Introduction to the Book of James

I've been longing to get into the book

of james with you. We're going verse by

verse... Our fellowship has gone verse by verse

through several books since we started. We have

topical message at times, but we often have

verse by diverse studies through books and

that's my favorite thing to do. Although I

love to talk about topical things as they

come up. And and as we're going through

the book of James, it doesn't mean we

won't have topical teachings here and there where

we get away from the book of James

for a week or 2 here and there.

We'll still talk about

current events. We'll talk about what's going on.

In popular culture that threatens the church, government,

we'll talk about end times. We'll have messages

when things go down that our everybody's questioning

and what's going on, how does this fit

in the bible. You know me. We get

all that stuff. We'll continue to do that.

But I'm so excited about getting in the

book of James with you because James will

revolutionize your life

I started memorizing the book of James a

while back. I'd always memorized surf certain portions

of James, but I started James 1 1

and started I started working my way through

memorizing the book. And it's amazing what you

get out of it because I've literally been

through chapter 1 several hundred times just going

through chapter 1 in preparation

for getting together with you. And it's such

an amazing book because

James is

basically

articulating

the sermon of the mount

that Jesus gave. When you look at it,

it's a blow mind because he has the

mind of Christ.

And I wanna challenge you to look at

James in the way that you don't typically...

You... I think we'll incentivize you if you

understand this. I really got to understand this

through

seeking to memorize the book, and I've got

it quite a ways to go to memorize

the entire book, but I've been working on

it, and my hope in prayers have by

the time we're done going through this. I'll

have every verse of James memorized.

But what blew me away is how much

he... A lot of times people thinks, oh,

he relies a lot on proverbs. No he

doesn't.

There's t mentioned

throughout the book of James a bit, references

to the old testament for sure, but it's

basically the new testament book of proverbs and

he's leaning heavily on the sermon of the

mountain.

Because when he received the sermon on the

mount, this James that wrote this book. It

transformed his life

and it's called Paul calls the mind of

Christ.

And he takes a sermon the mount throughout

the book of James and applies it to

the situation of a church that's scattered in

the early century in the early first century

of church history.

And we're supposed to live by the sermon

mount. Remember Jesus when he gave the sermon

mount. Talked about, at the end of the

sermon he talked about the 1 who puts

these words into practice would be like a

man who builds his house on a what

on a rock. Then when the storms come,

his his house will stand.

In contrast the man who builds his house

on the sand,

Not a God's word

and the house is incredibly destroyed when the

floods come.

By the way, remember to certain out. Talks

about that. Well, James, what does he say

James chapter 1.

James 1 · chapter mention

Right?

You know, be doers the word not mary

merely hears who d yourselves. Amen?

That's right. 1 of those connections to the

sermon on the mount. He tells us to

be doing, the we're not here is only

who deceive ourselves. So James out being a

genuine believer. Truly build your house on the

rock. And it blows me away when I

look at James, I'm so blown away by

James. Because by way of introduction, I'll notice

a lot of people

I've got some 30 or so commentaries that

I'm using right now,

as I as I study the book of

James, seen different

insights, different understanding he's challenging my view on

certain things and and so forth, confirming my

view and other things,

expanding

my horizons and enhancing my perspective. I think

it's great to check out commentaries,

but many of them say that James... Many

of these commentaries and their introductions,

will say that James is kind of a

bunch of new testament proverbs just thrown together.

There's no rhyme or reason.

Having

embarked on memorizing the book. I already thought

that was not untrue, but it's so ridiculous.

You'll see as we go through the book

of James.

How connected it is. It's a bunch of

precious

you know, res

pearls strung together beautifully

as a whole pearl.

But if you don't really study the book

of James Fact, when I read that I'm

thinking you shouldn't to be writing in the

commentary here, James, I'm sorry. Some of these

comment, like, because if you don't even see

how this under... This links together, I'm sad.

I'm shocked.

So we're gonna see how it connects together,

but what blows me away

is we're call that Christians be transformed by

the renewing of our mines.

By the word of God amen.

And to have the mind of Christ and

look at reality through the lenses of god's

eyes, Amen, spiritually,

the natural man doesn't receive the things the

spirit. But they are spiritually app praise. And

when you have the mind of Christ, you

can spiritually app praise things. You can walk

to no path that Jesus talked about in

the sermon in the mount. And when you

look at James, you see he is a

man that's been revolutionized by the teaching of

the Lord Jesus Christ. By the sermon in

the mount. And he exceeds he's addressing

chapter 1 verse 1 is James a bond

servant of Jesus Christ. Right?

And and not have just God. A demons

of God and of Jesus Christ to the...

Who's addressed to you to those who are

scattered or dispersed the 12 tribes of Israel.

He's addressing believers who have been scattered because

of persecution.

And we're gonna... These first 2 messages are

gonna be devour verse 1.

Okay? By way of introduction. And you're going

understand that James,

a bonds of God and it lord you

this Christ the 12 tribe of who. 12

tri israel, of course, who are what.

Dispersed abroad greetings.

They've been dispersed because the church has undergone

persecution in the early chapters in the book

of acts, not long after acts chapter 2

Acts 2 · chapter mention

and 3 and the church has grown by

the thousands. It's been scattered throughout the Roman

empire, where the apostles are hanging out still

in Jerusalem as God uses as Jerusalem as

a headquarters for a while.

And now these new believers

are trying to get their bearing spiritually.

They're tempted. Some of them have anger

because how their being mistreated by wicked people.

That's why James says be angry. Right? But

don't sin. That's what Paul says. But James

is a very interesting thing. He says, the

anger man is not wet.

Produce the righteousness of God. Amen.

So you're saying don't don't sin. If you're

upset, don't... Like Paul was say, don't don't

send in it. And that's why you're seeing

a lot James...

In the very next versus is considered all

join my brother when you encounter various what.

Trials. He knows they're going through trials.

So you have to get the understand of

and I don't wanna give you. I could

give you an introduction by way. Oh, let's

talk about James theology. Let's talk about his

es methodology. Let's talk about this. That the

other. And I thought I don't wanna bog

us down.

Get into everything James teaches by way of

introduction, and and then get it into it.

I wanna say a little bit by way

of introduction,

a little bit for me is,

a, lot deeper than you're getting almost any

commentary okay with first couple versus, you'll see

that first verse, especially, but I don't want

to get down. I don't wanna go forward

and talk about the entirety of the book.

