James 1:19-27
Have you ever put dish soap in your dishwasher or washing machine? You may have run out of regular soap and thought that this other which is called soap will do the same job in cleaning. The difficulty is that regular dish soap is concentrated and needs only a small bit to make a sink full of suds that help clean dishes. Dish soap can become over activated and produce a bunch of useless foam. The correct soap will act appropriately and clean without all the mess. Like using the correct soap we also need to correctly use the word of God in the mess of life’s trials and temptations that we face daily. That is what James is trying to help his audience understand and then put into use. In the final portion of chapter 1 James describes how a stable faith will use the word of God. We must willingly receive the message of God’s word without debate (19-21). He challenges his readers to accept the truth of God’s word and allow it to grow. This leads to a personal response to the truth of the word and application of it (22-25). The measurement of true spiritual growth is found in not only accepting, but personally applying the word of God to life. James moves on by stating that the truth of God’s word in us must be seen through us (26-27). In other words, our claim about being saved by Jesus and being spiritually changed is not to be kept to ourselves. The problem that James is addressing here is still in existence today. We must receive the word, respond to the word, and then reveal the truth of God’s word to others. Our lives are like useless foam when we do not allow faith in God and His word to transform our life and action.
For more see JAMES
Have you ever put dish soap in your dishwasher or washing machine? You may have run out of regular soap and thought that this other which is called soap will do the same job in cleaning. The difficulty is that regular dish soap is concentrated and needs only a small bit to make a sink full of suds that help clean dishes. Dish soap can become over activated and produce a bunch of useless foam. The correct soap will act appropriately and clean without all the mess. Like using the correct soap we also need to correctly use the word of God in the mess of life’s trials and temptations that we face daily. That is what James is trying to help his audience understand and then put into use. In the final portion of chapter 1 James describes how a stable faith will use the word of God. We must willingly receive the message of God’s word without debate (19-21). He challenges his readers to accept the truth of God’s word and allow it to grow. This leads to a personal response to the truth of the word and application of it (22-25). The measurement of true spiritual growth is found in not only accepting, but personally applying the word of God to life. James moves on by stating that the truth of God’s word in us must be seen through us (26-27). In other words, our claim about being saved by Jesus and being spiritually changed is not to be kept to ourselves. The problem that James is addressing here is still in existence today. We must receive the word, respond to the word, and then reveal the truth of God’s word to others. Our lives are like useless foam when we do not allow faith in God and His word to transform our life and action.
For more see JAMES
RSS Feed