Text: Santiago 1.23-25
He who merely hears the word of God quickly forgets it; only he who acts according to the word will be blessed in what he does, the word of God is the perfect law, that of freedom, does not subject us to the bonds of legalism, but frees us to keep his precepts by internal compulsion
To aspire to a pure life, is to aspire to be free of all oppression and not to seek perfection, but rather the liberation of those things that could reduce the fullness of a life full of power
This text shows the word of God as a means of reflection, a mirror in which we should look and see ourselves as we are, the call is not only to pay attention to what we see and accept the teachings and correction of the Bible, but that she offers us an unwritten lesson with words
We should avoid the temptation to identify and judge others in the word, analyzing what they should do, instead of what we need to do then, I think it would be interesting to reflect on the word as in a mirror when we look at each other
In 2 Corinthians 3:18 the word of God is also compared to a mirror, but the image that is projected is nothing less than that of the Lord Jesus himself, the sum of the two texts:
1.- The Blibia shows us the image of Christ, in order that 2.- we can measure our behavior and our character in the light of his image and allow God to conform us in the likeness of Christ (Romans 8.29), other promises to reach purity through the word of God are: Jeremiah 20.9 which speaks of "fire" in the word, which can cleanse the same as burning, and Psalm 119.9, which contains a special promise for the one who he wants a pure life of holy power, the word of God is a powerful agent that cleans and liberates