"He who has ears to hear, let him hear" (Matthew 11:15).
In short, YES. There is such thing as spiritual deafness. It operates in much of the same way as spiritual blindness does. When you are spiritually blind or spiritually deaf, you are unresponsive to the Gospel message (i.e. you remain dead in your own sin). You are too prideful or too busy listening to other competing ideas and priorities that so you fail to "see" and "hear" the truth. When you are spiritually deaf or blind, you continue living the way you want and ignore God.
Jesus is the truth (John 14:6). He is the light in the darkness (John 1). Have you ever wondered why Jesus performed physically healing, including restoring hearing to the deaf? (See Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:31-37). Because physical healing points to spiritual healing! Jesus has the power to open our eyes and unclog our ears - to spiritually heal us - so we can see and hear the truth clearly and respond accordingly. Salvation is not something we can earn by our own wisdom or power. As Jesus miraculously healed the physically deaf, God must FIRST miraculously heal our spiritual ears before we can hear and respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.
[Answered by Pastor HM]
