James 4
James tells us at the end of chapter 4 that if someone knows what they should do and does not do it, it is____ for them.
What is sin?
James 4:17
17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
James tells his readers to wait_______ for the Lords coming.
Patiently
James 5:8
8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
What is the first word of the book of James?
James
James 1:1
"James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nation: Greetings." James 1:1
James 1 says: Consider it pure______ my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.
Joy
What chapter talks about Prayer?
Chapter 5
What do you become to God if you choose to be a friend of the world?
Enemy
4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
Brothers and sisters are not to complain against each other because this "person" is standing at the door.
The Judge
James 5:9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
James uses the example of the well dressed man and poorly dressed man to teach us not to show________.
Favouritism/Partiality
James 2:1-4 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism....
James 2 says: Faith without works is ______________?
Dead
What chapter talks about faith and works?
Chapter 2
God opposes the proud. What does He show to the humble?
Favour
6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud
but shows favour to the humble.”
In the warning to rich oppressors James tells them that their"______ has rotted and ______have eaten your clothes."
Wealth & Moths
James 5:2
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
What will you and I receive if we persevere under trial/stand the test?
The Crown of Life
James 1:12
2 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 5:17 says, "______ was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for 3.5 years."
Elijah
What chapter talks about enduring trials and temptations?
Chapter 1
What is it in us that is God jealous for?
the Spirit
5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?
James encourages us to care and watch over each other.
19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from ______ and cover over a multitude of ____.
death & sins
"No human being can tame the ______. It is a restless ___, full of deadly_____."
tongue, evil, and poison
James 3:8
8 ...but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:9 says, "With the _______ we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we __________ human beings, who have been made in God's likeness."
Tongue, Curse
What chapter talks about taming the tongue?
Chapter 3
According to James, what caused fights and quarrels among people in the church? (Applies to us too!)
"....your desires that battle within you."
James 4:1
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?
What does James say we should do in the following situations: when we are in trouble, happy or sick?
Pray, Sing songs of Praise, Call the elders to pray
13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
"Wisdom" that is earthly, unspiritual and demonic shows up in situations/life as disorder and evil practices.
James say it is because we hold onto 2 things (negative) in our hearts. What are they?
"bitter envy" & "selfish ambition"
14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
James 4:7 says, "__(Verb-S)___ yourselves, then, to __(Noun)_. ___(Verb-R)___ the ___(Noun)__, and he will __(Verb)___ from you.
Submit, God, Resist, Devil, Flee
What chapter talks about the need to be Humble before God?
Chapter 4