Doer, Hearer or Both

May 23

Written By James Dyck

James 1:19-27

I. The dawning of Christian conduct (James 1:19-20)

A. “Swift to hear and slow to speak.”

B. “Slow to wrath.”

II. The transforming power of God through His word (James 1:21)

A. The Great Divide

B. The Christian is to submit to and co-operate with God in sanctification.

1. Turn from evil.

2. Do good.

III. Receiving the word of God (James 1:22-25)

A. Christian faith is active faith.

B. Observing ourselves in a mirror

C. The perfect law of liberty

IV. The religious believer (James 1:26-27)

A. Are you a doer of the word?

B. What about the widows and orphans?

C. The unspotted believer

Partiality in the Assembly