Faithful Christian Living

Scripture Passage: James 1:19-27
Recieve The Word
•James was writing to Jewish Christians who were facing persecution and hardships to encourage them (v.2)
•The “engrafted” or “implanted” Word (Matt 13, Parable of the Sower)
•God’s Word the ‘seed’ and the heart the ‘soil’
Practice The Word
Hearing and not doing…cannot be
•It seems that for the Christian the doing as an outcome of the hearing indicates the engrafting or the implanting! To look in the mirror and forget is to show a superficial and not a deeply impacting faith in action, when a Christian looks into the 'Perfect Law'.
Share The Word
•Pure religion has nothing to do with ceremonies, temples/churches or special days
•It is practicing it through
   •Speech
   •Service
   •Separation from the world
Take Away: 
BE ROOTED IN THE WORD OF GOD AND BE A BLESSING TO SELF AND OTHERS