Hearers of the word, doth it profit you? James 1:22 (continue)

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!

   James 1:22 King James Version (KJV)  ²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

    Read this again slowly in another version, NIV, and see if it has any meaning to you: "²² Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."

    Be ye doers of the word--- in this text the word "be" (Greek ginomai) is often translated "become". Since daily life is a struggle, BECOME DOERS OF THE WORD. 

   Hearing the word profits you, yet if you do nothing with the word, are not doers of the word, then what doth it profit you?  Let's put it this way, if I gave you a $1,000,000 and you took it home, put it in your safe, what good is that money?  1/2 percent in the bank is better than nothing; as is God's word.  To share with a few is better than keeping the words in your mind.

   Go to Romans 2:13

King James Version (KJV)"¹³ (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."

   People are condemned not for what they don't know, but for what they do with what they know. If you keep the law, are a good person, but do nothing with what you know you are walking on the same plane as one who does not know the word.  Is it important to be doers?  Yes, DOERS OF THE WORD be ye!!!

   Now, if you don't believe this yet, go to Matthew 7:21 and hear what Jesus says: " ²¹ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

     You can talk about your great feats, your great achievements all day long; however, if we see no evidence then you are simply spouts empty words. You may "talk" a great game, but can you "walk" what you talk?

     Jesus is concerned about our walk.  What you do cannot be separated from what you believe. Look at the last part of this verse: "he that doeth the will of my Father" is a huge statement. In the Greek this present tense means you are continually living in obedience to the will of God as your normal course of life.  Yes, you may fall, but you general course if to obey the will of the Father.  

    May you be strong, hear the word,  be doers of the word, and share with others.  Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

    Johnny