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Lesson 4 forOctober 25, 2014


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James 1:22-27

HEARINGAND DOING

Those who

hear and do

James 1:22

Those who

hear but

dont do

James

1:23-24

WHAT TO DO?Practical religion

Looking into

the law and

doing thework

James 1:25

Bridling the

tongue

James 1:26

Taking care

of others

James 1:27

Keeping

oneself

unspotted

James 1:27


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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only,deceiving yourselves.(James 1:22)

James moves us to BE doers. Hearing or reading the Word is

not enough. The Word must be our lifestyle.

There is danger of not making Christs teachings a personal

matter, of not receiving them as though they were addressedto us personally. In His words of instruction Jesus means me.(E.G.W., That I may know Him, October 1)

See Luke 6:27-38. What if we just know that we must do

good to those who hate us, but we dont do so? What if we

just know that we must give to those who ask of us, but wedont do? Is that good for us?

How can we become doers of the Word?

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and youshall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

(Galatians 5:16)


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For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is likea man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observeshimself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he

was.(James 1:23-24)Those who only hear the Word think that they already

fulfill the requirements to be a good Christian. They

see a distorted image of themselves.

When temptation comes, they forget what kind of

man they were and fall.There are two examples of people who saw a

distorted image of themselves in the Gospel:

1. The rich young man (Matthew 19:16-22)

He thought he was a perfect believer. But hehesitated and failed when he was asked to

go further.

2. Peter (Matthew 26:33-35, 69-75)

He thought he could follow Jesus to death.

Some hours later, he showed his actualweakness.


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But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it,and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will beblessed in what he does.b(James 1:25)

If we use the Law as the means of salvation, then It condemns us.

If we love God and keep the Law He wrote on our hearts by the grace

of His Spirit, then we will experience the Gods freedom as His

children, saved by grace only.


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If anyone among you thinks he is religious, anddoes not bridle his tongue but deceives his own

heart, this ones religion is useless.(James 1:26)

James explained how to be doers of the

Word in the last verses of chapter 1.

Our religion must come through in ourwords; then, also in our acts.

God cares more for what we

really are than for what we saywe are. He does not care how

beautiful we may look, but He

wants our hearts pure. Then all

our words and actions will be

right.E.G.W. (The Story of Jesus, cp. 10, pg. 61)


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Pure and undefiled religion before God and theFather is this: to visit orphans and widows in theirtrouble(James 1:27)

From a worldly standpoint, it does not make sense to

focus our resources on those who can give nothing

back to society.

But from Gods viewpoint, it is precisely how we treat

those who have been cast off and rejected by theworld that reveals which of us are Christs true

followers: either by lending money to those who

cannot pay us back; inviting to dinner those who

cannot reciprocate; or blessing and praying for those

who mistreat us.

And the King will answer and sayto them, Assuredly, I say to

you, inasmuch as you did it to oneof the least of these My

brethren, you did it to Me.(Matthew 25:40)


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and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

(James 1:27)Is moving away from the world necessary

to remain morally unspotted?

Jesus didnt ask the Father to take us away

out the world, but to keep us from evil(John 17:15)

We may live really far away from the world,

but evil will follow us wherever we go.

We are transformed to Christs image by His

communion. He gives us the power to live an

unspotted life.

So we are called to live in the world, but to

not let it corrupt us. We must announce the

good news of salvation to the world.


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Those who are saved by grace will be

doers of Gods Word because they

have placed their faith fully in Him.

The root of temptation comes fromour own lusts and desires, but Gods

Word is an effective weapon against

sin. Satan attempts to make sin

appear attractive, but when we arefully surrendered to God we will

accept that His ways are best, and we

will become new people

in Him.

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