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- BE SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK, AND SLOW TO WRATH (19,20)
- PUT ASIDE WORLDLINESS AND RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD (21)
- BE DOERS OF THE WORD AND DO NOT DECEIVE YOURSELVES (22)
- DO NOT SEE WHAT YOU ARE AND THEN DO NOTHING TO CORRECT THE FLAWS (23,24)
- BLESSINGS COME FROM DOING THE WILL OF GOD (25)
- DO NOT PRACTICE VAIN RELIGION (26)
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- PURE RELIGION (“CLEAN, PURE, CLEAR”)
- UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD (“UNSOILED, PURE”)
- VISIT (“TO INSPECT, TO GO SEE, TO RELIEVE”)
- FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS (THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED)
- KEEP ONESELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD (“UNBLEMISHED, WITHOUT SPOT”)
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- DO WE PRACTICE THE RELIGION THAT GOD DESIRES?
- THOSE WHO PLEASE MEN DO NOT PLEASE CHRIST (GAL. 1:6-10).
- GOD WILL JUDGE US (2 TIM. 4:1) AND WILL MAKE NO MISTAKES (ROM. 2:11).
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- DO WE INVOLVE OURSELVES IN WORLDLY THINGS? (GAL. 5:19-21)
- DO WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE OTHERS? (OPPORTUNITY = NEED + ABILITY)
- DO WE SEEK TIMES TO GATHER WITH THE SAINTS? (HEB. 10:25)
- DO WE YEARN FOR THE WORD OF GOD?
(1 PET. 2:1,2)
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- DO WE PUT EVERYTHING TO THE TEST?
(1 THESS. 5:21)
- DO WE AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL? (1 THESS. 5:22)
- DO PEOPLE SEE CHRIST LIVING IN US? (GAL. 2:20; 1 PET. 2:21)
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Notes