You know, this and this and this is

out and this... No. I wanna take it

first by verse but I wanted to devour

what we're looking at

in James chapter 1, and I want you

James 1 · chapter mention

to have the mind of Christ.

I want you to see how the sermon

of the mount is being applied

by James to believers that are being persecuted.

Into their in their specific situations because guess

what's gonna happen in the church?

And guess what has happened in the church

in places like China. K?

The Middle East, it's already being scattered.

There are pastors that are arrested and put

to death, believers that are put to death.

Our country, United States America, Australia, New Zealand.

These countries are anomalies in church history.

Most believers in most places have

have gone through incredible

persecution.

Armenia was called the first Christian country, but

it was decimated and destroyed practically by

millions of millions of them killed, profess Christians

by Muslims.

K? We have not had that kind of

persecution here, but we can see the woke

writing on the wall. Can't we?

Where a lot of this is headed. We

see that Jesus says all those who live

godly or Paul said, all those who have

godly in christ. Jesus will suffer persecution amen.

So we know

ab even in a Christian country where we're

not being fully persecuted yet.

They're still persecution against Christianity.

So this book is such a gem because

it has so many so much encouragement as

how to live as a christian in a

fallen wicked world.

Now,

It's not a hodgepodge

of prop proverbs that are just slapped together.

So some say, well, it's written by James

disciples, and they kinda put his teachings together

and threw them together. No. It's not like

that either.

So James

also was attacked by Martin Luther,

the father of the reformation

Martin Luther said, quote, James Mango scriptures, and

thereby opposes Paul.

Now what's a trip is some say, well,

James doesn't talk a lot about Jesus. In

fact, you barely see a reference to Jesus.

It they does say in in James to

not hold your faith in the... Our glorious,

lord Jesus. He all. And then the time

he mentions he call him our glorious Lord

Jesus. He mentions him in verse 1 as

well.

But understand this, I know of no

teaching in the new testament outside of Jesus

own teachings. I know of no new testament

letter epi that more

communicates, Jesus is teaching than this book right

here.

Because I mentioned the sermon on the mount

Amen,

Jesus most radical, most amazing

most powerful message.

It's perm.

James has so caught up in Jesus and

is teaching.

But he's trying to get practical wisdom to

a church

that is in disarray

that They're not getting paid when they mow

people's fields James chapter 5, and they're being

James 5 · chapter mention

thrown in, they're being taken to court by

rich people. They're going through all kinds of

persecution.

Because they're they're in different regions, they're different

provinces. They're scattered abroad. So it doesn't get

too specific into 1 specific region. So it

basically

addresses all of them.

But when Martin Luther says James Mango of

scriptures and thereby opposes Paul.

He actually said, he... His view is he

feels like Jimmy. Speaking of James. Jimmy should

be thrown in the fire. You know? That's

what Martin Luther was saying about James.

And that's because

during the reformation when he was disputing with

the Roman Catholics and emphasizing that, hey, Paul

states that were saved by Grace you faith,

the Roman Catholics during the reformation would say,

well, faith of that works as dead. And

they would use changes writing as it was

an opposition to what Paul Taught in some

way. Right?

And Luther actually

lost that part of the debate in the

sense that he back pedal on James. Later

on, he except... He accepts James as part

of the cannon because Christians have for for

thousands... If we're almost 2000 years, guys. He

accepts it, but he says it should be

put in the back of the cannon, relegated

to the back of the cannon.

But he loses the debate, not on whether

we're saved by Grace or by merit, Roman

catholicism teaches that were saved by our merits,

what we do, burning ourselves out of purgatory

things of that nature, and it's it's here.

Luther right. We're saved by Grace to faith.

That not of ourselves paul says a gift

of God, not it works us any much

of boast. Amen.

But James is not opposing Paul.

James is opposing those who abuse grace, which

the apostle paul opposes as well.

How many times did Paul say, like, at

first Corinthians 6 9 through 11. Second,

Galatians is chapter 5 versus 19 through 21

Isaiah 5 · chapter mention

with chapter 6 versus 7 through 9. Or

go or ephesians? Chapter 5 versus

7 through 8.

Really 538. How many times this Paul warned

don't be to deceived those who live wicked

lives? Not inherit the kingdom of God, amen.

How many of his times as Paul say,

warren about those who profess to know him,

Titus 116, but by their works deny him.

Paul states to the Galatians church who he's

emphasized were saved by grace. He goes on

to say faith works through love.

And Paul... So Paul And james both oppose

those

who twist grace into a license

and teach an empty form of faith.

They're not opposed to 1 another. In fact,

I'm happy to say most of modern scholarship

that's evangelical now. Much of it. I should

say,

understands that James was written very early. Okay?

And was not... And Paul's writings and Paul's

teaching of justification by faith,

was not on... Not even on his radar.

Okay? And by the way, Jesus taught, were

justified by faith. For Jesus have forgot To

love the world that they gave him and

let got said that whoever wet.

Believes in shall not purest but have ever

last life. That's the message of the gospel.

He amen of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

That was Peter's message. To believe in the

Lord Jesus the early chapters of acts be

before while Paul is having Christians killed.

So there's no opposition between James and Paul.

In fact, James is written very early. It's

probably the the book of James it's probably

the earliest book many scholars believe this that

was written in the new testament.

Before Matthew Mark Luke and John, even before

first Corinthians

and other books.

Many dated it to the early mid forties,

mid forties

Ad,

which is really remarkable.

And because it's so primitive in,

the way it

is dealing with who. Who it dealing with?

Who it addressed to? James, the bon of

God and Lord jesus is christ to the

what? 12 tribes who are scattered or dispersed

abroad It's dealing with the early Christians were

all Jewish for the most part. Do you

remember that. Right?

All the early Christians were Jews before the

gentile towels, of the door that was opened

the gentile towels, it acts 10 and 11

and so forth began to that door started

the swing open.

And most believe that James, many, I should

say many

very good eventually sellers believe that James was

written well before.

Acts chapter 15 when there was a dispute

Acts 15 · chapter mention

as to how gentile towels were to be

saved. In fact, the big dispute is on

the torah.

In in

acts chapter 15, with James brother Jesus, Peter

Acts 15 · chapter mention

John Paul there, whether Gentile towels have to

be.

A big dispute to be saved.

And

James, the brother Lord writes a letter, crafts

it from the apostle say no, Gentile tells

do not have to keep the law of

Moses to be saved.

