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I've been longing to get into the book

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of james with you. We're going verse by

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verse... Our fellowship has gone verse by verse

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through several books since we started. We have

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topical message at times, but we often have

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verse by diverse studies through books and

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that's my favorite thing to do. Although I

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love to talk about topical things as they

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come up. And and as we're going through

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the book of James, it doesn't mean we

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won't have topical teachings here and there where

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we get away from the book of James

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for a week or 2 here and there.

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We'll still talk about

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

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In popular culture that threatens the church, government,

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

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when things go down that our everybody's questioning

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and what's going on, how does this fit

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in the bible. You know me. We get

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

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But I'm so excited about getting in the

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book of James with you because James will

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revolutionize your life

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I started memorizing the book of James a

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while back. I'd always memorized surf certain portions

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of James, but I started James 1 1

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and started I started working my way through

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memorizing the book. And it's amazing what you

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get out of it because I've literally been

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through chapter 1 several hundred times just going

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through chapter 1 in preparation

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for getting together with you. And it's such

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an amazing book because

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articulating

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the sermon of the mount

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that Jesus gave. When you look at it,

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it's a blow mind because he has the

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mind of Christ.

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And I wanna challenge you to look at

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

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

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understand this. I really got to understand this

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through

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seeking to memorize the book, and I've got

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it quite a ways to go to memorize

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the entire book, but I've been working on

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it, and my hope in prayers have by

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

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have every verse of James memorized.

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But what blew me away is how much

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

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he relies a lot on proverbs. No he

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doesn't.

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There's t mentioned

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throughout the book of James a bit, references

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to the old testament for sure, but it's

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basically the new testament book of proverbs and

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he's leaning heavily on the sermon of the

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mountain.

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Because when he received the sermon on the

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mount, this James that wrote this book. It

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transformed his life

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and it's called Paul calls the mind of

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Christ.

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And he takes a sermon the mount throughout

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the book of James and applies it to

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the situation of a church that's scattered in

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the early century in the early first century

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of church history.

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And we're supposed to live by the sermon

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mount. Remember Jesus when he gave the sermon

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mount. Talked about, at the end of the

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sermon he talked about the 1 who puts

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these words into practice would be like a

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man who builds his house on a what

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on a rock. Then when the storms come,

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his his house will stand.

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In contrast the man who builds his house

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on the sand,

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and the house is incredibly destroyed when the

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floods come.

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By the way, remember to certain out. Talks

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about that. Well, James, what does he say

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You know, be doers the word not mary

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merely hears who d yourselves. Amen?

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That's right. 1 of those connections to the

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sermon on the mount. He tells us to

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be doing, the we're not here is only

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who deceive ourselves. So James out being a

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genuine believer. Truly build your house on the

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rock. And it blows me away when I

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look at James, I'm so blown away by

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

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I've got some 30 or so commentaries that

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as I as I study the book of

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James, seen different

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insights, different understanding he's challenging my view on

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certain things and and so forth, confirming my

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view and other things,

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expanding

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my horizons and enhancing my perspective. I think

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it's great to check out commentaries,

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but many of them say that James... Many

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of these commentaries and their introductions,

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will say that James is kind of a

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bunch of new testament proverbs just thrown together.

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There's no rhyme or reason.

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embarked on memorizing the book. I already thought

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

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of James.

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How connected it is. It's a bunch of

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precious

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you know, res

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pearls strung together beautifully

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as a whole pearl.

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of James Fact, when I read that I'm

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thinking you shouldn't to be writing in the

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

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

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

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I'm shocked.

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So we're gonna see how it connects together,

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but what blows me away

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is we're call that Christians be transformed by

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the renewing of our mines.

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By the word of God amen.

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look at reality through the lenses of god's

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eyes, Amen, spiritually,

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the natural man doesn't receive the things the

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spirit. But they are spiritually app praise. And

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when you have the mind of Christ, you

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can spiritually app praise things. You can walk

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to no path that Jesus talked about in

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the sermon in the mount. And when you

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look at James, you see he is a

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man that's been revolutionized by the teaching of

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the Lord Jesus Christ. By the sermon in

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the mount. And he exceeds he's addressing

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chapter 1 verse 1 is James a bond

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servant of Jesus Christ. Right?

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of God and of Jesus Christ to the...

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scattered or dispersed the 12 tribes of Israel.

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He's addressing believers who have been scattered because

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of persecution.

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gonna be devour verse 1.

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

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understand that James,

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a bonds of God and it lord you

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tri israel, of course, who are what.

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They've been dispersed because the church has undergone

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persecution in the early chapters in the book

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of acts, not long after acts chapter 2

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and 3 and the church has grown by

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the thousands. It's been scattered throughout the Roman

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empire, where the apostles are hanging out still

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in Jerusalem as God uses as Jerusalem as

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a headquarters for a while.

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are trying to get their bearing spiritually.

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because how their being mistreated by wicked people.

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

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is a very interesting thing. He says, the

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anger man is not wet.

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Produce the righteousness of God. Amen.

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

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

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a lot James...

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join my brother when you encounter various what.

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Trials. He knows they're going through trials.

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and I don't wanna give you. I could

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

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talk about James theology. Let's talk about his

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

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other. And I thought I don't wanna bog

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introduction, and and then get it into it.

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a little bit for me is,

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a, lot deeper than you're getting almost any

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commentary okay with first couple versus, you'll see

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

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to get down. I don't wanna go forward

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and talk about the entirety of the book.

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

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first by verse but I wanted to devour

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what we're looking at

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in James chapter 1, and I want you

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to have the mind of Christ.

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I want you to see how the sermon

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of the mount is being applied

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by James to believers that are being persecuted.

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Into their in their specific situations because guess

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what's gonna happen in the church?

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in places like China. K?

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The Middle East, it's already being scattered.

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to death, believers that are put to death.

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it was decimated and destroyed practically by

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millions of millions of them killed, profess Christians

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by Muslims.

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persecution here, but we can see the woke

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writing on the wall. Can't we?

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Where a lot of this is headed. We

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see that Jesus says all those who live

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godly or Paul said, all those who have

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godly in christ. Jesus will suffer persecution amen.

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ab even in a Christian country where we're

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not being fully persecuted yet.

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They're still persecution against Christianity.

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So this book is such a gem because

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it has so many so much encouragement as

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how to live as a christian in a

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fallen wicked world.

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of prop proverbs that are just slapped together.

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disciples, and they kinda put his teachings together

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

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that either.

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also was attacked by Martin Luther,

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the father of the reformation

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Martin Luther said, quote, James Mango scriptures, and

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thereby opposes Paul.

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James doesn't talk a lot about Jesus. In

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fact, you barely see a reference to Jesus.

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

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lord Jesus. He all. And then the time

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he mentions he call him our glorious Lord

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Jesus. He mentions him in verse 1 as

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well.

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But understand this, I know of no

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teaching in the new testament outside of Jesus

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own teachings. I know of no new testament

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letter epi that more

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communicates, Jesus is teaching than this book right

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here.

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Because I mentioned the sermon on the mount

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Amen,

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Jesus most radical, most amazing

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most powerful message.

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It's perm.

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James has so caught up in Jesus and

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is teaching.

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But he's trying to get practical wisdom to

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a church

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that is in disarray

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that They're not getting paid when they mow

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

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thrown in, they're being taken to court by

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rich people. They're going through all kinds of

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persecution.

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

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

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too specific into 1 specific region. So it

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basically

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addresses all of them.

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But when Martin Luther says James Mango of

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scriptures and thereby opposes Paul.

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

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feels like Jimmy. Speaking of James. Jimmy should

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

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what Martin Luther was saying about James.

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And that's because

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during the reformation when he was disputing with

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the Roman Catholics and emphasizing that, hey, Paul

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states that were saved by Grace you faith,

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the Roman Catholics during the reformation would say,

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well, faith of that works as dead. And

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they would use changes writing as it was

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an opposition to what Paul Taught in some

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way. Right?

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And Luther actually

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lost that part of the debate in the

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sense that he back pedal on James. Later

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

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of the cannon because Christians have for for

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

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accepts it, but he says it should be

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put in the back of the cannon, relegated

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to the back of the cannon.

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But he loses the debate, not on whether

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we're saved by Grace or by merit, Roman

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catholicism teaches that were saved by our merits,

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what we do, burning ourselves out of purgatory

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

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

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That not of ourselves paul says a gift

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of God, not it works us any much

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of boast. Amen.

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But James is not opposing Paul.

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James is opposing those who abuse grace, which

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the apostle paul opposes as well.

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How many times did Paul say, like, at

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first Corinthians 6 9 through 11. Second,

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Galatians is chapter 5 versus 19 through 21

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with chapter 6 versus 7 through 9. Or

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go or ephesians? Chapter 5 versus

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7 through 8.

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Really 538. How many times this Paul warned

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don't be to deceived those who live wicked

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lives? Not inherit the kingdom of God, amen.

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How many of his times as Paul say,

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warren about those who profess to know him,

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Titus 116, but by their works deny him.

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Paul states to the Galatians church who he's

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emphasized were saved by grace. He goes on

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to say faith works through love.

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And Paul... So Paul And james both oppose

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those

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who twist grace into a license

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and teach an empty form of faith.

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

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I'm happy to say most of modern scholarship

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

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say,

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understands that James was written very early. Okay?

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

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teaching of justification by faith,

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

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Okay? And by the way, Jesus taught, were

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justified by faith. For Jesus have forgot To

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love the world that they gave him and

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let got said that whoever wet.

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Believes in shall not purest but have ever

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

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He amen of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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That was Peter's message. To believe in the

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Lord Jesus the early chapters of acts be

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before while Paul is having Christians killed.

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So there's no opposition between James and Paul.

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

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probably the the book of James it's probably

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the earliest book many scholars believe this that

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was written in the new testament.

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Before Matthew Mark Luke and John, even before

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first Corinthians

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and other books.

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Many dated it to the early mid forties,

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mid forties

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Ad,

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which is really remarkable.

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And because it's so primitive in,

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the way it

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is dealing with who. Who it dealing with?

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Who it addressed to? James, the bon of

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God and Lord jesus is christ to the

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what? 12 tribes who are scattered or dispersed

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abroad It's dealing with the early Christians were

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all Jewish for the most part. Do you

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remember that. Right?

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All the early Christians were Jews before the

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gentile towels, of the door that was opened

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the gentile towels, it acts 10 and 11

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and so forth began to that door started

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the swing open.

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And most believe that James, many, I should

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say many

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very good eventually sellers believe that James was

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written well before.

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Acts chapter 15 when there was a dispute

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as to how gentile towels were to be

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saved. In fact, the big dispute is on

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the torah.

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In in

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acts chapter 15, with James brother Jesus, Peter

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John Paul there, whether Gentile towels have to

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be.

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A big dispute to be saved.

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And

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James, the brother Lord writes a letter, crafts

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it from the apostle say no, Gentile tells

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do not have to keep the law of

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Moses to be saved.

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Well,

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James doesn't even deal with that issue in

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the book of James. If that was a

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big issue, and acts 15 had already happened.

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You think James would mention, especially since he

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mentions the law a few different times, but

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it's not even on his radar.

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So

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

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Study Jimmy. Hey, man. Study James.

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Be thankful that God has given us this

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book. It's the favorite book of many people

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for reason because many people's lives have been

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transformed, and I'm so excited about this book

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for you and me.

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Because I believe as we study this book

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together, if your prayer, your heart cry is

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being Lord God.

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Help me to become more like Christ.

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Lord help me to know your word better.

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Help me to walk this straight and narrow

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better. Help me to glorify your name better.

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Help me to understand what it means to

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not be under the love Moses, but to

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be under the love of Christ and obey

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it.

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We've got the right book man.

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Help me practically know how to apply your

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truth to my life. We're in the right

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book.

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Help me be a radical believer. James is

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radical.

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1 thing everybody agrees about regarding James is

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he is a radical

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Christian.

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Now,

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the question

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arises.

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Okay.

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Which James is this?

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Which James is writing here.

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And that's 1 of the questions that people

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have. There's about 4 James in the bible

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at in the new testament.

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James name is really Jacob, You know, you

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know, a Ko in a, the old testament,

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the hebrew.

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But king James, when the king James bible

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was being made.

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James sounds a lot like Jacob. So let's

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call it James after me.

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Wrong. Not good. Okay. So you could call

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them Jacob if you want, you know, so

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much for king James Goalie.

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Hey, amen.

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Anyways, it's interesting

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because when we look at who wrote the

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book of James.

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There's some things that you really have to

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think about.

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You really have to consider.

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And when you penetrate this, it's a blow

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mind man.

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When we really,

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think about it. The most prominent James is

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there's 2 of them. It has to be

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

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say this?

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It has to be 1 of the prominent

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James. Why?

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

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James he is.

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He just says James. Right?

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Right?

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A bond servant of of God of the

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Lord Jesus Christ the 12 tribes who are

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just... Burst to broad greetings.

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So he just says James.

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

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first should know who he is.

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Right? So if if you're Alexander the great

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

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letter.

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Right?

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If if you are writing a letter of

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a bunch of people and people are already

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know who you are polling, You don't have

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to say anything beyond Napoleon. Right?

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If for Alexander the. You don't have to

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even say the Great. Alexander and sent out

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to all the people. K?

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This James takes for granted that people, I

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believe will know who he is. When he

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writes his letter.

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So this only leaves 2 James as I

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believe as

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strong possibilities

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That would be James the apostle.

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1 of the sons of Thunder, which is

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in Jesus Inner circle,

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

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who Jesus nickname the sons of under.

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John wrote 5 books,

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Gospel John, first segment third, john the book

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revelation. Peter wrote first and second, Peter under

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Did James, the apostle not write what book

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even? What he's the inner circle who Jesus

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charging for leadership?

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Or did he did he write this? James?

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And then there's another James

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who's prominent.

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That is the brother of the Lord Jesus

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Christ.

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Right?

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And he's the 1 who crafted the letter

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in acts chapter 15, although there's different scholars

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through the history that don't believe. James in

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chapter 15 is even the brother of jesus

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because it's not identified there as a brother

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of Jesus.

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Something he was James, you know, the son

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

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the 12 apostles. Fact, a number of people

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who trip I trips me out. When I

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look back at the reformer and stuff thought

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that.

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Although I personally believe that James, the brother

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of Jesus is the is the apostle, or

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I'm not the apostle. The James in

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00:18:38,364 --> 00:18:39,401
acts chapter 15.

542
00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:41,097
And

543
00:18:41,714 --> 00:18:43,708
some will say, well, you know, it's it's

544
00:18:43,788 --> 00:18:44,585
A, you know?

545
00:18:45,876 --> 00:18:47,471
How many you remember James the son of

546
00:18:47,551 --> 00:18:50,022
Alt. It it's not very common. A lot

547
00:18:50,022 --> 00:18:51,378
of people, Christians be like, who what you

548
00:18:51,378 --> 00:18:52,813
talking about? He was 1 of the 12

549
00:18:52,813 --> 00:18:53,371
apostles too.

550
00:18:54,503 --> 00:18:55,641
There were 2 James

551
00:18:56,977 --> 00:18:57,855
that were apostles.

552
00:18:58,493 --> 00:18:59,929
If we're gonna use the word James.

553
00:19:00,647 --> 00:19:00,807
Okay?

554
00:19:02,339 --> 00:19:03,799
And I think it's interesting

555
00:19:04,579 --> 00:19:05,940
to to think about because,

556
00:19:06,819 --> 00:19:07,059
well,

557
00:19:08,899 --> 00:19:11,229
the Jam Macarthur study bible. And I don't

558
00:19:11,229 --> 00:19:11,942
agree with this comment.

559
00:19:12,497 --> 00:19:14,954
States of the 4 men named James in

560
00:19:14,954 --> 00:19:15,667
the new testament,

561
00:19:16,143 --> 00:19:17,411
only 2 are candidates.

562
00:19:18,219 --> 00:19:19,972
For the authors ship of the epi. Argue

563
00:19:19,972 --> 00:19:22,125
with that much. He's right there Only 2

564
00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:23,422
are probably really good candidates

565
00:19:24,277 --> 00:19:26,525
for the authors ship of the epi. Then

566
00:19:26,525 --> 00:19:29,325
he says no 1 seriously considered James. No

567
00:19:29,325 --> 00:19:30,865
1 seriously considered

568
00:19:31,565 --> 00:19:33,884
James, the less, the son of Alt.

569
00:19:34,936 --> 00:19:36,548
And he's saying that because

570
00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:38,930
James, the son of Alt

571
00:19:41,289 --> 00:19:43,372
is not prominent at all. He's just mentioned

572
00:19:43,372 --> 00:19:45,070
among the 12. You don't see him really

573
00:19:45,288 --> 00:19:46,506
engage really leading

574
00:19:46,884 --> 00:19:48,400
as you see James the apostle,

575
00:19:49,039 --> 00:19:49,539
John

576
00:19:49,996 --> 00:19:50,496
Peter

577
00:19:50,809 --> 00:19:51,529
and so forth.

578
00:19:52,169 --> 00:19:54,250
But he's wrong when he says in the

579
00:19:54,250 --> 00:19:56,569
study bible, no 1 has seriously considered James

580
00:19:56,569 --> 00:19:58,089
the less, the son of Alt.

581
00:19:58,583 --> 00:20:00,571
Because John Calvin and he's a Calvin. John

582
00:20:00,809 --> 00:20:03,354
Calvin believe it was john James was a

583
00:20:03,354 --> 00:20:06,297
son of Alt at apostle. Thomas Man, who

584
00:20:06,297 --> 00:20:09,979
has probably the most popular commentary from from

585
00:20:09,979 --> 00:20:11,893
years back, on the book of James,

586
00:20:12,530 --> 00:20:13,886
I've had that for many, many years since

587
00:20:13,966 --> 00:20:16,373
I was young Christian. He believes that. Matthew

588
00:20:16,533 --> 00:20:19,243
Henry, Have you read Matthew Henry's commentary. He

589
00:20:19,243 --> 00:20:21,636
believes it's Apostle, of James, the son of

590
00:20:21,795 --> 00:20:22,273
Alt.

591
00:20:23,071 --> 00:20:26,672
Matthew Pool, another popular Commentary that's online also

592
00:20:26,672 --> 00:20:29,700
believes it refers to James the son of

593
00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:30,916
a. So

594
00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:34,098
I think,

595
00:20:34,736 --> 00:20:36,491
I'm getting my pages. If I seem a

596
00:20:36,491 --> 00:20:38,405
little rattle that first because I got some

597
00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:40,240
disarray going up here, but I, you understand

598
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,675
where... But I'm making sense to you.

599
00:20:42,806 --> 00:20:44,878
Okay. So I'm... But do I believe was

600
00:20:44,958 --> 00:20:46,153
James and Son of? No.

601
00:20:46,869 --> 00:20:49,021
I don't believe there's... I haven't seen any

602
00:20:49,021 --> 00:20:51,331
good evidence for that. You know? Like, why?

603
00:20:52,142 --> 00:20:52,460
Hawaii.

604
00:20:53,653 --> 00:20:55,244
So, you know, that's 1

605
00:20:56,437 --> 00:20:57,631
consideration though. Now,

606
00:21:00,914 --> 00:21:01,414
Most

607
00:21:01,792 --> 00:21:04,346
believe it's James, the brother of Jesus.

608
00:21:06,741 --> 00:21:06,980
Some,

609
00:21:07,554 --> 00:21:09,490
Out of the 30 or so plus commentaries

610
00:21:09,549 --> 00:21:11,464
that I have on James, I've only found

611
00:21:11,464 --> 00:21:11,964
2

612
00:21:13,060 --> 00:21:14,736
that believe it's James the apostle.

613
00:21:15,865 --> 00:21:17,452
Every other 1 believes this James, the brother

614
00:21:17,452 --> 00:21:18,008
of Jesus?

615
00:21:18,881 --> 00:21:19,992
Now do we put our finger in the

616
00:21:19,992 --> 00:21:21,659
air and say, oh, who what what do

617
00:21:21,659 --> 00:21:23,326
most caller say? We've never done that here.

618
00:21:23,723 --> 00:21:25,647
Okay? So we're not gonna do that. When

619
00:21:25,647 --> 00:21:26,920
gonna say, okay, What's the evidence?

620
00:21:27,477 --> 00:21:28,989
And I think it's interesting because I wanna...

621
00:21:29,228 --> 00:21:30,262
I'd like to have a good idea of

622
00:21:30,262 --> 00:21:31,297
who's writing to me, you know?

623
00:21:31,948 --> 00:21:33,619
And and and I I hate to say

624
00:21:33,619 --> 00:21:35,051
this to you. My

625
00:21:35,687 --> 00:21:37,199
Ey lean a certain way, but I'm not

626
00:21:37,199 --> 00:21:37,915
definite on this.

627
00:21:39,123 --> 00:21:41,430
K. 1 of my favorite reform scholars, and

628
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:43,021
we're not reformed here, but I like,

629
00:21:43,578 --> 00:21:45,726
some reform scholars when they're not writing on.

630
00:21:46,296 --> 00:21:47,113
Reformed theology.

631
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,783
When they're writing on this sufficiency description and

632
00:21:49,783 --> 00:21:51,844
so forth, they could be great. And in

633
00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:54,164
certain other topics. But it's interesting.

634
00:21:54,644 --> 00:21:56,565
1 of my favorite reform scholars is Douglas

635
00:21:56,565 --> 00:21:56,724
moo.

636
00:21:57,605 --> 00:21:58,484
And Douglas Mu,

637
00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:00,644
he just discard,

638
00:22:01,205 --> 00:22:03,378
James the apostle with like 1 sentence. Well,

639
00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:04,889
it's probably too early for him to written

640
00:22:04,889 --> 00:22:05,048
it.

641
00:22:06,241 --> 00:22:08,228
Just... And he says probably. And he has

642
00:22:08,228 --> 00:22:09,819
2 different commentaries on James. And the other

643
00:22:09,819 --> 00:22:11,034
1 he says it's likely

644
00:22:11,424 --> 00:22:13,567
In otherwise, it's probably. Really probably based on

645
00:22:13,567 --> 00:22:13,726
what?

646
00:22:14,519 --> 00:22:15,869
Well, first of all, let's clear this up,

647
00:22:16,107 --> 00:22:18,091
how many of your thinking, Joe, you're saying

648
00:22:18,091 --> 00:22:19,599
he had to be a very prominent James.

649
00:22:20,568 --> 00:22:22,082
Because people would just know him as James.

650
00:22:23,038 --> 00:22:24,791
But you're saying there's 2 prominent James.

651
00:22:25,429 --> 00:22:27,580
That kind of destroys your view, your theory,

652
00:22:27,994 --> 00:22:29,988
it doesn't make sense. No. It makes perfect

653
00:22:29,988 --> 00:22:32,302
sense when we you understand this. 1 James

654
00:22:32,302 --> 00:22:34,296
is more prominent at 1 time in church

655
00:22:34,296 --> 00:22:34,695
history.

656
00:22:35,189 --> 00:22:36,783
The other James is more prominent at the

657
00:22:36,783 --> 00:22:37,899
other time in church history.

658
00:22:39,015 --> 00:22:41,406
Are you with me? Which James was prominent

659
00:22:41,406 --> 00:22:42,602
in the early chapters of the book of

660
00:22:42,602 --> 00:22:42,841
acts?

661
00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:44,766
Who say loud?

662
00:22:45,641 --> 00:22:48,981
The apostle James. Right? In fact, the brother,

663
00:22:49,061 --> 00:22:50,890
the Lord Jesus and his family members,

664
00:22:52,498 --> 00:22:54,730
They weren't even be believers. His brothers and

665
00:22:54,730 --> 00:22:57,362
sisters until Jesus rose from the dead. Amen.

666
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,914
So he was not gonna all be, you

667
00:22:59,914 --> 00:23:01,051
know, born again

668
00:23:01,365 --> 00:23:02,725
right after these rise to the dead, and

669
00:23:02,725 --> 00:23:04,965
then the popular James that are already listens

670
00:23:04,965 --> 00:23:06,884
to because he now needs to find out

671
00:23:06,884 --> 00:23:08,484
what it teaches it was really meant by

672
00:23:08,484 --> 00:23:10,404
and what his teaching really was and and

673
00:23:10,404 --> 00:23:12,257
so forth. So in the first chapters, you

674
00:23:12,257 --> 00:23:14,013
don't see James, the brother, Lord accept the

675
00:23:14,013 --> 00:23:15,290
fact that he was there at the day

676
00:23:15,290 --> 00:23:17,445
of Pent, and you see later that Paul

677
00:23:17,445 --> 00:23:19,122
says that Jesus appeared to him after he

678
00:23:19,122 --> 00:23:19,761
risen from the dead.

