Sermons on James

James 5:19-20 James chapter five, verses 19 and 20. You’ll notice that James is speaking to the whole church when he says, 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. Amen. This is the word of the living God for us, his children. One of the things I…

James 5:13-18 James chapter five, verses 13 to 18. And this is the brother of our Lord Jesus giving his final little letter finishing sentences. And he says, if anyone among you is suffering, let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will…

James 5:7-11 Our reading is from James chapter five, seven through 11. And James says to the scattered people around the world and also to us, even the voice of God says to us, be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord, see how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth. being patient about it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of…

James 5:1-6 James chapter five, verses one through six will be our passage. And it looks like we have maybe about three more messages in James. And then I think we’ll go back to the Old Testament and pick up where we left off in Judges. So we did Joshua, we’ll pick back up in Judges. But for now, let’s give our attention to God’s word. This is James, the brother of our Lord. And he says to the Christians…

James 4:13-17 James chapter four verses 13 to 17. This is, um, the wise advice of James, the half brother of the Lord Jesus, who is teaching the Christians who are scattered across the world, uh, how to tune up their lives, how to tighten things up in order to live for him. And so tonight, um, It’s just gonna be all meddling, right? No preaching, meddling. He’s gonna talk about how you spend your time. Nobody loves it. Nobody…

James 4:11-12 Okay, James chapter four, verses 10 through 12. Verse 10 begins this way, humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. Do not speak evil against one another brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and one judge. He who…

James 4:6-10 Well, we want to think tonight on James chapter 4, verses 6 through 10. So if you’d like to make your way there. Last week we looked at verses 1 through 6. Tonight we’ll look at 6 through 10. And then next week we’ll look at verses 11 and 12. And this whole section, if you look at maybe the heading in your Bible, depending on what yours says. Mine says, warning against worldliness. I have as our…

James 4:1-6 So God’s Word, James chapter four, verses one through 12, says this, what causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and you do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and you quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your…

James 3:13-17 Let’s give our attention to God’s word, James chapter three, beginning at verse 13. And James asked a question to begin. He says, who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct, let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly,…

James 3:1-12 Let’s do give attention to God’s word. This is James chapter three verses one through 12. Brother of our Lord Jesus Christ says this, not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways, and if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man able also to bridle his whole body. If we put…

James 2:14-26 Amen. Turn in your copy of God’s word to James chapter two. We’ll carry on through the end of the year and into the new year in the book of James. James chapter two verses 14 through 26 will be our reading tonight. Some of you are aware that James was one of the books that had trouble getting into the canon, at least from a human perspective. It was already part of the Bible in God’s mind,…