Amplified Bible (AMP)
But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth]. For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror; For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).
The Bible is the perfect mirror. When we read it, it shows us what kind of people we really are. But it also shows us how to fix our flaws.
What is the purpose of a mirror?
It is to show you what you look like.
James likens God’s Word to a mirror.
You remember Snow White?
The wicked step mother said to the mirror, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”
A mirror talks back to us.
The mirror tells us who we are!
God tells us who we are!
Therefore...
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