Divine Answer to the Deaf Adder

“The wicked are… like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely” (Psalm 58:3-5).  “Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee… The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom… If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it” (Proverbs 9:8-12).  “There was a certain rich man, which… also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments… If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead” (Luke 16:19-31). 

The souls who will not be alarmed

By Scripture’s great prophetic warning

Are like the adder, deaf, uncharmed: 

They stop their ears and go on scorning. 

When sinners scorn, they will not hear

The Gospel that reproves their sinning.  

It’s only as they learn to fear

That wisdom has its true beginning. 

The one who scorns resists the favor

Which God extends in His salvation.

There is no hope without the Savior

Who rescues us from condemnation!

Our Savior drew aside the veil

For ears to hear and eyes to see

That hell is not a fairy tale;

It is a stark reality! 

We see the rich man when he dies,

Who in his life had prospered well,

But then he lifted up his eyes  

In torment in the flames of hell. 

The truth of hell won’t go away

In order to oblige the jaded. 

Be sure of this:  there comes a day

When every heart shall be persuaded!

What more could God provide the lost

Than prophecies with such perfection? 

They still refuse the count the cost,

Though Christ fulfilled His resurrection! 

O Lord, we see such strong delusion

In spite of all Your evidence! 

But You have answered their confusion,

And so they are without defense.  

Lord, till the day we’re home with You,

We answer with the proof You gave

To show Your Word Divine is true,

And those who will repent, You save.