Hearing or Seeing?

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 (ESV)

Have you ever considered which of your five (5) senses is most important to you? I think most people would give up taste first and probably sight last. In-between, I imagine there would be a fair amount of variance in a survey of the same. However, how many of us would give up our hearing last? How often do we behave like the disciple Thomas demanding to see the Gospel ("Unless I see. . .")? I would suggest this is a rather pagan notion. That is, it is the pagans that create graven images of their gods. But the covenant God is a God of the Word. It is through God speaking into the darkness the world and all that is in it was created. Moreover, it is through the preached Word that we are made a new creation. Never to hear the Gospel again -- what a tragedy that would be.