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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Oct 11, 2017
Drawing from James 1:19–27, the sermon argues that genuine Christian maturity is not about accumulating biblical information but about transformation through obedience. James calls believers to receive God's Word with humility, reflect on it as a mirror that reveals the inner life, and respond by actually doing what it says. The danger facing the church — especially in Western, suburban culture — is auditing the faith: showing up for the lecture without ever engaging, serving, giving, or loving in ways that cost something. True blessing, James insists, is reserved for those who look carefully into God's perfect law and act on it.