One of the major mistakes that each generation makes to a lesser or greater extent is to fail to teach and preach the Gospel to new generations.   

But even if believers did their job perfectly there would still be a number of people who chose not to believe the Gospel.   

Among those who did believe the Gospel would be some number which did not receive the Gospel.   

Those who have never heard the Gospel cannot Keep His Word.   

Those who believe the Gospel may or may not Keep His Word.   

Those who receive the Gospel open their hearts to it and in so doing actually Keep His Word.   

We can't Keep His Word just in our minds.   
We must Keep His Word in our hearts.   

So, every person who is Born Again of the Holy Spirit by the Word must not only hear the Word and believe the Word, but they must also receive the Word.   

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of the Lord, which lives and abides for ever. 1Pe 1:23 The seed that births us into the Kingdom Of God is the Word of the Lord - writtern and incarnate.     Both the Incarnate Word and the Written Word abide forever.

Many Christians do not understand the connection between the Word, the Truth and the Holy Spirit.   
   → the Word Of The Lord is Truth Joh 17:17
   → the Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Truth Joh 14:17
   → the Word is the expression of the Holy Spirit Joh 6:63

When a believer understands that the Word and the Holy Spirit are one, they receive Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior.   

When a person rejects either the Word or the Holy Spirit they have rejected Christ Jesus as Lord and Saviour.   

If this sounds harsh listen to the following:

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. Joh 1:14 'The Word was made flesh' means that the eternal Word Of The Lord was born into the human family.      'begotten of the Father' speaks to the fact that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary.      'full of grace and truth' speaks to the character of the Holy Spirit being manifested in the Soul and Body of Christ Jesus.      Christ Jesus is the express image of the Father, and that image is the pattern used to create Adam and all humanity.     We are Spirit Soul And Body as is our Creator, Saviour and Lord, Christ Jesus.

So, every believer must confess that Jesus is the Incarnate Word if they want to be Born Again of the Holy Spirit by the Word.   

It should make sense to those following this discussion that to deny the Written Word is to deny the Incarnate Word is to deny the Holy Spirit who inspired the Written Word and begot the Incarnate Word.   

There is no room for a failure of faith in Christianity.   It is all about faith.   
   → faith in the Word Of The Lord
   → faith in Christ Jesus
   → faith in His Holy Spirit in us

How do we know who Jesus is?   
By the Word Of The Lord - the Gospel.   

How do we what is Truth?   
By the Word Of The Lord - the Gospel.   

How do we know who the Holy Spirit is?   
By the Word Of The Lord - the Gospel.   

So, we see that everything depends on our respect for the Word Of The Lord.   Those who claim to be of Christ and yet deny His Word are deceived.   

You cannot receive Christ Jesus without receiving His Word.   

You cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit without receiving His Word ( Incarnate Word and Written Word).   

So, to Keep His Word is to hear it, to believe it and to receive it so that your faith is totally in it.   

But what about obedience to the Word.   Isn't that what keeping the Word is all about?   

You will not be obedient to that which you disagree with - that which you have not believed or received.   

You can not be obedient to the Word by yourself.   You must be empowered by the Holy Spirit to walk in Truth and live by Truth.   

For it is the Holy Spirit which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phi 2:13 Your will is a part of your soul.     It is that part of you which opens and closes doors.      When you open your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ, you enable Him to recreate you in the New Birth.      As you submit your will to His Holy Spirit you enable His will to manifest in you.      To the extent that you work out your Soul Salvation through the submission of your will to His, you will see the Holy Spirit perform holy acts through your life.      It is the New Spirit being that you are, which you allow to manifest, which is in sync with the Holy Spirit, which directs your will and actions.

So, we aught to stop focusing on obedience to the Word and begin to dig in on knowledge, understanding, and faith in the Word.   

Out of knowledge, understanding and faith in the Word will come obedience to the Word by the working of the Holy Spirit in us.   

Using the example of an enlisted man we know that the military is not content with just teaching a recruit what it means to be a soldier.   

Rather, they train and discipline the recruit until he not only knows what to do, but he does it instinctually.   At that point, he is a soldier.   

Faith comes by hearing the Word Of The Lord.   It doesn't come in one pushup.   It comes by immersion into the Word until one's mind is transformed by it.   

Once we are transformed the Word Of The Lord has become our Word.   

And then we Keep His Word!   

But the person to whom the word is given must also keep it in the sense that they count on it, they trust in the integrity of the person giving it.   

Have you ever 'loaned' something to someone knowing that they would not pay it back?   Not a comfortable feeling is it?   

The debtor loses stature in our eyes and we just write-off the debt as a 'gift'.   

Such are sad transactions bringing disappointment to the giver and guilt to the debtor.   

But when we are approached by someone with impeccable integrity we help them to the extent possible in full assurance that they will repay.   

That is a wonderful transaction blessing both the giver and the receiver.   

Our transactions with the Lord should be of the latter type.   
   → when we ask Him we know that He will give
   → when we receive we pay Him back

Wait a minute, do we have to pay the Lord back?   Yes!   

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give. Mat 10:8 This command is to His disciples.      disciples listen to their master, receive His words into their hearts and then they do what He has commanded.      How do we do these things?     On His authority by faith and obedience.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it unto me. Mat 25:40 Christ died for the sins of the world.     All men could have been saved by His sacrifice.

The Lord does not need what we need in the Physical Realm, but those whom He loves do.   

So the way we do our part and Keep His Word when we have been blessed is:
   → to thank Him and Praise Him
   → to look for opportunities to bless others in Hi name

In such a relationship we Keep His Word by not only hearing it, believing it and receiving it, but we do His Word.