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James 1:18 · BSB
1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
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…sense that it makes progress, but that it grows and it metastasizes and it moves from where it begins. James lines that out for us. You remember inJames chapter 1and verse 13 when he says, let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God does not tempt man of evil, neither is he himself…
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…needs to know about sin is that sin is chosen. We choose to rebel, to defy, and to transgress God's law and his Word. Turn in your Bible toJames chapter 1, and this is the place where Robert read for us from the scripture reading. And James in James 1, really 13 down through 16, unpacks where sin…
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…or as a noun, translated as grace or favour, or in some other ways. So what does it mean that God is gracious? Well, to borrow an expression fromJames chapter 1, that God is gracious means that he gives generously without finding fault. It's in God's nature to give. He's inclined to be generous. He's…
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…our past experiences, our past hardships, and answer the moments already packaged with those presuppositions. Listen to how James talks about it inJames chapter 1. When you experience various troubles, what are you to do? Well, just two days, two verses later, he says, Ask the Father for wisdom. When you go…
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…actions upon that faith, is what? Dead. Somebody says, I don't understand what actions upon the faith is. Look over at James again, and look atJames chapter 1, and look, brethren, at verse 22. James 1, 22. But be ye what? Doers of the word and not hearers only. A doer of the word of God is obedient. So…
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…me to make alone. I need to bring other people into this. And those kind of foster a ground towards wisdom. Then we have James who reminds us inJames chapter 1that we should ask God regularly for it. He says, if any of you lack wisdom, you should ask God, who gives it generously to all without finding…
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…seems to be religious and bridles not his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Later on, from where Brady was reading inJames chapter 1and verse 26. We go to James chapter 3 and verse 2, it says, in many things we all offend. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man,…
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…his love to this new life that we have been given to follow him in Matthew 16, 24 and 25. God's redemptive work on the earth is being presented inJames chapter 1. And that work that God is doing in each of us, the work that he's doing on this earth, is reaching one more. James is helping us to understand…
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…find God with a search warrant. And so he cries out, God, restore to me the joy of my salvation. James puts it like this. James tells us inJames chapter 1, he says, this is how it happens. But each person is tempted when they're dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then after desire has…
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…What? A friend of the lust of the flesh, a friend of the lust of the eyes, a friend of the pride of life, is an enemy of God. And then look atJames chapter 1real quick. And notice what he says about verse 8. Would you read it with me? Verse 8 of James chapter 1. Ready? Begin. A double-minded man is…
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…to change our lives. It is helpful for you. The question is, are you going to it for help? And let's let's take heed of the warning from James inJames chapter 1when he says, Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness, receive with humility the word that is implanted…
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…it's used here, and this biblical concept of trial and testing, it's not talking about temptation. where God is tempting you to sin. No, it's theJames chapter 1sense in which the author is speaking. James chapter 1 says this, Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that…
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…of the flesh? How does the flesh seek to enslave you to sin? It does this in a numerous, in numerous ways, a variety of ways. If you go toJames chapter 1, look with me in verse 14. James chapter 1, verse 14. James chapter 1, verse 14, we read, but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed…
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…are built with these verbs. Wisdom doesn't passively seep into you through some sort of religious osmosis, but you pursue it. James echoes this inJames chapter 1when he says, if you let lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously, and let him ask in faith, verse 6 says. So even in…
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…with us So looking at these snapshots, what are we going to do now? Are we going to close this album? And go away and forget our own resemblanceJames chapter 1in verse 24 We're gonna stay stuck in our own problems and presumptions or are we gonna get the bigger picture and trust God? Getting God's big…
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…the hard and bad times, we need to joyously give thanks to God. I have to admit that there are passages in the Bible that I struggle to deal with.James chapter 1, starting in verse 2, down to verse 4. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials. When I consider what? Various trials.…
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…he says, follow after righteousness, faith, charity, peace with them, that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Let me give you #3 turn over toJames chapter 1. If you will see, a sanctified vessel will be purged, A sanctified vessel will be prepared, and lastly, A sanctified vessel will be purified. James…
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…I read it through, good. Keep reading it through. And it just gets more alive and more alive and more alive with the experience that he gives us.James chapter 1. Let's focus in on verse 17 for a few minutes this morning. Verse 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the…
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…the just and the unjust. He made the Father's beneficent care to be the great primary cause of all good things. Even as the writer of James says inJames chapter 1and verse 17, every good gift and every perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither…
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…he tested them to know what was in their heart. He wanted them to see what was in their heart. He wanted them to see where they had areas to go.James chapter 1tells us this, hey, when trials, when difficulties come in your life, rejoice. You think, what? You know why? Because the trying of your faith work…
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