of seattle washington proudly presents the ministry of bishop howard robinson tearing down the forces of hail of the anointed word of this trailblazer as he demolishes tradition ignorance fear and religious bondage if you seek truth change and understanding allow yourself to meditate on the word of the lord as it is delivered through this anointed vessel empowering  mind everyone should feel that way about parades unfortunately all of us do not and some of us are still in the process of becoming but  weapon you know how you sit near feel in our work in our place and all of the things that you see in feeling and sometimes if you would just open your mouth and just began to bless guard those spirits there are dominating in controlling and causing you to see your guilty o'shane bay angry bitter resentful of see it may it and sometimes you know you made it somebody else when in reality you ought to be upset with yourself because by now if you are a believer you are already you will be able to get really him just as quickly as he comes on a harley in new york we're going to be coming today out of the book of james chapter one starting in verse nineteen listening i told pastor shot this morning sometimes when you look at the lives of family members you look at the lives of those around you you feel like you do something else i need to be saying but i see it in to the or this morning i mean that's what he says preach the word preach the word it's not my right to say what people are hearing when they're not hearing we are all battle in struggle with all kinds of things and all kinds of things going on in our life and this is the time in which we're living and we're living in a time where by we you know our own thinking about our discussion on last monday and when we were all dealing with the fact of being saved and and having been saved and being saved and will be saved in the in really looking at what is going on and the state of things and where things are armed really when we look at these times in which  living we see a time where by our own many of us who are believers we cannot properly minister to others because we really don't have a grasp or whole of it our sales we're coming out of the book of james and james is the son of joseph in the hamper of of jesus also known as james the just as james addresses practical issues there are as current as this morning newspaper and yet his challenge are not date his challenges are not great ok the title is to the james presented presents is that christians must be demonstrated in all the situations the faith that christians claim must be demonstrated in all the situations and the circumstances of life there is a there again the faith that christians claim must be demonstrated in all the situations and circumstances of life and work at home in the neighborhood in church trials and hardships are not to be seen as hinderances to state but as an opportunity as opportunity to exercise healthy as when your isn't that knowledge must be applied to our everyday lives real faith in the application of guards truth to our sales real faith in the application ess been grafted word which is able to save your soul for twenty two says would be doers of the word and not here is only deceiving your own sales twenty three says what you mean be your hero of the word and not a doer he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass twenty four see is what he behold himself and goals his way and straightway forgetting what manner of man he was twenty five says but whose soul looks into the perfect bar of liberty and continues there in he being not a forgive for hero but two of the work this man shall be blessed  deep twenty six say as if any man among you seem to be religious and bridle not his tongue but deceives his own heart this man's god's word is able to say god's word is able to deliver you god's word is able to transform your life were it is able to sit you free from all that ails you hardly for it entirely the message today listening and doing listening and doing are you listening and not listening and doing james here has spoken of the new birth he now explained that this new birth should reveal itself in the way we act the new work you'll be born again and you are born again and you are being born again you are being a believer you being a christian should be revealed in the way you act he has also connected the new birth with its source listening to a sermon on this morning and one of the things the pastor say it and that i think is so real and so prevalent for the church about pastor christ and it was a whole message but one of the things he say it was that we got caught up in the world he said love not the world not the nor the things in it both you see part of our biggest problem is that we got caught up in the world and the things of the world i mean look at it you have people coming from other countries because of what is considered the american  you know great college education for my children you know a great place to live all of these things that are supposed to be so great people who live in america kno but we got caught up in the world with your we got caught up in the house and you know you know you know all that kind of you know being a single woman raising your child and thinking and he can rid of his  house yet many people are getting rid of houses but we were told that that was the great american dream the house the two car the two car garage all those kinds of things we got caught up in the world the world system the things of the world but where i say that that's what you're supposed to have and people are dying literally dying to hear it people are going to prison to get it and to have it the word that brings us alive also guides us in living the life it has provided it has brought says my dear brothers take note of this game begins with the single attention getting greek word and that greek word is which is not translator take note of this james is saying it has the same effect as when we say listen listen listen listen before saying something we don't want people to means we say what this is isn't this and this is why because you don't want to miss it you