James 1:22 (NASB)
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
What is this word, that we are told that we are to prove ourselves to be doers of?
It is, this word of faith that was once delivered to the saints..,
So than how does one prove themselves to be a doer of this word of faith?
This word of faith, that we are to prove ourselves to be doers of, is putting forth the truth that we are to be living in a constant state of faith towards God..
This constant state of faith towards God, can only be accomplished, by a constant looking away from ourselves to Christ... Which is what the repentant life of faith is, a turning from self to God...
For the degree of our turning from self to God, is the degree of our repentance...There is no substitute, for One or the other live and rule in the heart at any and every given moment of time...The more we look away from ourselves to Christ the more repentant we are and the more we are being a doer of this word of faith...
For this is the word of faith, which is the Gospel, turn to Christ by faith...But this word, turn to, means that to turn to, we, of a necessity need to turn from whatever has our heart....
Which, if it’s not Christ, it is self, for nothing else is presented before man to choose from. But this fire and water, this life or death, this Christ or self...This is the choice set before all mankind, fire or water, life or death, Christ or self, old or new nature, all being different words describing the same choice..
For everything is a variation on this theme. Life or death, Christ or self...For the heart that chooses Christ will find Christ and all that is Christ... Shall be, in the course of time, manifested in that heart that would maintain this word of faith....For the Divine nature has to be grown in a life....And the word of faith that was once delivered to the saints, is the way of growing this Divine nature in the heart that would be willing to be a doer of the word of faith....
Than there is this warning, for with a warning comes the possibility of;
“not merely hearers who delude themselves”.
For being a doer of the word is the result of being a hearer of the word....The warning goes to those that are content with the hearing only... For we are admonished to prove ourselves doers of this word, by bringing forth the proof of, which is the fruit of...
For the word of faith will in itself bring forth all the proof of our salvation... All the works of the fruit of Christ being formed in us, will, as we, but only, as we maintain the word of faith, be manifested in our lives...
For God is good and longs to manifest His Son in us. A looking away from ourselves with the desire of the heart turned towards God is that which He waits for, so He might work in the life so yielded...
Be blessed all, as we work out the word of faith in our lives..
A fellow laborer working out the word of faith, Not me
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
What is this word, that we are told that we are to prove ourselves to be doers of?
It is, this word of faith that was once delivered to the saints..,
So than how does one prove themselves to be a doer of this word of faith?
This word of faith, that we are to prove ourselves to be doers of, is putting forth the truth that we are to be living in a constant state of faith towards God..
This constant state of faith towards God, can only be accomplished, by a constant looking away from ourselves to Christ... Which is what the repentant life of faith is, a turning from self to God...
For the degree of our turning from self to God, is the degree of our repentance...There is no substitute, for One or the other live and rule in the heart at any and every given moment of time...The more we look away from ourselves to Christ the more repentant we are and the more we are being a doer of this word of faith...
For this is the word of faith, which is the Gospel, turn to Christ by faith...But this word, turn to, means that to turn to, we, of a necessity need to turn from whatever has our heart....
Which, if it’s not Christ, it is self, for nothing else is presented before man to choose from. But this fire and water, this life or death, this Christ or self...This is the choice set before all mankind, fire or water, life or death, Christ or self, old or new nature, all being different words describing the same choice..
For everything is a variation on this theme. Life or death, Christ or self...For the heart that chooses Christ will find Christ and all that is Christ... Shall be, in the course of time, manifested in that heart that would maintain this word of faith....For the Divine nature has to be grown in a life....And the word of faith that was once delivered to the saints, is the way of growing this Divine nature in the heart that would be willing to be a doer of the word of faith....
Than there is this warning, for with a warning comes the possibility of;
“not merely hearers who delude themselves”.
For being a doer of the word is the result of being a hearer of the word....The warning goes to those that are content with the hearing only... For we are admonished to prove ourselves doers of this word, by bringing forth the proof of, which is the fruit of...
For the word of faith will in itself bring forth all the proof of our salvation... All the works of the fruit of Christ being formed in us, will, as we, but only, as we maintain the word of faith, be manifested in our lives...
For God is good and longs to manifest His Son in us. A looking away from ourselves with the desire of the heart turned towards God is that which He waits for, so He might work in the life so yielded...
Be blessed all, as we work out the word of faith in our lives..
A fellow laborer working out the word of faith, Not me