| Our verse to DATE the Word on January 23 (1/23) is James 1:23 |
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| James 1:23 says, “For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.” |
| Do more than look at yourself in the mirror! The Bible is not a class you can audit!! Are you just “looking” at God’s Word but not living it? Are you staying the same after seeing what Scripture says about how you should be living? Here is a good question to consider: Are you just auditing the Bible but not applying the Bible? Pastor James wants more than observation of the Word! He wants obedience to the WORD! The study of God’s Word is INCOMPLETE without the APPLICATION of the WORD! You can hear the Word, read the Bible, see the Scriptures, learn the Word, search the Scriptures, acquire Biblical knowledge, memorize the Scriptures and meditate on it yet doing all these wonderful things is not enough. It still comes down to the APPLICATION of God’s Word by obeying what it tells us to do or not do. LEARN the Word and LIVE the WORD. LOVE the Word and LIVE the WORD. .Friends, we are to be far more than HEARERS – we are to be DOERS! James 1:22 says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. The wise man hears and does! The foolish man is one who hears but does not obey! It is not Bible knowledge that makes one wise! It is obedience that makes one wise! Are you one who believes but does not practice what one believes? Are you using the “mirror” of the Word to bring about changes? Don’t just look at the Word and leave looking like you did when you looked. Let it change you! Make the decision to obey what you have learned! Verse to DATE the Word on January 23 (1/23) is James 1:23. It says, “or if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.” Don’t dismiss what God is revealing to you! Continue Strong obeying God’s Word And remember to DATE THE WORD |