Lessons We Can Learn From James

My family has recently started doing family bible studies every Monday and Friday. Lately, we have been discussing the book of James. So I thought that this could be a pretty good book to learn from. Here are just a few things we can learn from the first chapter of the book of James:

• ...."be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath" James 1:19

Remember. God gave us 2 ears, and only 1 mouth. Basically, what that means to me, is that whenever someone is trying to teach or tell you something, let them finish. They're trying to help you so don't try and stop them by interrupting.

• God doesn't change. James 1:17

Whenever I think about this, it makes me very happy. Just to know that after all of this work that we have done as Christians, God won't take back all of His promises that he has made.

• "But be does of the word , and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22

For example, even if someone read the whole bible does that mean that they are going to Heaven? No. You could hear and read everything as much as you want to, but if you don't actually do what He says, then you aren't necessarily going to Heaven. Like it says, Be DOERS of the word. Don't get me wrong, it's not that we shouldn't hear. Because if we didn't hear, then we couldn't be doers.

• "For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does." James 1:23, 1:24, and 1:

What this means is that if you look in the mirror and notice that something is wrong, most people try to fix it. Well, what this verse is saying, is that we should be the same way spiritually. If we notice that something is wrong in our lives, we should try to fix it.

What are somethings that you can learn from the book of James? Just post a comment telling me your answer.