BEING A HEARER OF THE WORD: AND A DOER OF THE WORD! 

BEING A HEARER OF THE WORD: AND A DOER OF THE WORD! 

“But be DOERS of THE WORD, and NOT HEARERS ONLY, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a HEARER OF THE WORD and NOT A DOER, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and CONTINUES in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a DOER of the work, this one will be BLESSED in what he DOES” James 1:22-25/NKJV. 

Hearing the WORD, the living WORD of God, is a vitality in the grace. To read and study the word is to acquire knowledge, which is a necessity to every believing child of God in Christ Jesus stead; but to thrive in the grace, it comes by the hearing and doing, which is otherwise, the activation of the word of faith in the grace. And as important and gracious it is to HEAR the WORD; it’s tragic not DOING the WORD [James 1:22-25]. For a mere BELIEF in the WORD puts you in a passive position but exercising that WORD of Faith therein activates pleasing God, and that brings divine BLESSEDNESS in the grace. 

“But without FAITH it is impossible to [walk with God and] PLEASE Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] BELIEVE that God exists and that He REWARDS those who [EARNESTLY and DILIGENTLY] seek Him” Hebrews 11:6/Amplified. 

When God’s WORD is BELIEVED as a consequence of Hearing the WORD of Faith, and then acted upon by FAITH with diligence, God is then obligated to honour His magnified WORD to reward as HE’S being pleased accordingly in the grace. For the WORD of Faith that pleases God comes by hearing and CONTINUOUS HEARING of the WORD. And continuous hearing is an act of diligence – being smartly consistently consistent in the grace.  

“I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have EXALTED above all else Your NAME and Your WORD and You have MAGNIFIED Your WORD above all Your name” Psalms 138:2/AMPCE. 

“So then FAITH comes by HEARING, and HEARING BY THE WORD of God” Romans 10:17/NKJV. 

To earn God’s BLESSEDNESS indeed in the grace, being a DOER of the WORD of FAITH is what makes the possibility and reality of the hearing of Faith. Anything otherwise results in a questionable act of belief, like Apostle Paul demanded from the Galatians Believers who drifted into inconsistency in their faith in the grace. There’s a DOING to accompany the continuous HEARING OF THE WORD OF FAITH in the grace; otherwise, adulteration, distortion, and perversion will set in over time, leading to giving one’s listening heart to unscriptural, subtle falsehood.  

“O FOOLISH Galatians! Who has BEWITCHED you that you should NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? 2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by THE HEARING OF FAITH? . . . 5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He DO it by the works of the law, or by THE HEARING OF FAITH?” Galatians 3:1-9/NKJV.  

God is good and faithful, true and sure. His acts of faithfulness rewards diligence. Hence, there’s the need to be steadfast in keeping to the word of faith and in patience to earn and access the promises of God in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Being continuously diligent to the end, not half of the way or part of the way, but full assurance of hope to the end brings about ensuring and assuring the fulness of God’s promise BLESSEDNESS in life and grace.  

“But, beloved, we are CONFIDENT of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10 For God is NOT UNJUST [UNRIGHTEOUS, UNFAITHFUL] to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same DILIGENCE to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become SLUGGISH [SLOTFUL], but IMITATE [FOLLOWER] those who through FAITH and PATIENCE inherit the promises” Hebrews 6:10-12/NKJV/EMPHASIS MINE.  

It’s my earnest prayer that you take the health of your spiritual wellbeing seriously by ensuring and assuring that the HEARING OF THE WORD OF FAITH is accompanied by the DOING, in order to keep the alertness in the grace undistorted and adulterated. For the faith that OVERCOMES the world comes by THE HEARING and THE HEARING OF THE WORD in the grace. 

“For whatever is born of God OVERCOMES THE WORLD. And this is the VICTORY that has OVERCOME THE WORLD —OUR FAITH. 5 Who is he who OVERCOMES THE WORLD, but he who BELIEVES that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

“But what does it say? “The WORD is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, THE WORD OF FAITH which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation . . . 17 So then faith comes by HEARING, and HEARING BY THE WORD of God” Romans 10:8-10, 17/NKJV. 

I pray that you will be blessed in the grace as you hear the WORD of Faith and do the doing of faith in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a FAMINE on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of HEARING THE WORDS of the Lord. 12 They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking THE WORD of the Lord, But shall not find it. 13 “In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall FAINT from THIRST” Amos 8:11-14.  

“But the PATH OF THE JUST is as the SHINING LIGHT, that SHINETH MORE and MORE unto the PERFECT (DAWN) DAY. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20 My son, ATTEND to my words; INCLINE thine EAR unto my SAYINGS. 21. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the MIDST of thine HEART. 22. For they are LIFE unto those that find them, and HEALTH to all their flesh. 23. Keep thy HEART with all DILIGENCE; for out of it are the ISSUES OF LIFE” Proverbs 4:18-23/Emphasis Mine.  

“But as it is WRITTEN, EYE hath not SEEN, nor EAR HEARD, neither have ENTERED into the HEART of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that love him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 

“For THE WORD of God is QUICK, and POWERFUL, and SHARPER than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the DIVIDING asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do” Hebrews 4:12-13. 

“We having the SAME spirit of FAITH, according as it is WRITTEN, I BELIEVED, and therefore have I SPOKEN; we also BELIEVE, and therefore SPEAK” 2 Corinthians 4:13. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI