January 26th, 2016 (Tuesday)
[Topic] - BUILDING YOURSELF UP 2
[Scripture] - James 1:22 (KJV), "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
[Message] - Good morning ☺. We are loaded today with benefits from God.
We discussed yesterday that for anyone to grow in whatever field of life we find ourselves in, the Word of God must be taken seriously and diligently. The Holy Spirit, through the Word, is complete and addresses every issue of life where we may need guidance and assistance. We can never be lost or confused (John 8:12).
However, it's not enough to just know what to do to aid our growth. We need to take an extra step of acting and practising it. Our anchor scripture helps us understand this fact. We should not just be hearers but also the doers. The blessing doesn't come from hearing but the doing. Jesus knew that people are tired of hearing and not doing, that was why He made a statement saying that, 'men are dull of hearing' (Matt. 13:15).
There are a lot of people who can preach sermons, give talks or seminars on how to overcome a particular sin, or succeed in an endeavour, but they themselves, are still slaves of sin, or struggling with growth in that field of life. They have all the knowledge but WISDOM is missing, because wisdom is the right application of knowledge, and the Bible tells us that wisdom is the principal thing (Prov. 4:7).
It's not enough for us to know that the Word of God is the solution to building ourselves up, we need to act on the Word. It's not enough for us to know that giving to God and the needy is the path to financial success, and then remain stingy. No! We need to begin to act on it.
" someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith." - James 2:18 (AMP). #SELAH
PRACTICAL STEP :- Make a list of what the Bible says about that issue you are considering, and be careful too begin to act on them from now on.
Further Bible Study :- James 2: 14-26, James 1:22-25.
Bible-in-one-year plan :- Matthew 4:23 - Matthew 6:34, Job 10:18 - Job 11:6.
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