Psalm 78:1-3 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: which we have heard and known, which our fathers have told us.
The most vital response we can make to God is to listen to Him and His words. With the help of God’s Spirit we will be able to understand mysteries, which we can’t know by ourselves. We shall hear and respond to the Word of God, which our fathers have handed down to us from Moses. We hear it and know it when we listen.
The fathers gave the words of God and the stories of His miraculous deliverances. We hear them, take them to heart, and apply them to our hearts. We today have the Bible which summarizes and encapsulates the words God wants us to hear, believe, and respond to. Its words and stories are written for our learning to live by and pass on to future generations.