as we continue on in our james study, we get to james 1:19-27. in the first two lessons, james focuses on our response to trials and temptations. we learned that trials are ways that God uses to strengthen our faith and that we have the power through the Holy Spirit to overcome temptations. in this section, we see james points to what our response to God's Word should be.
we learned that God's Word is used as a mirror to show us the areas in our lives that we need to change and to point out how God would like us to live our lives. now, a foolish person would be one who sees and hears these Truths, but ignore them. or, they would hear the Truths and forget them. basically, they are only a hearers. but, a wise person would be someone who sees and hears God's Truth and be changed by it. it would move the person to act differently. they would actually do something with the Truth that is presented before them. they are not only hearers, but does as well.
we do need to be hearers of God Word. we do need to spend time actively receiving from Him, but it shouldn't stop there. we should act on those Truths and live it out in our lives. our challenge is that we would not merely be hearers, but doers as well. we hope that we would have belief that behaves because we are convicted by God's Truth.
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