July 2025 Printable 207 KB .pdf

MOR-Bible, which is by God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God's grace, unmerited divine favor, and peace, an absolute end of all strife or trouble, be to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, to the faithful in Christ Jesus.

Father, we are so grateful and thankful for your Word which makes known your Will for our lives. For this reason, since the day we heard your Word and performed the daily doing of it, our desire is that we might be filled to capacity with the knowledge of your Will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. We pray that we might walk worthy of your Word and be well pleasing unto you, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of your Word by experience. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

This month's teaching: Doers of the Word of God.

• We will define the Greek word poietes which is used for the English word "doers."
• We will define the number six (6) in God's Word.
• We will search, track, and trace in the scriptures the Greek word poiétés.
  

  Note: The sources for all Greek-English words are Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, The Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Bullinger), Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible, The Word Study Concordance by George V. Wigram and Ralph D. Winter, Bible Hub, and Webster's Desk Dictionary of the English Language.
  

Let's set the context for this month's teaching. It is written in Jeremiah 15:16:

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

By being Doers of the Word of God, the Word of God will be the joy and rejoicing of your heart! It is the Word of God that sets people free in any environment. Take a moment and look at what is the joy and rejoicing of your heart: then, you will know why you are where you are at this day and time! The Word of God is the greatest thing you can build in your life! The Word of God must be the joy and rejoicing of your heart! I want to know how the Word of God can live in me and how God can talk to me. When I am blessed to share His Word with someone else, they have the potential to be saved and healed. The best way to find out if it is the Word of God is to just do it! If what you asked for comes to pass, then it was the Word of God!

God, our Father (see 1 John 3:2), has given us all things that pertain unto life and godliness. 2 Peter 1:3 tells us:

According as his (God) divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him (God) that hath called us to glory and virtue.

Let's re-read 2 Peter 1:3 with understanding based on our past teachings:

According as his God, the one supreme whom is the fountain of life and light divine power in action, hath given freely unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, which is our real vital true spiritual relationship with God, through the full knowledge of God that hath called us to honor, splendor, majesty, and superior excellence.

Our English word "doers" is from the Greek word poietes which means a maker or poet. It originates from the root Greek verb poieo, meaning to make, do, act, cause, or work. It is also associated with the word "poets." The term poietes is used in the Word of God to describe individuals who are not merely hearers of the Word but are also active doers. It emphasizes the importance of action and obedience in the life of a believer!

There are six (6) usages of the Greek word poietes documented in the King James Bible. The number six in the Word of God is four plus two. Four (4) is the world number and the number two (2) denotes division. Therefore, six is the number of imperfection, the human number, the number of man as destitute of God, without God, without Christ or man's opposition to and independence of God. The number for Satan in God's Word is 666 (i.e., Three is perfection, six is imperfection. Thus, the three sixes (666) indicating Satan is perfectly imperfect!).

Note: The word poietes will be bolded in the verses for emphasis.

The first usage of poietes is documented in Acts 17:28:

For in him [the Lord] we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets [poietes - performer] have said, For we are also his offspring.

In this verse, we want to emphasize For in [who?] we live and move, and have our being? The Lord!

The second usage is documented in Romans 2:13. We will first read verses 11-12 for context.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

Verse 13:

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers [poietes - performer] of the law shall be justified.

In this verse, the word but is used to point out the contrast between the sinners in verses 11-12 and the doers or performers of the Law in verse 13. According to this verse, these doers shall absolutely be justified before God, the one supreme whom is the fountain of life and light!

The third, fourth, and fifth usages of poietes are documented in James 1:22 (verses 20-21 for context), verse 23, and verse 25. James 1:20-25:

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Let's look at the third usage of poietes in verse 22:

But be ye doers [poietes - performer] of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

The words be ye means to become, to come into being, to happen, to be made, to be done. This phrase is from a middle voice verb. It is derived from the root ginomai which is related to the Greek word genos meaning kind or offspring. The phrase be ye is in the present tense or imperative mood meaning it is a command. In this verse, we are commanded to be doers of the Word!

Additionally, the word word is the Greek word logos which means speech, message, account, reason, doctrine. The word hearers means listener and is from the Greek verb akouo, meaning to hear or to listen. We are commanded to be doers, not just listeners of the message and doctrine of God. And finally, the word deceiving means to deceive, to mislead by false reasoning, to reckon wrong, or to draw false conclusions. It originates from para or beside or beyond and logizomai meaning to reason or to calculate. Thus, we are deceiving your own selves when we do not rightly divide the Word of God! We listen, but do not act or are not doers of the Word! We deceive ourselves when we do not take God's Word and put it into action.

Let us re-read James 1:22 based on this understanding:

But moreover, now come into being a performer, one who carries out the doing of God's doctrine of His Word and is not a listener only who draws false conclusions themselves.

