Part of the tragedy of the nation of Israel was that they had all the benefits of the promise of God, the Covenant, the word of God (Romans 9:4,5), but they did nothing with it. They did not believe, they did not obey. James implores them not to deceive themselves again. It is so easy to deceive ourselves. We can think because we have had an experience of the presence of God we are saved. Well the Israelites who came out of Egypt had experiences of God greater than we have, and they all died in the desert. We can think because we hear a great sermon we are blessed. Well people heard Jesus, and most of them did nothing about it. We need to believe and act on the word.
The definitive sign that we truly do believe is the actions that we take. The word shows us what we are like, what God is like, what He has done. But we then need to respond to the word. Jesus called people to follow Him, and He still does that today. We need to repent, to change our ways, and to live life His way. Then we will be truly blessed. The blessing is in the doing, not the hearing.
The definitive sign that we truly do believe is the actions that we take. The word shows us what we are like, what God is like, what He has done. But we then need to respond to the word. Jesus called people to follow Him, and He still does that today. We need to repent, to change our ways, and to live life His way. Then we will be truly blessed. The blessing is in the doing, not the hearing.
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