The Gospels

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Revelation

A New Testament JourneyLesson 21: James – All or Nothing

Hebrews – The Real Deal

James – All or nothing

1 Peter – Dimensions of Suffering

2 Peter – Darkness before Dawning

1 John – Enjoy Fellowship

2 John – Love in Truth

3 John – Model the Gospel

Jude – Keep your Position

EVENT TIMELINE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Introduction

Theme Verse

The Binary Perspective

Doers

Deceivers

Drifters

Discussion

The author was just James giving us four possibilities:a. James the father of Judas - not very significantb. James the son of Alphaeus - unlikely as he is an obscure apostle.c. James the son of Zebedee and brother of John -important figure in the Gospels, but died early under Herod Agrippa around spring of 44 ADd. James, the brother of Jesus, rose to prominence after Pentecost and traditionally held author

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Practical Living

- 1:2-4, 12-17

- 1:5-8

- 1:19-27,2:10

- 1:2-5:20

- 4:11,12

- 5:7-12

- 4:2,3, 5:13-18

Perseverance

Prayer

Practicing the Word

Prayer

Perseverance

Practicing the Word

James directs this book to Jews scattered across the world – possibly in anticipation of the sufferings Jews will face in the coming years and centuries.

The teachings of James are very similar to the teachings of Jesus – vivid, colourful, illustrative and most importantly covering the Kingdom values similar to the sermon on the mount

James differentiates people clearly into two categories (1:22):

The doers

The deceivers

At the end he deals with the in-between category of the drifters who will eventually fall into one of the above categories.

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Two kinds of

1.Prayers

2. Pride

3. Listening

4. Religion

5. Wealth

6. Belief

7. Speech

8. Friendship

9. Wisdom

10. Attitude

Doers

Bold

In Christ

Hearers & doers

Pure & spotless

Kingdom

Acting

Sweet

With God

Of God

Persevering

Deceivers

Doubtful

In humiliation

Hearers only

Worthless

World

Shuddering

Bitter

With the World

Of world

Complaining

6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. Ch 1

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From “Facing the Giants”

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Two kinds of

1. Prayers

2. Pride

3. Listening

4. Religion

5. Wealth

6. Belief

7. Speech

8. Friendship

9. Wisdom

10. Attitude

Doers

Bold

In Christ

Hearers & doers

Pure & spotless

Kingdom

Acting

Sweet

God

Of God

Persevering

Deceivers

Doubtful

In humiliation

Hearers only

Worthless

World

Shuddering

Bitter

World

Of world

Complaining

They are precious lives to be rescued

Don’t write them off

Go after them

Get them back

Prevent an epidemic of drifters… James 5:19,20 Message

Look at the binary perspective slide above. Which aspects do Christians today compromise and not clearly fall into the category?

What do you find most challenging?

How can we achieve a clear “1”, in all aspects of “doers”? What steps do you personally need to take? Share.

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