Eyes that see, ears that hear and heart that understands

Hopeful Promise

• Proverbs 20:12Ears to hear and eyes to see— both are gifts from the Lord.
•  Isaiah 32:3 Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.

Sad Reality (People have four dispositions, three are toxic, one is from God)

• Deuteronomy 29:4 But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear!
• Jeremiah 5:21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.
• Ezekiel 12:2 “Son of man, you live among rebels who have eyes but refuse to see. They have ears but refuse to hear. For they are a rebellious people.

Senseless

• Isaiah 6:10 Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.” (How all things work together for our good (Romans 8:28)

Soft Present (believes the hopeful promise as Jesus reminds us)

• Matthew 13:16“But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
• Mark 8:18‘You have eyes—can’t you see? You have ears—can’t you hear?’ Don’t you remember anything at all?

Hard Present (as felt in the heart of unbelief)

• Matthew 13:15For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.’
• Acts 28:27 For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.’ 
• Romans 11:8 As the Scriptures say, “God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear.”

God's righteousness can be applied to our hearts through repentance (Romans 2)
Test and prove what pleases the Lord, understand his will (Ephesians 5:10,17)
Past Tense

• Job 13:1  “Look, I have seen all this with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, and now I understand. 
• What an interesting read. Job understands - alludes to Abel (Job 16:18), points to Jesus (Job 16:19,20) seeing death approach (Job 16:21)
• Psalm 92:11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents. 

Eternal

• Isaiah 64:4 For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!
• 1 Corinthians 2:9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”