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Verse 17. _ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS_] This was
_Elijah_, and a consistency between the _names_ of the same persons as
expressed in the Old and the New Testaments should be kept up.
T...
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ELIAS - The common way of writing the word “Elijah” in the New
Testament, Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:3, etc.
Was a man subject to like passions a
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V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_
2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7)
3. The prayers of...
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The key to this hard passage seems to lie in the climax, the example
of Elijah, who in 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:41 ff., is not said to have
prayed for drought or for rain. His prayer is in the phrase...
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THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
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Confess your sins to each other, and pray for each other, that you may
be healed. The prayer of a good man, when it is set to work, is very
powerful. Elijah was a man with the same emotions as ourselv...
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MAN. App-123.
SUBJECT, &C. = of like feelings. Greek. _homoiopathes._ Only here and
Acts 14:15.
EARNESTLY. with prayer. App-134. This is. Hebraism. Figure of speech
_Polyptoton._ App-6.
RAIN. App-1...
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Prayer and Conversion
_The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much_ The
words "effectual fervent" represent a single participle
(_energumenè_), which is commonly rendered (as in 2 Co...
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_Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are_ The word is the
same as that used by St Paul in Acts 14:15. The reference to the
history of Elijah (1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:1) is noticeable, as o...
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ἩΛΊΑΣ. For the historical account see 1 Kings 17:18. In those
Chapter s, however, there is no mention made of the two prayers of
Elijah; and the duration of the famine is there limited to less than
th...
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Deeply important practical rules relating to (_a_) Prayer as a force
in life, (_b_) Intercessory prayer, (_c_) Confession, (_d_)
Conversion....
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_RELY ON PRAYER -- JAMES 5:13-18:_ James closed with a series of
admonitions to assist Christians in daily living. He said Christians
should: (1) Pray when in trouble, (James 5:13) (2) Sing psalms whe...
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ΌΜΟΙΟΠΑΘΉΣ (G3663) испытывающий подобные
чувства, сходные чувства,
обстоятельства, опыт той же природы
(BAGD). Это означает, что мощь молитвы
Илии основана не на его
сверхъестественном величии, а на е...
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ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS, &C.—
'Ομοιοπαθης, _A man of a like frail and mortal composition;_
liable to the evils and afflictions of life, and subject to death, as
well as other men: and...
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WHEN THE SAINT SUFFERS
_Text_
James 5:13 a.
Is any among you suffering? let him pray.
_Queries_
429.
Does not every Christian, even every person, suffer? Then why the
question?
430.
What does...
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six months.
ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJE...
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12 This prohibition is essentially the same as that given by our Lord
(Mat_5:34).
15 "The prayer of faith will save the sick" is a very loose rendering
of this passage. The word which they translate ...
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REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken
of as though it were already come to pass....
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 5
JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6
V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
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ELIAS. — James supplies a lacuna in the story of Elijah. In 1 Kings
17:1, the prophet simply and sternly tells Ahab “there shall not be
dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.” Further on...
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CHAPTER 28
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONFESSION OF SINS-LAWFULNESS OF PRAYERS FOR
RAIN.
James 5:16
THE connection Of this passage with the preceding one is very close.
This is evident even in the Autho...
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Ἡλείας : Elijah plays an immense part in the later Jewish
literature, see Hamburger, _op. cit._, article “Elias”. With his
mention here _cf._ Sir 48:1 ff. προσευχῇ προσηύξατο
: Hebraism _cf._ Luke 22:...
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EFFECTUAL PRAYER
James 5:12
In view of the judgment-seat, at which we shall have to give an
account of our words, we shall do well to employ the simplest,
plainest speech, Matthew 5:34; Matthew 12:3...
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Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a
terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the
failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life.
S...
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EXAMPLES OF PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
James encouraged those in the first century church to keep on
confessing their sins to one another and to keep on praying one for
another. A similar concept is foun...
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But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,
neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be
yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. (13) Is an...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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_PRAYER AND LIFE_
‘The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.’
James 5:16
Prayer is at all times a subject of supreme importance—such
importance that it is quite impossible to o...
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17_Elias was a man_. There are innumerable instances in Scripture of
what he meant to prove; but he chose one that is remarkable above all
others; for it was a great thing that God should make heaven...
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The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with
one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought
to pursue when chastised by the Lord.
The apostle gives the c...
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ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE,.... The apostle
gives an instance of earnest and fervent prayer, and of the efficacy
of it in Elias; who is the same with the prophet Elijah, or Eli...
