GOOD MORNING !! JAMES 1:22-25 DO NOT MERELY LISTEN TO THE WORD, AND SO DECEIVE YOURSELVES. DO WHAT IT SAYS. ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO THE WORD BUT DOES NOT DO WHAT IS SAYS IS LIKE A MAN WHO LOOKS AT HIS FACE IN A MIRROR AND, AFTER LOOKING AT HIMSELF, GOES AWAY AND IMMEDIATELY FORGETS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. BUT THE MAN WHO LOOKS INTENTLY INTO THE PERFECT LAW THAT GIVES FREEDOM, AND CONTINUES TO DO THIS, NOT FORGETTING WHAT HE HAS HEARD, BUT DOING IT -- HE WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT HE DOES. (NIV) IT IS IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT GODS WORD SAYS, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO DO WHAT IT SAYS !! WE CAN MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OF OUR BIBLE STUDY TIME BY THE EFFECT IT HAS ON OUR BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES. NOW, IT SEEMS ODD THAT A LAW COULD GIVE US FREEDOM, BUT GODS LAW POINTS OUT SIN IN US AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR GODS FORGIVENESS. AS CHRISTIANS, WE ARE SAVED BY GODS GRACE, AND SALVATION FREES US FROM SINS CONTROL. AS BELIEVERS, WE ARE FREE TO LIVE AS GOD CREATED US TO LIVE. OF COURSE, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE FREE TO DO AS WE PLEASE -- WE ARE FREE TO OBEY GOD !! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, AND REMEMBER FAITH IS BELIEVING THAT GOD IS TELLING THE TRUTH AND ACTING ON IT -- AND HIS TRUTH IS FOUND IN HIS WORD !!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:26:05 +0000
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