(Be ye doers of the word, not hears only)

 

James 1:20-24 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

Superfluity: Something unnecessary - Immoderate and especially luxurious living, habits or, desires.

Example: Spends most of her money on designer clothes and other superfluities.  

When our life falls in a trap for the cares of the world, we find ourselves in a snare, a trap of Satan's strong holds.

Nahum 3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

Proverbs 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

A hearer only is like, the parable that Jesus spoke of the seeds that fell of stony ground.

Matthew 13:20-But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Verse 22 covers superfluities  He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

There is a battle going on in our lives. The spirit of God wants us to please the Lord with the Godly deeds and labor for the kingdom of God, and our flesh wants to focus on the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.  

Another scripture that clears this up is

James 1:14  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Trust in the Lord         Proverbs 3:1-12  

1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Don't be left short on your relation with our Lord Jesus Christ. We will only have one chance to enter into his glory.

Hebrews 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

 

Pastor Rolando Ramos

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