What was James purpose for writing this book?

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HEARING AND DOING THE WORD OF GOD
What was James purpose for writing this book?
A faith that cannot be tested, cannot be trusted.
James 13because you know that the testing of
your faith develops perseverance.
perseverance cheerful or hopeful endurance
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James knew that we would be prone to separate our
profession of Christ and our practice
Our faith is tested by its response to the
Word of God.
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James 122-2522 Do not merely listen to the
word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it
says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does
not do what it says is like a man who looks at
his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at
himself, goes away and immediately forgets what
he looks like. 25 But the man who looks intently
into the perfect law that gives freedom, and
continues to do this, not forgetting what he has
heard, but doing ithe will be blessed in what he
does.
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We are educated far beyond our obedience.
Most of us have more revelation,
then our current level of application.
Our problem is not about access, but its
about application.
We have a knowledge surplus but a obedience
deficit.
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James 123Anyone who listens to the word but
does not do what it says is like a man who looks
at his face in a mirror
The Word of God reveals who you really are
in light of who God really is.
Ephesians 16
To the praise of the glory of his
grace, where in he hath made us accepted in the
beloved.
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What you behold, you become
2 Corinthians 318
But we
all, with open face beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed into the same
image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit
of the Lord.
Looking in the mirror doesnt make you any
prettier!
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James 122
Do not
merely listen to the word, and
so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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Matthew 724-2924 "Therefore everyone who hears
these words of mine and puts them into practice
is like a wise man who built his house on the
rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against that house
yet it did not fall, because it had its
foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who
hears these words of mine and does not put them
into practice is like a foolish man who built his
house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the
streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against
that house, and it fell with a great crash."
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James 125
But the
man who looks intently into the perfect law that
gives freedom, and continues to do this, not
forgetting what he has heard, but doing ithe
will be blessed in what he does.
Our blessings will be in direct portion to
our obedience
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Luke 1247-48 47 "That servant who knows his
master's will and does not get ready or does not
do what his master wants will be beaten with many
blows. 48 But the one who does not know and
does things deserving punishment will be beaten
with few blows. From everyone who has been given
much, much will be demanded and from the one who
has been entrusted with much, much more will be
asked.
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FINAL THOUGHT
Its what we do with what we see,
that makes us who we ought to be.
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