Sermons from January 2023
Pure, Undefiled Religion
Introduction James 1:27 ESV Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Point One – God Has Not Forgotten the Widows and the Orphans James 1:27 ESV Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Acts 6:1-3 ESV Now in…
Your Religion May Be Worthless
Introduction James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Point One – Your Words Are Powerful James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.…
The Basics: Keeping Up With Good Spiritual Hygiene
Introduction James 1:23-25 ESV For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. (24) For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. (25) But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in…
Open Your Bible, Read It, and Do What It Says
Introduction James 1:22 ESV But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 ESV But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said, do it! or once abstained because He said, do not do it! It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him,…
The Proper Way to Receive God’s Word
Introduction James 1:19-21 ESV Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; (20) for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (21) Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. Point One – Don’t Get Angry at God’s Word James 1:19-20 ESV Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick…