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The Religious Life

That God Desires8

[Jam 1:19-27]

/ Anne's Faith Column

 

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla

 

 

In order to have

a religious life that

God desires,

 

 

we must listen to

the word of God

and put it into action. 

 

 

In everything this is

because it is much more

important  to hear and act

from God's point of view

 

 

than do so from

a person-centered

perspective.

 

 

In the Bible James

teaches us when we

don' t practice

 what we preach,

 

 

we deceive ourselves

and our religion is

worthless.

 

 

"But 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."

 ( Jam 1:25)

 

 

In the Bible

James says

like this.

 

 

But I wonder if we

are practicing the

law in our lives.

 

 

We think we can

solve all things

ourselves,

 

 

but in the end

we cannot deny that

we live by God's grace

free of charge.

 

 

In fact, we are not

religious at all

before God.

 

 

The apostle

Paul says.

 

 

"So, if you think

you are standing firm,

be careful that you

don't fall!" 

(1Cor 10:12) 

 

 

At this time today, 

his words are sharply

 penetrating my heart.

 

 

'Not being religious!'

 

 

When does it

 come to us?

 

 

It comes to us when

we fail to manage our

spiritual states in our

own inner beings.

 

 

And also it comes

to us when we become

helpless due to our

religious laziness.

 

 

The Bible say;

 

 

"Religion 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."

(James 1:27)

 

 

Then what do

we have to do to

have a religious life?

 

 

The Bible teaches

us to guard our hearts.

 

 

According to the

 Psalm 4:23

 

 

 

"Above all else, guard

your heart, for it is the

wellspring of life."

 (Psa 4:23)

 

So here are some ways

to have a religious

life God desires.

 

 

1) We must be close

to praise,  prayer, and

the Word of God always,

which are the foundation

of the religious life

 

 

to keep ourselves

from being polluted

by the world.

 

 

2) We must all the time

ask God to lead us

 

 

to realize what the

religion God our

Father accepts is.

 

 

3) We must realize

how to live a Christian life,

which is the role of the light

and salt of the world,

 

 

and must put care

and giving to needy

into practice.

 

 

And also we must

follow and advance

with Jesus who sacrificed

himself for our sins.

 

 

Prayer

 

Lord!

 

In order to have

a religious life that

 

 

You accept and 

keep ourselves from

being polluted

by the world,

 

 

please keep our souls,

bodies and hearts

in You.

 

 

Amen.

 

 

2008/12/19

 

 

/ By Priscilla.