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#Be_more_Ready_to_Hear
Ecclesiastes 5
1 ¶Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house
of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for
they consider not that they do evil.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not
thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and
thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
The above Scriptures give a solemn warning:
that people may go to the house of God with the great intention of worshipping
Him BUT actually end up offering the sacrifice of fools. But fools are those
who say that there is no God. Why would such go yo the house of God?
Psalm 14:1 KJV — To the chief Musician, A
Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Those spoken of in Ecc 5:1 are no fools; they
believe in God and even go to the house of God to worship Him. In that sense,
they are no fools.
However, they do behave like fools when they
have come to the house of God; they behave as though God has not given specific
instructions on acceptable worship; in this sense they deny God, thus acting
foolishly. They do what seems right in their own eyes; they are just like Cain.
And God rejects such acts of worship as sacrifice of fools.
Gen 4 - KJV
3 And in process of time it came to pass,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings
of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to
his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had
not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 ¶And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou
wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be
accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Ecc 5:1 exhorts, "... be more ready to
hear..."
Hear what? Choir? Band music? A show? Some sermonettes?
If they are to be more ready to hear, then
someone must be more ready to say things that need to be heard by them.
2Tim 4 - KJV
1 ¶I charge thee therefore before God, and
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing
and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out
of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from
the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
May the Lord grant understanding. Amen.
