring
to Jesus when he made this prediction, for he had seen a vision of the
Messiah’s glory.