679
00:23:20,414 --> 00:23:22,409
Yeah, I love James brother, Lord. He's awesome.

680
00:23:23,765 --> 00:23:26,078
Could you imagine? Jesus being your older brother?

681
00:23:28,486 --> 00:23:30,879
And now your... If this is him, and

682
00:23:30,879 --> 00:23:33,032
that's gonna be the way I roll throughout

683
00:23:33,032 --> 00:23:34,729
most of this series

684
00:23:35,186 --> 00:23:36,861
is I believe it could be either or.

685
00:23:37,832 --> 00:23:39,528
I don't believe he be could be dogma

686
00:23:40,224 --> 00:23:40,623
on this.

687
00:23:41,580 --> 00:23:43,812
In fact, Lug at Douglas mood admits, even

688
00:23:43,812 --> 00:23:45,088
though he believes as James as the brother

689
00:23:45,088 --> 00:23:45,566
of the Lord.

690
00:23:46,219 --> 00:23:48,696
Douglas Moo says on page 10 if his

691
00:23:48,696 --> 00:23:50,315
letter of James commentary.

692
00:23:50,694 --> 00:23:53,491
The case for authors ship to this point

693
00:23:53,491 --> 00:23:53,991
is

694
00:23:54,370 --> 00:23:54,530
influential.

695
00:23:55,183 --> 00:23:56,536
Meaning, you really can't know who the author

696
00:23:56,536 --> 00:23:57,729
is. It's it's influential.

697
00:23:58,524 --> 00:24:01,706
He says proof is, proof. Actual proof is

698
00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:03,377
in the nature of the case unavailable.

699
00:24:04,187 --> 00:24:05,561
Meaning if we don't have proof

700
00:24:05,935 --> 00:24:07,309
that's clear and decisive

701
00:24:07,763 --> 00:24:08,637
which James it is.

702
00:24:09,511 --> 00:24:11,498
Although he offers up some of the influential

703
00:24:11,498 --> 00:24:14,059
evidence that suggest It may be the brother

704
00:24:14,059 --> 00:24:14,697
of Jesus.

705
00:24:15,812 --> 00:24:16,051
Now,

706
00:24:16,928 --> 00:24:17,645
it's interesting.

707
00:24:18,442 --> 00:24:19,260
Understand this

708
00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:22,288
when the early church formed

709
00:24:23,873 --> 00:24:25,464
and the book of Ax filled the holy

710
00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:25,702
spirit.

711
00:24:27,134 --> 00:24:30,014
In acts chapter 2, 3000 get saved and

712
00:24:30,014 --> 00:24:32,646
acts chapter 4, 4000 mortgage saved. There's all

713
00:24:32,646 --> 00:24:33,842
kinds of believers. Right?

714
00:24:34,879 --> 00:24:38,149
And right soon after that, they're scattered all

715
00:24:38,149 --> 00:24:39,106
over the Roman empire.

716
00:24:41,429 --> 00:24:43,575
It's very easy you see James, the apostle

717
00:24:43,575 --> 00:24:45,403
writing to them. And if and if James

718
00:24:45,403 --> 00:24:47,232
the apostle wrote to them at that time,

719
00:24:47,804 --> 00:24:49,961
or even 10 years later or whatever it

720
00:24:49,961 --> 00:24:50,121
was.

721
00:24:52,597 --> 00:24:54,115
He would be the James that was known.

722
00:24:54,848 --> 00:24:55,484
At this point.

723
00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,551
He wouldn't have to put James in apostle

724
00:24:57,710 --> 00:24:58,028
Jesus.

725
00:24:58,903 --> 00:25:00,254
So I'm say, why did he just say

726
00:25:00,413 --> 00:25:02,162
James the apostle, Jesus if he's the apostle?

727
00:25:02,654 --> 00:25:03,770
You could say, well, why didn't... The other

728
00:25:03,850 --> 00:25:05,523
James say James, the have brother of Jesus...

729
00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:07,994
It's an argument from silence,

730
00:25:08,632 --> 00:25:09,987
kinda null fight each other don't they?

731
00:25:11,198 --> 00:25:13,431
So if James was written by James the

732
00:25:13,431 --> 00:25:13,909
apostle,

733
00:25:14,707 --> 00:25:16,860
it would have been in the earlier chapters

734
00:25:16,860 --> 00:25:18,614
the book of acts sometime after the church

735
00:25:18,614 --> 00:25:20,463
had been scattered, which we find out church

736
00:25:20,463 --> 00:25:21,899
was scattered in verse 1. That's who has

737
00:25:21,899 --> 00:25:22,377
been addressed.

738
00:25:23,334 --> 00:25:23,834
However,

739
00:25:24,530 --> 00:25:25,726
James, the apostle,

740
00:25:26,683 --> 00:25:28,916
becomes the first marty among the apostles.

741
00:25:29,568 --> 00:25:30,920
In church history had that privilege.

742
00:25:33,146 --> 00:25:35,213
He was the first marty, acts chapter 12.

743
00:25:36,088 --> 00:25:37,383
It's just at that time

744
00:25:37,694 --> 00:25:39,692
in chapter 11 and so forth and 12,

745
00:25:40,650 --> 00:25:42,727
and following, we see the other James coming

746
00:25:42,727 --> 00:25:43,287
to Prominence.

747
00:25:44,979 --> 00:25:46,336
And then we see in acts 15,

748
00:25:46,975 --> 00:25:48,652
not Peter wasn't the first pope. There was

749
00:25:48,731 --> 00:25:48,971
James,

750
00:25:49,689 --> 00:25:50,807
this... The brother of Jesus.

751
00:25:51,526 --> 00:25:53,282
What we do see, which is quite remarkable.

752
00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:56,244
As we see James, as I mentioned, he's

753
00:25:56,244 --> 00:25:57,357
the 1 that craft that letter,

754
00:25:58,551 --> 00:26:00,642
which is really interesting. He writes a letter

755
00:26:00,698 --> 00:26:01,198
too

756
00:26:02,226 --> 00:26:03,500
not the Jews though, by He writes a

757
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:04,296
letter to gentile titles,

758
00:26:04,933 --> 00:26:06,309
believers that they don't have to be.

759
00:26:07,004 --> 00:26:08,517
And, of course, it's not his letter alone

760
00:26:08,676 --> 00:26:09,791
Peter and John or there and so forth.

761
00:26:10,284 --> 00:26:12,836
But he says, basically, he concludes.

762
00:26:13,474 --> 00:26:14,670
And he was a leader of the church

763
00:26:14,670 --> 00:26:16,983
there in Jerusalem. So now, let's say some

764
00:26:16,983 --> 00:26:18,977
time goes by after the apostle James dies.

765
00:26:19,216 --> 00:26:19,376
Right?

766
00:26:20,268 --> 00:26:22,023
Now who's the prominent James. Who?

767
00:26:23,378 --> 00:26:25,771
James the brother, Jesus, Amen. So say a

768
00:26:25,771 --> 00:26:28,163
few years goes by. Right? You're maybe in

769
00:26:28,163 --> 00:26:30,733
the late forties now, Right? Mid to late

770
00:26:30,733 --> 00:26:32,411
forties in the church is scattered,

771
00:26:33,690 --> 00:26:34,329
Then guess what.

772
00:26:35,607 --> 00:26:37,126
Then you get a letter from James. You're

773
00:26:37,126 --> 00:26:38,977
probably thinking it's from who. Unless you speak

774
00:26:38,977 --> 00:26:40,194
is a really old letter

775
00:26:40,571 --> 00:26:42,324
is from James brother of Jesus. Amen.

776
00:26:43,121 --> 00:26:45,432
So we do understand that it's gotta be

777
00:26:45,432 --> 00:26:46,879
1 of the prominent James because he's a

778
00:26:46,879 --> 00:26:48,466
qualify which James he is, number 1.

779
00:26:49,340 --> 00:26:51,880
Number 2, it doesn't contradict the idea that's

780
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,888
it's from 1 of the prominent James because

781
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,194
Both James were prominent at what,

782
00:26:56,993 --> 00:26:58,749
different times in church history. Amen.

783
00:27:00,345 --> 00:27:01,383
Now I know I'm getting a little bit

784
00:27:01,383 --> 00:27:01,782
technical.

785
00:27:03,152 --> 00:27:05,083
But I wanna get a little more technical

786
00:27:05,775 --> 00:27:08,102
because to me, the best evidence

787
00:27:08,715 --> 00:27:10,622
that's used by those that say, this is

788
00:27:10,622 --> 00:27:12,549
a good inference that I think it's the

789
00:27:12,549 --> 00:27:15,430
best evidence is, I don't believe dating is

790
00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:16,789
not the best evidence because we don't know

791
00:27:16,789 --> 00:27:18,309
when it was written. It could've have been

792
00:27:18,309 --> 00:27:20,078
written in the mid thirties. Some have it

793
00:27:20,078 --> 00:27:21,900
being written in 33, 34 ad.

794
00:27:22,613 --> 00:27:24,515
Some have it in the later thirties, you

795
00:27:24,515 --> 00:27:27,067
know? Because the church had been dispersed. And

796
00:27:27,067 --> 00:27:28,181
they would eat counsel. And I know as

797
00:27:28,181 --> 00:27:30,171
a pastor. If you guys all got dispersed,

798
00:27:30,648 --> 00:27:32,558
and I didn't have email and I didn't

799
00:27:32,558 --> 00:27:34,643
have texting and that didn't exist, And our

800
00:27:34,643 --> 00:27:36,477
fellowship got disperse all over the place. I

801
00:27:36,477 --> 00:27:37,833
went sit around and wait 10 years to

802
00:27:37,833 --> 00:27:38,232
write to you.

803
00:27:39,109 --> 00:27:40,625
Okay? So I I think it was probably

804
00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:43,018
written personally in the mid to late thirties

805
00:27:43,018 --> 00:27:43,895
or early forties.

806
00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:47,723
Or mid forties before James was marty, James

807
00:27:47,723 --> 00:27:49,232
marty in 44 ad d guys.

808
00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:51,456
That gives James the apostle plenty of time

809
00:27:51,456 --> 00:27:52,092
to write this letter.

810
00:27:52,825 --> 00:27:54,505
And there's no staunch evidence. This is when

811
00:27:54,505 --> 00:27:55,305
it was written. We don't know.

812
00:27:56,265 --> 00:27:57,945
So you're just looking at a letter written

813
00:27:57,945 --> 00:27:59,384
by a James. That's to those who are

814
00:27:59,384 --> 00:28:01,796
scattered abroad. What I do believe is this.

815
00:28:02,115 --> 00:28:04,429
I believe there's good evidence that that shows

816
00:28:04,429 --> 00:28:07,303
us very very possible that James the brother

817
00:28:07,303 --> 00:28:08,101
of Jesus wrote it.

818
00:28:09,549 --> 00:28:11,162
But I also believe there's good evidence

819
00:28:11,616 --> 00:28:13,444
that suggests it could have been the apostle,

820
00:28:13,603 --> 00:28:13,762
James.

821
00:28:14,636 --> 00:28:16,624
But what's ironic is when I read commentaries,

822
00:28:16,783 --> 00:28:19,266
they'll just miss him with Oh, it probably

823
00:28:19,266 --> 00:28:20,542
as Moose says, and I love move, but,

824
00:28:20,701 --> 00:28:22,615
oh, it's probably too early for him. Probably,

825
00:28:22,774 --> 00:28:24,608
how do you know? You don't have any

826
00:28:24,608 --> 00:28:25,805
give me any evidence when it was written.

827
00:28:25,964 --> 00:28:26,841
You don't know when it was written.

828
00:28:27,575 --> 00:28:29,734
People beep some have it written as 69

829
00:28:29,894 --> 00:28:31,815
Ad, which is really late. Know,

830
00:28:33,575 --> 00:28:35,815
So we don't know when it was exactly

831
00:28:35,815 --> 00:28:36,055
written.

832
00:28:36,869 --> 00:28:37,269
In fact,

833
00:28:39,670 --> 00:28:41,750
moo believes, and I agree that James was

834
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:44,482
written before acts chapter 15. And he states

835
00:28:44,482 --> 00:28:45,838
it was probably written. He says, and I'm

836
00:28:45,838 --> 00:28:47,433
not kidding. We'll see this next time in

837
00:28:47,433 --> 00:28:48,151
the mid forties.

838
00:28:49,028 --> 00:28:50,942
Well the mid forties be anywhere from 43

839
00:28:50,942 --> 00:28:52,856
44, 45 46 47.

