CHAPTER IX _PRETENDED DEBATE WITH A RICH UNBELIEVER_ James 4:13 to James 5:6 _Introduction:_ The title of this chapter is itself interpretive, and might introduce some discussion. There is no doubt but that James is here debating with a rich man; but is the rich man an unbeliever? Also, is this... [ Continue Reading ]
THE END OF THE UNGODLY RICH _Text 5:1-6_ James 5:1. Come now ye rich and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. 3. Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you and shall eat... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLD YOURSELF IN CHECK _Text 5:7-9_ James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain. 8. Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER X _RESIST FIERCELY, BRETHREN!_ James 5:7-12 _Introduction_ After the very vivid account of the vengeance that belongs to God, and the just judgment that will come to their persecutor, James turns back to the Christian brethren to whom he is writing. Don-'t let them shake you loose, brethr... [ Continue Reading ]
VICTORY WILL COME, FOR GOD IS REAL _Text 5:10-12_ James 5:10 Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. 11. Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the King James translation say instead of suffering? 431. To whom is this question addressed (i.e.... [ Continue Reading ]