Today I found 11 old pages of sermon notes in my room, and I am going to share them on all my platforms, including here
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 someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their 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 1:21-27
God calls us to do four things in response to hearing his word
- Hear consistently , in order to receive the planted word you have to be planted yourself.
planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalms 92:13
- Act immediately
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22
“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:24
- Information is meant to lead to application, and when that happens, the result will be transformation
- Speak carefully
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
James 1:26
- Serve Regularly
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 1:27
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