“Faith Cometh by Hearing . . . the Word of God”
Romans 10:17
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Elder Robert D. Hales said:
“The Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, ‘Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God’ [Romans 10:17 ]. . . . The first step to finding faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is to let His word—spoken by the mouth of His servants, the prophets—touch your heart. But it is not enough merely to let those words wash over you, as if they alone could transform you. We must do our part. Or as the Savior Himself said, ‘He that hath ears to hear, let him hear’ [Matthew 11:15 ]. In other words, hearing requires an active effort. . . . It means taking seriously what is taught, considering it carefully, studying it out in our minds. As the prophet Enos learned, it means letting others’ testimonies of the gospel ‘[sink] deep into [our] heart[s]’ [Enos 1:3 ].”
(“Finding Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2004, 72.)
