JAMES (Letter 59, Larry Crabb’s 66 Love Letters)
Save Your Soul By Living Well
Martin Luther did not want this book in the Canon because of the confusion between faith and works.
Some key points
- Welcome troubles – hang in there and pray until a hard life makes us better
- Be quick to listen – listen to His Words and do them
- Be slow to speak – we have more to hear than to say
- Be slow to anger – weep over selfishness and stop counting on tomorrow to make life go better. Express anger only when what offends us also offends God.
- The rich will one day be poor and should treat well those who work for them
- Be patient when life gets hard
- Pray when struggling or sick
- Restore strugglers back to the narrow road
Blessed are they who persevere unter trial because when they have stood the test they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Rich faith, the faith that perseveres under trial, leads to the joy of an unwanted life.
JAMES: From Ray Stedman
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JAMES – David Jeremiah (Understanding the 66 Books of the Bible)
Key thought: The wisdom from above — God’s widsom — teaches us how to deal with trials, care for the needy, control our temper and tongues, and glorify God by the integrity of our daily lives.
Key Verse: But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22
Key Action: Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uspotted from the world James 1:27