" Be doers of the word , not only hearers only, this is deception of our self. For if any be only a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man a man looking in a mirror , He goes away forgetting what he saw in the mirror. But whoever look into the law of freedon and grace and continues therein, he does not forget the hearing the word of God but is also a doer of the work of God in his own life and in others and this man shall be blessed in his deed and action."
Good Morning and Shalom:
Just some food for thout for our day to begin: The books of instruction ( Torah ) and the books of the Good News ( Gospels ) set us up to win our everyday struggles in our battles of life. It becomes our own choice and will that we have our responsibilities for which we have come to on this road of life.
However, we are being watched on our behavoirs and how we conduct ourselves. Not only by GOD but by the world. To see what kind or person we are . Our behavoirs will reflect us from both the internal and the external.
People can only see the external, however God sees the internal. The way we choose to live and how we live will provide information to others on what kind of person you are.
Are a you person who goes to church and shares the bible and Jesus with others ? Do fast and pray? Do you help with Charitiies? Are the same person who does all these things but is often late to work? Do you use profane language ? Are you having sex outside of marriage? Do you look at pornography? Do you drink alcohol to get drunk or high or buzzed? Do you keep your word , your promises? Do you get abusivily angry? Do you cut people off while driving? Do you throw trash from your car? Are you addicted to smoking , video games, TV ETC?
The fact is we all fail at one time or another. The instruction in James is not to just hear the word of God but also be doers. To live our life on a daily scale. To understand what God wants for your life and ask him for guidance, counsel and wisdon on confirming to be holy and sanctified unto HIM. To help you with your daily struggles. To repent from what you know is sin and turn from those things. If your addicted to some sort of element that leads from God , open your heart up to God and explain it to HIM in prayer and ask for that help in prayer. The fact that you may like sin is not new to God . He wants you to turn from sin so he can bless you in HIS perfect plan.
IF WE CHOOSE TO CONTINUE IN SIN BUT ACKNOWLEGDE GOD THAT IS WHERE WE ARE HYPOCRITES .
I often heard people say yes I love God and he Loves me but I choose to do what I want to do. This is true that He does love you but you are not showing in action your love for HIM or the lack of it. Your choosing to do what makes you feel good and not work on that relationship with HIM in being a doer of HIS word. Aagin this is Hypocrisy.
GOD does love us unconditionally however, He wants us from the heart of the matter and to love Him from our hearts. Not to be a hypocrite. God hates hypocrisy as well as anyone else. But to understand this at greater depths is to look at from his eyes and not ours. Amen!
Avodah
Jay