Well,

James doesn't even deal with that issue in

the book of James. If that was a

big issue, and acts 15 had already happened.

You think James would mention, especially since he

mentions the law a few different times, but

it's not even on his radar.

So

no. Don't throw Jimmy in the fire, guys.

Study Jimmy. Hey, man. Study James.

Be thankful that God has given us this

book. It's the favorite book of many people

for reason because many people's lives have been

transformed, and I'm so excited about this book

for you and me.

Because I believe as we study this book

together, if your prayer, your heart cry is

being Lord God.

Help me to become more like Christ.

Lord help me to know your word better.

Help me to walk this straight and narrow

better. Help me to glorify your name better.

Help me to understand what it means to

not be under the love Moses, but to

be under the love of Christ and obey

it.

We've got the right book man.

Help me practically know how to apply your

truth to my life. We're in the right

book.

Help me be a radical believer. James is

radical.

1 thing everybody agrees about regarding James is

he is a radical

Christian.

Now,

the question

arises.

Okay.

Which James is this?

Which James is writing here.

And that's 1 of the questions that people

have. There's about 4 James in the bible

at in the new testament.

James name is really Jacob, You know, you

know, a Ko in a, the old testament,

the hebrew.

But king James, when the king James bible

was being made.

James sounds a lot like Jacob. So let's

call it James after me.

Wrong. Not good. Okay. So you could call

them Jacob if you want, you know, so

much for king James Goalie.

Hey, amen.

Anyways, it's interesting

because when we look at who wrote the

book of James.

There's some things that you really have to

think about.

You really have to consider.

And when you penetrate this, it's a blow

mind man.

When we really,

think about it. The most prominent James is

there's 2 of them. It has to be

a prominent, James. How do... Why do I

say this?

It has to be 1 of the prominent

James. Why?

Because he doesn't say, he doesn't identify which

James he is.

He just says James. Right?

Right?

A bond servant of of God of the

Lord Jesus Christ the 12 tribes who are

just... Burst to broad greetings.

So he just says James.

So we should... In other words, his audience

first should know who he is.

Right? So if if you're Alexander the great

or you're Napoleon. Right? And you're writing a

letter.

Right?

If if you are writing a letter of

a bunch of people and people are already

know who you are polling, You don't have

to say anything beyond Napoleon. Right?

If for Alexander the. You don't have to

even say the Great. Alexander and sent out

to all the people. K?

This James takes for granted that people, I

believe will know who he is. When he

writes his letter.

So this only leaves 2 James as I

believe as

strong possibilities

That would be James the apostle.

1 of the sons of Thunder, which is

in Jesus Inner circle,

James, his brother, John, the sons of Z,

who Jesus nickname the sons of under.

John wrote 5 books,

Gospel John, first segment third, john the book

revelation. Peter wrote first and second, Peter under

Did James, the apostle not write what book

even? What he's the inner circle who Jesus

charging for leadership?

Or did he did he write this? James?

And then there's another James

who's prominent.

That is the brother of the Lord Jesus

Christ.

Right?

And he's the 1 who crafted the letter

in acts chapter 15, although there's different scholars

Acts 15 · chapter mention

through the history that don't believe. James in

chapter 15 is even the brother of jesus

because it's not identified there as a brother

of Jesus.

Something he was James, you know, the son

of A, 1 of the set... 1 of

the 12 apostles. Fact, a number of people

who trip I trips me out. When I

look back at the reformer and stuff thought

that.

Although I personally believe that James, the brother

of Jesus is the is the apostle, or

I'm not the apostle. The James in

acts chapter 15.

Acts 15 · chapter mention

And

some will say, well, you know, it's it's

A, you know?

How many you remember James the son of

Alt. It it's not very common. A lot

of people, Christians be like, who what you

talking about? He was 1 of the 12

apostles too.

There were 2 James

that were apostles.

If we're gonna use the word James.

Okay?

And I think it's interesting

to to think about because,

well,

the Jam Macarthur study bible. And I don't

agree with this comment.

States of the 4 men named James in

the new testament,

only 2 are candidates.

For the authors ship of the epi. Argue

with that much. He's right there Only 2

are probably really good candidates

for the authors ship of the epi. Then

he says no 1 seriously considered James. No

1 seriously considered

James, the less, the son of Alt.

And he's saying that because

James, the son of Alt

is not prominent at all. He's just mentioned

among the 12. You don't see him really

engage really leading

as you see James the apostle,

John

Peter

and so forth.

But he's wrong when he says in the

study bible, no 1 has seriously considered James

the less, the son of Alt.

Because John Calvin and he's a Calvin. John

Calvin believe it was john James was a

son of Alt at apostle. Thomas Man, who

has probably the most popular commentary from from

years back, on the book of James,

I've had that for many, many years since

I was young Christian. He believes that. Matthew

Henry, Have you read Matthew Henry's commentary. He

believes it's Apostle, of James, the son of

Alt.

Matthew Pool, another popular Commentary that's online also

believes it refers to James the son of

a. So

I think,

I'm getting my pages. If I seem a

little rattle that first because I got some

disarray going up here, but I, you understand

where... But I'm making sense to you.

Okay. So I'm... But do I believe was

James and Son of? No.

I don't believe there's... I haven't seen any

good evidence for that. You know? Like, why?

Hawaii.

So, you know, that's 1

consideration though. Now,

Most

believe it's James, the brother of Jesus.

Some,

Out of the 30 or so plus commentaries

that I have on James, I've only found

2

that believe it's James the apostle.

Every other 1 believes this James, the brother

of Jesus?

Now do we put our finger in the

air and say, oh, who what what do

most caller say? We've never done that here.

Okay? So we're not gonna do that. When

gonna say, okay, What's the evidence?

And I think it's interesting because I wanna...

I'd like to have a good idea of

who's writing to me, you know?

And and and I I hate to say

this to you. My

Ey lean a certain way, but I'm not

definite on this.

K. 1 of my favorite reform scholars, and

we're not reformed here, but I like,

some reform scholars when they're not writing on.

Reformed theology.

When they're writing on this sufficiency description and

so forth, they could be great. And in

certain other topics. But it's interesting.

1 of my favorite reform scholars is Douglas

moo.

And Douglas Mu,

he just discard,

James the apostle with like 1 sentence. Well,

it's probably too early for him to written

it.

Just... And he says probably. And he has

2 different commentaries on James. And the other

1 he says it's likely

In otherwise, it's probably. Really probably based on

what?

