The good-ground hearer receives the word "not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God." 1 Thess. 2:13. Only he who receives the Scriptures as the voice of God speaking to himself is a true learner. He trembles at the word; for to him it is a living reality. He opens his understanding and his heart to receive it. Such hearers were Cornelius and his friends, who said to the apostle Peter, "Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God." Acts 10:33.

Den, som hører ordet, tager imod det, "ikke ..... som menneskers ord, men som Guds ord, hvad det i sandhed er" " Det er kun den, der tager imod skriften som Guds stemme, der taler til ham, der er en sand discipel. Han bæver for ordet, thi det er en levende virkelighed for ham. Han åbner sit sind og hjerte for at kunne tage imod det. Kornelius og hans venner der sagde til apostlen Peter: "Nu er vi alle til stede for Guds åsyn for at høre alt, hvad der er befalet dig af Herren," hørte til sådanne tilhørere.