Hearing the word of God from the Bible or from the teachings in the church will not do.anyone any good except we understand and put into practice what we have heard. Hearing alone does not produce faith. We must act upon what we have heard to show that we believe in God.
The real meaning of listening is to assimilate and understand what we are hearing. We are not fruitful in our faith life if we do not understand what we are hearing. The Bible says that the word taught did not profit some people because it was not mixed with faith. Faith can only come when we understand what we have learnt and put what we have learnt to practice.
As christians, we are to be fruitful in our walk with God. The fruitfulness will come when we truly understand the things that we are learning from the doctrines of Jesus Christ. We cannot do good to others if we do not understand that the Bible says we should do good to all men. We cannot pray if we do not understand how the Bible teaches us to pray. So, let us listen well to the Word of God.
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