Well, first of all, let's clear this up,

how many of your thinking, Joe, you're saying

he had to be a very prominent James.

Because people would just know him as James.

But you're saying there's 2 prominent James.

That kind of destroys your view, your theory,

it doesn't make sense. No. It makes perfect

sense when we you understand this. 1 James

is more prominent at 1 time in church

history.

The other James is more prominent at the

other time in church history.

Are you with me? Which James was prominent

in the early chapters of the book of

acts?

Who say loud?

The apostle James. Right? In fact, the brother,

the Lord Jesus and his family members,

They weren't even be believers. His brothers and

sisters until Jesus rose from the dead. Amen.

So he was not gonna all be, you

know, born again

right after these rise to the dead, and

then the popular James that are already listens

to because he now needs to find out

what it teaches it was really meant by

and what his teaching really was and and

so forth. So in the first chapters, you

don't see James, the brother, Lord accept the

fact that he was there at the day

of Pent, and you see later that Paul

says that Jesus appeared to him after he

risen from the dead.

Yeah, I love James brother, Lord. He's awesome.

Could you imagine? Jesus being your older brother?

And now your... If this is him, and

that's gonna be the way I roll throughout

most of this series

is I believe it could be either or.

I don't believe he be could be dogma

on this.

In fact, Lug at Douglas mood admits, even

though he believes as James as the brother

of the Lord.

Douglas Moo says on page 10 if his

letter of James commentary.

The case for authors ship to this point

is

influential.

Meaning, you really can't know who the author

is. It's it's influential.

He says proof is, proof. Actual proof is

in the nature of the case unavailable.

Meaning if we don't have proof

that's clear and decisive

which James it is.

Although he offers up some of the influential

evidence that suggest It may be the brother

of Jesus.

Now,

it's interesting.

Understand this

when the early church formed

and the book of Ax filled the holy

spirit.

In acts chapter 2, 3000 get saved and

Acts 2 · chapter mention

acts chapter 4, 4000 mortgage saved. There's all

Acts 4 · chapter mention

kinds of believers. Right?

And right soon after that, they're scattered all

over the Roman empire.

It's very easy you see James, the apostle

writing to them. And if and if James

the apostle wrote to them at that time,

or even 10 years later or whatever it

was.

He would be the James that was known.

At this point.

He wouldn't have to put James in apostle

Jesus.

So I'm say, why did he just say

James the apostle, Jesus if he's the apostle?

You could say, well, why didn't... The other

James say James, the have brother of Jesus...

It's an argument from silence,

kinda null fight each other don't they?

So if James was written by James the

apostle,

it would have been in the earlier chapters

the book of acts sometime after the church

had been scattered, which we find out church

was scattered in verse 1. That's who has

been addressed.

However,

James, the apostle,

becomes the first marty among the apostles.

In church history had that privilege.

He was the first marty, acts chapter 12.

Acts 12 · chapter mention

It's just at that time

in chapter 11 and so forth and 12,

and following, we see the other James coming

to Prominence.

And then we see in acts 15,

not Peter wasn't the first pope. There was

James,

this... The brother of Jesus.

What we do see, which is quite remarkable.

As we see James, as I mentioned, he's

the 1 that craft that letter,

which is really interesting. He writes a letter

too

not the Jews though, by He writes a

letter to gentile titles,

believers that they don't have to be.

And, of course, it's not his letter alone

Peter and John or there and so forth.

But he says, basically, he concludes.

And he was a leader of the church

there in Jerusalem. So now, let's say some

time goes by after the apostle James dies.

Right?

Now who's the prominent James. Who?

James the brother, Jesus, Amen. So say a

few years goes by. Right? You're maybe in

the late forties now, Right? Mid to late

forties in the church is scattered,

Then guess what.

Then you get a letter from James. You're

probably thinking it's from who. Unless you speak

is a really old letter

is from James brother of Jesus. Amen.

So we do understand that it's gotta be

1 of the prominent James because he's a

qualify which James he is, number 1.

Number 2, it doesn't contradict the idea that's

it's from 1 of the prominent James because

Both James were prominent at what,

different times in church history. Amen.

Now I know I'm getting a little bit

technical.

But I wanna get a little more technical

because to me, the best evidence

that's used by those that say, this is

a good inference that I think it's the

best evidence is, I don't believe dating is

not the best evidence because we don't know

when it was written. It could've have been

written in the mid thirties. Some have it

being written in 33, 34 ad.

Some have it in the later thirties, you

know? Because the church had been dispersed. And

they would eat counsel. And I know as

a pastor. If you guys all got dispersed,

and I didn't have email and I didn't

have texting and that didn't exist, And our

fellowship got disperse all over the place. I

went sit around and wait 10 years to

write to you.

Okay? So I I think it was probably

written personally in the mid to late thirties

or early forties.

Or mid forties before James was marty, James

marty in 44 ad d guys.

That gives James the apostle plenty of time

to write this letter.

And there's no staunch evidence. This is when

it was written. We don't know.

So you're just looking at a letter written

by a James. That's to those who are

scattered abroad. What I do believe is this.

I believe there's good evidence that that shows

us very very possible that James the brother

of Jesus wrote it.

But I also believe there's good evidence

that suggests it could have been the apostle,

James.

But what's ironic is when I read commentaries,

they'll just miss him with Oh, it probably

as Moose says, and I love move, but,

oh, it's probably too early for him. Probably,

how do you know? You don't have any

give me any evidence when it was written.

You don't know when it was written.

People beep some have it written as 69

Ad, which is really late. Know,

So we don't know when it was exactly

written.

In fact,

moo believes, and I agree that James was

written before acts chapter 15. And he states

Acts 15 · chapter mention

it was probably written. He says, and I'm

not kidding. We'll see this next time in

the mid forties.

Well the mid forties be anywhere from 43

44, 45 46 47.

And then he says probably 44 80. I'm

like, probably 44 ad. That's right when James

dies. The apostle. The prominent James at that

time.

How come it could have been written 43

80 or maybe it was 44 just before

he

before he died and was murdered by King

Ag grip.

Her Grip, or maybe it was written in

40. We don't know.

So I love these kinds of things to

look at them. Of course,

I'm a

student of scripture and I love to see

various arguments. And I'm not a contra. And

I don't wanna be contrary. I usually agree

with assessments that are made by evan scholars

regarding authors, conservative scholars. On this 1, I'm

on the fence.

You know? I'm on the fence in this

1.

But this is a good point that is

made those who are in favor of Jesus

being the brother,

are John or this James being the brother

of Jesus. And this point is this,

is,

although many make it wrong. Okay? They'll point

out and say, well, James 1 1, if

you look at the James 1 James a

demons of God and the Lord Jesus Christ,

to the 12 tribes are scattered abroad at

greetings. That word greetings right there.

There's various words that could be used for

greetings usually related to Cairo or

a cara, the Greek word for,

you know, grace and so forth. But it's

interesting, let's look at the next slide in

James 1 1,

You'll see, look at this and james 1

1 James a servant of God out of

the Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes

who are scattered among the nation's greetings.

Okay? And there's a greek word. Okay. And

it's chi.

Ky related to Ky.

And guess what? People will point out that

James 1 1

different commentaries I have will say, the only

other place you see that, a number of

them make this point.

The ones that get in more depth. They'll

say the only other place you see that

is in James letter in acts chapter 15,

Acts 15 · chapter mention

James brother Jesus.

Let's look at the next verse.

With them, they sent the following letter,

this is acts chapter.

15 verse 23. With them, they sent the

following letter, the apostles and elders. So it's

really from all the apostles and elders, but

James the 1 who were at writes at

your brothers to the wet.

Gentile towels and antioch, Syria, and Ce,

greetings. Guess what the Greek Word is I

have it up there for you. Ky,

same word.

That's not a common word used for greetings.

In fact, many of these commentaries will point

out it's only used in these 2 letters.

But guess what I did.

I had to do word search. So I

look for Ky.

And every time it's easy It's usually sound...

I found Was usually translated I rejoice and

so forth. But guess what I found out.

There's another letter,

you know, that it uses the word greetings

as well. It uses the same 1, but

it's not eaten... It's not either James or

this James.

That's acts chapter 23.

Acts 23 · chapter mention

And we don't have that up. I'm sorry.

I have it in my notes and it

just when it was... When I gave the

scriptures to be put up there, it got

missed. And I know how I got mixed

this whoever was putting them down, looked saw

acts. Oh, I already got x. But t

forgot... Got this axe. This is... And you

could go there if you want acts chapter

Acts 23 · chapter mention

23 versus 25 and 26.

And it's... And this is a letter from

a pagan ruler

regarding Paul and the Jews saying that he's

up, you know, through overthrow the lot of

Moses and so forth. And he wrote a

letter with the following content

Cla, that's and I'm quoting the text. Text

says in verse 25, and he wrote a

letter with the following content,

Cla.

To the most excellent governor Felix

greetings.

Guess what the greek word is there. Ky.

Okay? So it's not uncommon term and it's

so actually kinda overthrow the idea while so

uncommon. No it's not so uncommon. It was

used. It's actually used by someone other than

James.

So it could've have been used by both

James.

But the idea that it's used by this

James, which he's writing the letter, so he

probably picked by the holy spirit,

what word to use and then James 11I

believe is at least suggested that it very

well. It's it's influential. It could've have been

the brother Lord.

That I I still believe though there's... The

the better point to be made... I mean,

more accurately it would say it's only used

3 times, but tour by James here and

then this James. So it's possible at the

same James. But as

Douglas mood admits,

it's not proof. It's just.

It's suggestive evidence.

And scholars who point out a couple other

features in the Greek that are similar to

James, which I think are interesting, but not

as strong as this. This 1 is actually

pretty strong. III

concede. I agree. And it's because of these

things that I'm not sure It's not this

James.

You know? I I usually could put my

foot down, but this isn't a matter of

doctrine. But since we're starting James, I was

gonna bug me if I don't give you

the arguments throughout the book of James, and

and just say, well, it could be this

James or without, James. Right?

But, however,

having said all that guys.

I could give you the evidence for the

other James, which is, I think is incredibly

strong by the way. Okay?

And I breaks my heart when I go

through these commentaries. I'm not seen anybody make

it. And even,

a comment from the 18 hundreds kinda makes

some good points. And 1 comment I have,

he doesn't make enough points, but he makes

a couple good points. Seen But,

and you can search online. Evidence for the

Apostle James. You have... You'll scarce find arguments.

It's it's actually kinda sad. When you put

them together, it's a blow mind actually, which

it's it's still influential. It's not proof positive.

It's written by James Apostle, but it'll it'll

make your head the whoa.

Know... I on the property that says when

1 presents his case, it seems true. But

then when you see the other side of

the case,

and that seems true. Right? So So the

good thing is this isn't an about salvation

issue. Amen. It's not whether... It's not an

issue to to argue about. Not even an

issue. I'd I wanna say the debate on

because it's just not that consequential.

What I do. So... But I thought if

I spend the rest of the time

on the arguments for the other James,

We will have only gotten through the arguments

of which James wrote it in this

service, which is cool

and some of things I mentioned about James.

But I don't wanna do that.

So... But some of your you're thinking, I'd

like to hear the evidence for the other

James. Right? I've seen heads go like this.

Well, I wanna share that with you, but

I'll do that next week.

Because I wanna challenge you

and and get into a little bit of

what James says in the first verse, and

we'll get the more when he says next

week in the first first,

because I don't want you to leave here

just thinking about which James wrote it. So

I'll get the evidence for... I was talking

Lisa over with Lisa over lunch.

About this. So she was, how you gonna

resolve the issue? Ago... I wanna talk about

James,

who wrote at the entire message.

She was, well, you should maybe do the

second 1 on Wednesday. To show the other

James I go, nah. I thought about that

too, but

he he he he deserves a Sunday too.

So he'll gets someone next Sunday.

Okay? Because what I wanted to do is

get into

What he says, James 1 1, James a

bond servant of God, of the lord Jesus

Christ. Amen. I wanna get into what we

do know about this James.

Is that he's a bond servant of God

and of the lord Jesus Christ Amen.

And what that means

and how if you don't identify as a

bond to Jesus Christ, the rest of the

book is not gonna impact you. You have

to make sure you are a servant of

Jesus Christ. And then again, think if

if this is

the brother of the Lord Jesus.

And Jesus his older brother who he'd rejected,

and then he saw him resurrected.

That's pretty powerful.

He identifies him as his Lord. The big

brother finally won. Little brothers don't like to

let big brothers win. They fight against them.

