Category: James
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“To One Another”
James 5:16 “Confess your sins to one another” In the past few months, I’ve had two instances where believers confessed to me their sin. Although they may not have realized they were doing what God had told them in the passage above from James 5, that’s exactly what they did. In the first instance, it…
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The Unnatural
James 5:16 “Confess your sins one to another” Some things come so naturally to us, yet they are the worst possible things for us. Other things, that are good for us, are not natural at all. For example, it is easy to hide our sins. It’s something that comes so naturally. It starts from the…
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Confession of Sin
James 5:16 “Confess your sins to one another” In Ephesians 2:19-20 we are given a description of “the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.” It’s talking about the spiritual temple in which God dwells. The foundation in this description points to the Word of God that came…
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Examining Ourselves
James 5:16 “Confess your sins to one another” Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking and writing about various facets that can be seen from multiple perspectives on the verse above from James 5. Today, my attention is focused on the word “your.” It is so natural for us to talk about the sins…
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The Believer’s Heart
James 5:19-20 “My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.” Much that we read in the book of James is a differentiation between…
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About Those Thoughts and Prayers
James 5:17-18 “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.” How often have you heard the statement,…
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In the Good Times
James 5:13 “Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.” As James closes his letter, he continues to speak to believers who are suffering for their faith. It’s a major theme throughout the letter, for it was a huge issue for the early church. James teaches those who are under great stress that there is a…
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To the Suffering
James 5:13 “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.” When you read the Bible, do you realize that it is actually the God of the universe that is speaking to you in a very personal way? Do you realize that it’s a message coming from the One Who made you and He’s saying things…
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So Many Lies!
James 5:12 “But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your ‘yes’ be yes and your ‘no’ be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.” Does it ever bother you that so much that we do in life must be bound…
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The Dross
James 5:9 “Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.” Throughout the book of James, we see instructions regarding suffering as Christians. James begins his letter with the words “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various…
