Chapter One Review (1:2-12) How Should I View Trials? With Joy - Ability to look beyond. Why Should I View My Trials With Joy? Patience, Perfection, Pure Faith, Humility, Crown How Should I View My Trials With Joy? Ask God for Wisdom What Is God NOT the Source Of? Temptations We Are Responsible - Our Own Desires What Is God The Source Of? Every Good and Perfect Gift He Brought Us Forth by His Word = First Fruits. 1
Chapter One Review (1:13-18) HOW DO I RESIST TEMPTATIONS? Remember The Judgment Of God Leads To Death Remember The Goodness Of God He Gives Us Only That Which Is Good Remember Your Relationship With God He Gave His Son For Us We Are Christians We Belong To Him 2
Chapter One Review (1:19-26) Receive The Word Swift To Hear, Slow To Speak Respond To The Word (Law of Liberty) Be Doers and Not Hearers Only Look At the Law (Examine In The Mirror) Abide In The Law (See Flaws) Do What The Law Says (Make Corrections) OR Your Religion Is Worthless!!!!! (26) 3
Resign To The Word (1:26-27) Speech Must Control Our Tongue Service Visit Separation Pure Undefiled Keep Oneself Unspotted From The World 4
Separation (1:27) BE PURE Genuine, Sincere, Once Impure Now Cleansed What is Our Motive? 5
What Is Purity Matt 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God Moral Clean-ness Think the right things (Phil 4:8) Love the right things (Col 3:1-2) Purpose the right things (Phil 3:13-14) Singleness of Motive Everything we do should please God (Ja 1:17-18) 6
Separation (1:27) BE PURE Genuine, Sincere, Once Impure Now Cleansed BE UNDEFILED Without Contamination (adj), Not mixed, (v) To Stain 7
What is Love (1 Cor 13) Patient Kind Not Jealous Does not Brag Is Not Arrogant Does Not Act Unbecomingly Does Not Seek Its Own Is Not Provoked Does Not Count Wrongs Suffered Does Not Rejoice In Unrighteousness Rejoices In Truth Bears All Things Believes All Things Hopes All Things Endures All Things Love Never Fails 8
Separation (1:27) BE PURE Genuine, Sincere, Once Impure Now Cleansed BE UNDEFILED Without Contamination (adj), Not mixed, (v) To Stain BE VISITING To Look Upon After, To Inspect, Examine, (n) Bishop BE UN-SPOTTED KEEP YOURSELF That Which Tend To Influence Us Adversely In Our Pursuit For Moral Integrity And Purity. 9
Church or Individual? CHURCH The Assembly (2:2) What the Individual can do the church can do. Paul Authorized the church to support Widows If only Individuals then we would all have to take two orphans and two widows in to our homes. Then the church can not practice Pure and Undefiled Religion INDIVIDUAL Therefore Be Pure Be Un-Defiled Visit the Widows and Orphans Keep Yourself Unspotted Before God Do Not Just Hear 10
The Church and Benevolence Spreading The Gospel Care For Its Own Needy Saints Send DIRECTLY To Other Needy Saints Not Distributed By Another Institution There Must Be A Need It Must Be To Saints Done By The Church Not another organization 11
Building Blocks of James BEFORE GOD Keep Unstained Visit Undefiled Religion Pure Religion Proper Attitude Do His Word Hear His Word "Children of God" Perfect Gifts Good Gifts We Are To Blame Not From God Temptations Crown of Life Humility Pure Faith Seeks Wisdom Perfection Patience Joy Trials 12
Outline of James Stand With Confidence (Chapter 1) Serve With Compassion (Chapter 2) Speak With Care (Chapter 3) Submit With Contrition (Chapter 4) Share With Concern (Chapter 5) 13
Stand With Confidence (1) Rejoice in Diverse Trials (1:2-12) Attitude In Trials (1-2) Advantage Of Trials (3-4) Assistance For Trials (5-12) Resist In Deadly Temptations (1:13-18) Source Of Temptations (13-14) Steps In Temptations (14-16) Solutions For Temptation (17-18) Rest In Divine Truth (1:19-27) Receive The Word (19-21) Respond To The Word (22-25) Resign To The Word (26-27) 14
Serve With Compassion (2) Accept Others (2:1-13) Courtesy To All (1-4) Compassion For All (5-9) Consistency In All (10-13) Assist Others (2:14-26) Expression of True Faith (14-17) Evidence of True Faith (18-20) Example of True Faith (21-26) 15
Courtesy To All (2:1-4) Hold Not (1) Quit the Habit of holding your faith in this way Respect Of Persons (1) Partiality, Favoritism Rich Vs. Poor (2-3) Rings Vs. Rags; Sit Vs. Stand Shown Distinctions (4) - Showing Doubt Judges With Evil Thoughts (4) They reached the wrong judgments (conclusions) They had the wrong motives 16
Think On Theses Things Whatever is True Whatever is Honorable Whatever is Right Whatever is Pure Whatever is Lovely Whatever is of Good Report If There is any Excellence If there is anything Worthy of Praise 17
Compassion For All (2:5-9) Why Should We Accept The Poor (5)? God Has Chosen The Poor The Poor Are Rich In The Faith The Poor Are Heirs Of The Kingdom Spiritual Poverty Is Needed Desperate, Dependant, In Want, Humble, Helpless, In Need, Dying, In Need Of Saving Your Reasoning Is Clouded! The Rich Oppress You - Yet You Honor Them! The Rich Blaspheme That Nobel Name Fulfill The Royal Law - ALL OF IT!! 18
Showing Partiality Inconsistent Comes From Evil Thinking Contrary to Scheme of Redemption Dishonors Those That God Chose Violates the Law of Love (Royal Law) With-holds Mercy Hypocritical IT IS SIN!! 19
Royal Law (2:8) It Originated From The King of Kings. It Stands Above All Other Laws Regarding Our Relationships With Each Other. It Indicates The Supreme Position It Should Have In Our Hearts. It Must Be Obeyed. 20
Consistency In All (2:10-13) Must Keep The Whole Law Most do not view this as a serious sin They Kept Half The Law (They Loved the Rich) So Speak And So Do (12) You are a Christian - Then Act Like One! Judged By The Law Of Liberty (12) We Are Saved By Grace (Liberty) We Still Have Responsibilities (Law)...to those that love Him (vs 5) We must show Mercy (13) 21