want them to hear it of family conduct these are the rules you know you have rules and regulations in your home you know i don't know about you there was being there we were not allowed to go there was thing that we were told there we were not to do and we didn't do  speaks to everyone here he is specially referring to teachers and you can see that in chapter three verse one what they need to listen to is what is god's word gods were gods word games one thousand the expression quick to listen is a beautiful way of capturing the idea of active listening active listening to see right now sometimes there's not a whole lot of active listening going on in church than me marching all for a bunch of words and telling her about how she need to come to church and she's safe and that that that that that that to reading has to obey what we hear we often find the attitude among believers that the speaker is entirely responsible for getting the people to listen but being in attaining by being  all kinds of false teaching and iran slow to speak quick to listen slow and be quick to listen and slow to speak should be taken together as sides of the same coin slowly as in speaking means speaking with humility and patients that would hasty words or none none stop gabbing you know how some people they just go on and on and on and  really a talk about burton and you don't want to hurt their feelings don't want to make them feel day but you know it's almost like you know all you're waiting for that you wait for them to get in las words or you can bolt constant talking keeps a person from being able to ear with them is not always having something to say it involves listening carefully considering prayerfully and speaking quietly when we talk too much prophetess flowers and listen to little we communicate to others that we think our ideas are much more important than layers jane wisely advises us to reverse this process  need to put a mental stop watch on our conversation and keep track of how much we talk and how much we listen and you will find we talk more or than we listen slower and anger closes our  proverbs seventeen and twenty eight and twenty nine hurt my opinions are not being hurt it is just the kind of anger that that rises from too much fast talking and not enough quickly is ne others are being hurt what's happening in here for we are to be upset about it but we should not become angry when we fail to win an argument or when we feel of or neglected selfish man's anger does not bring about the righteous a life that god desires may and anger does not bring about the righteous life that god desires or we gotta get rid of all his anger and bitterness and where does it come from that one is talking about our anger toward others does not create with us a life that can withstand god scrutiny why not because expressed anger tends is inconsistent with jesus command to love our enemies matthew five forty three through forty eight and not hate our brothers matthew five twenty one through twenty six what does determined to grow up i may not be growing as fast as somebody else in the body but i'm determined to i'm determined to mature i'm determined to here to work and practice the word i'm determined there in the midst of all of what i'm not going to keep going through the same thing i'm going to love you and i'm i'm not going love you from a distance you know because of you but i'm alone i'm not only love you from a distance i'm going to brace you i'm going to continue to be kind and loving to you and t you you're not content me i'm going to be contented i'm going to receive the things of god because i'm determined to receive the thing for and so in the midst of all that i'm going through in the midst of my struggle in the midst of me and you laughing and not be determined to be content anger is going to iraq is going to happen anyway angle go away and just leave you alone he can keep coming back he comes back another way he comes back dressed in a whole new outfit when he comes back and see no one the places and the ways that we are kept it can help us prepare about praying and about planning an alternative response instead of giving in to anger when you look at verse twenty one it what does it say it is get rid of all moral feel and the evil that is so prevalent get rid of it don't just put it away don't just come around o sunday morning and prettying you know that your loving wife your loving husband you are a loving mother you are a good christian you are a good brother sister in christ you gotta put that stuff away and you got to be determined to put it away and this it is not will just go away by itself according to the greek this is a once and for all action why should we do this is progress in our spiritual life cannot occur unless we see seen for what  is quite justified and is sad to reject it and decide to reject it james words james were pictured here has us getting rid of our little habits and actions like all of dirty coal when we look at receiving word he speaks of here is to accept its laws as abiding and to see to live by him we are not to look for something to argue about but with humility to  by that word we accept the word god say abba levy ask you know what i just got to wrap my mind around i believe it i gotta tell myself i believe it i gotta tell myself not only do i believe it but i've got to practice it i gotta practice it everywhere i go yet we are not to be sold humble that we feed on who are the to be of back god's word and thus decide not to trust what i was talking about earlier you may be falling down but you need to get up you need to get up and you need to know that there is a stance the reason you keep falling down is there is a stance that you have and take  listeners slow to speak awful slow to anger you know you see yourself going near you you know you can't stop yourself not hasty and jumping to conclusions and willing to do what it is willing i'm excited about the word to hear and know the word has value and importance i may not know where it's found i may have to call somebody up i might be going through something but i'm not calling you i'm not calling you out for  s preach at me i'm calling