These verses are a clarion call to carefully examine yourself in light of God’s standards. Examining yourself to see if you are in the faith is not a popular thing to do. When is the last time you examined yourself? The lessons in James are really tests to see if we are in the faith, and it is imperative that we conduct a self-examination.
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The Test Of True Religion
As we complete chapter one of James we learn many of us have tongues that are out of control. They need to be bridled. James is just getting his foot in the door here regarding his teaching on our tongue. In addition, James gives his contemporary and future readers some practical ways to put the ...
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Test Of Brotherly Love
Discrimination has created one of the greatest social tensions of our time in American culture. Racial, social status, religious, political, educational, discrimination comes in many forms. In today’s lesson, James reminds his readers on God’s opinion of treating other with partiality.
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Fulfilling The Royal Law
All of us can fool each other by knowing and saying a few religious words or by quoting a few Bible verses or by repeating some evangelical cliches. We can learn to give a proper Christian testimony and deliver it with apparent conviction. But does that mean our faith is real?
