Quick To
Listen
My
dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to
speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the
righteous life that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the
evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can
save you.
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 it 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.
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his
tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God
our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and
widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James
1:19-27
Are you a doer or a
talker? The world is a better place because of doers, people who are ready to
pitch in, to be involved, and even to lead if necessary.
Many of the doers of
the world are also doers of the Word. These are the followers of Jesus who have
taken the challenger to be doers and not hearers.
Are you doing all
that you know God wants you to do? As you read God’s
Word, put what you’ve learned into practice. First hear – then do. God’s
blessing comes as a result of our obedience.
The value
of the Bible does not consist merely in knowing it,
but in obeying
it.
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