Check out Isaiah 30:9-11 . . . "[T]hese people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord's instructions. They tell the seers, 'Stop seeing visions!' They tell the prophets, 'Don't tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your Holy One of Israel.'"
We've all got those itching ears, haven't we? Before we are born again, whether it's the prophet, the preacher or the doctor speaking to us, we want to hear: There's no hell, you're just fine, it's your parents fault, there are many paths to God.
Even after the new birth, our tendency is to want to hear only good things about ourselves, that we have jumped the curb and don't need to change as much as everyone else. The problem is, without the truth there can be no reality and no course correction. Proverbs 24:26 says that "an honest answer is like a kiss on the lips." So the truth is good, very good in fact. I can only speak for myself, but I know that I need to change in many ways. Therefore, I'll take the kiss of truth and not the words that only tickle my ears.
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