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A bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Knowing that this James was the half-brother of Jesus makes his self-introduction all the more significant. He did not proclaim himself “the brother of Jesus” but only a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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James did not contradict the Apostle Paul, who insisted that we are saved not of works (Ephesians 2:9). James merely clarifies for us the kind of faith that saves. We are saved by grace through faith, not by works; but saving faith will have works that accompany it.
In this passage James has powerfully described both the duty and the blessing of repentance. 4. (James 4:11-12) The solutions for strife: get right with other people. Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law.
- (1-3) Reasons For Strife in The Christian Community.
- (4-5) A Rebuke of Compromise and Covetousness Among Christians.
- (6-10) The Solutions For Strife: in Humility, Get Right with God.
- (11-12) The Solutions For Strife: Get Right with Other people.
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. a. Where ...
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? a. Adulterers and adulteresses: This is a rebuke presented in Old Testamen...
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to ...
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? a. Do not speak evil of one another: Humbling our...
Mark 7:21-22 – For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. Verse by Verse Commentary. 1. Persevere under trials – All people will face trials, and believers will probably face even more than average.
Think; vainly conceit, or persuade himself. That he shall receive any thing of the Lord; even the least mercy, much less the wisdom mentioned.
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What does James mean by referring to a future salvation? Actually, the Bible uses all three tenses—past, present, and future—to refer to God’s work of salvation in our lives. We have been saved (Eph. 2:5), we are being saved (1 Cor. 15:2), and we will be saved in the end (Matt. 10:22).
