Good morning. Prove
yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. How
can you prove yourself a doer of the word - by doing the word. And of course
we've mentioned many times about people sitting in church hearing the word, but
it not affecting their lives whatsoever. That's because they don't do what they
hear. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man
who looks at his natural face in the mirror, for once he has looked at himself
and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. These
people "glance at the word" like glancing in a mirror. What they see
in the mirror does not make them want to change anything. But the one who looks
intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having
become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in
what he does. The words translated "looks intently" are the same ones
that were used of the disciples when they stooped and look into the empty tomb.
They carefully surveyed every inch of the tomb. They didn't miss a thing. That
should be our attitude when we look at the word. There is a law, but it is one
of liberty not bondage. We will be blessed in what we do, and what we do is the
word. Father thank You that the reader not only hears the word but also does
the word. He/she is continually blessed in watch he/she does.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
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