James - All or Nothing
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Transcript of James - All or Nothing
The Gospels
Acts of the Apostles
Paul’s Letters
Other Letters
Revelation
A New Testament JourneyLesson 21: James – All or Nothing
Hebrews – The Real Deal
James – All or nothing
1 Peter – Dimensions of Suffering
2 Peter – Darkness before Dawning
1 John – Enjoy Fellowship
2 John – Love in Truth
3 John – Model the Gospel
Jude – Keep your Position
EVENT TIMELINE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Introduction
Theme Verse
The Binary Perspective
Doers
Deceivers
Drifters
Discussion
The author was just James giving us four possibilities:a. James the father of Judas - not very significantb. James the son of Alphaeus - unlikely as he is an obscure apostle.c. James the son of Zebedee and brother of John -important figure in the Gospels, but died early under Herod Agrippa around spring of 44 ADd. James, the brother of Jesus, rose to prominence after Pentecost and traditionally held author
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Practical Living
- 1:2-4, 12-17
- 1:5-8
- 1:19-27,2:10
- 1:2-5:20
- 4:11,12
- 5:7-12
- 4:2,3, 5:13-18
Perseverance
Prayer
Practicing the Word
Prayer
Perseverance
Practicing the Word
James directs this book to Jews scattered across the world – possibly in anticipation of the sufferings Jews will face in the coming years and centuries.
The teachings of James are very similar to the teachings of Jesus – vivid, colourful, illustrative and most importantly covering the Kingdom values similar to the sermon on the mount
James differentiates people clearly into two categories (1:22):
The doers
The deceivers
At the end he deals with the in-between category of the drifters who will eventually fall into one of the above categories.
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Two kinds of
1.Prayers
2. Pride
3. Listening
4. Religion
5. Wealth
6. Belief
7. Speech
8. Friendship
9. Wisdom
10. Attitude
Doers
Bold
In Christ
Hearers & doers
Pure & spotless
Kingdom
Acting
Sweet
With God
Of God
Persevering
Deceivers
Doubtful
In humiliation
Hearers only
Worthless
World
Shuddering
Bitter
With the World
Of world
Complaining
6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. Ch 1
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From “Facing the Giants”
Per
Two kinds of
1. Prayers
2. Pride
3. Listening
4. Religion
5. Wealth
6. Belief
7. Speech
8. Friendship
9. Wisdom
10. Attitude
Doers
Bold
In Christ
Hearers & doers
Pure & spotless
Kingdom
Acting
Sweet
God
Of God
Persevering
Deceivers
Doubtful
In humiliation
Hearers only
Worthless
World
Shuddering
Bitter
World
Of world
Complaining
They are precious lives to be rescued
Don’t write them off
Go after them
Get them back
Prevent an epidemic of drifters… James 5:19,20 Message
Look at the binary perspective slide above. Which aspects do Christians today compromise and not clearly fall into the category?
What do you find most challenging?
How can we achieve a clear “1”, in all aspects of “doers”? What steps do you personally need to take? Share.
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