840
00:28:53,429 --> 00:28:55,265
And then he says probably 44 80. I'm

841
00:28:55,265 --> 00:28:57,818
like, probably 44 ad. That's right when James

842
00:28:57,818 --> 00:29:00,052
dies. The apostle. The prominent James at that

843
00:29:00,052 --> 00:29:00,211
time.

844
00:29:01,184 --> 00:29:02,862
How come it could have been written 43

845
00:29:02,862 --> 00:29:05,259
80 or maybe it was 44 just before

846
00:29:05,259 --> 00:29:05,759
he

847
00:29:06,138 --> 00:29:08,055
before he died and was murdered by King

848
00:29:08,135 --> 00:29:08,535
Ag grip.

849
00:29:09,346 --> 00:29:11,333
Her Grip, or maybe it was written in

850
00:29:11,333 --> 00:29:12,127
40. We don't know.

851
00:29:13,002 --> 00:29:14,909
So I love these kinds of things to

852
00:29:14,909 --> 00:29:15,704
look at them. Of course,

853
00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:17,230
I'm a

854
00:29:17,867 --> 00:29:20,118
student of scripture and I love to see

855
00:29:20,255 --> 00:29:22,404
various arguments. And I'm not a contra. And

856
00:29:22,483 --> 00:29:23,996
I don't wanna be contrary. I usually agree

857
00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,906
with assessments that are made by evan scholars

858
00:29:25,906 --> 00:29:29,196
regarding authors, conservative scholars. On this 1, I'm

859
00:29:29,196 --> 00:29:29,675
on the fence.

860
00:29:30,634 --> 00:29:32,233
You know? I'm on the fence in this

861
00:29:32,233 --> 00:29:32,393
1.

862
00:29:33,112 --> 00:29:34,790
But this is a good point that is

863
00:29:34,790 --> 00:29:36,904
made those who are in favor of Jesus

864
00:29:37,445 --> 00:29:38,725
being the brother,

865
00:29:40,005 --> 00:29:41,765
are John or this James being the brother

866
00:29:41,765 --> 00:29:43,525
of Jesus. And this point is this,

867
00:29:44,658 --> 00:29:44,818
is,

868
00:29:45,695 --> 00:29:48,965
although many make it wrong. Okay? They'll point

869
00:29:48,965 --> 00:29:50,959
out and say, well, James 1 1, if

870
00:29:50,959 --> 00:29:52,395
you look at the James 1 James a

871
00:29:52,395 --> 00:29:53,990
demons of God and the Lord Jesus Christ,

872
00:29:54,483 --> 00:29:56,237
to the 12 tribes are scattered abroad at

873
00:29:56,237 --> 00:29:58,070
greetings. That word greetings right there.

874
00:29:58,947 --> 00:30:00,541
There's various words that could be used for

875
00:30:00,541 --> 00:30:02,397
greetings usually related to Cairo or

876
00:30:02,709 --> 00:30:05,022
a cara, the Greek word for,

877
00:30:05,820 --> 00:30:08,771
you know, grace and so forth. But it's

878
00:30:08,771 --> 00:30:10,685
interesting, let's look at the next slide in

879
00:30:10,765 --> 00:30:11,562
James 1 1,

880
00:30:12,934 --> 00:30:14,532
You'll see, look at this and james 1

881
00:30:14,532 --> 00:30:16,450
1 James a servant of God out of

882
00:30:16,450 --> 00:30:18,448
the Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes

883
00:30:18,448 --> 00:30:21,026
who are scattered among the nation's greetings.

884
00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:25,068
Okay? And there's a greek word. Okay. And

885
00:30:25,068 --> 00:30:25,702
it's chi.

886
00:30:26,178 --> 00:30:27,367
Ky related to Ky.

887
00:30:28,081 --> 00:30:30,561
And guess what? People will point out that

888
00:30:30,721 --> 00:30:31,620
James 1 1

889
00:30:32,157 --> 00:30:34,312
different commentaries I have will say, the only

890
00:30:34,312 --> 00:30:35,908
other place you see that, a number of

891
00:30:35,908 --> 00:30:36,705
them make this point.

892
00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:38,637
The ones that get in more depth. They'll

893
00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:40,336
say the only other place you see that

894
00:30:40,475 --> 00:30:42,951
is in James letter in acts chapter 15,

895
00:30:43,111 --> 00:30:44,150
James brother Jesus.

896
00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:46,152
Let's look at the next verse.

897
00:30:47,662 --> 00:30:49,409
With them, they sent the following letter,

898
00:30:50,283 --> 00:30:51,395
this is acts chapter.

899
00:30:51,890 --> 00:30:54,049
15 verse 23. With them, they sent the

900
00:30:54,049 --> 00:30:55,890
following letter, the apostles and elders. So it's

901
00:30:55,890 --> 00:30:57,809
really from all the apostles and elders, but

902
00:30:57,970 --> 00:30:59,170
James the 1 who were at writes at

903
00:30:59,170 --> 00:31:00,690
your brothers to the wet.

904
00:31:01,504 --> 00:31:04,241
Gentile towels and antioch, Syria, and Ce,

905
00:31:04,860 --> 00:31:06,617
greetings. Guess what the Greek Word is I

906
00:31:06,617 --> 00:31:08,455
have it up there for you. Ky,

907
00:31:09,108 --> 00:31:09,506
same word.

908
00:31:10,222 --> 00:31:12,211
That's not a common word used for greetings.

909
00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:14,201
In fact, many of these commentaries will point

910
00:31:14,201 --> 00:31:16,031
out it's only used in these 2 letters.

911
00:31:16,588 --> 00:31:17,384
But guess what I did.

912
00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:20,260
I had to do word search. So I

913
00:31:20,260 --> 00:31:20,975
look for Ky.

914
00:31:21,770 --> 00:31:23,041
And every time it's easy It's usually sound...

915
00:31:23,279 --> 00:31:24,948
I found Was usually translated I rejoice and

916
00:31:24,948 --> 00:31:26,696
so forth. But guess what I found out.

917
00:31:27,029 --> 00:31:27,903
There's another letter,

918
00:31:28,699 --> 00:31:31,004
you know, that it uses the word greetings

919
00:31:31,004 --> 00:31:32,356
as well. It uses the same 1, but

920
00:31:32,356 --> 00:31:34,264
it's not eaten... It's not either James or

921
00:31:34,264 --> 00:31:34,821
this James.

922
00:31:36,349 --> 00:31:37,704
That's acts chapter 23.

923
00:31:38,661 --> 00:31:40,095
And we don't have that up. I'm sorry.

924
00:31:40,255 --> 00:31:41,609
I have it in my notes and it

925
00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:43,956
just when it was... When I gave the

926
00:31:44,013 --> 00:31:45,764
scriptures to be put up there, it got

927
00:31:45,764 --> 00:31:46,958
missed. And I know how I got mixed

928
00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:49,425
this whoever was putting them down, looked saw

929
00:31:49,425 --> 00:31:51,415
acts. Oh, I already got x. But t

930
00:31:51,415 --> 00:31:53,182
forgot... Got this axe. This is... And you

931
00:31:53,182 --> 00:31:54,617
could go there if you want acts chapter

932
00:31:54,617 --> 00:31:56,371
23 versus 25 and 26.

933
00:31:57,806 --> 00:31:59,741
And it's... And this is a letter from

934
00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:00,857
a pagan ruler

935
00:32:01,809 --> 00:32:04,049
regarding Paul and the Jews saying that he's

936
00:32:04,049 --> 00:32:05,490
up, you know, through overthrow the lot of

937
00:32:05,569 --> 00:32:07,730
Moses and so forth. And he wrote a

938
00:32:07,730 --> 00:32:09,429
letter with the following content

939
00:32:09,743 --> 00:32:11,813
Cla, that's and I'm quoting the text. Text

940
00:32:11,813 --> 00:32:13,564
says in verse 25, and he wrote a

941
00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:14,916
letter with the following content,

942
00:32:15,394 --> 00:32:15,712
Cla.

943
00:32:17,224 --> 00:32:18,998
To the most excellent governor Felix

944
00:32:19,389 --> 00:32:19,868
greetings.

945
00:32:20,428 --> 00:32:22,425
Guess what the greek word is there. Ky.

946
00:32:22,904 --> 00:32:25,541
Okay? So it's not uncommon term and it's

947
00:32:25,541 --> 00:32:28,500
so actually kinda overthrow the idea while so

948
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,090
uncommon. No it's not so uncommon. It was

949
00:32:30,090 --> 00:32:31,759
used. It's actually used by someone other than

950
00:32:31,918 --> 00:32:32,156
James.

951
00:32:33,269 --> 00:32:34,540
So it could've have been used by both

952
00:32:34,699 --> 00:32:35,017
James.

953
00:32:35,588 --> 00:32:37,569
But the idea that it's used by this

954
00:32:37,648 --> 00:32:39,471
James, which he's writing the letter, so he

955
00:32:39,471 --> 00:32:40,660
probably picked by the holy spirit,

956
00:32:41,452 --> 00:32:44,563
what word to use and then James 11I

957
00:32:44,563 --> 00:32:46,390
believe is at least suggested that it very

958
00:32:46,390 --> 00:32:49,011
well. It's it's influential. It could've have been

959
00:32:49,011 --> 00:32:49,647
the brother Lord.

960
00:32:50,298 --> 00:32:52,364
That I I still believe though there's... The

961
00:32:52,364 --> 00:32:53,636
the better point to be made... I mean,

962
00:32:53,715 --> 00:32:54,987
more accurately it would say it's only used

963
00:32:54,987 --> 00:32:57,054
3 times, but tour by James here and

964
00:32:57,054 --> 00:32:58,723
then this James. So it's possible at the

965
00:32:58,723 --> 00:33:00,193
same James. But as

966
00:33:00,569 --> 00:33:01,526
Douglas mood admits,

967
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,735
it's not proof. It's just.

968
00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:06,625
It's suggestive evidence.

969
00:33:07,117 --> 00:33:09,261
And scholars who point out a couple other

970
00:33:09,261 --> 00:33:11,007
features in the Greek that are similar to

971
00:33:11,087 --> 00:33:12,516
James, which I think are interesting, but not

972
00:33:12,516 --> 00:33:13,786
as strong as this. This 1 is actually

973
00:33:13,786 --> 00:33:15,792
pretty strong. III

974
00:33:15,792 --> 00:33:17,549
concede. I agree. And it's because of these

975
00:33:17,549 --> 00:33:19,145
things that I'm not sure It's not this

976
00:33:19,305 --> 00:33:19,465
James.

977
00:33:20,902 --> 00:33:22,578
You know? I I usually could put my

978
00:33:22,578 --> 00:33:24,015
foot down, but this isn't a matter of

979
00:33:24,015 --> 00:33:25,939
doctrine. But since we're starting James, I was

980
00:33:25,939 --> 00:33:27,130
gonna bug me if I don't give you

981
00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:29,273
the arguments throughout the book of James, and

982
00:33:29,273 --> 00:33:30,385
and just say, well, it could be this

983
00:33:30,465 --> 00:33:31,656
James or without, James. Right?

984
00:33:32,450 --> 00:33:33,499
But, however,

985
00:33:36,683 --> 00:33:38,036
having said all that guys.

986
00:33:40,755 --> 00:33:42,104
I could give you the evidence for the

987
00:33:42,104 --> 00:33:44,112
other James, which is, I think is incredibly

988
00:33:44,168 --> 00:33:45,596
strong by the way. Okay?

989
00:33:46,548 --> 00:33:48,056
And I breaks my heart when I go

990
00:33:48,056 --> 00:33:49,817
through these commentaries. I'm not seen anybody make

991
00:33:49,817 --> 00:33:50,373
it. And even,

992
00:33:51,008 --> 00:33:53,253
a comment from the 18 hundreds kinda makes

993
00:33:53,388 --> 00:33:55,134
some good points. And 1 comment I have,

994
00:33:55,451 --> 00:33:56,801
he doesn't make enough points, but he makes

995
00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:58,007
a couple good points. Seen But,

996
00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:00,792
and you can search online. Evidence for the

997
00:34:00,871 --> 00:34:03,179
Apostle James. You have... You'll scarce find arguments.

998
00:34:03,338 --> 00:34:05,422
It's it's actually kinda sad. When you put

999
00:34:05,422 --> 00:34:08,291
them together, it's a blow mind actually, which

1000
00:34:08,291 --> 00:34:10,442
it's it's still influential. It's not proof positive.

