James 3
03/31/21 • 5 min
Sadly, in our day, it’s not uncommon to go online and see people who profess Christ teaching others with an assumed authority, though they really out not to be teaching at all. James says that those who teach will be judged more strictly, and goes on to tie teaching in with one’s ability to control their own tongue. So much damage is done day after day by people who either cannot control their tongues or who refuse to do so, and yet they also claim to be teachers or authorities. The mouth of the Lord’s servant should not release both cursing and blessing any more than you’d expect a saltwater spring to produce fresh water. Mark well the checklist that James gives at the end of our reading of the kind of wisdom that comes from above.
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Christian Standard Bible translation.
All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.
Co-produced by Aaron Colyer and the Christian Standard Bible
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Sadly, in our day, it’s not uncommon to go online and see people who profess Christ teaching others with an assumed authority, though they really out not to be teaching at all. James says that those who teach will be judged more strictly, and goes on to tie teaching in with one’s ability to control their own tongue. So much damage is done day after day by people who either cannot control their tongues or who refuse to do so, and yet they also claim to be teachers or authorities. The mouth of the Lord’s servant should not release both cursing and blessing any more than you’d expect a saltwater spring to produce fresh water. Mark well the checklist that James gives at the end of our reading of the kind of wisdom that comes from above.
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Christian Standard Bible translation.
All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.
Co-produced by Aaron Colyer and the Christian Standard Bible
facebook.com/commuterbible
instagram.com/commuter_bible
twitter.com/CommuterPod
patreon.com/commuterbible
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James 2
James wants his audience to know showing favoritism and partiality because of one’s social status is sinful and breaks the law of God. Specifically, James addresses the practice of honoring those who have money above those who are poor, reminding us to “love your neighbor as yourself.” Next, James addresses what seems to be an argument between the value of faith and the value of works. While good works do not save one from hell or make someone righteous before, faith without works is useless. In other words, true faith is accompanied by works.
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Christian Standard Bible translation.
All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.
Co-produced by Aaron Colyer and the Christian Standard Bible
facebook.com/commuterbible
instagram.com/commuter_bible
twitter.com/CommuterPod
patreon.com/commuterbible
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James 4
Our last reading ended with a warning about earthly wisdom, which reveals itself through bitter envy and selfish ambition. James begins today’s section by explaining that fighting, warring, and quarrels arise from the passions that wage war within us. In other words, people fight because they want what they want and won’t humble themselves before the Lord. Those who refuse to submit to God should repent, be mournful, and despair because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. James says that it is arrogant even to confidently assert that you know what tomorrow will hold. Instead, James says that our conversations should be peppered with reminders that God is control of our days.
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Christian Standard Bible translation.
All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.
Co-produced by Aaron Colyer and the Christian Standard Bible
facebook.com/commuterbible
instagram.com/commuter_bible
twitter.com/CommuterPod
patreon.com/commuterbible
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