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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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James 1:22
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
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So the apostle Paul wrote, “For it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.” {Rom.2:13} James and Paul were hearing the same truth and being led by the same Holy Spirit!

Jesus, who IS the truth, said that Satan is a liar by nature and the father of lies {Jn.8:44} and he most certainly does not need our help perpetuating his lies. But that said, as today's verse states, if we do not actually live God's Word, resisting that evil one {Jas.4:7}, then we as James also wrote, are lying to ourselves. We need to remember that the Lord will confirm His Word by the mouth of two or three witnesses. {2Cor.13:1} 

The Church is after all just about the family of God, a family affair. It is not as many would have us believe, about worldly organizations, denominations, philosophies, or man's enterprises. The Holy Spirit of God makes it perfectly clear to us as Paul writes, that all who are being led by the Spirit are the sons of God and we are able to cry out 'Abba, Father' as that same Spirit testifies that we are the children of God! {Rom.8:14-16}

Jesus Himself speaking to a crowd one time was told that His mother and brothers were standing outside and wanted to speak with Him: But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." {Mat.12:48-50}

We who have been saved by the sacrifice of Jesus are therefore instructed to be of the same mind and devoted to one another in brotherly love. {Rom.12:10,16} It is sad indeed then if believers gather one day a week in churches and in fact really don’t even know each other. A “church” is too big if the people who have come together there do not actually know each other at all—that certainly is not family!

Willing to risk being redundant and knowing that even Paul had said, 'To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.' {Php.3:1} I will close today with the verse we started with:

"But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” (James 1:22)
 
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