The Callus On The Heart

Romans 11:8 

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,

eyes that they should not see, and ears that they

should not hear;) unto this day." 

     The prophets began to see that there never was a time, and never would be, when the whole nation was true to God; nevertheless, always within the nation a remnant was left who had never forsaken their loyalty or compromised their faith. Prophet after prophet came to see this.  (Amos 9:8-10) thought of God sifting men as corn in a sieve until only the good are left. (Mic. 2:12; Mic. 5:3) had a vision of God gathering the remnant of Israel. (Zeph. 3:12-13) had the same idea. Jeremiah foresaw the remnant being gathered from all the countries throughout which they had been scattered (Jer. 23:3).

    Ezekiel, the individualist, was convinced that a man could not be saved by either a national or an inherited righteousness; the righteous would deliver their own souls by their righteousness (Ezek. 14:14; Ezek. 14:20; Ezek. 14:22). Above all, this idea dominated the thought of Isaiah. He called his son Shear-Jashub, which means "The remnant will return." Again and again he returns to this idea of the faithful remnant who will be saved by God (Is. 7:3; Is. 8:2; Is. 8:18; Is. 9:12; Is. 6:9-13). 

    They were so secure, so self-satisfied, so at ease in their confidence of being the Chosen People, that, that very idea had become the thing that ruined them. The day will come when they cannot see at all, and when they will grope with bent backs like men stumbling blindly in the dark. 

When a callus grows on any part of the body that part loses feeling. It becomes insensitive. The minds of the mass of the people have become insensitive; they can no longer hear and feel the appeal of God. My Friends, "Just as a callus can grow on the hand, a callus can grow on the heart." That is what had happened to the mass of Israel. God save us from that!

Amen!

Reading: (Rom. 11:1-12)

Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry