Faith Comes from Hearing

A man who was deaf and theretore also had an impediment in his speech was brought to Jesus (Mark 7:31-37). In the same way, all are ov nature deat toward God and theretore also unable to contess the faith rightly. for faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ (Rom. 10:9-17). Jesus put His fingers into the man's ears, and Af spar and touched mis tongue. Even sO IN Holy baptism, wate sanctified b the words of Jesus mouth is applied to us; and the tinger Of God, that IS, the life-giving Holy Spirit (< (or. 5:4-11) IS put into our ears in the hearing of the baptismal Gospel. Jesus' sighing "Ephphatha opened the mans ears, and his tongue was loosed to speak plainly a: Isaiah Drophesied of the Messiah. "In that dav the deaf shall hear the words of a book (IS. 29:18-24) S0 alsO, He who sighed and breathed His last on the cross for us has given us to hear and believe in Him and has opened our lips that our mouths may declare His praise.