1001
00:34:10,601 --> 00:34:12,672
It's written by James Apostle, but it'll it'll

1002
00:34:12,672 --> 00:34:13,788
make your head the whoa.

1003
00:34:14,918 --> 00:34:16,583
Know... I on the property that says when

1004
00:34:16,583 --> 00:34:18,804
1 presents his case, it seems true. But

1005
00:34:18,804 --> 00:34:19,836
then when you see the other side of

1006
00:34:19,836 --> 00:34:20,153
the case,

1007
00:34:21,422 --> 00:34:23,664
and that seems true. Right? So So the

1008
00:34:23,664 --> 00:34:25,425
good thing is this isn't an about salvation

1009
00:34:25,425 --> 00:34:27,744
issue. Amen. It's not whether... It's not an

1010
00:34:27,744 --> 00:34:29,184
issue to to argue about. Not even an

1011
00:34:29,184 --> 00:34:30,804
issue. I'd I wanna say the debate on

1012
00:34:30,945 --> 00:34:33,536
because it's just not that consequential.

1013
00:34:33,993 --> 00:34:36,065
What I do. So... But I thought if

1014
00:34:36,144 --> 00:34:37,601
I spend the rest of the time

1015
00:34:38,137 --> 00:34:39,731
on the arguments for the other James,

1016
00:34:40,462 --> 00:34:41,972
We will have only gotten through the arguments

1017
00:34:41,972 --> 00:34:43,402
of which James wrote it in this

1018
00:34:44,118 --> 00:34:45,413
service, which is cool

1019
00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:47,536
and some of things I mentioned about James.

1020
00:34:47,933 --> 00:34:48,966
But I don't wanna do that.

1021
00:34:49,696 --> 00:34:51,601
So... But some of your you're thinking, I'd

1022
00:34:51,601 --> 00:34:52,713
like to hear the evidence for the other

1023
00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:54,697
James. Right? I've seen heads go like this.

1024
00:34:55,332 --> 00:34:56,840
Well, I wanna share that with you, but

1025
00:34:56,998 --> 00:34:57,872
I'll do that next week.

1026
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,212
Because I wanna challenge you

1027
00:35:00,822 --> 00:35:02,012
and and get into a little bit of

1028
00:35:02,012 --> 00:35:04,076
what James says in the first verse, and

1029
00:35:04,076 --> 00:35:05,345
we'll get the more when he says next

1030
00:35:05,345 --> 00:35:06,217
week in the first first,

1031
00:35:06,867 --> 00:35:08,136
because I don't want you to leave here

1032
00:35:08,136 --> 00:35:10,833
just thinking about which James wrote it. So

1033
00:35:10,913 --> 00:35:12,896
I'll get the evidence for... I was talking

1034
00:35:12,975 --> 00:35:14,323
Lisa over with Lisa over lunch.

1035
00:35:16,242 --> 00:35:17,750
About this. So she was, how you gonna

1036
00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:19,019
resolve the issue? Ago... I wanna talk about

1037
00:35:19,099 --> 00:35:19,337
James,

1038
00:35:20,210 --> 00:35:21,479
who wrote at the entire message.

1039
00:35:22,289 --> 00:35:24,357
She was, well, you should maybe do the

1040
00:35:24,357 --> 00:35:25,868
second 1 on Wednesday. To show the other

1041
00:35:25,947 --> 00:35:28,016
James I go, nah. I thought about that

1042
00:35:28,016 --> 00:35:28,755
too, but

1043
00:35:29,383 --> 00:35:31,215
he he he he deserves a Sunday too.

1044
00:35:32,966 --> 00:35:34,320
So he'll gets someone next Sunday.

1045
00:35:34,957 --> 00:35:36,708
Okay? Because what I wanted to do is

1046
00:35:36,708 --> 00:35:37,447
get into

1047
00:35:37,759 --> 00:35:40,067
What he says, James 1 1, James a

1048
00:35:40,067 --> 00:35:42,773
bond servant of God, of the lord Jesus

1049
00:35:42,932 --> 00:35:45,639
Christ. Amen. I wanna get into what we

1050
00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:46,992
do know about this James.

1051
00:35:48,682 --> 00:35:50,600
Is that he's a bond servant of God

1052
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,198
and of the lord Jesus Christ Amen.

1053
00:35:53,236 --> 00:35:54,455
And what that means

1054
00:35:54,928 --> 00:35:57,397
and how if you don't identify as a

1055
00:35:57,397 --> 00:35:58,989
bond to Jesus Christ, the rest of the

1056
00:35:58,989 --> 00:36:01,060
book is not gonna impact you. You have

1057
00:36:01,060 --> 00:36:02,414
to make sure you are a servant of

1058
00:36:02,573 --> 00:36:05,405
Jesus Christ. And then again, think if

1059
00:36:05,945 --> 00:36:07,005
if this is

1060
00:36:08,184 --> 00:36:10,344
the brother of the Lord Jesus.

1061
00:36:10,919 --> 00:36:12,994
And Jesus his older brother who he'd rejected,

1062
00:36:13,473 --> 00:36:14,931
and then he saw him resurrected.

1063
00:36:15,469 --> 00:36:16,347
That's pretty powerful.

1064
00:36:16,826 --> 00:36:18,582
He identifies him as his Lord. The big

1065
00:36:18,582 --> 00:36:20,590
brother finally won. Little brothers don't like to

1066
00:36:20,590 --> 00:36:22,421
let big brothers win. They fight against them.

1067
00:36:22,739 --> 00:36:24,969
I mean, I remember my brother, Tom, and

1068
00:36:25,128 --> 00:36:26,561
I I was always... As always been bigger,

1069
00:36:26,721 --> 00:36:28,807
You know, he's a tough. Fighter, man. After

1070
00:36:28,967 --> 00:36:30,801
I got saved, and I a brawl, he

1071
00:36:30,801 --> 00:36:32,715
became a brawl, but he... I always had

1072
00:36:32,715 --> 00:36:34,310
the size and the age and just the

1073
00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:35,985
age. If I was half a size, I

1074
00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:37,795
think the age would be intimidating. Right? You

1075
00:36:37,914 --> 00:36:39,112
bigger brothers who were a little smaller than

1076
00:36:39,112 --> 00:36:39,612
your

1077
00:36:40,150 --> 00:36:41,746
younger brothers, by size.

1078
00:36:42,305 --> 00:36:45,179
And I remember Tom. Little brothers, they admire

1079
00:36:45,179 --> 00:36:46,536
the big brothers, but they also wanna beat

1080
00:36:46,536 --> 00:36:48,620
them They challenge them. You just watch justice

1081
00:36:48,620 --> 00:36:49,176
and Eli.

1082
00:36:49,811 --> 00:36:51,717
Okay? It's kind of a... It's it's a

1083
00:36:51,717 --> 00:36:53,146
trip watching them, and I, we all encourage

1084
00:36:53,146 --> 00:36:54,655
them to love each other, which they do

1085
00:36:54,655 --> 00:36:56,501
deep down. You know? But they're also very

1086
00:36:56,501 --> 00:36:58,097
competitive, and they got a dad who's a

1087
00:36:58,097 --> 00:37:00,010
wrestling coach. So you can imagine,

1088
00:37:00,808 --> 00:37:01,547
there's some

1089
00:37:02,005 --> 00:37:03,759
rough times we see sometimes in our living

1090
00:37:03,759 --> 00:37:06,166
room, backyard, their house, even more probably.

1091
00:37:07,283 --> 00:37:08,161
But I remember Tom,

1092
00:37:08,878 --> 00:37:10,793
I got boxing gloves, and I was, like,

1093
00:37:10,872 --> 00:37:13,664
probably 13 12:13 14. I don't know. And

1094
00:37:13,744 --> 00:37:15,673
I wanted to box him I go let's

1095
00:37:15,753 --> 00:37:17,349
I go, their gloves that won't hurt. And,

1096
00:37:17,429 --> 00:37:19,824
of course, box his ears off. He's say

1097
00:37:19,824 --> 00:37:21,899
doesn't want a box anymore. So then I

1098
00:37:22,059 --> 00:37:23,335
I said, hey, I'll just do it 1

1099
00:37:23,335 --> 00:37:25,422
hand. And I'm the older brother still, and

1100
00:37:25,501 --> 00:37:27,014
I'm still boxing his ears off with just

1101
00:37:27,014 --> 00:37:28,846
a jab or whatever I was doing. And

1102
00:37:28,846 --> 00:37:30,358
then he quit again. I was like, I

1103
00:37:30,358 --> 00:37:31,712
got these new gloves and he doesn't want

1104
00:37:31,712 --> 00:37:33,639
a box, So then I said, hey, Tom.

1105
00:37:34,196 --> 00:37:36,666
Please. Let's box again. You can box. I

1106
00:37:36,666 --> 00:37:37,861
will have no gloves. I'll put my hands

1107
00:37:37,861 --> 00:37:39,056
behind my back. I just wanna a box.

1108
00:37:39,628 --> 00:37:41,696
Because I love them play around, you know

1109
00:37:41,776 --> 00:37:45,037
So that it starts throwing... I'm just going

1110
00:37:45,037 --> 00:37:47,284
like this, you know? Having a good time

1111
00:37:47,284 --> 00:37:49,125
as the older brother. It's poor a little

1112
00:37:49,125 --> 00:37:51,224
brother Tom, you know? And then

1113
00:37:51,605 --> 00:37:53,844
I start laughing so hard because he couldn't

1114
00:37:53,844 --> 00:37:55,619
hit me at first. And you know when

1115
00:37:55,619 --> 00:37:57,059
you laugh and you're laughing really hard to

1116
00:37:57,059 --> 00:37:57,699
get really weak.

1117
00:37:58,420 --> 00:37:59,780
Like, you're laughing and you lose all your

1118
00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:01,460
strength. I start laughing A I can't move

1119
00:38:01,460 --> 00:38:03,794
now. And then he starts p me. He

1120
00:38:03,794 --> 00:38:05,472
knocks me into the closet on a bunch

1121
00:38:05,472 --> 00:38:06,612
of clothes. You know

1122
00:38:07,550 --> 00:38:08,829
And I thought, wow,

1123
00:38:09,548 --> 00:38:11,706
I would have John or James,

1124
00:38:12,265 --> 00:38:14,839
you know, and The younger brother of Jesus,

1125
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:16,599
if this is the James wrote it.

1126
00:38:18,119 --> 00:38:19,800
Felt about Jesus being the older brother.

1127
00:38:20,693 --> 00:38:22,925
But then now, if this is that James,

1128
00:38:23,642 --> 00:38:25,475
referring to him as the Lord.

1129
00:38:26,432 --> 00:38:28,185
The Lord Jesus Christ. That's a big deal.

1130
00:38:28,599 --> 00:38:30,752
And look at the humility, whether it was

1131
00:38:30,752 --> 00:38:32,905
apostle James or James brother Lord. Look at

1132
00:38:32,905 --> 00:38:36,095
the humility, a bond servant, James a bond

1133
00:38:36,095 --> 00:38:37,770
servant of God in the Lord Jesus Christ.

1134
00:38:38,503 --> 00:38:40,337
That's incredible humility you guys.

1135
00:38:42,091 --> 00:38:44,483
In fact, James could have identified himself if

1136
00:38:44,483 --> 00:38:46,796
was the apostle, James the apostle.

1137
00:38:47,369 --> 00:38:49,847
The brother of John, who wrote the book

1138
00:38:49,847 --> 00:38:51,365
revelation, the Gospel of John first second the

1139
00:38:51,365 --> 00:38:53,203
third, John. Well, it was earlier than those

1140
00:38:53,203 --> 00:38:54,322
books. So he probably wouldn't said that, but

1141
00:38:54,322 --> 00:38:55,521
he said he's could've said the son of

1142
00:38:55,681 --> 00:38:58,414
Thunder which Jesus named him. You know. Right?

1143
00:38:58,974 --> 00:39:01,054
Or if it was James, the brother of

1144
00:39:01,215 --> 00:39:03,454
Jesus, he could've have said, James, the brother

1145
00:39:03,454 --> 00:39:05,054
of Jesus, the brother of the creator of

1146
00:39:05,054 --> 00:39:06,427
the universe. You know.

1147
00:39:07,065 --> 00:39:08,579
But he's so humble, you know?

1148
00:39:09,536 --> 00:39:11,609
And that's a big part of Christianity energy

1149
00:39:11,609 --> 00:39:13,943
said you cannot be a Christian

1150
00:39:14,893 --> 00:39:16,650
unless you're converted and become like a child.

1151
00:39:17,049 --> 00:39:17,209
Amen.

1152
00:39:18,486 --> 00:39:19,625
And James

1153
00:39:20,003 --> 00:39:22,717
identifies himself here as a bond servant of

1154
00:39:22,717 --> 00:39:25,753
god and of the Lord Jesus Christ. And

1155
00:39:25,832 --> 00:39:26,967
I love the humility

1156
00:39:27,339 --> 00:39:28,371
that he has here.

1157
00:39:29,322 --> 00:39:29,560
Now,

1158
00:39:31,147 --> 00:39:31,623
the word,

1159
00:39:32,673 --> 00:39:33,950
branch of it there in the Greek is

1160
00:39:33,950 --> 00:39:34,908
1 word Du las.

1161
00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:36,184
Du las.

1162
00:39:37,142 --> 00:39:39,217
And Du los, we are servants. We're creating

1163
00:39:39,217 --> 00:39:39,776
the universe.

1164
00:39:41,225 --> 00:39:42,896
And we should consider a privilege to be

1165
00:39:42,896 --> 00:39:44,646
a servant of the most high God. Amen.

1166
00:39:45,203 --> 00:39:47,931
Because everyone is Bob Dylan used to sing

1167
00:39:48,147 --> 00:39:49,363
is gonna serve somebody

1168
00:39:49,673 --> 00:39:51,183
you're gonna serve the devil. You're gonna serve

1169
00:39:51,183 --> 00:39:52,773
the lord. You're gonna serve somebody.

1170
00:39:53,647 --> 00:39:57,302
Okay? The doo loss is use 127

1171
00:39:57,302 --> 00:39:59,622
times this greek word. In the new testament.

1172
00:40:00,258 --> 00:40:00,758
And

1173
00:40:01,610 --> 00:40:02,882
it's translated slave,

1174
00:40:03,916 --> 00:40:04,472
a servant,

1175
00:40:05,347 --> 00:40:05,983
bond servant,

1176
00:40:06,539 --> 00:40:09,179
hundred and 27 times, in the new testament.

1177
00:40:09,816 --> 00:40:10,930
And you what do you you think about

1178
00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:11,487
a do loss?

1179
00:40:12,442 --> 00:40:13,658
You know how many rights

1180
00:40:14,033 --> 00:40:16,102
how many rights a du loss had? Guess

1181
00:40:16,102 --> 00:40:17,239
how many rights he had

1182
00:40:19,309 --> 00:40:21,710
0, none, not a z.

1183
00:40:22,429 --> 00:40:22,909
No rights.

1184
00:40:23,710 --> 00:40:24,909
In fact, to do us,

1185
00:40:25,710 --> 00:40:26,210
his

1186
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,547
existence was for serving his master.

1187
00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:33,679
And here we see James calls Jesus,

1188
00:40:34,728 --> 00:40:34,968
What?

1189
00:40:36,004 --> 00:40:36,323
Lord?

1190
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:38,316
His Lord. K?

1191
00:40:39,672 --> 00:40:41,585
Now, keep in mind, I've shared this with

1192
00:40:41,585 --> 00:40:42,940
you before, and I think it's so important.

1193
00:40:43,753 --> 00:40:45,189
Because the new testament, when you became a

1194
00:40:45,268 --> 00:40:46,784
Christian new testament, when him when you came

1195
00:40:46,784 --> 00:40:48,379
to belief and faith in christ. It wasn't

1196
00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:51,011
just a man Pam mental ascent. It meant

1197
00:40:51,011 --> 00:40:53,005
you were trusting Jesus Christ says your Lord,

1198
00:40:53,339 --> 00:40:54,612
you were declared him as your Lord and

1199
00:40:54,612 --> 00:40:56,680
savior, and that was a big deal because

1200
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,589
who was Lord in the Roman empire, according

1201
00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:01,311
to the Romans, Caesar, and and they would

1202
00:41:01,311 --> 00:41:03,066
have no lord. That was a chance sometimes

1203
00:41:03,066 --> 00:41:04,342
bad even by the Jews. We have no

1204
00:41:04,342 --> 00:41:05,059
lord, but Caesar.

1205
00:41:06,255 --> 00:41:07,771
So it was considered s judicious,

1206
00:41:08,568 --> 00:41:09,047
treason,

1207
00:41:10,019 --> 00:41:12,099
to call Jesus, your lord, especially for a

1208
00:41:12,099 --> 00:41:12,340
jew,

1209
00:41:14,659 --> 00:41:16,019
a jew in a row with empire.

1210
00:41:17,710 --> 00:41:19,296
Okay. This is very, very important that we

1211
00:41:19,296 --> 00:41:20,352
get this because

1212
00:41:20,804 --> 00:41:22,867
the early Christians when you see them identify

1213
00:41:22,946 --> 00:41:24,929
Jesus as their master as the lord.

1214
00:41:25,659 --> 00:41:27,411
And as we're studying first, Timothy, we've only

1215
00:41:27,411 --> 00:41:28,844
got a few weeks left in first, Timothy

1216
00:41:28,844 --> 00:41:31,175
chapter 6, Paul's talking about how

1217
00:41:32,108 --> 00:41:33,621
Timothy, you've made this great confession.

1218
00:41:34,432 --> 00:41:35,944
And he gave the example of Jesus who

1219
00:41:35,944 --> 00:41:38,752
made a confession before po pilot. And jesus

1220
00:41:38,889 --> 00:41:40,241
made the confession that he is king he

1221
00:41:40,241 --> 00:41:42,249
is Lord before po pi. Goes you're doing

1222
00:41:42,249 --> 00:41:43,847
the same. And then he says to... And

1223
00:41:43,847 --> 00:41:45,445
he's talking about the Lord God he says

1224
00:41:45,445 --> 00:41:46,964
to Jesus and he says that to the

1225
00:41:46,964 --> 00:41:49,062
only sovereign. The only sovereign

1226
00:41:49,761 --> 00:41:50,960
that was considered treason.

1227
00:41:51,534 --> 00:41:53,927
These new testament writers were considered treason in

1228
00:41:54,086 --> 00:41:56,501
Roman Empire, and many times they were burned

1229
00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,792
many different emperors depending on where the empire

1230
00:41:58,792 --> 00:42:00,467
emperor worship was the greatest Roman empire and

1231
00:42:00,467 --> 00:42:02,314
what time in history. Chris wife often put

1232
00:42:02,314 --> 00:42:04,303
the death because they refused to call Caesar

1233
00:42:04,303 --> 00:42:05,973
of the Lord. They call Jesus of Lord.

1234
00:42:06,371 --> 00:42:07,882
And that's very more important to understand.

1235
00:42:09,491 --> 00:42:11,108
Because when you look at this

1236
00:42:11,884 --> 00:42:14,276
whole reality that Jesus is Lord,

1237
00:42:16,031 --> 00:42:16,850
you see

1238
00:42:17,387 --> 00:42:17,887
that

1239
00:42:18,597 --> 00:42:20,744
1 day, that's gonna happen to believers. It's

1240
00:42:20,744 --> 00:42:22,255
happened to believers all over the world at

1241
00:42:22,255 --> 00:42:22,494
times.

1242
00:42:23,130 --> 00:42:24,322
But when the mark of the beast comes

1243
00:42:24,322 --> 00:42:26,804
out, and you don't take his name or

1244
00:42:26,804 --> 00:42:28,001
the number of his name on your right

1245
00:42:28,001 --> 00:42:29,757
handed or forehead because you're saying he's not

1246
00:42:29,757 --> 00:42:30,237
my Lord.

1247
00:42:31,035 --> 00:42:33,190
It's gonna cost millions of Christians their heads.

1248
00:42:33,989 --> 00:42:35,426
And you have to ask a question right

1249
00:42:35,426 --> 00:42:35,585
now.

1250
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,000
Because that may not even happen in your

1251
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,280
lifetime, but guess what could happen in your

1252
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:40,559
lifetime to depending and where you're hearing right

1253
00:42:40,559 --> 00:42:42,160
now, what country you're in?

1254
00:42:43,774 --> 00:42:45,612
If you call Jesus Lord of All in

1255
00:42:45,612 --> 00:42:47,849
islamic an islamic nation that's really strong in

1256
00:42:48,009 --> 00:42:50,567
Islam, that's considered s judicious as well. We

1257
00:42:50,567 --> 00:42:52,245
have to right now make sure Jesus our

1258
00:42:52,325 --> 00:42:54,415
Lord. And right now, your life isn't on

1259
00:42:54,415 --> 00:42:55,074
the line

1260
00:42:55,532 --> 00:42:56,649
because you can't lose your head in the

1261
00:42:56,808 --> 00:42:58,723
United States typically for Declaring jesus Lord. But

1262
00:42:58,723 --> 00:43:00,811
guess what is on the line. Your very

1263
00:43:00,811 --> 00:43:01,687
soul is on the line.

1264
00:43:02,403 --> 00:43:03,995
Because if you do not, have jesus as

1265
00:43:03,995 --> 00:43:04,871
your Lord, You're lost.

1266
00:43:05,985 --> 00:43:07,816
Jesus said you cannot serve 2 masters.

1267
00:43:08,789 --> 00:43:10,227
You'll hate the 1 or love the other.

1268
00:43:10,387 --> 00:43:11,746
You can't serve both God and money, you

1269
00:43:11,746 --> 00:43:13,344
can't serve God and Satan. You have to

1270
00:43:13,344 --> 00:43:15,742
make sure that Jesus is first in your

1271
00:43:15,742 --> 00:43:17,520
life. And I'd love it because

1272
00:43:17,992 --> 00:43:19,266
James is a straight shooter.

1273
00:43:20,619 --> 00:43:22,130
James does not sugar coat things.

1274
00:43:23,165 --> 00:43:25,289
And what's incredible to me about James is

1275
00:43:25,489 --> 00:43:28,193
There's a hundred and 8 versus in the

1276
00:43:28,193 --> 00:43:28,829
book of James.

1277
00:43:29,943 --> 00:43:31,000
59

1278
00:43:32,820 --> 00:43:33,216
imperatives.

1279
00:43:34,326 --> 00:43:36,887
Imperative is the mood of command. There's 59

1280
00:43:36,942 --> 00:43:39,558
commands in the book of James. This little

1281
00:43:39,558 --> 00:43:40,010
book

1282
00:43:40,526 --> 00:43:41,503
59

1283
00:43:41,718 --> 00:43:43,864
commands in the book of James.

1284
00:43:44,976 --> 00:43:46,748
Now, it's interesting to me

1285
00:43:47,281 --> 00:43:48,735
that when you consider

1286
00:43:49,444 --> 00:43:50,244
this reality.

1287
00:43:51,684 --> 00:43:53,364
Paul says in first Corinthians 11 1 be

1288
00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:55,125
I tit of me just as I also

1289
00:43:55,125 --> 00:43:55,764
am of Christ.

1290
00:43:56,499 --> 00:43:59,216
But it was considered... We follow Paul because

1291
00:43:59,216 --> 00:44:02,014
he follows Jesus as the Lord. He identifies

1292
00:44:02,014 --> 00:44:03,771
himself as a servant. But you know what?

1293
00:44:04,091 --> 00:44:04,911
Being a servant

1294
00:44:06,501 --> 00:44:09,125
was a good thing if you were servant

1295
00:44:09,125 --> 00:44:10,079
for a good master.

1296
00:44:10,954 --> 00:44:13,180
And it was an elevated position if your

1297
00:44:13,180 --> 00:44:15,407
master was elevated that you were associated with

1298
00:44:15,407 --> 00:44:17,575
him. If you were 1 a Caesar servants

1299
00:44:17,575 --> 00:44:18,373
in his palace,

1300
00:44:19,410 --> 00:44:21,325
you had... You could have even great... There

1301
00:44:21,325 --> 00:44:23,414
was... There was great privilege in that. When

1302
00:44:23,575 --> 00:44:25,575
I just did a message on slavery a

1303
00:44:25,575 --> 00:44:27,175
few weeks ago on a Wednesday night. And

1304
00:44:27,255 --> 00:44:28,614
I pointed out 1 of the richest people

1305
00:44:28,614 --> 00:44:31,114
in the Empire was a a servant

1306
00:44:31,735 --> 00:44:32,295
of Caesars.

