Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of what is hoped for, the conviction of what is not seen.

John 5:24-29 - “I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life. 25 “I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself. 27 And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment, because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.

John 5:37-38 - The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form. 38 You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent.

James 2:17,19,20-22 - 17 In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe—and they shudder. 20 Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless? 21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected.

AS WE HEAR & READ THE WORD, THE SPIRIT REVEALS, CONVICTS, AND LEADS US TO OBEY — PRODUCING WORKS FOR GODS GLORY.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. 7 Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

SHEMA: HEAR & OBEY.

Ephesians 2:10 - For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

IF WE CLAIM TO FOLLOW & BELIEVE, BUT IT NEVER PRODUCES WORKS, THEN WE NEVER MOVED TO LISTEN & OBEY.

James 1:19,22, 25 - Everyone must be quick to hear…. 22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 25 … the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works—this person will be blessed in what he does.

John 5:28-29 - A time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.

2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.

WHO YOU CHOOSE TO HEAR & OBEY HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT.