Spirit & Word - Week 7: Thursday

James 1:22

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

Commentary

St. Augustine
Neither I nor any other preacher can see into your hearts... but God is looking, for nothing can be hidden from Him. Do not deceive yourselves by coming eagerly to hear the Word and then failing to do it. If it is a good thing to hear, it is a much better thing to do. If you do not hear, you cannot do, and therefore you will build nothing. But if you hear and do not do, then what you are building will be a ruin.

Questions

• Do we ever feel like we have to put on this fake show of being a Christian so we’re not criticized by our family and friends from church?

• What is holding you back from being a doer and not just a hearer?