I mean, I remember my brother, Tom, and

I I was always... As always been bigger,

You know, he's a tough. Fighter, man. After

I got saved, and I a brawl, he

became a brawl, but he... I always had

the size and the age and just the

age. If I was half a size, I

think the age would be intimidating. Right? You

bigger brothers who were a little smaller than

your

younger brothers, by size.

And I remember Tom. Little brothers, they admire

the big brothers, but they also wanna beat

them They challenge them. You just watch justice

and Eli.

Okay? It's kind of a... It's it's a

trip watching them, and I, we all encourage

them to love each other, which they do

deep down. You know? But they're also very

competitive, and they got a dad who's a

wrestling coach. So you can imagine,

there's some

rough times we see sometimes in our living

room, backyard, their house, even more probably.

But I remember Tom,

I got boxing gloves, and I was, like,

probably 13 12:13 14. I don't know. And

I wanted to box him I go let's

I go, their gloves that won't hurt. And,

of course, box his ears off. He's say

doesn't want a box anymore. So then I

I said, hey, I'll just do it 1

hand. And I'm the older brother still, and

I'm still boxing his ears off with just

a jab or whatever I was doing. And

then he quit again. I was like, I

got these new gloves and he doesn't want

a box, So then I said, hey, Tom.

Please. Let's box again. You can box. I

will have no gloves. I'll put my hands

behind my back. I just wanna a box.

Because I love them play around, you know

So that it starts throwing... I'm just going

like this, you know? Having a good time

as the older brother. It's poor a little

brother Tom, you know? And then

I start laughing so hard because he couldn't

hit me at first. And you know when

you laugh and you're laughing really hard to

get really weak.

Like, you're laughing and you lose all your

strength. I start laughing A I can't move

now. And then he starts p me. He

knocks me into the closet on a bunch

of clothes. You know

And I thought, wow,

I would have John or James,

you know, and The younger brother of Jesus,

if this is the James wrote it.

Felt about Jesus being the older brother.

But then now, if this is that James,

referring to him as the Lord.

The Lord Jesus Christ. That's a big deal.

And look at the humility, whether it was

apostle James or James brother Lord. Look at

the humility, a bond servant, James a bond

servant of God in the Lord Jesus Christ.

That's incredible humility you guys.

In fact, James could have identified himself if

was the apostle, James the apostle.

The brother of John, who wrote the book

revelation, the Gospel of John first second the

third, John. Well, it was earlier than those

books. So he probably wouldn't said that, but

he said he's could've said the son of

Thunder which Jesus named him. You know. Right?

Or if it was James, the brother of

Jesus, he could've have said, James, the brother

of Jesus, the brother of the creator of

the universe. You know.

But he's so humble, you know?

And that's a big part of Christianity energy

said you cannot be a Christian

unless you're converted and become like a child.

Amen.

And James

identifies himself here as a bond servant of

god and of the Lord Jesus Christ. And

I love the humility

that he has here.

Now,

the word,

branch of it there in the Greek is

1 word Du las.

Du las.

And Du los, we are servants. We're creating

the universe.

And we should consider a privilege to be

a servant of the most high God. Amen.

Because everyone is Bob Dylan used to sing

is gonna serve somebody

you're gonna serve the devil. You're gonna serve

the lord. You're gonna serve somebody.

Okay? The doo loss is use 127

times this greek word. In the new testament.

And

it's translated slave,

a servant,

bond servant,

hundred and 27 times, in the new testament.

And you what do you you think about

a do loss?

You know how many rights

how many rights a du loss had? Guess

how many rights he had

0, none, not a z.

No rights.

In fact, to do us,

his

existence was for serving his master.

And here we see James calls Jesus,

What?

Lord?

His Lord. K?

Now, keep in mind, I've shared this with

you before, and I think it's so important.

Because the new testament, when you became a

Christian new testament, when him when you came

to belief and faith in christ. It wasn't

just a man Pam mental ascent. It meant

you were trusting Jesus Christ says your Lord,

you were declared him as your Lord and

savior, and that was a big deal because

who was Lord in the Roman empire, according

to the Romans, Caesar, and and they would

have no lord. That was a chance sometimes

bad even by the Jews. We have no

lord, but Caesar.

So it was considered s judicious,

treason,

to call Jesus, your lord, especially for a

jew,

a jew in a row with empire.

Okay. This is very, very important that we

get this because

the early Christians when you see them identify

Jesus as their master as the lord.

And as we're studying first, Timothy, we've only

got a few weeks left in first, Timothy

chapter 6, Paul's talking about how

Timothy, you've made this great confession.

And he gave the example of Jesus who

made a confession before po pilot. And jesus

made the confession that he is king he

is Lord before po pi. Goes you're doing

the same. And then he says to... And

he's talking about the Lord God he says

to Jesus and he says that to the

only sovereign. The only sovereign

that was considered treason.

These new testament writers were considered treason in

Roman Empire, and many times they were burned

many different emperors depending on where the empire

emperor worship was the greatest Roman empire and

what time in history. Chris wife often put

the death because they refused to call Caesar

of the Lord. They call Jesus of Lord.

And that's very more important to understand.

Because when you look at this

whole reality that Jesus is Lord,

you see

that

1 day, that's gonna happen to believers. It's

happened to believers all over the world at

times.

But when the mark of the beast comes

out, and you don't take his name or

the number of his name on your right

handed or forehead because you're saying he's not

my Lord.

It's gonna cost millions of Christians their heads.

And you have to ask a question right

now.

Because that may not even happen in your

lifetime, but guess what could happen in your

lifetime to depending and where you're hearing right

now, what country you're in?

If you call Jesus Lord of All in

islamic an islamic nation that's really strong in

Islam, that's considered s judicious as well. We

have to right now make sure Jesus our

Lord. And right now, your life isn't on

the line

because you can't lose your head in the

United States typically for Declaring jesus Lord. But

guess what is on the line. Your very

soul is on the line.

Because if you do not, have jesus as

your Lord, You're lost.

Jesus said you cannot serve 2 masters.

You'll hate the 1 or love the other.

You can't serve both God and money, you

can't serve God and Satan. You have to

make sure that Jesus is first in your

life. And I'd love it because

James is a straight shooter.

James does not sugar coat things.

And what's incredible to me about James is

There's a hundred and 8 versus in the

book of James.

59

imperatives.

Imperative is the mood of command. There's 59

commands in the book of James. This little

book

59

commands in the book of James.

Now, it's interesting to me

that when you consider

this reality.

