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FROM SKEPTICAL OF HIS BROTHER TO SLAVE OF HIS CHRIST (1:1)
Notice what James calls himself: a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,...
Q: WHAT CHANGED FOR JAMES?
1 Corinthians 13
SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MEET THE RESURRECTED JESUS.
SO IF JESUS IS THE CHRIST, WHY AM I FACING THIS JUNK? (1:2-4)
…WHEN YOU MEET TRIALS OF VARIOUS KINDS,...
“Peirasmos is trial or testing directed towards an end, and the end is that anyone who is tested should emerge stronger and purer from the experience.”
— WILLIAM BARCLAY
…THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH...
It is the word for sterling coinage
PERFECT = mature
COMPLETE = complete in all respects
“BUT WHAT IF I FEEL LIKE I’M LACKING AND NOT COMPLETE?”
JUST ASK (1:5-8)
So James picks SOMETHING that you may be lacking in: WISDOM.
JUST ASK GOD:
LOOK AT HOW GOD BLESSED SOLOMON WHEN HE ASKED FOR WISDOM:
2 Chronicles 1:11-12
LET HIM ASK GOD WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT REPROACH.
— 1:5
ASK GOD
GOD GIVES GENEROUSLY
GOD IS NOT OFFENDED THAT YOU ASK.
BUT DON’T DOUBT WHEN YOU ASK
If anyone could understand what it was like to doubt Jesus, it is James.
WHY WOULD WE DOUBT?
Not sure that God is GOOD.
Not sure that God is ABLE.
“If we are to use aright the experiences of life to develop a sterling character, we must ask for wisdom from God.
And when we ask, we must remember the absolute generosity of God and see to it that we ask believing that we shall receive what God knows it is good and right for us to have.”
— William Barclay
BIG IDEA: Your perspective about everything changes when you meet the resurrected Jesus.
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