Hearing Christ
F. W. P. Greenwood, D. D. Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. I. We should hear the Lord Jesus WITH RESOLUTION. "I will go." Nothing shall prevent me; no employments, no pleasures; no solicitations, no difficulties. The Son of God calls me, and I must go. Thus we ought all to feel. II. We must hear Him with SUBMISSION. Not the pride of the world only, but our own pride, is to be resisted. We have no right to say how much or what part of His message we will receive, or when or where we will follow Him. III. We must hear Him WITH ATTENTION, with serious and concentrated heed. IV. We must hear Him not so much from the principle of fear, as of DEEP AND EARNEST AFFECTION. He came to speak to us because He loved us. V. We must hear Him WITH SINGLENESS OF MIND, placing no other instruction on a footing with His, far less yielding them the precedence. (F. W. P. Greenwood, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. WEB: A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."