Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. JAMES 1:19-27 SLIDE: “When in doubt, don’t ask “what would Jesus do”, but rather, “what did Jesus do?” 4 chair discipling By Dann Spader SLIDE: What did Jesus do? SLIDE: And if Christ is and did, so are we to be and do. He calls us to be “Christians” meaning like Christ. SLIDE: 1.) Hear & Receive 2.) Be a doer 3.) Be about the (my) Father’s Business SLIDE: Hear & Receive James 1:19 SLIDE: WILLING-ready, eager, or prepared to do something. SLIDE: Proverbs 18:7 says The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips. SLIDE: Proverbs 10:19- Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut. SLIDE: James 1:20 SLIDE: Ephesians 4:26-27: Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. SLIDE: James 1:21A SLIDE: Put away means “to remove something as one would remove clothing.” SLIDE: “For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment . . .” (Isa. 64:6). SLIDE: James 1:21B SLIDE: “humbly”=(PRAYER!!)Meekness (strength under control) SLIDE: ACCEPT/Receive- WHEN YOU RECEIVE greek word is a verb that is a continuation. There is a lifestyle of rejecting sin and receiving the Word. SLIDE: 1 John 3:6- No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. SLIDE: ZECHARIAH 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. SLIDE: Be a Doer-Obey SLIDE: James 1:22-24 SLIDE: JAMES 1:25 SLIDE: BE ABOUT YOUR FATHER’S BUSINESS/DON’T BE DISTRACTED BY ALL SLIDE: JAMES 1:26-27 SLIDE: Luke 2:49- And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business? SLIDE: 1 John 3:10- By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. SLIDE: “A Christian does not always do extraordinary things. He does ordinary things in extraordinary ways.” (George H. Morrison- 18/1900’s) SLIDE: New Testament Christian’s Vision Statement- We are a culture changing church that releases Kingdom-minded Christians to impact their world for Jesus. New Testament Christian Church CCLI : #1600893