Trials on the outside can indeed stir temptations within. Therefore, it is crucial to identify the source of all temptation (lust) and the antidote (the word) to defeat it.

James describes the word as “the perfect law of liberty”. Its ability to produce true freedom comes down to two factors - our hearing and our doing. A life of true worship consists of both held together in equal measure.

True religion is built on obedience, above and before rites and tradition, and it is an outward practice of professed love and worship. The tenets of spiritual ranking are a personal purity towards God, overflowing kindness towards others, and the righteous subversion of our worst desires.