Exodus 10:2 English Standard Version (ESV) and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.”
Let us go old school here to understand the difference between listening and hearing.
The Hebrew word of hearing is o’-zen which means to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation.
Romans 10:17 English Standard Version (ESV) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
So often we teach others that faith comes merely from reading the Word. If hearing is receiving divine revelation, then faith itself comes by divine revelation. That makes faith more than just simply believing.
Faith is the game changer for us because this life in Christ came by faith. Our understanding of how this all came about is rooted in the Word. The Word is not just the New Testament. God has been speaking to mankind from the very beginning. All that we came to know about those times before Exodus is because of Moses. He met with God face to face. Being the forerunner of Christ, his example is the OT equivalent of Christ spending His nights with the Father.
John 1:1-3 English Standard Version
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
There is a consistency in hearing that goes far beyond simply reading and believing. When we believe without faith we fail to receive the divine revelation that is truth itself. Jesus Christ is truth and His divine revelation is the light of truth.