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Here’s the next week of our journey through the Bible this year with the small group that prays and supports us each week as we serve the Lord as missionaries.
Bonnie and I just got back after 13+ weeks on the road. We taught so many incredible NextGeneration missionaries and equipped some of the most dedicated FrontLine missionaries. In the days ahead, we hope to capture just a few of the thrilling stories we heard about how God is using us to stir hearts into daily, focused dedication to Him.
Now we are home for three weeks. Whew. Do you know what it is like to catch up on mail, pay bills, do maintenance, and slow down after thousands and thousands of miles of traveling these past three months? It is an AMAZING reminder of this world’s fall into the decay of sin. We see dust, spiders, weeds, and many opportunities to bring order into the disorder that time brings upon life.
AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANITY:
If You Believe Right, You Behave Right.
The book of James is the bridge from the Old Testament to the New, and James uses over 40 passages from the Old Testament to explain our new life in Christ. James applies Christ’s Sermon on the Mount to New Testament believers by using over 20 allusions to Matthew 5-7. James was the first brother of Jesus Christ. James was the pastor of the first local New Testament church in Jerusalem.
There are four men named James in the New Testament. This one was the brother of Jesus in Mark 6:3 (one of four brothers and two sisters) who rose to the place of pastoring the church at Jerusalem. He is profiled in Acts 12:17, 15:13-21, 21:18; Galatians 2:9-10. In his short letter of 108 verses, there are no less than 50 commands. As he writes, he addresses his comments to the believers who have left Jerusalem, perhaps because of Paul’s persecution. These believers are called "brethren" 18x and "beloved" 3x. James reflects his Jewishness in using "synagogue" and "Lord of Hosts". His words also carry a flavor of the Proverbs and blend with Jesus’ words from the Sermon on the Mount. Paul teaches that faith receives the free gift of God’s righteousness. James agrees and states faith will also reflect God’s free gift of righteousness! Thus, it is a faith that works.
James reflects a good grasp of the Old Testament Scriptures. He refers to four personalities (Abram, Rahab, Job, and Elijah) as well as frequent allusions or references to the Pentateuch (all five books), Joshua, I Kings, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and at least 7 of the 12 Minor Prophets. (1) James also draws allusions from the apocryphal Ecclesiasticus (15x) and Wisdom of Solomon (12x).
The Sermon on the Mount is never quoted, but like reminiscences of special times, it is alluded to continually. Note James/Matthew 1:2/5:10-12; 1:4/5:48; 1:, 5:15/7:7-12; 1:9/5:3; 1:20/5:22; 2:13/5:7, 6:14-15; 2:14-16/7:21-23; 3:17-18/5:9; 4:4/6:24; 4:10/5:3-4; 4:11/7:1-2; 5:2/6:19; 5:10/5:12; 5:12/5:33-37.
(FTGC-46; James)
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