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Faith, Lack of
A man was walking along a narrow path, not paying much attention to where he was going.
Suddenly he slipped over the edge of a cliff.
As he fell, he grabbed a branch growing from the side of the cliff.
Realizing that he couldn’t hang on for long, he called for help.
Man: Is anybody up there?
Voice: Yes, I’m here!
Man: Who’s that?
Voice: The Lord.
Man: Lord, help me!
Voice: Do you trust me?
Man: I trust you completely, Lord.
Voice: Good.
Let go of the branch.
Man: What???
Voice: I said, “Let go of the branch.”
Man: [After a long pause] Is anybody else up there?464
James
Author
a “bondservant” of God and Christ (1:1)
the half-brother of Jesus
leader of the Jerusalem church
one of several brothers of Jesus and likely the oldest
he did not believe Jesus at first; Challenged him ()
John
Paul called him a “pillar” of the church ()
was a leader in the Council of Jerusalem ()
martyred in AD 62
Areas of Interest
Areas of Special Interest in James:
Riches
Tongue
Impartiality
Doing Good
Self-Control
Key Words
Brothers - 15 times
brothers - 15 times
2. tongue faith - 16 times
3. impartiality believe - 3 times
Faith - 16 times
4. doing good works - 10 times
5. self-control trials/temptation
Believe - 3 times
Works - 10 times
perfect
Trials/Temptations
Perseverance
Perfect
Recipients
As the leader of the Jerusalem church, James wrote as PASTOR to instruct and encourage his dispersed people in the face of their difficulties.
Read James 1:1-11
Considering our text (), Why do you believe God uses suffering and trials to make us “complete” and “lacking nothing”?
Considering our text (), Why does God use suffering and trials to make us complete and lacking nothing?
An example of lack of faith in God
Faith, Lack of
A man was walking along a narrow path, not paying much attention to where he was going.
Suddenly he slipped over the edge of a cliff.
As he fell, he grabbed a branch growing from the side of the cliff.
Realizing that he couldn’t hang on for long, he called for help.
Man: Is anybody up there?
Voice: Yes, I’m here!
Man: Who’s that?
Voice: The Lord.
Man: Lord, help me!
Voice: Do you trust me?
Man: I trust you completely, Lord.
Voice: Good.
Let go of the branch.
Man: What???
Voice: I said, “Let go of the branch.”
Man: [After a long pause] Is anybody else up there?464
Faith, Lack of
A man was walking along a narrow path, not paying much attention to where he was going.
Suddenly he slipped over the edge of a cliff.
As he fell, he grabbed a branch growing from the side of the cliff.
Realizing that he couldn’t hang on for long, he called for help.
Man: Is anybody up there?
Voice: Yes, I’m here!
Man: Who’s that?
Voice: The Lord.
Man: Lord, help me!
Voice: Do you trust me?
Man: I trust you completely, Lord.
Voice: Good.
Let go of the branch.
Man: What???
Voice: I said, “Let go of the branch.”
Man: [After a long pause] Is anybody else up there?464
I. Remember that trials have a purpose.
(1:1-4)
to instruct and encourage his dispersed people in the face of their difficulties.
I. Remember that trials have a purpose.
1:1-4
To test the genuineness of a diamond, jewelers often place it in clear water, which causes a real diamond to sparkle with special brilliance.
An imitation stone, on the other hand, will have almost no sparkle at all.
When the two are placed side by side, even an untrained eye can easily tell the difference.
Trials are of many kinds, but believers can triumph over them.
Verse 2 presents a command concerning trials: consider it pure joy, … whenever you face trials of many kinds.
This does not suggest that we should seek out trials.
1.
They are unavoidable.
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