Wow, we have been soooo blessed at the Tuesday night study....James snaps off some important truths to us right off the bat in Chapter 1 and then goes so much deeper in Chapter 2.While discussing the intro to James, we talked about the book being:
(1) a "how to" book of / for the Christian life
(2) one of the most practical books of the NT: offers instruction & exhortation to Christians who are experiencing problems.
James speaks of prejudice, improper speech, judging one another, leaving God out of our plans and even bitterness .... already had two great weeks of discussion!
The recipients are the 12 tribes and from Nelson's Compact Commentary this is defined as:
- Jewish / Christians living outside of Palestine
- Most of which seem to have been poor & suffering from oppression by fellow Jews
- Some of them had been imprisoned & deprived of possessions & livelihood
- Under these conditions, they fell into worldliness, fought amongst each other, favored the rich over the poor & lost their original love for one another
- If works = natural result of faith
- If we truly believe, we would act on belief
- We need to get out lives in line with what we believe...
Join on Tuesday night at RJ's Sizzlin Steer (6:45pm)...next week chapter 3
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