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James Week 3: Got Wisdom?

James 1:2-4 Joy in Trials? Defining of Terms a. Consider b. Joy c. When d. Various Trials e. Rejoice 3 Reasons why we can consider our trials great joy! 1. James 2:3 ….because we know they produce Endurance 2. James 1:4 …..because Endurance leads to maturity and completeness. 3. James 1:2, 4 ….because the value of maturity is greater than the value of the absence of trials. Questions: What does this passage tell us about Christ? – Jesus endured trials with joy for us (Heb 12:1-2) and now enables us to do it. Jesus is good to me and gives me trials for my good – he’s wise. Application: How am I failing to rejoice in and live as if this were true about who Jesus is and what he did? I don’t rejoice in trials because I don’t see Christ’s design, I don’t feel his power, and I don’t want his aim of maturity. I complain, I wish trials were gone, and I don’t endure them actively for growth but tolerate them for lack of another viable option.

James Week 2: Joy in Trials

Today's sermon introduced the Book of James which we'll be covering for several weeks. Here are a few key verses and an outline of the book: James 1:22 NASB 22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. James 2:26 NASB 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. James 4:7-8 NASB 7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 5:19-20 NASB 19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. Outline of the Book of James · Greetings (1:1) · Trials and Temptations (1:2–18) o The Testing of Faith (1:2–12) o The Source of Temptation (1:13–18) · Listening and Doing (1:19–27) · Favouritism Forbidden (2:1–13) · Faith and Deeds (2:14–26) · Taming the Tongue (3:1–12) · Two Kinds of Wisdom (3:13–18) · Warning against Worldliness (ch. 4) o Quarrelsomeness (4:1–3) o Spiritual Unfaithfulness (4:4) o Pride (4:5–10) o Slander (4:11–12) o Boasting (4:13–17) · Warning to Rich Oppressors (5:1–6) · Miscellaneous Exhortations (5:7–20) o Concerning Patience in Suffering (5:7–11) o Concerning Oaths (5:12) o Concerning the Prayer of Faith (5:13–18) o Concerning Those Who Wander from the Truth (5:19–20)

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