Paul says in first Corinthians 11 1 be

I tit of me just as I also

am of Christ.

But it was considered... We follow Paul because

he follows Jesus as the Lord. He identifies

himself as a servant. But you know what?

Being a servant

was a good thing if you were servant

for a good master.

And it was an elevated position if your

master was elevated that you were associated with

him. If you were 1 a Caesar servants

in his palace,

you had... You could have even great... There

was... There was great privilege in that. When

I just did a message on slavery a

few weeks ago on a Wednesday night. And

I pointed out 1 of the richest people

in the Empire was a a servant

of Caesars.

Well, guess what? We're not service of seizures,

man. We're servants of Jesus.

Okay? We're not servants of Joe Biden.

Amen?

Okay.

He's

well,

I love who called servants, numbers chapter 27

Numbers 27 · chapter mention

or chapter 12 or 7. God says my

servant Moses.

Hebrews 03:13 5 says Moses was... Or 3

Hebrews 3:13

5 says, Moses was a faithful servant

as A servant in got all of God's

house. In first Samuel 3 9, Samuel says

speak lord for your servant hears. Caleb, Joshua

King David, Solomon, Elijah, Hannah, Mary, Jonah, Isaiah.

Paul, James Peter Jude, John.

All identified as servants.

You know the greatest servant of All,

Jesus.

He's called the suffering servant in the old

testament.

In Isaiah 52 and 53 in other passages.

He's God,

but he's the most awesome of the servants

because God became a servant.

In fact, look at philippians

Philippians 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3 or chapter 2 verse 3.

Philippians is chapter 2 verse 3.

Isaiah 2:3

We read this. Paul rex. Don't be selfish.

K?

Don't try to impress others.

Be humble.

Thinking of others as better than yourselves.

Don't look out for only your own interest

That's hard to do.

Our humans were filled with flesh. We gotta

deny flash. Don't look out for not only

your own interests, but take an interest in

what.

Others too.

You must have the same attitude that Christ

Jesus had. So if your your flesh sq

when you hear the word servant.

I don't wanna be a servant. I wanna

live like a king. I want everything. I

wanna be all about me myself and I.

But you know what? Don't let that happen,

man. The best example the 1 who

denied,

all his privileges

help others when they were in need is

our Lord Jesus Christ. It says goes on

to say, though he was God, though he

was god, then Iv existed in the very

as the nate in the nature of God.

King James the form of God. Though he

was God, he did not think of equality

with God as something to cling to.

Could've just stayed up there and having being

worship by all the angels, but he didn't

cling to that. Instead, he gave up his

divine privileges. He didn't stop being god. He

just gave up the divine privilege as he

had as he's being worship in heaven. And

he took the humble position as a what.

Slave. The Greek word is do loss, the

same

word that shoes that James identifies himself as

because he's a slave of God who became

a slave himself.

And he was born as a human being.

When he appeared in human form, he humbled

himself in obedience to God and died a

what,

criminals death on a cross. Therefore god elevated

him to the place of highest honor and

gave him a name above all other names

that the name of Jesus, every knee should

bow in heaven and on earth and under

the earth. And every tongue to clear that

Jesus Christ is what.

Lord, to glory to the glory of God,

the father. I love that because

He became god became a man, and I

tell you often, that's like you becoming a

cockroach

to save the cockroaches.

You say no. That's a bigger step down

to become a cockroach On I'm a human

being. No. It's a lesser step down. I

always say that. Because a cockroaches is another

creature. We're just creatures.

Amen This is the un creator of all

things.

Becoming part of his creation

as the God man.

Think about that, man. That just blows me

away. What an awesome God. And you know

what? He for so his privileges,

not cease and be God. Still God. But

how himself became a man and died a

horrible death of the cross. They just become

a du loss, a servant,

but he suffered a death on the cross

pain for our sins guys.

So we could elevate us.

So we could become what.

Children of God. We're not just servants. He

says, I call you in John 15. I

call you friends. Amen.

And then in John 01:12 as men has

John 1:12

received him he gave the right to become

the children of God. And now we can

call our father Ab father. And come to

him in the name of the Lord Jesus

Christ. What I blessed, wonderful, privilege that is.

So, man, what an awesome thing like Moses,

you're a servant of the lord. Right? Like,

Elijah, you're a servant of the lord. Like

the apostles your servants, the lord. It's a

privilege to be the servant of the Lord.

And this is what blows me away

about this text

that I thinks quite quite fascinating

is literally in the Greek.

You read the literal Greek in James 1

1, it can be translated,

g James, a bonds of God, the Lord

Jesus Christ.

As though Jesus is being called God there.

Grammatically, it can go either way. Most translators

translate is always speaking to the son and

the father there. I'm okay with that I

can see it going either way. But guess

what? Is still incapable that Jesus being referred

to as God and James 1 1 why?

Because James is a bond of God and

of the

Lord. Jesus Christ. Amen.

What's Lord of the Greek do you remember?

It's the common word used for Lord in

the new testament. Curry.

KURI0S.

Curiosity is a name that's given throughout the

old testament. When the old testament is talking

about God, Y.

El. Guess how the sep, the Lx x,

the translation that the lord Jesus Christ used

over and over again. Guess how they often

or it's typically translated Y, which is God.

Carry.

So if you're reading Jesus day about Y

the old testament in the Greek, which is

a common language among the those that were

living in Israel on those days, Roman empire.

You'd be reading Curiosity, Curiosity, Curiosity, Cr that's

what I'm saying is a big deal for

Jesus to be called. What? Carr.

You're calling him lord. You're call him God.

Amen?

In fact, look at Philippians chapter 2 versus

Philippians 2 · chapter mention

10 and 11 on this slide. And look

what it says here.

At the name of Jesus every knee should

bow, in heaven and on earth and under

earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ

Lord to the glory of God the father.

Amen.

Is gonna bow. You know that's taken from

Isaiah, chapter 45.

Isaiah 45 · chapter mention

And you know who who's referring to in

Isaiah 45.

When is gonna bow and every time gonna

confess.

Let's go to the next passage. Look at

it.

Turn to me and be saved all the

ends of the earth for I am what.

I am God and there is no other.

Whoever saying what they're saying here is saying

he's the only god there's no weather.

I have sworn by myself. The word has

gone forth from my mouth and righteousness

and I will not turn back that to

me, every knee bow and every time we'll

swear allegiance.

