#2- Are you a Christian who is “SLOW TO SPEAK”Ī- The old saying tells us that it’s better to be thought aįool and to open you mouth and remove all doubt.ġ- The idea here is to not be quick to voice your opinion after or in rebuttal to what you’ve heard of the word of God.Ī- So listen carefully and think before you respond. #1- So Christian are you a “quick hearer”?Ī- What we are told to be is a “careful listener”.ġ- In the church setting it is the antithesis of what I’ve been commanded to do It’s your corresponding responsibility to a command give to all teachers.Ģ Timothy 2:15, Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.Ģ- Probably best exemplified is Kind David’s guys. Say is to be seen in the life of a “beloved brother”Įphesians 4:1, I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, ![]() But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of Godġ- What James has been saying and what he is about to James 1:19-20 (NASB), This you know, my beloved brethren. Truth is not based upon experience BUT experience is to be based upon truth. Look at Jesus illustration in the parable of the soils: he compares God’s Word to seed and the human heart to soil.Ī- In His parable, Jesus described four kinds of hearts:ġ- 1st the hard heart, which did not understand or receive the Word and therefore bore no fruit Ģ- The shallow heart, It was very emotional but had no depth in the Word, and bore no fruit ģ- Then there was the crowded heart, which lacked repentance and permitted sin to crowd out the Word Ĥ- And the fruitful heart, which received the Word, allowed it to take root, and produced a harvest of fruit.Ī- So what James is doing here is bring us around to foundational truth. ![]() Ø NOW, How you respond to TRIALS and how you respond to TEMPTATION will be a manifestation of how you respond to THE WORD. TEMPTATION = in a bad sense, to test one maliciously or to try or test one’s faith, virtue, character, by enticement to sin.ġ- REMEMBER: God breaks down for the purpose of building up.Ģ- The Devil breaks down for the purpose of blowing up.Ī- A trial is God allowing you to go into hardship for growth.ī- A temptation is a fleshly or worldly way out of that hardship that leads to decline. Ø See if Trials come from God for GROWTH, then TEMPTATION comes from the DEVIL FOR DECEPTION that brings destruction. ![]() James 1:5, If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.Ģ- Now the c ont ext of this wisdom is WISDOM IN TRIALS AND TESTING, WHAT’S THE PURPOSE?Ī- The great need for wisdom is = SO we do not waist the opportunities that God is giving us to mature through trial.ġ Peter 5:8, … because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.Ī- What I mean is, look at James next point in the BUT break down for the purpose of building back stronger.ī- We then saw an important ingredient in this process WISDOM.ġ- Wisdom = The proper application of biblical knowledge. A- Just as any earthly parent would desire that their children become Mature, complete, and lacking nothing ġ- Our Father in heaven wants the same for us in our Spiritual life.Ī- In order to accomplish this He allows a series of trials and testing to enter your life that are designed to break you down.
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