Do It

James 1:19-25

19 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. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 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 his doing.

• What is the reason for getting rid of wickedness and filth in your life?
• What is able to save your soul? What is the qualifier stated here?
• How does anger and meekness have anything to do with receiving God's Word?
• How likely are you to do what someone tells you when you are angry, especially at them?
• What are you to do when you see sin in your life?
• What do you do to yourself when you hear God's word but don't do it?
• How might the mirror passage relate to verse 21?
  
• What is the mirror you are to look into?
  
• When do you intently look at yourself in a physical mirror? Why?
• When do you intently look at yourself in God's Word?

Harold's Musings:
Definitely a bootcamp passage. Let's listen in...

Don't just stand there soldier, get to it!! Do you see anger tearing up your life, soldier?!? Get rid of it!! Do you see filth on your soul from your daily choices?!? How do you know it is filth, soldier?!? That's right you looked in a mirror!! Now what are you going to do, soldier?!? Wait until you mommy comes and washes it off??? Do your part, soldier, and let the general get rid of any stains that are left!!

You get the picture, I hope. Can't do the sound effects very well in a text form. The message is clear to me. God's word is how I know what good is. God's word shows me the crud in my life. I have to choose to obey as best I can.