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Lesson Summary:

James calls believers to humbly receive the Word of God and to live according to it.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Receive the Word (1:19-21)

Principle: Only by Receiving the Word of Truth Can We Hope to Live Out the Truth.
Application: How are you receiving the Word of God daily in your heart? How can you ensure your pride does not inhibit God’s work in your life?
Scripture Reference

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word.
¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments.
¹¹ Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
Psalms 119:9-11 (NASB)

II. Live the Word (1:22-27)

Principle: Only by Obeying the Word of Truth Can We Truly Live Out the Truth.
Application: How does your life show that there has been transformation in your heart?
Scripture Reference

²⁴“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

²⁵And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:24-25 (NASB)