John 10.27 observes My sheep listen to My voice.

God is willing for every person on the planet to know Him personally.

God has recorded His character, His deeds and His commands so that all people everywhere can know Him and live to please Him so that He pardons them on Judgment Day and welcomes them into His eternal kingdom.

This record God has left us is known as the Scriptures or the Bible and has been given to us so that all humanity is without excuse for seeking God and pleasing God by our deeds. Yet most of humanity ignores the Scriptures even most Christians fail to consistently read the Bible.

When God lived among us in Jesus the Christ He identified those who are truly His as people who listen to His voice.

The Bible is called the Word of God because its pages record His voice by which He still speaks today into the hearts and minds of those who seek Him through it.

So what does it mean for a person to call himself Christian yet ignore the Scriptures? Are they truly children of God if they do not seek communication from the Father?

At best these people remain spiritual infants useless to God and a constant burden upon the Church.

Christians are to seek maturity not remain as infants in their faith their entire lives.

Growth occurs through knowing God and obeying His commands becoming increasingly more useful to Him as we become more productive for Him in His work of winning people to His point-of-view as recorded in the Scriptures.