The next two usages deal with the act of not being a doer of God's Word. Let's look at James 1:23, the fourth usage of poietes:

For if any be a hearer [listener] of the word [logos], and not a doer [poietes - performer], he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass [mirror].

The metaphor of a mirror denotes a reflection or image of the outside of oneself. When we are not doers (poietes) of the Word, we are only a listener and reflection. Let's continue reading to better understand what this reflection constitutes. James 1:24:

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

This verse has two figures of speech. In the phrase For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, the figure heterosis of tense is used in which the past is stated for the present. In the Greek, it is understood as "He beheld himself and has gone away." The second figure of speech used is polysyndeton or many ands - For he beholdeth himself and goeth his way and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. Here, the repeated ands puts significant emphasis on the foolishness and carelessness of the person who acts in this manner. The use of these figures of speech function to capture our attention as to what God wants to put emphasis on. Figures of speech are used to add magnitude. In this verse, God is highlighting an essential truth in His Word by adding depth in the meaning of it.

The emphasis in these verses drives home the vital point that someone who only hears the Word is like a person who sees their face in a mirror and then abruptly goes away and forgets what they saw. The metaphor of a mirror is used to stress that the hearer is just a reflection or outside image of what God wants us to be, which is a doer of His Word! Remember that verse 22 commands us be ye doers; this connotes action. God, our Father, wants us to hear and commit to do His Word! Why? Because that is where the deliverance is; that is where the power is in our life and the blessings. By being doers, we make our way prosperous and successful because we are not simply listeners.

To finalize this series of verses, the fifth usage of poietes is in James 1:25:

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer [poietes - performer] of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Let's unpack the meaning of the words used in this verse to increase our understanding. The phrase whoso looketh means to stoop, to look intently, or to peer. It is from para which means beside and kypto which means to stoop or bend forward. The word perfect means complete, mature, full-grown, complete perfect, wanting nothing. It is from the Greek word telos, meaning end or completion. And the word law does not reference the Old Testament law as given to Moses. Why? Romans 8:2 tells us:

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 10:4 says:

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.

Continuing with the translation of the words in James 1:25, the word liberty means freedom to go where one's wants to go. The word continueth means to remain, to continue, to stay. It is from para which means beside or near and meno which means to remain or to stay. The word forgetful means forgetfulness and is from the Greek verb epilanthanomai which translates to forget or to neglect. The word hearers (similar to James 1:23) means listener and is from the Greek verb akouo meaning to hear or listen. The word blessed means to be happy or fortunate and is from the root makar meaning blessed or happy. The word deed means making, doing, creation, workmanship and denotes an action and its results. This word is from the Greek verb poieo meaning to make or to do which is once again an action.

Now that we have unpacked this verse by examining the words and their roots, let's re-read James 1:25 with understanding:

But in contrast whoso look intently into the complete spirit of life in Christ Jesus which has made me free of the law, and remain therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a performer of the word of God, this man shall be blessed in his workmanship.

The sixth usage of poietes is documented in James 4:11. We will read verse 10 for context:

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer [poietes] of the law, but a judge.

The word law in this verse refers to the Old Testament law given by God to Moses. The foundation of the law is the Ten Commandments, which was given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

After looking at these six (6) usages of poietes, we have increased our understanding of how to be a doer of God's Word. Each verse gave us instruction to take action, be a doer. As a summary, we learned:

• For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets [poietes - performer] have said ( Acts 17:28).
• (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers [poietes -performer] of the law (Romans 2:13).
• But be ye doers [poietes - performer] of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (James 1:22).
• For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer [poietes - performer] (James 1:23).
• But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer [poietes - performer] of the work (James 1:25).
• but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer [poietes] of the law, but a judge (James 4:11).
  

This month's teaching focused on the term poietes which is translated into our English word doer. In the Word of God, it describes individuals who are not merely hearers of the Word but are active doers. It gives emphasis to the value of action and obedience to God's Word in the life of a believer.

We defined the Greek word poietes which is used for the English word "doers." We defined the number six (6) in God's Word. We searched, tracked, and traced in the scriptures the Greek word poietes. We learned about the six (6) usages of the Greek word poietes, used for our English word doers. We understand the Word of God must be the joy and rejoicing of our heart. We must hear God's Word and be doers if we want to receive the blessing. Now, we know how the Word of God can live in us when we take action and are doers of God's Word.
We exhort you to be hearers and doers of God's Word by taking believing action on His Words of life!

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58). Isn't that beautiful? That is the greatness of doing God's Word! It is fantastically enlightening!

Father, we pray that in you we live, move, and have our existence by doing your Word. We pray that we can be beloved children who are imitators of their Father in our walk in this life. And we pray that we may increase in the knowledge of your Word Father, so that people see us and see our spiritual Father. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

In the Lord,

Ministry of Reconciliation
Son of God through Jesus Christ
Ambassador for Christ

Return to the Top