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Keeping it Practical

2/5/2018

 
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wordsurfers.com is four this month!  It's purposes remain the same, to encourage and help people read the Bible and trust its central character Jesus Christ.  You might like to check out the expanded section of 'Key Readings' from both Old and New Testaments, the most recent of which is reproduced below.
Thanks for visiting the website.  The Lord bless you and those dear to you.  AW



James 1 v 19 – 27  It’s a Practical Business
 
 
Faith is actually a very practical thing.
 
We believe certain things and hold firmly to our convictions, but its not just an intellectual exercise or idle theorising.  It affects how we live, everything we do.
 
James was a half-brother of Jesus, a believer and one of the church leaders in Jerusalem, and if he had had a middle name it would probably have been ‘practical’!  He frequently insists that sound beliefs demand a matching lifestyle.  As he says in 2 v 17: ‘Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.’
 
So followers of Jesus will be humble in attitude, speaking less, listening more.  Realistic about our own incomplete knowledge and many imperfections, we’ll not be in a rush to condemn others.  We will want to practise self-control with our passions and be charitable without partiality.
 
This is to be understood as part and parcel of a life trusting in Jesus as Saviour and Lord.  As such we will be eager students of God’s Word!
 
Such patient, prayerful faith in practice will result in blessing from God Who is both the Judge of our deeds and our loving Father, ‘full of compassion and mercy’ Who always ‘gives grace to the humble.’

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