Receive the Word

I. James Pastoral Exhortation 1:19-20

II. Receive the Word with Meekness v. 21

A.  Receive

B.  The Implanted Word  

    Jeremiah 31:33-34
    Ezekiel 36:25-28
    

C. With Meekness

III. Receive the Word with Obedience v. 22-25

A.  The Word is Implanted, but that doesn’t mean Hearing is Unnecessary.

B.  The Illustration of the Mirror   

            

IV. Receive the Word – Peter’s Exhortation 1 Peter 1:22-2:3

A.  The Word Purifies  v. 22

B.  The Word Brings Life  v. 23

C.  The Word Endures Forever  v. 23b-25

D.  The Word is our Message  v. 25b

E.  The Word is Opposite of all that is Evil  2:1

F. The Word must be the Christian’s Desire 2:2-3