"Doers---Not Hearers Only!" (2)
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Scripture: James 1:19-27
Scripture: James 1:19-27
Sub-Introduction: Hearing Only the Word of God is Not Enough!
Sub-Introduction: Hearing Only the Word of God is Not Enough!
What is the purpose of hearing?
What is the purpose of hearing?
“Hearing is essential for maintaining relationships and connections with friends and family, fully participating in team and community activities, and experiencing life events. Hearing makes it possible to engage, listen, laugh, and enjoy many of the things that help shape your quality of life”(hearing.health.mil).
“Hearing is essential for maintaining relationships and connections with friends and family, fully participating in team and community activities, and experiencing life events. Hearing makes it possible to engage, listen, laugh, and enjoy many of the things that help shape your quality of life”(hearing.health.mil).
What is the purpose of doing?
What is the purpose of doing?
v.25 “To follow the perfect law of liberty and continues to do it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts.”
v.25 “To follow the perfect law of liberty and continues to do it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts.”
Sermon: "Doers---Not Hearers Only!"
Sermon: "Doers---Not Hearers Only!"
James 1:19-27
James 1:19-27
The New King James Version (Chapter 1)
19 “So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.Doers—Not Hearers Only. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 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 be blessed in what he does. 26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
19 “So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.Doers—Not Hearers Only. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 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 be blessed in what he does. 26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
Introduction: Explanation to the passage of Scripture James 1:19-27.
Introduction: Explanation to the passage of Scripture James 1:19-27.
Holman Bible Handbook (A Correct Response to God’s Word (1:19–27))
A Correct Response to God’s Word Because his readers might compromise under trial, James warned them of the urgency for demonstrating their faith with works. His appeals can be summarized under the command, “Be doers of God’s Word and not mere listeners.”In 1:19–25 James presented three figures of speech that explained how God’s Word could help believers. First, he compared God’s Word to a seed that could be planted within each Christian to grow into salvation (1:21). Second, he pictured God’s Word as a mirror that clearly reflected the condition of the one who looked into it (1:23–24). Third, he described God’s Word as a law that provided freedom (1:25). Listening to God’s Word could provide the strength to produce obedient living.In 1:26–27 James indicated that a true response to God’s Word involved both outward activity and inward control. Ministry to orphans and widows was the outward activity. Separation from the world was evidence of inner control.
A Correct Response to God’s Word Because his readers might compromise under trial, James warned them of the urgency for demonstrating their faith with works. His appeals can be summarized under the command, “Be doers of God’s Word and not mere listeners.”In 1:19–25 James presented three figures of speech that explained how God’s Word could help believers. First, he compared God’s Word to a seed that could be planted within each Christian to grow into salvation (1:21). Second, he pictured God’s Word as a mirror that clearly reflected the condition of the one who looked into it (1:23–24). Third, he described God’s Word as a law that provided freedom (1:25). Listening to God’s Word could provide the strength to produce obedient living.In 1:26–27 James indicated that a true response to God’s Word involved both outward activity and inward control. Ministry to orphans and widows was the outward activity. Separation from the world was evidence of inner control.