1307
00:44:32,949 --> 00:44:34,545
Well, guess what? We're not service of seizures,

1308
00:44:34,704 --> 00:44:35,821
man. We're servants of Jesus.

1309
00:44:37,018 --> 00:44:38,933
Okay? We're not servants of Joe Biden.

1310
00:44:40,623 --> 00:44:40,782
Amen?

1311
00:44:41,657 --> 00:44:41,817
Okay.

1312
00:44:42,613 --> 00:44:43,011
He's

1313
00:44:43,728 --> 00:44:43,967
well,

1314
00:44:44,683 --> 00:44:47,470
I love who called servants, numbers chapter 27

1315
00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:49,790
or chapter 12 or 7. God says my

1316
00:44:49,790 --> 00:44:50,822
servant Moses.

1317
00:44:51,377 --> 00:44:53,757
Hebrews 03:13 5 says Moses was... Or 3

1318
00:44:53,757 --> 00:44:55,923
5 says, Moses was a faithful servant

1319
00:44:56,552 --> 00:44:57,906
as A servant in got all of God's

1320
00:44:57,906 --> 00:45:00,853
house. In first Samuel 3 9, Samuel says

1321
00:45:00,853 --> 00:45:04,141
speak lord for your servant hears. Caleb, Joshua

1322
00:45:04,358 --> 00:45:08,910
King David, Solomon, Elijah, Hannah, Mary, Jonah, Isaiah.

1323
00:45:09,307 --> 00:45:11,456
Paul, James Peter Jude, John.

1324
00:45:12,332 --> 00:45:13,525
All identified as servants.

1325
00:45:14,814 --> 00:45:17,298
You know the greatest servant of All,

1326
00:45:18,465 --> 00:45:18,862
Jesus.

1327
00:45:19,418 --> 00:45:21,800
He's called the suffering servant in the old

1328
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:22,117
testament.

1329
00:45:22,609 --> 00:45:24,842
In Isaiah 52 and 53 in other passages.

1330
00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:27,395
He's God,

1331
00:45:28,272 --> 00:45:30,447
but he's the most awesome of the servants

1332
00:45:30,505 --> 00:45:32,181
because God became a servant.

1333
00:45:33,070 --> 00:45:34,603
In fact, look at philippians

1334
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chapter 3 or chapter 2 verse 3.

1335
00:45:38,550 --> 00:45:40,695
Philippians is chapter 2 verse 3.

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

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00:45:49,252 --> 00:45:49,492
K?

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00:45:50,211 --> 00:45:51,490
Don't try to impress others.

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00:45:52,144 --> 00:45:52,784
Be humble.

1340
00:45:53,424 --> 00:45:55,184
Thinking of others as better than yourselves.

1341
00:45:55,824 --> 00:45:58,244
Don't look out for only your own interest

1342
00:45:59,199 --> 00:45:59,839
That's hard to do.

1343
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,239
Our humans were filled with flesh. We gotta

1344
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,079
deny flash. Don't look out for not only

1345
00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:05,839
your own interests, but take an interest in

1346
00:46:05,839 --> 00:46:06,000
what.

1347
00:46:06,652 --> 00:46:07,368
Others too.

1348
00:46:08,084 --> 00:46:10,629
You must have the same attitude that Christ

1349
00:46:10,788 --> 00:46:13,572
Jesus had. So if your your flesh sq

1350
00:46:13,572 --> 00:46:14,447
when you hear the word servant.

1351
00:46:15,098 --> 00:46:16,446
I don't wanna be a servant. I wanna

1352
00:46:16,446 --> 00:46:17,953
live like a king. I want everything. I

1353
00:46:17,953 --> 00:46:19,540
wanna be all about me myself and I.

1354
00:46:20,095 --> 00:46:21,364
But you know what? Don't let that happen,

1355
00:46:21,523 --> 00:46:23,875
man. The best example the 1 who

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00:46:24,494 --> 00:46:24,815
denied,

1357
00:46:25,855 --> 00:46:26,755
all his privileges

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00:46:27,215 --> 00:46:29,215
help others when they were in need is

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00:46:29,215 --> 00:46:31,145
our Lord Jesus Christ. It says goes on

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00:46:31,145 --> 00:46:33,215
to say, though he was God, though he

1361
00:46:33,215 --> 00:46:35,944
was god, then Iv existed in the very

1362
00:46:36,399 --> 00:46:37,752
as the nate in the nature of God.

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00:46:38,483 --> 00:46:40,472
King James the form of God. Though he

1364
00:46:40,472 --> 00:46:42,699
was God, he did not think of equality

1365
00:46:42,699 --> 00:46:44,688
with God as something to cling to.

1366
00:46:45,498 --> 00:46:46,769
Could've just stayed up there and having being

1367
00:46:46,769 --> 00:46:48,040
worship by all the angels, but he didn't

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00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,185
cling to that. Instead, he gave up his

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00:46:50,185 --> 00:46:52,743
divine privileges. He didn't stop being god. He

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00:46:52,743 --> 00:46:54,331
just gave up the divine privilege as he

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00:46:54,331 --> 00:46:56,237
had as he's being worship in heaven. And

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00:46:56,237 --> 00:46:58,143
he took the humble position as a what.

1373
00:46:59,335 --> 00:47:01,400
Slave. The Greek word is do loss, the

1374
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:01,900
same

1375
00:47:02,288 --> 00:47:04,828
word that shoes that James identifies himself as

1376
00:47:04,828 --> 00:47:07,447
because he's a slave of God who became

1377
00:47:07,447 --> 00:47:08,162
a slave himself.

1378
00:47:08,876 --> 00:47:10,622
And he was born as a human being.

1379
00:47:11,193 --> 00:47:13,579
When he appeared in human form, he humbled

1380
00:47:13,579 --> 00:47:15,806
himself in obedience to God and died a

1381
00:47:15,806 --> 00:47:16,044
what,

1382
00:47:16,681 --> 00:47:19,725
criminals death on a cross. Therefore god elevated

1383
00:47:19,861 --> 00:47:22,588
him to the place of highest honor and

1384
00:47:22,588 --> 00:47:24,925
gave him a name above all other names

1385
00:47:25,065 --> 00:47:27,062
that the name of Jesus, every knee should

1386
00:47:27,062 --> 00:47:28,980
bow in heaven and on earth and under

1387
00:47:28,980 --> 00:47:30,990
the earth. And every tongue to clear that

1388
00:47:31,069 --> 00:47:32,266
Jesus Christ is what.

1389
00:47:32,983 --> 00:47:35,296
Lord, to glory to the glory of God,

1390
00:47:35,536 --> 00:47:37,550
the father. I love that because

1391
00:47:39,933 --> 00:47:42,875
He became god became a man, and I

1392
00:47:42,875 --> 00:47:45,418
tell you often, that's like you becoming a

1393
00:47:45,418 --> 00:47:45,918
cockroach

1394
00:47:46,372 --> 00:47:47,429
to save the cockroaches.

1395
00:47:49,331 --> 00:47:51,006
You say no. That's a bigger step down

1396
00:47:51,006 --> 00:47:52,282
to become a cockroach On I'm a human

1397
00:47:52,282 --> 00:47:54,276
being. No. It's a lesser step down. I

1398
00:47:54,276 --> 00:47:56,508
always say that. Because a cockroaches is another

1399
00:47:56,508 --> 00:47:57,385
creature. We're just creatures.

1400
00:47:57,958 --> 00:48:00,271
Amen This is the un creator of all

1401
00:48:00,271 --> 00:48:00,510
things.

1402
00:48:02,025 --> 00:48:03,482
Becoming part of his creation

1403
00:48:03,859 --> 00:48:04,656
as the God man.

1404
00:48:05,613 --> 00:48:07,698
Think about that, man. That just blows me

1405
00:48:07,698 --> 00:48:09,527
away. What an awesome God. And you know

1406
00:48:09,527 --> 00:48:12,150
what? He for so his privileges,

1407
00:48:12,786 --> 00:48:14,948
not cease and be God. Still God. But

1408
00:48:14,948 --> 00:48:16,619
how himself became a man and died a

1409
00:48:16,619 --> 00:48:18,290
horrible death of the cross. They just become

1410
00:48:18,290 --> 00:48:19,722
a du loss, a servant,

1411
00:48:20,359 --> 00:48:22,030
but he suffered a death on the cross

1412
00:48:22,030 --> 00:48:23,541
pain for our sins guys.

1413
00:48:24,193 --> 00:48:25,470
So we could elevate us.

1414
00:48:26,905 --> 00:48:27,942
So we could become what.

1415
00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:30,734
Children of God. We're not just servants. He

1416
00:48:30,734 --> 00:48:32,489
says, I call you in John 15. I

1417
00:48:32,489 --> 00:48:33,366
call you friends. Amen.

1418
00:48:34,339 --> 00:48:36,097
And then in John 01:12 as men has

1419
00:48:36,097 --> 00:48:37,455
received him he gave the right to become

1420
00:48:37,455 --> 00:48:40,012
the children of God. And now we can

1421
00:48:40,012 --> 00:48:42,182
call our father Ab father. And come to

1422
00:48:42,182 --> 00:48:44,250
him in the name of the Lord Jesus

1423
00:48:44,409 --> 00:48:48,068
Christ. What I blessed, wonderful, privilege that is.

1424
00:48:48,799 --> 00:48:50,635
So, man, what an awesome thing like Moses,

1425
00:48:50,795 --> 00:48:52,312
you're a servant of the lord. Right? Like,

1426
00:48:52,551 --> 00:48:53,988
Elijah, you're a servant of the lord. Like

1427
00:48:53,988 --> 00:48:55,744
the apostles your servants, the lord. It's a

1428
00:48:55,744 --> 00:48:58,060
privilege to be the servant of the Lord.

1429
00:48:58,474 --> 00:49:00,093
And this is what blows me away

1430
00:49:00,711 --> 00:49:01,691
about this text

1431
00:49:02,070 --> 00:49:04,008
that I thinks quite quite fascinating

1432
00:49:04,467 --> 00:49:06,145
is literally in the Greek.

1433
00:49:07,038 --> 00:49:08,468
You read the literal Greek in James 1

1434
00:49:08,468 --> 00:49:09,501
1, it can be translated,

1435
00:49:09,899 --> 00:49:13,158
g James, a bonds of God, the Lord

1436
00:49:13,317 --> 00:49:13,952
Jesus Christ.

1437
00:49:15,242 --> 00:49:16,996
As though Jesus is being called God there.

1438
00:49:18,113 --> 00:49:21,005
Grammatically, it can go either way. Most translators

1439
00:49:21,063 --> 00:49:22,579
translate is always speaking to the son and

1440
00:49:22,579 --> 00:49:24,188
the father there. I'm okay with that I

1441
00:49:24,188 --> 00:49:25,541
can see it going either way. But guess

1442
00:49:25,541 --> 00:49:28,645
what? Is still incapable that Jesus being referred

1443
00:49:28,645 --> 00:49:30,157
to as God and James 1 1 why?

1444
00:49:30,794 --> 00:49:32,943
Because James is a bond of God and

1445
00:49:32,943 --> 00:49:33,682
of the

1446
00:49:34,795 --> 00:49:36,635
Lord. Jesus Christ. Amen.

1447
00:49:37,434 --> 00:49:38,795
What's Lord of the Greek do you remember?

1448
00:49:39,275 --> 00:49:40,875
It's the common word used for Lord in

1449
00:49:40,875 --> 00:49:42,235
the new testament. Curry.

1450
00:49:43,047 --> 00:49:44,322
KURI0S.

1451
00:49:45,038 --> 00:49:47,905
Curiosity is a name that's given throughout the

1452
00:49:47,905 --> 00:49:49,817
old testament. When the old testament is talking

1453
00:49:49,817 --> 00:49:51,171
about God, Y.

1454
00:49:51,664 --> 00:49:54,940
El. Guess how the sep, the Lx x,

1455
00:49:55,180 --> 00:49:57,177
the translation that the lord Jesus Christ used

1456
00:49:57,177 --> 00:50:00,168
over and over again. Guess how they often

1457
00:50:00,224 --> 00:50:03,082
or it's typically translated Y, which is God.

1458
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:03,796
Carry.

1459
00:50:04,511 --> 00:50:06,813
So if you're reading Jesus day about Y

1460
00:50:06,813 --> 00:50:09,053
the old testament in the Greek, which is

1461
00:50:09,053 --> 00:50:11,287
a common language among the those that were

1462
00:50:11,287 --> 00:50:13,122
living in Israel on those days, Roman empire.

