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2 Cor. 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
23. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
James 1:23-24 NKJV
22.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
22.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
DOERS OF THE WORDFaith in action“poet” = creative action
NOT HEARERS ONLYMatt.7:21 “he that doeth the will of my Father”
DECEIVING YOUR OWN SELVESDeluding – not reasoning correctly
23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: {mirror}24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Looking in mirror to see what needs changing
Read the Bible and ask “How does this apply to me?”
25. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Law = the New Testament
Perfect Law = Complete, last, or end
Perfect Law of Liberty = “To obey God is Liberty”
Doer of the work = Blessed
Importance of the Divine Mirror
To have God’s approval2 Cor. 10:181 John 3:22
Come to have His approval and Keeping his approval
How can we tell if we are approved of God
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Tim. 2:15
Purpose of the Divine Mirror
See how we lookAdded – Subtracted – Changed
Improve our image
Look in Divine Mirror - To see how we look Added – Subtracted – Changed
Improve our Spiritual imageadd things missingtake away things wrongmake life better
Reflections of the Divine Mirror
Reflections of the Divine Mirror
26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Reflections of the Divine Mirror
Our Mouth is out of control
Go places we ought not go
Do things we should not do
Thinking thoughts we ought not think
We can be dirty spiritually – need to make changes
How do you Look ?
Have you obeyed the Gospel ?Have you departed from the Faith ?
Are you living Righteously ?
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning February 10, 2013