Human Response 256: Hear and Do

Deuteronomy 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Jesus said: “Blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it.” Moses recounts that when they were at Mt. Sinai the people told him to go near the Presence of God, hear what God says, and then speak it to them. Then they will respond to the speaking of the Word by hearing and doing it.

When hearing the gospel is mixed with faith, granted by the Spirit, such faith will by nature yield fruit, produce good works, and make a better life. Hearing leads to faith which leads to doing it which leads to a blessed life. Faith brings eternal life; obedience brings a happy temporal life. The key to it all begins with hearing: this response produces a faith that works. And the doing of good makes life good.

Put into present day simplified terms it means going to church. It also means that, like Moses, the Pastor listens to God and then preaches His Word faithfully. It is incumbent upon the hearers to test the spoken word to make sure it is faithful to the written word.