On The Shelf Were studying lessons from James to Christians which have been scattered Thesis Christians must seek out Gods standard and alter their lives to conform James 1 2225 ID: 543646
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Mirror, Mirror
On The ShelfSlide2
We’re studying lessons from
James to Christians which
have been scattered.Slide3
Thesis :
Christians must seek out
God’s standard and alter
their lives to conform.Slide4
James 1: 22-25
But prove yourselves
doers of the word
, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
23
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
24
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
25
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and
abides by it
, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be
blessed in what he does.Slide5
We will consider the following :
1.
Assumed all will look in the mirror
.
2.
Reading God’s word is the mirror
.
3.
The mirror requires a response.
4.
The mirror fosters changes
. Slide6
I. Our text assumes
the hearing of the
word in some form.Slide7
James 1: 22
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and
not merely hearers
who delude themselves.Slide8
By nature followers of Christ long to learn more about Him.
Psalms 119: 20
My soul is crushed with longing after Your ordinances at all times.
John 10: 27
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;Slide9
Matthew 4: 4
… It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but
on every word
that proceeds out of the mouth of God
.'
John 6: 35
Jesus said to them, " I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.Slide10
The word is of no value until it is taken off the shelf and consumed
.
Slide11
II. James compares
hearing the word to
looking in a mirror.Slide12
James 1: 23-24
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
24
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was Slide13
The mirror was invented
in prehistoric times.
It was invented before
the wheel.Slide14
A Mirror is only
useful if one
make changes
when needed.Slide15
A Mirror reflects
reality, not what
we hope to see.Slide16
III. Like a mirror, the
word is only of value
if one acts upon what
he sees in it. Slide17
The word is the mirror that
reveals one’s souls to him.Slide18
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The
heart is more deceitful than all else
and is desperately sick;
Who can understand it? Slide19
II Corinthians 13: 5
Test yourselves
to see if you are in the faith;
examine yourselves
! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you — unless indeed you fail the test
? Slide20
Daniel 5: 27
TEKEL
—
you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
Slide21
John 12: 48
He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him;
the word I spoke is what will judge him
at the last day.Slide22
I Corinthians 4: 5
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and
disclose the motives of men's hearts
; and then each man's praise will come to him from God.
Slide23
II Timothy 3: 16-17
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
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so that the man of God may be adequate,
equipped for every good work.
Knowledge is no substitute
for fruitfulness.Slide24
Matthew 7: 21
Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but
he who does the will of My Father
who is in heaven will enter.
1)
Knowing God’s will
2)
Surrendering your will to HisSlide25
IV. The mirror of the word
must be used to make
permanent changes.Slide26
James 1: 24
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has
immediately forgotten
what kind of person he was
II Corinthians 3: 14
But
their minds were hardened;
for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains
unlifted
, because it is removed in Christ.Slide27
The word is of no value until
it is made part of our lives
and of our world views.Slide28
John 15: 14
–
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Luke 6: 46
–
Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say
?
Luke 11: 28
–
But He said, "On the contrary, blessed are those
who hear the word of God and observe it." Slide29
Luke 12: 48
b
From everyone who has been given much,
much
will be required;
and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
You and I will be held to
a much higher standard.
Slide30
You and I have God’s
mirror all around us.
Are we just hearers or
Are we doers ? Slide31
I Challenge you to read
4.5
pages every day and
find something in them
to apply in your life.Slide32Slide33
As you go about in the world
proclaim His excellencies.
I Peter 2: 9Slide34