4TH QUARTER: LESSON 4 MONDAY: BEING A DOER (James 1:22 and Luke 6:27–38). James using the word ‘being’ refers to an ongoing lifestyle of obedience, one that is expected of us now rather than at some indefinite time in the future. We are to become new people in the Lord, and as a result of what we become, we do the things that God commands us to by loving one another and most especially our enemies and bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit. This is something quite different from merely following rules. On our own we cannot do what God expects us to but when we are being led by the Spirit, it yields a totally different outcome—the fruit of love and obedience. THINK ABOUT A TIME YOU DID SOMETHING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS REQUIRED OF YOU OR BECAUSE IT WAS A RULE YOU HAD TO OBEY. CONTRAST THAT TO THE TIME YOU DID SOMETHING SIMILAR BECAUSE IT WAS SOME- THING YOU WANTED TO DO, SOMETHING THAT FLOWED NATURALLY OUT OF YOU BECAUSE OF CHRIST LIVING IN YOU. HOW DOES THIS CONTRAST HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF TODAY’S STUDY?
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:42:47 +0000
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