The David Spoon Experience 11-3-23 part 1
A) James 1:18 states that we were given birth through the word of truth. This word of truth is threefold: it is the Word (which is Jesus), It is Truth (which is Jesus), and it is the written word, the letters that come from the heart of Jesus Christ Himself. We are born again through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ and by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. But how did we learn about the redeeming work of Jesus Christ and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit? Through the written word of God.
B) James provides a classic statement that we should all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. We should be quick to listen because we should be open to hearing; even when we know that someone is saying things that aren’t perfectly aligned, we should still listen if it’s a genuine conversation. False teaching falls under a different category. We should be slow to speak because our words often cause more trouble than anything else, especially as Christians.
C) We should also be slow to anger. The answer is straightforward for the woke generation: the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Everyone is yelling, screaming, and rioting, proclaiming their human philosophical truth as the only acceptable truth. However, the real truth is that human truth does not hold any eternal value. The Biblical truth, Divine truth, a.k.a. God’s truth, is eternal.