rec1020-113259<\/a><\/p>\n \n James 1:26-27<\/strong><\/p>\n Acting like Jesus is the proof\u00a0 that we love Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n James 1:22-27 (MSG<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 22-24\u00a0 Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.<\/p>\n 25\u00a0 But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God\u201d\u201dthe free life!\u201d\u201deven out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action.<\/p>\n 26-27\u00a0 Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Acting like Jesus is the proof\u00a0 that we love Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d means . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n 1)\u00a0 Serving the Needy<\/span> (27a)<\/strong><\/p>\n 2)\u00a0 Staying Close and Clean<\/span> (27b)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1) \u00a0Serving<\/span> the Needy<\/span> (27a)<\/strong><\/p>\n Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psalm 146:9<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Matthew 25:36, 40<\/strong><\/p>\n I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me . . . Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mark 10:42-45<\/strong><\/p>\n Jesus called them together and said, \u201cYou know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.\u00a0 Not so with you.\u00a0 Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.\u00a0 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n James 2:15-17<\/strong><\/p>\n Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.\u00a0 If one of you says to him, \u201cGo, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,\u201d but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?\u00a0 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.<\/p>\n 17 (Message)<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2) \u00a0Staying<\/span> Close and Clean<\/span> (27b)<\/strong><\/p>\n and guard against corruption from the godless world<\/p>\n 27b (NLT)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Romans 12:9<\/strong><\/p>\n Let love be without hypocrisy.\u00a0 Abhor what is evil.\u00a0 Cling to what is good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n James 4:4<\/strong><\/p>\n Adulterers and adultresses!\u00a0 Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?\u00a0 Whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Tell-Tale Sign=THE TONGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n (Another is YOUR CHECKBOOK)<\/p>\n James 1:26<\/strong><\/p>\n Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Matthew 12:34-35<\/strong><\/p>\n Brood of vipers!\u00a0 How can you, being evil, speak good things?\u00a0 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.\u00a0 A good man out of the treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n James 1:19<\/strong><\/p>\n So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n True religion has dirty hands and a clean heart!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Message by Chad Kelly rec1020-113259 The Real Deal James 1:26-27 Acting like Jesus is the proof\u00a0 that we love Jesus. James 1:22-27 (MSG) 22-24\u00a0 Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything … Continue reading The Real Deal<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nIsn\u201d\u2122t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?<\/p>\n
\nand refuse to let the world corrupt us<\/p>\n