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JAMES 1
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
TRUE RELIGION
What is true religion?
Chapter 2:14-26 of James causes so many Christians problems, they think that it means you can be saved by works, but works are not the root of faith, they are the fruit of faith.
What is God looking for in his church and in each individual believer?
It is two things, firstly, it is a caring approach to the lowest people in society, the widows and the orphans.
All through the OT, the children of Israel, were told to care for the widows and orphans, these were not to be ignored.
In 1 Timothy 5, the church is told to look after widows, this is boots on the ground Christianity, getting involved with the lowest members of society is practical service, remember Acts 6, the church there served widows, they gave food, in Acts 2:42-47, they provided for each other.
We have the practical examples of George Mueller with his orphanages and also that great Preacher Charles Spurgeon had children's homes and ministry to widows, they cared not just for the soul but for the body.
Our Christianity, not only has to be practical, it must be personal, we need to live a life that is separate from the world, we must live as strangers and pilgrims in this world, although we live in the world, we are not of it, we must not love the world 1 John 2:15-17.
Our lives must be characterized by practical service and personal holiness, these are the two things God is looking for in each one of us.
Are you serving the lowest people in your church?
Which was the last widow you visited in your church?
Time to get our hands dirty with true and practical service and time to get our hands and heads out of the world and live holy lives before God.
That is pure religion which God likes.
Amen
KK
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
TRUE RELIGION
What is true religion?
Chapter 2:14-26 of James causes so many Christians problems, they think that it means you can be saved by works, but works are not the root of faith, they are the fruit of faith.
What is God looking for in his church and in each individual believer?
It is two things, firstly, it is a caring approach to the lowest people in society, the widows and the orphans.
All through the OT, the children of Israel, were told to care for the widows and orphans, these were not to be ignored.
In 1 Timothy 5, the church is told to look after widows, this is boots on the ground Christianity, getting involved with the lowest members of society is practical service, remember Acts 6, the church there served widows, they gave food, in Acts 2:42-47, they provided for each other.
We have the practical examples of George Mueller with his orphanages and also that great Preacher Charles Spurgeon had children's homes and ministry to widows, they cared not just for the soul but for the body.
Our Christianity, not only has to be practical, it must be personal, we need to live a life that is separate from the world, we must live as strangers and pilgrims in this world, although we live in the world, we are not of it, we must not love the world 1 John 2:15-17.
Our lives must be characterized by practical service and personal holiness, these are the two things God is looking for in each one of us.
Are you serving the lowest people in your church?
Which was the last widow you visited in your church?
Time to get our hands dirty with true and practical service and time to get our hands and heads out of the world and live holy lives before God.
That is pure religion which God likes.
Amen
KK
