2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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WHO IS THE MAN BLESSED IN HIS DEED?
LORD’S DAY, OCTOBER 23
James 1:25
Proverbs 8:34
“Blessed is the man
that heareth me…”
WHO IS THE MAN BLESSED IN HIS DEED?
James reminds the believers about the perfect Word of God. God preserved these people to continue in the faith. They are described as doers of the Word. James calls their attention to remember how God had saved them and set them free from condemnation through this perfect law. James causes them to remember that it was the Word they heard, which they believed. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17). They must not forget the precious words of God, which brought light to them.
He looks into the perfect law: The law is described as perfect (James1:25) because the Scripture is the God-inspired and preserved, infallible and inerrant revelation of His commands. The Greek word for “looketh” has the idea that a man has to stoop down. This is a figurative word to describe a clear understanding of the words. To look into it is very emphatic. This act signifies a deep and attentive consideration given to something. It illustrates a man who cannot see clearly with his eyes and therefore must stoop down, that he may see with a clearer view. James refers to the “law of liberty” to mean the Gospel. It gives liberty from sin’s guilt, power, dominion, and influence. It sets man free from eternal hell and the condemnation in the eternal Lake of Fire (Rom 1:16).
He continues in the perfect law: The looking into the law is not transient or sporadic. It is continuous, and this means the believer is abiding by that law with the desire to abide by it entirely. He does not depart from it, but diligently studies God’s Word. He continues to desire obedience to God’s will. Read what Paul urges Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:14-17. Do you want to leave the Word which sustains and keeps you? Remember, it is His will that we study His Word until the time when all of us will be perfected in the glorified state when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.
Dear reader, you will be blessed in your deeds only when you live accordingto God’s Word. It is a man’s compass to live to glorify and honour God.
THOUGHT: Am I diligently and continuously pursuing God’s Word?
PRAYER: Father, let my heart burn with zeal to study Thy Word and to abide by it every day of my life.