you and he doesn't think about ministering to people give people the word given the word because see tomorrow they may need the word again to make our soil hospitable we must give up any  a change aim describes this crab's where we remove the sea in covering our life and accept what has been planted with in helps us understand several ways that god works removing not just identifying profit as flowers but the word is able to remove only things that aren't acceptable in our life his word and spirit also works inside us spiritual growth happens from the ends i did out although one must have its surface clean and kept clean until a scare for years but he and so when you look at this very this this first this first verse twenty one this first described both aspects of this process applied to our spiritual life which is able to save your so verses christians are not finished with guards were once we are saved is the gone where it becomes a permanent part of us guiding us through each day the implanted word becomes part of us then we defeat you if you are applying the truth of god's word to your situations and your circumstances the enemy want to look at the situations and circumstances but in the midst of seeing the situation and the circumstances the worry is what hole walls up holding up a whole new mom at the same time and keep you in the midst of all this knowledge that you have this is the second kind of deception this is the second kind of deception then james warns in cannes in first in first in chapter one verse sixteen he tells us not to be deceived in verse sixteen he tells us not to be thief about god's character here and here right here in verse twenty two james is concerned that we not be deceived about the character of god's word in verse sixteen he's talking about god's character in verse twenty two he's talking about the character of god's word we are not to engage in passive listening but rather in an active attentive god's word can only grow in the soil of obedience in order for our lesson to make a difference in a student's life it must enter the heart and mind affecting his or her life it is important to hear god's word but it is much more important to obey it we can measure the effect in effect of mist of our bibles thirty times by the effect it has on our behavior and attitude let me say that again we can measure the effectiveness of our bible study time by the of effect it has on our behavior and attitude you can be in the midst of bible study and see some of the earliest attitude and behavior and you may not openly you know sometimes you may not very well really open your mouth and say something but your actions and your attitudes just as we do we put into action what we have studied the emphasis is on two thirteen jesus himself see it blessed rather are those who hear the word of god and how often do we merely hear the word with no intentions whatsoever of obeying it to give our actions of service are only self serving and our concern only for those closest to us we are not being obedient to jesus were not being obedient to jesus we are not being obedient to jesus when you look at first twenty three and twenty four anyone who listened to the word but does not do what he says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like these and the following verses show different ways of handling  some people take a casual look at darts were without letting you know affect their lives like the person who looks so quickly into a mirror that flaws go undetected and nothing has changed or they listen but don't attack the other approach is the intent and look the deep and continued study of god's word that allows a person to see the flaws and changes her life in hiding with go standards most of the audience to whom james was writing probably did not read the scriptures see that understand history what was going on most of the audience too long jane was writing probably did not read the scriptures themselves but were  custom to hearing the scriptures really allow their exposure to guards were was was through repeatedly hearing it until they had memorized it note for instance paul's counsel to the word of god and these people memorized the word and we have the opportunity as i see it earlier to give the cd to hear the message maybe were you not mean when you went to the bathroom maybe whatever it was you were doing maybe just being able to hear it again and again so that you can get it down at you so that you can really hear with your heart but but but what they're exposed to guard where it was that was through repeated hearing it until they memorize the kind of mirror that guards work provide is unique think about it it shows us our inner nature in the same way that our regular mirror shows our exterior  reflect what is there was one god where it points out something in us that needs correction we had better listen and  twenty five the man who looked intently and continues to do this this man looks when serious attention and then makes god's law his chosen lifestyle he studies with it with rapid attention not only once but continuously as a result he remembers guards were and does what he say is the mirror of god's word has shown his force so he can do cannot be improved and it works toward a given in the mob killed freedom because it is only in obeying god's law that true freedom can be found obeying our emotions and giving in to all our desire is is true slavery to obey government is liberty but in a setting dance we'll we are truly free to be what god created us to be believers respond to god because they want to not because they have to we are free to obey first corinthians nine twenty galatians five thirteen and six into what exactly is this perfect law elsewhere in james he call it the royal law james chapter two verse eighteen it is the foundation principle that the lord jesus bailed out love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind this is the first and the greatest commandment and the second is like it love your neighbor as yourself all got more and prophets hang on peace commandments matthew chapter twenty two first thirty seven through forty the perfect law guard the perfect