Our Desires vs. God’s Desire I. The CAUSE of QUARRELS (4:1-3)A. The WAR that Rages INSIDE (4:1-2a; Ti. 3:10-11; Prov. 20:3; Rom. 8:7)B. Our FAILURE to ASK (4:2b; Matt. 7:7-8; John 15:7)C. Our (NOT SO) Hidden AGENDAS (4:3) II. An EXCLUSIVE...
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James and Wisdom After the Cross – Part 3 | Selections from James
Sticks and Stones I. The LAY of the LANDA. Born by the WORD to Grow in PERSEVERANCE (1:2-4, 17-21)B. Our FAITH and the WORK of PERFECTION (1:22-25; 2:14-26)C. The Wisdom of MERCY Forbids FAVOURITISM (2:1-13; 3:13-18) II. The Power of the TONGUE...
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The Folly of Favouritism I. The Incompatibility of FAVOURITISM and the GOSPEL (2:1-13)A. God Chose the POOR (2:5; Matt. 25:40; Luke 4:17-19, 6:20)B. God is no RESPECTER of PERSONS (2:1; Deut. 10:17; I Sam. 16:7; Acts 10:34; Rom. 2:11; Eph. 6:9)C...
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The Legalism of Perfection and the Perfect Law I. A TALE of Two BIRTHS (1:1-8, 12-18)A. PERSEVERANCE is Grown through TRUTH and TRIALS (1:1-8, 17-18; Rom. 5:1-5)B. SIN is Born through DESIRE and DECEPTION (1:13-16, 22)C. PATIENCE and PRACTICE...
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Writings – James What James wants us to see. James 5:1-6 and 4:1-10 August 26, 2018 I. James HELPS us to SEE…A. Seeing SUFFERING as GROWTH. (1:1-18)B. Seeing OURSELVES in the SCRIPTURE. (1:19-27; 2:14-26)C. Seeing OTHERS as God DOES. (2:1-13)D...
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Writings – James “Watch your mouth!” James 1:19-20; 3:1-18; 4:11-17 August 19, 2018 I. The POWER of the TONGUE. (3:1-8)A. A WARNING to would be TEACHERS. (3:1-2)B. A POWER that is DISPROPORTIONATE. (3:3-5)1. From a SPARK to a FIRE. (3:5)2. A...
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Writings – James The way we “see” others. James 2:1-13 August 12, 2018 I. WHAT is FAVOURITISM? (v.1)A. Literally “TAKING up a PERSON”. (v.1)B. “SEEING” them as a MEANS to an END. (v.1) James has talked about trials and also how the word of God is...
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Writings – James The Perfect Torah Assorted passages from James 1-3 August 5, 2018 I. James: A RIGHT STRAWY Epistle? (1 Cor. 3:10-15)A. Jesus: The One Who BELIEVES in Me will LIVE… (John 11:25-26)B. Paul: By GRACE You Have Been SAVED… (Eph...
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Writings – James Why is this happening to me? James 1:1-18; 5:7-12 July 29, 2018 I. Let’s CONSIDER the word “CONSIDER”. (v.2-18)A. It LITERALLY means “to LEAD.” (v.2)B. Faith is a MINDSET or PERSPECTIVE… (v.2,9,12,13,16)C. …that COMES from...
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