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James 1:4 · BSB
1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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…for a moment on Isaiah chapter 8 verse 20. Let me read it to you carefully. And I would ask that you underline it. Before we actually get there, inJames chapter 1it says, If any man lacks wisdom, let him what? Ask of God. Hey, I'm not sure should I buy the red car or the blue car. Give me a break. If you…
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…in the long-term interests. In fact, in eternal interests. Now this ties in very nicely with what Bruce was teaching us last Sunday night fromJames chapter 1and 2. If you weren't here and you haven't heard that sermon, I would highly recommend that you go online and listen to it. And in his sermon,…
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…God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Let me have you look at another passage over inJames chapter 1. James chapter 1. Verse 2, Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces…
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…need. And that brings us to the last point. How do we go through our own tests? Now, the New Testament is very clear that God tempts no one to sin.James chapter 1in the New Testament makes that very clear. God's not in the business of putting temptations before you to sin. Temptations come from our own…
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…They can really understand other people. They can really see reality as it truly is. And they can live accordingly. In the New Testament epistle ofJames, chapter 1, 19 through 20, James puts it this way. He says, Know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak,…
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…what's important: unrelated to circumstances and not a function of our situation. Biblical joy is often spoken of in the midst of awful situations.James chapter 1, where he says, consider it pure joy, my friends, my brothers, when you face many kinds of trials. And we looked at that several months ago. Joy in…
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…to just ask Him for it. We need to admit to God our inability, our limitations, our weaknesses, and ask God to give it to us because He promises inJames chapter 1that He will look at it. James says, if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to all without reproach and it will be given…
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…phases. But God is constant. God does not change. We can count on Him because of who He is and what He does. God is good in terms of who He is. InJames chapter 1in verse 13, prior to talking about how every good and gift comes from God, James had tried to help these people understand you never blame God for…
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…to God, inwardly, outwardly, as if you want him to really rescue and save you from your foolishness and your ignorance. You know, we're told inJames chapter 1that if we ask, if we lack wisdom, we should ask God. But even in that passage, we're told we've got to be serious about it. It's not some ho-hum…
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…tracking with Jesus. They're listening to Jesus. They're like, oh man, I am with you. You can hear and never listen. The Bible says it like this inJames chapter 1, starting in verse 22. He says, But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourself. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a…
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…their loftiness and their arrogance, but rather should realize that this life and the things of this life are fleeting and they will not last. InJames chapter 1, 26 and 27, we saw that God is not impressed with the same things we are. We're impressed with powerful, influential, wealthy people, people of…
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…better. What is the Lord's purpose for suffering and injustice and trials in our lives? Miserable as they can be? That's what we read earlier fromJames chapter 1. It is so that the testing of our faith will produce steadfastness and that steadfastness will get full effect. And we may be perfect and complete,…
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…have a Bible with you, use that Bible. If you don't have a Bible, take that home with you. It's what it's there for. And follow along as I readJames chapter 1. We're going to be looking at verses 12 through 15. Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial. For when he has stood the test, he will…
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…to be perfect, but just you want to be a part of things every once in a while. Fill that in and we will be involving people. So I'm reading fromJames chapter 1, the Pew Bible, page 1011. If you don't have a Bible, there's one in front of you in the pew, take it. It's yours. That's what they're there for,…
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…you choose to bring into my life to enable me to be more the person you want me to be. And that is actually the message with which he begins inJames chapter 1. Listen to what he says. Just listen. This is so hard. I mean, it's not hard to say it, it's not hard to sit there, but it's hard to internalize it…
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…It's not Walt's words. So I'm going to read the first chapter. If you have your Bible with you, and I hope you do, I would ask you to turn to that,James chapter 1. If you don't have a Bible with you, you're welcome to use the Bible in the pew in front of you. If you don't have a Bible, then please take that…
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Now if you have a Bible there, do you turn toJames chapter 1. The last couple of weeks I've had an experience that I'm sure many of us have had many times. The phone rings, at a time you don't really want to…
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If you turn back toJames chapter 1, that would be great. Page 1011. So our modern ears, or post-modern ears, whatever kind of ears we have in this culture, there are many parts of…
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…1 God giving us over the same concept to our sinful desires in other words taking it to its fullest extent it's the nature of sin it brings deathJames chapter 1desire when it is conceived gives birth to sin and sin when it's fully grown brings forth death by its very nature Proverbs 14 12 there's a way…
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…evidences. And a strong one that you see in multiple places is what? Love for other Christians, right? That's there in 1 John. That's there inJames chapter 1. And that's in Matthew 25. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We got time for one more question. I heard a bunch of people. I saw his hand. You all want to…
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