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I am preaching through James and this Sunday morning, my text will be James 1:21, “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
What a great passage! What thoughts do you have on the implanted word and this passage in general? Thanks! I look forward to reading your great comments.
Patrick Medlock are discussing. 
Patrick Medlock 11:24 am on February 14, 2012 Permalink |
Richard, James’ words harmonize well with other areas of the NT regarding the word as seed analogy. The seed is living Heb 4:12-13, John 6:63; enduring I Pet 1:23 as well as soul-saving your text, Rom 10:13-15, & I Thessalonians 2:13. The successful engrafting of the word shows itself in exercise of our will to follow the spirit’s lead Gal 5:22-23, as opposed to allowing the flesh by default to quench the Spirit which permits an unsaved state of being to prevail Gal 5:19-21. Just a couple of third.
Eugene Adkins 7:58 pm on February 14, 2012 Permalink |
Hello Richard,
I always think of the parable of the sower in Luke 8. I also think of the emphasis that James placed in how we are to receive the word – with meekness. This is really powerful in light of the previous two verses that talks about our attiude toward the correction and admonition of God’s word. Most of the time we use the verses in relation to our relationship with others when the context is actually about our relationship with God’s word. The parable of the sower doesn’t say much about anger choking out the fruitfulness of God’s word but James sure does. Preach on!