See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For
if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more
shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from
heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised,
saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but
also heaven." Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the
removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made,
that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we
are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which
we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God
is a consuming fire.Hebrews 12:25-29
Listen! Hear Him! Believe what He
says!
The author of Hebrews has presented us with the facts that
Christ is greater than angels, greater than Moses
and greater than Aaron; that the New Covenant is superior in every way to
the Old Covenant. He addresses this presentation to Christians who stand,
not before a physical mountain in the Sinai, but a spiritual Mount Zion in
heaven. Nevertheless, we still have the potential to refuse to hear, even as
our spiritual ancestors who had just come out of Egypt did not hear. Now,
they knew—they knew—that it was the voice
of God that they heard, and they refused to hear because they believed
they could not endure what He commanded!
Do we see the parallel?
It is possible for Christians to cherish their own will—which they
know to be diametrically opposed to the will and purpose of God—and to
stick to their own desires, thus stifling the voice of the Almighty God
Himself! And thus, we can wrench ourselves away from the voice because we
feel uncomfortable going against our resolve.

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