VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS AND THEIR ENDURANCE. The address: JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO THE TWELVE TRIBES WHICH ARE SCATTERED ABROAD, GREETING. Unlike the salutations which characterize the opening of Paul's letters, this address is very brief, exactly in the style which was... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YE FALL INTO DIVERS TEMPTATIONS,... [ Continue Reading ]
Temptation and prayer:... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING THIS, THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YE MAY BE PERFECT AND ENTIRE, WANTING NOTHING.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF ANY OF YOU LACK WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, THAT GIVETH TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY AND UPBRAIDETH NOT, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. FOR HE THAT WAVERETH IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR LET NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD. Without any introduction or preliminary discussion, the apostle immediately plunges into his admonitions, taking up the question of temptation and prayer first: All joy consider it, my brethren, if you meet with various temptatio... [ Continue Reading ]
A DOUBLE MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The need of humility:... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE BROTHER OF LOW DEGREE REJOICE IN THAT HE IS EXALTED;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE RICH, IN THAT HE IS MADE LOW; BECAUSE AS THE FLOWER OF THE GRASS HE SHALL PASS AWAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE SUN IS NO SOONER RISEN WITH A BURNING HEAT, BUT IT WITHERETH THE GRASS, AND THE FLOWER THEREOF FALLETH, AND THE GRACE OF THE FASHION OF IT PERISHETH; SO ALSO SHALL THE RICH MAN FADE AWAY IN HIS WAYS. In connection with the rebuke administered to the doubting heart and the characterization o... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION; FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED, HE SHALL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE, WHICH THE LORD HATH PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
Temptations from within:... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, I AM TEMPTED OF GOD; FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL, NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST AND ENTICED.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN WHEN LUST HATH CONCEIVED, IT BRINGETH FORTH SIN; AND SIN, WHEN IT IS FINISHED, BRINGETH FORTH DEATH. Having spoken of temptations in the very beginning, v. 2, the apostle now explains the term as he wants it understood: Blessed is the man that endures temptation; for, having stood the test, he... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S FATHERHOOD AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF SONSHIP. God's fatherhood and the acceptance of His Word:... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY GOOD GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, AND COMETH DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF HIS OWN WILL BEGAT HE US WITH THE WORD OF TRUTH, THAT WE SHOULD BE A KIND OF FIRST-FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, LET EVERY MAN BE SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK, SLOW TO WRATH;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE WRATH OF MAN WORKETH NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, LAY A PART ALL FILTHINESS AND SUPERFLUITY OF NAUGHTINESS, AND RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED WORD, WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SOULS. The first sentence serves as a transition between the two paragraphs: Make no mistake about this, my beloved brethren. It is a solemn and touching app... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT BE YE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOUR OWN SELVES.... [ Continue Reading ]
Doers of the Word:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF ANY BE A HEARER OF THE WORD, AND NOT A DOER, HE IS LIKE UNTO A MAN BEHOLDING HIS NATURAL FACE IN A GLASS;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE BEHOLDETH HIMSELF, AND GOETH HIS WAY, AND STRAIGHTWAY FORGETTETH WHAT MANNER OF MAN HE WAS.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AND CONTINUETH THEREIN, HE BEING NOT A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THIS MAN SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIS DEED.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS, AND BRIDLETH NOT HIS TONGUE, BUT DECEIVETH HIS OWN HEART, THIS MAN'S RELIGION IS VAIN.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURE RELIGION AND UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD AND THE FATHER IS THIS, TO VISIT THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR AFFLICTION, AND TO KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD. The words which introduce this paragraph may be said practically to form the topic of the entire letter, the apostle's aim being to com... [ Continue Reading ]