law cause us to love guard unconditionally and to love others as we are as we were our sales it is the law with almost unlimited application given expanded on some of the application in the sermon on the mount you remember the sermon on the mount matthew chapter chapter five through chapter seven hardly look here if you know i think paradoxical that alone could give us freedom but god's law points out seen in us and give us the opportunity to acts for guards forgiveness don't you see the love of god you can find that in romans chapter seven seventy eight as christians we are scenes control as believers we are free to live as god created us to live of course this does not mean that we are free to do as we please we are now f this one will be blessed in what he does the word says the person is blessed because he looked intently at god's word he continues to do his word god's word he does not forget what he has or he acts on letting it make a difference in his life then he didn't reach the benefits of having done what god requires verse twenty six guards person can or should be put into practice in our speech here jane  two major things that he will discuss it the use of the tongue the use of the tongue and the treatment of the unfortunate if anyone considers himself religion and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tome knowing how to speak whale as a great teacher would is that nearly as important as having control of our speech having control of our speech jane is repeating the direction given in and in chapter one  nineteen to be so to speak but this time with and with with with with with with with with with a twist on it the way that the way that others will know whether or not our faith is real is about what we choose to talk about and the who won't talk about the weather who will talk about i mean talk about i mean talk about history talk about any and every day but never talk about the word of god never declare th things of god or want to talk about god he is what kind of believer don't want to talk about god what kind of a leader don't want to be challenged with the things of god the beginning of developing a tight reign is putting into action the negative and the positive actions that are required in chapter one verse twenty one therefore get rid of all moral field and the evil that is so prevalent and hopefully accepting the word clarity in you which can save you see that's what it is for many of us we don't want to get real oh well comfortable with things we're ok with things where we were satisfied with things we were ok with where we are he has seen this person deceive himself and his religion is worthless it is self deception to have religion practices that do not lead to and at the whole lifestyle in this version point out eight thirty eight point out three dangerous deceptions number one we are deceived when we believe a distorted view of the character of god chapter one verse sixteen number two we are deceived when we listen to god's word without taking action chapter one verse twenty two and number three we are you see when we accept our own rationalization that our beliefs can be kept inside or expressed in ritual with no real obedience let me say that again number one we are to see when we believe a distorted view of the character of god number two we are deceived when we miss into god's word without taking action and number three we are v c when we examine our own rationalisation that our beliefs our beliefs can be kept inside or expressed in ritual with no real obedience even to how our religion practices are worthless without obedience we can go through the motions in our churches we can keep going to the motions and we cannot be obedient if we cannot control our mouth james all jane does  worthless self design and faith is worthless believing in a garden we refuse to submit to or own baby is just another expression of sin for rebellion game explain religion in terms of practical service and personal purity rituals done with reverence are not wrong but if a person still refuse to obey god in in daily life his religion is substitute for our service to god in what rationalizations are no substitute for inward righteousness either telling ausiello that god is not aware of our real attitude toward him and his word in daily life our conduct must be in keeping with our faith our kind of must be in keeping with our faith declares first corinthians five and eight that are commonly called to religion in fact the point becomes clear that the more obviously religious a behavior here is the more easily it becomes meaningless while some of the most humble and common actions are the greatest opportunities for worshipful obedience these are acts that we probably would not do we would these are acts that we probably would not do except out of obedience to god jesus touching the lepers when he healed them is a very example of this type of action james presents to simple and practical actions of obedient faith that almost anyone can take my my my my my my mother's sister's daughter who lives in texas her son is a peer visiting often mention in the concerns of the early church because these were the most obviously or in first sin tree israel the will because they had no access to inheritance in jewish circles where where we're very much on the outskirts of society this is where our power had to develop an entire order concerning goals in his own church and not to mention children today in orphanages june or july not being adopted children today hundreds and thousands of children t children today been so abused that they need to be put somewhere other than in the home that they're in the will could not get jobs and their inheritance went to their oldest son this into that it was expected that the widows would be taken care of by their own families and all the jews left there with very little economic support unless a family member was willing to care for the and they were reduced to breaking selling them they are as slaves or starving back caring for these powerless people  james very contemporary to this group we can also eggrolls who have become defacto will and orphans through the death of famil