Accepting and Doing the Word: Instructions and Blessings from James

3. James 1:19-21 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

4. I. Accepting the Word

5. I. Accepting the Word A. Instructions on Accepting the Word

7. I. Accepting the Word A. Instructions on Accepting the Word 1. Quick to Listen

8. I. Accepting the Word A. Instructions on Accepting the Word 1. Quick to Listen 2. Slow to Speak

10. I. Accepting the Word A. Instructions on Accepting the Word 1. Quick to Listen 2. Slow to Speak

11. I. Accepting the Word A. Instructions on Accepting the Word 1. Quick to Listen 2. Slow to Speak 3. Slow to become Angry

12. I. Accepting the Word B. Reasons for Accepting the Word

14. I. Accepting the Word C. Command to Accept the Word

15. I. Accepting the Word C. Command to Accept the Word

16. I. Accepting the Word C. Command to Accept the Word 1. Get Rid of All Moral Filth

17. I. Accepting the Word C. Command to Accept the Word 1. Get Rid of All Moral Filth 2. Humbly Accept the Word Planted in You

18. James 1:22-25 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

20. II. Doing the Word

21. II. Doing the Word A. The Wrong Way

22. II. Doing the Word A. The Wrong Way 1. The Need to Look

24. II. Doing the Word A. The Wrong Way 1. The Need to Look 2. Ignoring What We’ve Seen

25. II. Doing the Word

26. II. Doing the Word B. The Right Way

27. II. Doing the Word B. The Right Way 1. Looking Intently

28. II. Doing the Word B. The Right Way 1. Looking Intently 2. The Perfect Law That Gives Freedom

29. II. Doing the Word B. The Right Way 1. Looking Intently 2. The Perfect Law That Gives Freedom 3. He will Be Blessed

30. James 1:26-27 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

31. III. Acceptable Religion

32. III. Acceptable Religion 3 Dimensions

33. III. Acceptable Religion 3 Dimensions A. Control the Tongue

34. III. Acceptable Religion 3 Dimensions A. Control the Tongue 1. The “Revealing” Tongue

35. III. Acceptable Religion 3 Dimensions A. Control the Tongue 1. The “Revealing” Tongue 2. “Religious Sin”

36. III. Acceptable Religion 3 Dimensions A. Control the Tongue 1. The “Revealing” Tongue 2. “Religious Sin” B. Care for the Unfortunate

37. III. Acceptable Religion 3 Dimensions A. Control the Tongue 1. The “Revealing” Tongue 2. “Religious Sin” B. Care for the Unfortunate C. An Unsoiled Life

38. Have you accepted God’s Word (Jesus) by being quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry?

39. Have you accepted God’s Word (Jesus) by being quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry? • Have you moved on to actually doing the Word or what it says?

40. Have you accepted God’s Word (Jesus) by being quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry? • Have you moved on to actually doing the Word or what it says? • Does your “Doing” also include the three dimensions of controlling your tongue, Caring for the unfortunate, and unsoiling your life?