PRACTICING THE WORD

August 26

PRACTICING THE WORD

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving

your own selves. — JAMES 1:22

Your spirit can be developed by four things. We have just

examined the first: meditation. Now we will look at the second:

practicing the Word. Practicing the Word means being a doer of

the Word.

There are talkers about the Word. And even rejoicers about

the Word. But we don’t have many doers of the Word.

Begin to practice being a doer of the Word. Under allcircumstances, do what the Word of God tells you to do.

Some think that being a doer of the Word is simply keeping

the Ten Commandments. No, that’s not what James 1:22 means.

After all, under the New Covenant, we have only one

commandment — the commandment of love. If you love

someone, you won’t steal from him. You won’t lie about him.

Paul said that love is the fulfilling of the law. If you walk in love,

you won’t break any law that was given to curb sin. So, if you’re

a doer of the Word, you will walk in love.

But being a doer of the Word for New Covenant Christians

means doing primarily what is written in the Epistles. Those are

the letters written to the Church. They belong to us, and we are

to do them.

Confession

I am a doer of the Word, not just a hearer only!