Come now, you rich, weep and wail at the miseries which are coming
upon you. Your wealth is rotten and your garments are food for moths.
Your gold and silver are corroded clean through with rust; and their
rust is proof to you of how worthless they are. It is a rust which
will eat into your very fle... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)... [ Continue Reading ]
Look you, the pay of the reapers who reaped your estates, the pay kept
back from them by you, cries against you, and the cries of those who
reaped have come to the ears of the Lord of Hosts. On the earth you
have lived in soft luxury and played the wanton; you have fattened
your hearts for the day o... [ Continue Reading ]
Brothers. have patience until the coming of the Lord. Look you, the
farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, patiently waiting
for it until it receives the early and the late rains. So do you too
be patient. Make firm your hearts for the coming of the Lord is near.
Brothers, do not complain... [ Continue Reading ]
Brothers, take as an example of patience in hardship the prophets who
spoke in the name of the Lord. Look you, we count those who endure
blessed. You have heard of Job's steadfast endurance and you have seen
the conclusion of his troubles which the Lord gave to him, and you
have proof that the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
Is any among you in trouble? Let him pray. Is any in good spirits? Let
him sing a hymn. Is any among you sick? Let him call in the elders of
the Church; and let them anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord,
and pray over him; and the believing prayer will restore to health the
ailing person, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Confess your sins to each other, and pray for each other, that you may
be healed. The prayer of a good man, when it is set to work, is very
powerful. Elijah was a man with the same emotions as ourselves, and he
prayed earnestly that it should not rain, and for three years and six
months no rain fell... [ Continue Reading ]
My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and if anyone
turns him again to the right way, let him know that he who has turned
a sinner from his wandering way will save his brothel's soul from
death and will hide a multitude of his own sins.
In this passage there is set down the great dif... [ Continue Reading ]