Romans 2:13 for it is not
the hearers of
the Law who are
just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.
Here again we are reminded of the importance of responding to
what we hear in obedience to the Lord.
Wouldn’t it be silly to attend college, go on to graduate
school and beyond, obtain degrees with honors because we were able to
regurgitate all that we had heard…but then never put into practice one piece of
that learning?
Some college graduates do just that, for various
reasons. But how sad it is to become so
knowledgeable about a particular subject and yet useless in that field, because
we have nowhere, no passion, no reason to use that knowledge for good!
It’s the same with the word of the Lord. It’s not the hearing of it that saves us, it’s
believing it and obeying it that does.
We can listen and hear our name or number called for an order
of food that’s ready, a call to board a plane, or a job offer over the phone,
but if we don’t respond to those calls we end up hungry, left behind, and
without prosperity.
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