In most homes we have mirrors,some Christian monastic communites don't have mirrors they did this to combat vanity.I think I will get rid of my mirrors,every time I look in the mirror I see some old man, it surley can't be,I stopped asking who is the fairest in the land years ago,I never did get an honest answer from it .So lets turn away to something more profitable,to what James has to say, lets consider 1 v 22-25, 'Do not merely listen to the word,and so deceive yourselves.Do what it says. ' It is not enough to say ,that was a nice sermon,or I like that preacher,and not recognise the importance that just being a hearer of what we have heard,and not putting that into practice.James further says, 'Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in mirror and after looking at himself,goes away and immediately forgets what he saw'.It seems absurd that anyone could do such a thing,but they do,let us remember what Jesus told us in Matthew 7 v26-27,there He warns all of us against failing to do what He told us to do will bring serious consequences In James 1v25 we are told that those who act on what God has said will be truly blessed.
'To obey God's word it is better than
sacrifice,and it's also rewarding'
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