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***ERRATA: I make a mistake with three names, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … this was a mistake, but I wanted to point that out. It happens a couple times in the service.
This book might be an excellent catechism for any new Christian.
Link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201&version=NIV
Prayer of Commitment: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=4894
CORE THEME: the world vs God, make your choice …
Outline of book topics:
- Let perseverance finish its work
- Ask/Pray in FAITH – without DOUBT.
- Humiliation of those rich in the world
- God does not tempt you – it is your own evil desire that tempts you, and this sin leads to death
- God is consistent
- Listen to the Word AND do what It says
- Look after orphans and widows and keep yourself pure of the world
- Favoritism: do not pay special attention among the flock, all are equal before God
- Favoritism is SIN.
- Faith without deeds is dead
- “Go in peace, keep warm, and well fed” – but you do nothing to help them? – then you are not living the faith.
- Abraham offering Isaac – faith AND action working together
- Not by faith alone …
- Be careful in becoming a teacher – you will be judged to a higher standard (DAN)
- Show you’re a teacher THROUGH deeds.
- Your desire drives you to sin, but you could ask God. “Friendship with the world means emnity with God?”
- Friend of the World, enemy of God.
- Do not judge your neighbor – this is hard
- James demands that Christian practice exist as part of the general economy – in terms of wages and honest transactions
- Do not swear: simple yes or no.
- Whomever saves a sinner, saves themselves
Lords prayer …