Ear Ticklers.

Ear tickling words from undisciplined men, (1)
Most people so love to hear,
But Holy disciplines they merely resent,
And often greatly fear.

They say:

"Speak to us smooth things; envision deceptive things, (2)
And your "lovers" we always shall be,
(3)
But if you reprove, reprimand or exhort,
We'll find teachers with whom we agree!"

But Paul the apostle, he preached the Word,
By the Spirit of God and the Truth,
For only by Christ's subjecting of us,
Are we saved through his loving reproof.

Do not hate discipline or against it lie,
For as a drop in the sea are the saved,
(4)
Learn by the teachings of servants of God,
How servants of God should behave.

 


SOURCES.
 

(1) "Preach the word, be at it urgently in favourable season, in troublesome season, reprove, reprimand, exhort, with all long-suffering and art of teaching. For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories."  (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
 

  (2)  (Isaiah 30:9-11).
 
(3)  (Zechariah 13:4-6).
 
 
  (4)

"The lost outnumber the saved as a wave exceeds a drop of water."  (2 Esdras 9:14,15 NEB).

 

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