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James
The Epistle of James was written by “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,” almost certainly the James whom Paul calls “the Lord’s brother” (Galatians 1:19), the leader of the church in Jerusalem who presided at the council of Acts 15. He did not believe in Jesus during His ministry (John 7:5), but the risen Christ appeared to him (1 Corinthians 15:7), and he became one of the pillars of the church. His letter, addressed “to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,” reads like a collection of sermons, and it echoes the Sermon on the Mount more than any other New Testament book.
This series reads James chapter by chapter, following this site’s study of Hebrews. It is the most practical book in the New Testament: be doers of the word, and not hearers only; faith without works is dead; the tongue is a fire; draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. It speaks plainly about God’s law, “the perfect law of liberty,” and it closes with the picture this page’s painting was chosen for: the husbandman waiting patiently for the early and latter rain, until the coming of the Lord.
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Be Ye Doers Of The Word
count it all joy in trials, ask god for wisdom without wavering, temptation drawn from our own lust, every good gift from the father of lights, doers of the word and not hearers only, the perfect law of liberty, and pure religion undefiled
James 1Faith Without Works Is Dead
no respect of persons in the assembly — the royal law, guilty of all for offending in one point, judged by the law of liberty, the devils also believe and tremble, and abraham and rahab whose living faith was shown by their works
James 2The Tongue Is A Little Member
be not many masters — the tongue like a horse's bit and a ship's helm, how great a matter a little fire kindleth, blessing and cursing out of the same mouth, earthly wisdom that breeds envy and strife, and the wisdom from above that is first pure, then peaceable
James 3Draw Nigh To God
wars and fightings from desires at war within, ye ask amiss, the friendship of the world is enmity with god, he giveth more grace, resist the devil and he will flee, one lawgiver, and a life that is even a vapour — if the lord will
James 4The Early And Latter Rain
treasure heaped together for the last days, be patient unto the coming of the lord like the husbandman waiting for the early and latter rain, the patience of job, anointing the sick, the effectual fervent prayer, and elijah a man subject to like passions as we are
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