Week 4 Preview: The Mirror Authentic Faith

Why do we say one thing and do another? If we all take a long, hard, honest look in the mirror, we all say and believe things that we don't carry through with when the rubber hits the road. The beauty of being a Christ-follower is that, while we're not perfect yet, we have a Savior who is remaking us into His perfect image. In this powerful message about authentic faith, Ed Young uncovers “The Mirror” that reveals all. Once you take an honest look at your reflection in the looking glass of God's Word, you will never be the same again. This week's verses,James 1:21-27, are below.

James 1:21-27
21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. 27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

I'll see everyone Thursday!

Brian Borden