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Sunday Jul 21, 2013
#23:Being A Doer of God's Word
Sunday Jul 21, 2013
Sunday Jul 21, 2013
James 1:21
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Matthew 7:21
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Psalms 139:23,24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
James is worried that the church is just going to be for show and not try to do anything for God.
- Believers can be guilty of wearing, talking, and even singing the word but not doing it.
How do we activate ourselves to become part of the church?
- Remove the impurities in your life.
- Lay aside any overflow of wickedness.
- Receive the word of God.
- Our hearts should be as ready for God’s word as a baby is for its mother’s milk.
- We should have a positive attitude towards the bible.
- God wants to be in control of your life, and help you get rid of you sins.
- When we are accepting of the word then it is easier for God to graft it into our hearts.
- We need to recognize what God’s intention is for our life.
There are three tenses of salvation in the Bible.
- Justification- believers have been saved from the penalty of sin.
- Sanctification- believers have been saved from the power of sin
- Glorification- believers will be saved from the presence of sin
- God’s word is the agent for saving us from sin in our daily life
We need to apply God’s word to our heart to be a true active Christian.
- We need to refuse to be auditors of God’s word. Which means we don’t need to be hearers only.
- We need to be participants of the truth.
- The Bible is a book of doing.
- Can people see Christ living in you?
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