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six months.
Ver. 17. _Subject to lik...
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_Elias was a man subject to like passions_ To the like infirmities;
_as we are_ In which sense the same word, ομοιοπαθης, is
used, Acts 14:15. It literally signifies, _suffering like things with
anoth...
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ELIAS; Elijah. 1 Kings 17:1; 1 KINGS 18:42-45.
SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE; as much as to say, Do not think of
Elias as some superhuman being, whose prevalent intercession with God
you are forb...
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Admonition to forgiveness and loving intercession:...
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ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE, AND HE PRAYED
EARNESTLY THAT IT MIGHT NOT RAIN; AND IT RAINED NOT ON THE EARTH BY
THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS....
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Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially
to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are
bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take them,...
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Discuss: Elijah. Why did Elijah pray that it NOT rain? For how long
did the drought last in Israel? What would happen here if there was no
rain for that long of a time?...
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EARNESTLY:
Or, in his prayer...
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THE EXAMPLE OF ELIJAH
James 5:17 "Elijah was. man with. nature like ours, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for
three years and six months". "Elijah" -El...
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12-18 The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of
common profane swearing! Such swearing expressly throws contempt upon
God's name and authority. This sin brings neither gain, nor pl...
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ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE; both of body and
mind, natural and moral; and so, though he were righteous, yet he was
not perfect; though an eminent prophet, yet but a man. AND HE...
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James 5:17 Elijah G2243 was G2258 (G5713) man G444 like G3663 ours
G2254 and G2532 prayed G4336 ...
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‘Elijah was a man of like passions with us,'
In this description we are taken back to James 1:13 and James 4:1
where men's emotions were also involved. The difference was that in
the case of Elijah he...
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FINAL EXHORTATION TO PRAYER AND FAITH (JAMES 5:12).
Having faced up men and women to judgment in different ways James now
ends as he began by putting great emphasis on the need for faith and
prayer, a...
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THE SUPREME EXAMPLE OF A MAN UNDERGOING TRIALS WHO GAINED THE VICTORY
IN PRAYER (JAMES 5:17).
James now gives the example of one man of God who endured trials and
testings, and through faith came thro...
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James 5:17. ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE. An
instance in the life of Elijah is given as an example of the efficacy
of the earnest prayer of a righteous man. As, however, the read...
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James 5:7-20. St. James concludes his Epistle with a variety of
admonitions. He first exhorts his readers to patience; they are to
exercise forbearance toward their oppressors and trust toward God,
be...
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OF LIKE PASSIONS WITH US
(ομοιοπαθης ημιν). Associative-instrumental case
ημιν as with ομοιος. This old compound adjective
(ομοιοσ, πασχω), suffering the like with another, in N.T.
only here and Ac...
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CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second
coming.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James.
CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days,
but woe to...
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James 5:1. _Go to now,_ or go now, _ye rich men._ He had taught them
humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the
field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them _to weep and howl_...
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THE SAME KIND OF PERSON. Elijah was as human as any of us! What he did
was an example of the power of prayer. 1 Kings 17:1. HE PRAYED
EARNESTLY. This is something we may all do, since every _child of...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:17 ELIJAH illustrates how a MAN WITH A NATURE
LIKE OURS could have a powerful prayer life. The drought recorded in 1
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:13 The Prayer of Faith. Speaking mainly of
prayer, James restates some of the letter’s key themes. These
include trials and misuse of the tongue. The ultimate way to
“tame” one’s...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 5:17. PRAYED EARNESTLY.—Margin, “prayed in his prayer.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— James 5:17_
Prayer affecting Natural Law.—The statement is made, in...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 5:1
DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR
(1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
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Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to
many of us.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garment...
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1 Kings 17:1; Acts 10:26; Acts 14:15; Luke 4:25; Revelation 11:6;...
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A man [α ν θ ρ ω π ο ς]. The generic word; human like
ourselves, this thought being emphasized by the succeeding epithet of
like passions. See the same expression, Acts 14:15.
Of like passions [ο μ ο...
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Elijah was a man of like passions — Naturally as weak and sinful as
we are. And he prayed — When idolatry covered the land....
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Was the drought three years or three-and-a-half years?
PROBLEM: Both here and in Luke 4:25 it speaks of a three and one-half
year drought in the days of Elijah. But in 1 Kings 17:1 (and 18:1) it
refe...
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Our apostle in these words proves the general proposition he had laid
down, that the fervent prayer of. righteous man availeth much, by.
particular instance, the example of Elias: who seemed to carry...