Acting on the Word of God

James 1:22-25 NLT

James 1:22 NLT

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

James 1:23 NLT

For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

James 1:24 NLT

You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.

James 1:25 NLT

But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

A person who only hears and knows the word deceives himself

God accepts us because we CONFESS and REPENT

REPENT- Means to turn away from our sins and turn to God

2. A person who only hears and knows the word of GOD, soon forgets what they have heard

3. The person who hears and does the Word of GOD is blessed

The word of GOD is the law of liberty

Matthew 7:21 NLT

“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.

Matthew 12:50 NLT

Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”

Luke 6:46–49 NLT

“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

John 13:17 NLT

Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.

Romans 2:13 NLT

For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

James 1:22 NLT

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

John 2:17 NLT

Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”

Revelation 22:14 NLT

Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.