Developing Discernment

Improve our hearing (v.11)

“About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing,”

You have become - indicates that they were not always this way, but went through a process of transformation.

Dull - slow, sluggish, lazy, stupid (PC - one lacking intelligence)

The danger of becoming dull of hearing God’s word cannot be over emphasized (; ; ).

Learn to teach (v.12)

Sharpen our skills (v.13)

Continue to practice (v.14)