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Overview
James
A. Introduction
[OR] Greeting
(Jas 1:1-27)
I.) The testings of faith (Jas 1:1)
A.) The Purpose Of Testings [OR] Greeting To The Twelve Tribes [OR] Testing Your Faith [OR] Salutation [OR] We Are To Rejoice Under Trials (Jas 1:1)
1. When You Are Tested, Turn to God (Jas 1:2-27)
1.) Profiting From Trials [OR] Trials And Temptations [OR] Faith And Wisdom (Jas 1:2)
2.) To Ask Wisdom Of God (Jas 1:5)
3.) The Perspective Of Rich And Poor [OR] Poverty And Riches (Jas 1:9)
4.) Loving God Under Trials [OR] Trial And Temptation [OR] And In Time Of Trial Not To Blame Him For Our Weakness Or Our Sins (Jas 1:12)
A.) Solicitation To Do Evil Is Not Of God (Jas 1:13)
1.) We Must Hear The Saving Message (Jas 1:18)
2.) Qualities Needed In Trials [OR] Listening And Doing [OR] Hearing And Doing The Word (Jas 1:19)
3.) Doers - Not Hearers Only (Jas 1:21)
B.) The Test Of Obedience [OR] And Act Accordingly (Jas 1:22)
C.) The Test Of True Religion [OR] The Mark Of A Truly Religious Man (Jas 1:26)
B. Piety and Poverty (Jas 2:1-26)
1. Don't Favor Rich People Over Poor People (Jas 2:1-13)
A.) The Test Of Brotherly Love [OR] Beware Of Personal Favoritism [OR] Favoritism Forbidden [OR] The Sin Of Partiality [OR] Warning Against Partiality [OR] The True Christian Does Not Show Partiality To The Rich (Jas 2:1)
1.) And Dishonor To The Poor (Jas 2:6)
2. We Show Our Faith by What We Do (Jas 2:14-26)
A.) The Test Of Good Works [OR] Faith Without Works Is Dead [OR] Faith And Deeds [OR] Faith And Works [OR] Faith Without Good Deeds (Jas 2:14)
1.) Is But A Dead Faith (Jas 2:17)
2.) And The Faith Of Demons (Jas 2:19)
B.) The Illustration Of Abraham [OR] The Faith And Works Of Abraham (Jas 2:21)
1.) And Of Rahab (Jas 2:25)
C. Speech and Spirit (Jas 3:1-4:12)
1. Speak Wisely (Jas 3:1-12)
I.) A true faith will control the tongue [OR] The Untamable Tongue [OR] Taming the Tongue [OR] The Tongue Is a Fire [OR] Taming the Tongue [OR] We govern our bodies, as the bit controls a horse (Jas 3:1)
A.) The Power And Danger Of The Tongue (Jas 3:5)
B.) It Is An Instrument For Blessing Or Cursing (Jas 3:9)
2. Live Wisely (Jas 3:13-18)
A.) Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom [OR] Two Kinds Of Wisdom [OR] Wisdom From Above [OR] The Truly Wise Are Pure And Peaceable, Without Jealousy Or Selfish Ambition (Jas 3:13)
3. Stop Fighting With Each Other (Jas 4:1-10)
I.) The rebuke of worldliness [OR] Pride Promotes Strife [OR] Submit Yourselves to God [OR] Things to Avoid [OR] Friendship with the World [OR] We are to struggle against covetousness (Jas 4:1)
A.) Against Intemperance (Jas 4:4)
B.) And Pride (Jas 4:5)
C.) Humility Cures Worlss (Jas 4:7)
4. Stop Slandering Each Other (Jas 4:11-12)
A.) Do Not Judge A Brother [OR] Warning Against Judging Another [OR] Against Belittling Others And Passing Rash Judgments On Our Neighbors (Jas 4:11)
D. Test and Result (Jas 4:13-5:6)
1. Don't Brag About Your Plans for the Future (Jas 4:13-17)
A.) Do Not Boast About Tomorrow [OR] Boasting About Tomorrow [OR] And, Mindful Of The Uncertainty Of Life, To Commit Ourselves And Our Affairs To God's Providence (Jas 4:13)
2. Advice to Rich People (Jas 5:1-6)
I.) The rich warned [OR] Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged [OR] Warning to Rich Oppressors [OR] Misuse of Riches [OR] Warning to Rich Oppressors [OR] Wicked rich men are to fear God's punishment (Jas 5:1)
3. Be Patient (Jas 5:7-11)
E. Conclusion (Jas 5:7-20)
I.) Exhortations in view of the coming of the Lord [OR] Be Patient and Persevering [OR] Patience in Suffering [OR] Exhortation [OR] Patience in Suffering [OR] We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets and Job (Jas 5:7)
1. Don't Take Oaths (Jas 5:12-)
A.) To Give Up Swearing (Jas 5:12)
2. Prayer Is Powerful (Jas 5:13-18)
A.) Meeting Specific Needs [OR] The Prayer Of Faith [OR] To Pray In Adversity, To Sing In Prosperity (Jas 5:13)
B.) To Acknowledge Mutually Our Various Faults, To Pray One For Another (Jas 5:16)
3. Help Those Who Have Wandered Away From the Truth (Jas 5:19-20)
A.) Bring Back The Erring One [OR] And To Convert Any Straying Brother (Jas 5:19)
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