DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 22 March 2022 — Practice what you preach
DCLM Higher Everyday 22 March 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Practice what you preach
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TOPIC: PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH
TEXT: ROMANS 2:17-25
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
MEMORY VERSE: “Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?” (ROMANS 2:21).
MESSAGE:
The statement, talk is cheap, is a proverb that means it is easier to say that you will do something than to actually do it. It means to lay claim to a moral standard or belief to which one’s own behaviour does not conform. This is hypocrisy.
Our text today paints the picture of such a hypocrite. He is called a Jew, rests in the law, and even boasts in God. He knows the will of God and approves of things that are excellent. He even claims to be a light to those in darkness and undertakes to teach the foolish and ignorant. But alas, he is guilty of the things he taught and condemned in others.
Jesus hates hypocrisy and condemned it in the strongest terms. It was the practice of the Pharisees of His day. They were full of words (leaves) but were devoid of deeds (fruits). That should not be the way of a Christian. A Christian should learn from Jesus who began both to do and teach (Acts 1:1). He should endeavor to be a doer of the word, and not just a teacher or hearer.
QUOTE: Be a doer of the word.
CHALLENGE: Jesus hates hypocrisy.
PRAYER: Make me a doer of Your word, Oh Lord.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
