Q90. How should we read and hear God’s Word so that it leads to salvation?
For God’s Word to lead to salvation, we must pay careful attention, prepare our hearts, and pray, receive it with faith and love, store it in our hearts, and live it out in our lives.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Proverbs 8:34
“Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.”
1 Peter 2:1–2
“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”
Psalm 119:18
“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
Hebrews 4:2
“For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.”
2 Thessalonians 2:10
“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”
Psalm 119:11
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
Luke 8:15
“But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”
James 1:25
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
Parent Guide
Discuss this question together
Discussion Questions
- 1
What are some of the things we should do when reading and hearing God’s Word?
- 2
Why does this question mention storing God’s Word in our hearts?
- 3
What makes it hard for you to pay attention when the Bible is being read?
Illustration
Listening to a recipe is not the same as cooking dinner. And cooking dinner once is not the same as knowing the recipe by heart. God wants us to hear his Word, take it in, remember it, and then live it out. Each step matters.
Application
Because God speaks to you through his Word, pick one verse from this week’s Bible reading and write it on a card. Put it somewhere you will see it every day, like the bathroom mirror or your lunchbox. Ask God to help it go from your eyes into your heart.