Wow,

They will say of me only the Lord

Y way. By the way,

our righteousness and strength

curiosity in the except too.

And here we see well Flipping has already

says, even though he was in the very

form of God, he became a man. I

says his god. But then it says every

knee about every time it fence. If apostle

Paul knows very well that Isaiah, that that

this the reference to Y, and every is

gonna bow to him. And he applies to

Jesus. Make no mistake. Jesus is God. And

when a Drove when it comes to your

door, go ahead and share philippians chapter 2

Philippians 2 · chapter mention

with him, and I isaiah chapter 45. Amen.

Isaiah 45 · chapter mention

Because they deny that Jesus god, I think

some of the most powerful evidence is of

Jesus being God is the quotations of the

old testament about Y that applied to Jesus

in the new testament. Like in the old

testament

year my witness say Lord to My servant

who Have chosen before me, There's no god

formed me neither shall be after me. No.

It's only 1 God form. So how can

Jesus have been in the form of god?

If there was another God.

And Isaiah,

I am the first last,

beside, there's no god, Isaiah 44 6.

Revelation chapter 19 or chapter 01:18

Revelation 19 · chapter mention

through 20 there, Jesus says, I... Am he

that was dead, but I'm my alive for

more, I have the keys that the hell

of death Am says, I am the first

and the last. Hey, amen??

He is God. Make no mistake about it.

Why do I emphasize that point? Because when

we're talking about me servants, We're talking my

servants of God the created of the universe.

Amen. We're not talking about serving Joe Biden

Donald Trump. Amen. We're not serving the Lord

Jesus Christ. He is our god. Amen.

We serve God the father. We serve God

the son, and we serve the father of

the son by the power of God, the

holy spirit amen.

And let us get excited. Man, these all

these people in the truck Goes. Yeah

We should be fireworks more excited about Jesus.

Trump took a bullet in the year. You

know, 1 on 3 levels are saying that

that didn't happen. It's all fake. Michael they

sound like 1 and 3 conservative sometimes another

issue issues I'm sorry. You know, just... I'm

like, well, the world, you know?

He took a bullet

in the ear.

That's pretty cool. He stood up. Fight fight

fight. My god took thorn, took nails took

just totally obliterated.

Rose on the third day conquered to grave

and he is our god. Amen. And people

are getting excited about that. How much works

excited should we get about the Lord Jesus

Christ. Amen.

What awesome God we have.

I'm glad I'm splitting my message 2. I'm

looking at that clock I'm like, no way.

It's gone already.

But I wanna encourage you right now.

You cannot.

Receive the messages this letter, and the 59

commands about how to walk with the Lord

and be the Christian he's calling to be

a servant of the most high God.

Unless you

have become a servant of the most high

God.

And I'm not talking Playing church

I'm talking about being serious before the Lord.

Amen.

I'm talking about

recognizing that when you're servant, That means if

he says go to this land to be

a missionary,

are you willing to do that

for the rest of your life. If he

says, for sake all your possessions and go

live poor among the poor at being evangelist

over here or share the gospel there? Are

you willing to do that? If your answers

are no,

You're not serving Jesus as your Lord.

And Jesus says why do you call me

Lord Lord and not obey the things I

say. Amen.

If he says, hey, I don't want you

to get drunk, which he says in his

word Don't be drunk with wine, but phil

the spirit. And he refused to obey him

Is he really your Lord? Are you really

a servant?

If he says not to be involved in

pharma illicit drugs, but you're still doing meth

and or heroin or, you know,

Fentanyl all or, you know, smoking pot getting

the stoned in La la land and not

sober because if I what command you be

sober, that's not sober. Are you really following

as your Lord? You're really a servant?

If you're married and you're not laying your

life down for your wife,

but you're living for yourself

and your flesh.

And you're not seeking to be patient with

her and love her or vice versa,

not loving your husband. Are you really being

a servant if you're rejecting what Jesus said?

Hey, amen?

If you're parent and you're not be the

best example that you could beat to your

children trying to bring them up in the

nurture and admission the Lord? Are you really

a servant of Jesus?

He said you can't serve 2 masters. You

can't serve your flesh.

You can't serve the devil.

You have to serve Jesus.

So I encourage you right now, make sure

you know the Lord Jesus Christ. And by

the way, you can have a heart to

do these things. But if you're sitting here,

you're not born again,

you're gonna be just falling flat on your

face

because you cannot

obey his moral law, the law of Christ

unless you're empowered by the holy spirit. And

you can't be empowered by the holy spirit.

If you're just trying to follow rules because

you wanna be a good, but you're not

truly born again.

Jesus said you must be born again to

enter the king of God, amen. That means

you must recognize that your sinner that's under

condemnation.

And that Jesus bore, the penalty of your

sin, your condemnation on the cross and died

in your place.

And when he died in the cross, he

took the weight the wrath that you deserved

upon himself so that you would be able

to be pardoned.

And Jesus says whoever calls God's word says

Paul says Romans chapter. 10. Whoever calls upon

the name of Lord, Shelby be saved amen.

So make sure as we get in the

book of James. Don't, yeah I wanna give

me James, but I'm not really sold out

I'm really following Jesus.

Being born again. Well, you're not gonna have

the power to obey what he said? And

you're still gonna be obedient to the flesh

the world. The devil and subjected to hell

and sin and final judgment.

He sets us free pi love and death.

By

his precious blood that was shed in the

cross. Jesus said that the sunset you free,

you shall be free indeed, a, amen? Amen.

And you shall know the truth and the

truth shall set you free. The irony is

that when we're servants to the Lord were

set free from all these wicked things, man.

But we say, no, I don't wanna be

a servant, you're a servant of sin.

Of death

of the flesh of the world of Satan

of hell. Jesus sets it's free from all

that, Amen. So make sure you choose Jesus

as your lord and savior. So you can

be obedient to what's called the law of

Christ or James calls the royal law. Or

the law of liberty. It's not the mosaic

glass lot of liberty. It's worth set free

by his truth, which sets us free to

walk in obedience and it righteousness on the

straight narrow path at least the life. Amen.

Make sure you make that decision to turn

Jesus as if you have not, and embrace

him as your lord to savior now, and

you'll pass from death, to eternal life. Amen.

Are you guys excited about James?

Praise guy. Let us all stand. Give him

glory Amen, we love you Lord. We praise

you for your word. We praise you for

your great goodness. We praise you for your

great love. We love you Lord Jesus. Hallelujah.