Put up or shut up

James 1:22

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves

I gotta be honest here....I often wonder "if James were alive today would he not be a perfect PHILLYBOY"???!!!

I mean how more in your face can James be? You only PROVE your faith by doing what the word says. This is probably the #1 indicator of a REAL Christ follower. Why not just say Christian??? Because I also believe that this could be the #1 deterrent to Christianity. (When we don't!!!)

We've got plenty of people who go to buildings on Sunday and "hear" the word, but they let it go in one ear and out the other. They call themselves "Christians" and yet don't FOLLOW the word of God (who IS Jesus Christ).

They walk out of the building and go back to "their" lives and never let the word of God resonate in them and allow the changes that need to take place happen. They DELUDE themselves or dare I say: Are DELUSIONAL!!! They think that by simply "doing church" they are doing the word....Oh contraire monfraire!!!

Listen friends, It's one thing to claim you are a Christian and it's a TOTALLY different thing to actually FOLLOW Christ. When you are following Christ then your walk matches up with your talk, and your actions speak louder than those words.

Don't just be "hearers".....BE DOERS!!!