1463
00:50:13,361 --> 00:50:16,168
You'd be reading Curiosity, Curiosity, Curiosity, Cr that's

1464
00:50:16,168 --> 00:50:17,680
what I'm saying is a big deal for

1465
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:19,749
Jesus to be called. What? Carr.

1466
00:50:20,306 --> 00:50:21,898
You're calling him lord. You're call him God.

1467
00:50:22,932 --> 00:50:23,092
Amen?

1468
00:50:24,063 --> 00:50:26,458
In fact, look at Philippians chapter 2 versus

1469
00:50:26,458 --> 00:50:28,693
10 and 11 on this slide. And look

1470
00:50:28,693 --> 00:50:29,411
what it says here.

1471
00:50:30,369 --> 00:50:32,205
At the name of Jesus every knee should

1472
00:50:32,205 --> 00:50:34,299
bow, in heaven and on earth and under

1473
00:50:34,299 --> 00:50:36,539
earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ

1474
00:50:36,619 --> 00:50:38,460
Lord to the glory of God the father.

1475
00:50:38,780 --> 00:50:38,940
Amen.

1476
00:50:39,739 --> 00:50:41,672
Is gonna bow. You know that's taken from

1477
00:50:41,911 --> 00:50:43,188
Isaiah, chapter 45.

1478
00:50:44,146 --> 00:50:45,104
And you know who who's referring to in

1479
00:50:45,344 --> 00:50:45,983
Isaiah 45.

1480
00:50:46,541 --> 00:50:48,217
When is gonna bow and every time gonna

1481
00:50:48,217 --> 00:50:48,457
confess.

1482
00:50:50,228 --> 00:50:51,504
Let's go to the next passage. Look at

1483
00:50:51,504 --> 00:50:51,663
it.

1484
00:50:52,461 --> 00:50:54,295
Turn to me and be saved all the

1485
00:50:54,295 --> 00:50:56,050
ends of the earth for I am what.

1486
00:50:56,847 --> 00:50:58,362
I am God and there is no other.

1487
00:51:00,209 --> 00:51:02,038
Whoever saying what they're saying here is saying

1488
00:51:02,038 --> 00:51:03,230
he's the only god there's no weather.

1489
00:51:04,025 --> 00:51:06,569
I have sworn by myself. The word has

1490
00:51:06,569 --> 00:51:08,579
gone forth from my mouth and righteousness

1491
00:51:08,969 --> 00:51:11,037
and I will not turn back that to

1492
00:51:11,037 --> 00:51:13,503
me, every knee bow and every time we'll

1493
00:51:13,503 --> 00:51:14,298
swear allegiance.

1494
00:51:15,253 --> 00:51:15,492
Wow,

1495
00:51:16,064 --> 00:51:18,297
They will say of me only the Lord

1496
00:51:18,457 --> 00:51:19,494
Y way. By the way,

1497
00:51:20,770 --> 00:51:22,546
our righteousness and strength

1498
00:51:23,322 --> 00:51:25,236
curiosity in the except too.

1499
00:51:26,208 --> 00:51:28,196
And here we see well Flipping has already

1500
00:51:28,196 --> 00:51:29,867
says, even though he was in the very

1501
00:51:29,867 --> 00:51:31,935
form of God, he became a man. I

1502
00:51:31,935 --> 00:51:33,858
says his god. But then it says every

1503
00:51:33,858 --> 00:51:35,528
knee about every time it fence. If apostle

1504
00:51:35,687 --> 00:51:37,993
Paul knows very well that Isaiah, that that

1505
00:51:37,993 --> 00:51:40,140
this the reference to Y, and every is

1506
00:51:40,140 --> 00:51:41,748
gonna bow to him. And he applies to

1507
00:51:41,829 --> 00:51:44,465
Jesus. Make no mistake. Jesus is God. And

1508
00:51:44,465 --> 00:51:45,585
when a Drove when it comes to your

1509
00:51:45,585 --> 00:51:47,342
door, go ahead and share philippians chapter 2

1510
00:51:47,342 --> 00:51:49,340
with him, and I isaiah chapter 45. Amen.

1511
00:51:50,153 --> 00:51:51,585
Because they deny that Jesus god, I think

1512
00:51:51,585 --> 00:51:52,938
some of the most powerful evidence is of

1513
00:51:53,017 --> 00:51:54,847
Jesus being God is the quotations of the

1514
00:51:54,847 --> 00:51:56,836
old testament about Y that applied to Jesus

1515
00:51:56,836 --> 00:51:58,268
in the new testament. Like in the old

1516
00:51:58,268 --> 00:51:58,768
testament

1517
00:51:59,078 --> 00:52:00,429
year my witness say Lord to My servant

1518
00:52:00,429 --> 00:52:01,702
who Have chosen before me, There's no god

1519
00:52:01,702 --> 00:52:03,053
formed me neither shall be after me. No.

1520
00:52:03,292 --> 00:52:04,564
It's only 1 God form. So how can

1521
00:52:04,643 --> 00:52:05,439
Jesus have been in the form of god?

1522
00:52:05,598 --> 00:52:06,393
If there was another God.

1523
00:52:07,917 --> 00:52:08,631
And Isaiah,

1524
00:52:10,616 --> 00:52:11,569
I am the first last,

1525
00:52:12,125 --> 00:52:14,506
beside, there's no god, Isaiah 44 6.

1526
00:52:15,474 --> 00:52:18,808
Revelation chapter 19 or chapter 01:18

1527
00:52:18,808 --> 00:52:21,031
through 20 there, Jesus says, I... Am he

1528
00:52:21,031 --> 00:52:22,460
that was dead, but I'm my alive for

1529
00:52:22,460 --> 00:52:23,492
more, I have the keys that the hell

1530
00:52:23,492 --> 00:52:25,020
of death Am says, I am the first

1531
00:52:25,020 --> 00:52:26,216
and the last. Hey, amen??

1532
00:52:27,013 --> 00:52:28,766
He is God. Make no mistake about it.

1533
00:52:29,005 --> 00:52:30,918
Why do I emphasize that point? Because when

1534
00:52:30,918 --> 00:52:32,527
we're talking about me servants, We're talking my

1535
00:52:32,527 --> 00:52:33,803
servants of God the created of the universe.

1536
00:52:34,202 --> 00:52:36,434
Amen. We're not talking about serving Joe Biden

1537
00:52:36,594 --> 00:52:38,827
Donald Trump. Amen. We're not serving the Lord

1538
00:52:38,986 --> 00:52:40,661
Jesus Christ. He is our god. Amen.

1539
00:52:41,552 --> 00:52:43,385
We serve God the father. We serve God

1540
00:52:43,385 --> 00:52:45,456
the son, and we serve the father of

1541
00:52:45,456 --> 00:52:47,050
the son by the power of God, the

1542
00:52:47,050 --> 00:52:47,847
holy spirit amen.

1543
00:52:48,498 --> 00:52:50,409
And let us get excited. Man, these all

1544
00:52:50,409 --> 00:52:51,943
these people in the truck Goes. Yeah

1545
00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:55,661
We should be fireworks more excited about Jesus.

1546
00:52:56,710 --> 00:52:57,901
Trump took a bullet in the year. You

1547
00:52:57,901 --> 00:52:59,410
know, 1 on 3 levels are saying that

1548
00:52:59,410 --> 00:53:01,793
that didn't happen. It's all fake. Michael they

1549
00:53:01,793 --> 00:53:03,540
sound like 1 and 3 conservative sometimes another

1550
00:53:03,540 --> 00:53:05,619
issue issues I'm sorry. You know, just... I'm

1551
00:53:05,619 --> 00:53:07,286
like, well, the world, you know?

1552
00:53:08,874 --> 00:53:10,089
He took a bullet

1553
00:53:11,097 --> 00:53:11,653
in the ear.

1554
00:53:12,304 --> 00:53:13,984
That's pretty cool. He stood up. Fight fight

1555
00:53:13,984 --> 00:53:17,744
fight. My god took thorn, took nails took

1556
00:53:17,744 --> 00:53:19,344
just totally obliterated.

1557
00:53:19,678 --> 00:53:21,583
Rose on the third day conquered to grave

1558
00:53:21,583 --> 00:53:23,725
and he is our god. Amen. And people

1559
00:53:23,725 --> 00:53:25,153
are getting excited about that. How much works

1560
00:53:25,153 --> 00:53:27,137
excited should we get about the Lord Jesus

1561
00:53:27,217 --> 00:53:27,773
Christ. Amen.

1562
00:53:28,741 --> 00:53:29,934
What awesome God we have.

1563
00:53:32,797 --> 00:53:34,468
I'm glad I'm splitting my message 2. I'm

1564
00:53:34,468 --> 00:53:36,377
looking at that clock I'm like, no way.

1565
00:53:36,869 --> 00:53:37,980
It's gone already.

1566
00:53:40,122 --> 00:53:41,630
But I wanna encourage you right now.

1567
00:53:42,978 --> 00:53:43,692
You cannot.

1568
00:53:45,142 --> 00:53:48,256
Receive the messages this letter, and the 59

1569
00:53:48,256 --> 00:53:50,092
commands about how to walk with the Lord

1570
00:53:50,092 --> 00:53:52,248
and be the Christian he's calling to be

1571
00:53:52,248 --> 00:53:53,685
a servant of the most high God.

1572
00:53:55,286 --> 00:53:56,024
Unless you

1573
00:53:56,474 --> 00:53:57,901
have become a servant of the most high

1574
00:53:57,980 --> 00:53:58,217
God.

1575
00:53:58,931 --> 00:54:00,619
And I'm not talking Playing church

1576
00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:03,307
I'm talking about being serious before the Lord.

1577
00:54:03,783 --> 00:54:03,862
Amen.

1578
00:54:06,163 --> 00:54:07,219
I'm talking about

1579
00:54:07,750 --> 00:54:09,836
recognizing that when you're servant, That means if

1580
00:54:09,836 --> 00:54:10,954
he says go to this land to be

1581
00:54:10,954 --> 00:54:11,513
a missionary,

1582
00:54:12,072 --> 00:54:13,450
are you willing to do that

1583
00:54:13,987 --> 00:54:15,664
for the rest of your life. If he

1584
00:54:15,664 --> 00:54:18,313
says, for sake all your possessions and go

1585
00:54:18,313 --> 00:54:21,047
live poor among the poor at being evangelist

1586
00:54:21,266 --> 00:54:23,580
over here or share the gospel there? Are

1587
00:54:23,580 --> 00:54:25,336
you willing to do that? If your answers

1588
00:54:25,336 --> 00:54:25,655
are no,

1589
00:54:26,389 --> 00:54:27,987
You're not serving Jesus as your Lord.

1590
00:54:28,626 --> 00:54:29,824
And Jesus says why do you call me

1591
00:54:29,904 --> 00:54:31,342
Lord Lord and not obey the things I

1592
00:54:31,342 --> 00:54:31,981
say. Amen.

1593
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If he says, hey, I don't want you

1594
00:54:34,715 --> 00:54:35,914
to get drunk, which he says in his

1595
00:54:35,914 --> 00:54:37,275
word Don't be drunk with wine, but phil

1596
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the spirit. And he refused to obey him

1597
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Is he really your Lord? Are you really

1598
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a servant?

1599
00:54:42,007 --> 00:54:43,286
If he says not to be involved in

1600
00:54:43,286 --> 00:54:46,082
pharma illicit drugs, but you're still doing meth

1601
00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:47,361
and or heroin or, you know,

1602
00:54:48,894 --> 00:54:50,812
Fentanyl all or, you know, smoking pot getting

1603
00:54:50,812 --> 00:54:52,490
the stoned in La la land and not

1604
00:54:52,490 --> 00:54:53,609
sober because if I what command you be

1605
00:54:53,609 --> 00:54:55,447
sober, that's not sober. Are you really following

1606
00:54:55,447 --> 00:54:56,646
as your Lord? You're really a servant?

1607
00:54:57,857 --> 00:54:59,918
If you're married and you're not laying your

1608
00:54:59,918 --> 00:55:00,869
life down for your wife,

1609
00:55:02,138 --> 00:55:03,510
but you're living for yourself

1610
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:04,833
and your flesh.

1611
00:55:05,484 --> 00:55:07,162
And you're not seeking to be patient with

1612
00:55:07,162 --> 00:55:08,920
her and love her or vice versa,

1613
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:11,398
not loving your husband. Are you really being

1614
00:55:11,398 --> 00:55:13,236
a servant if you're rejecting what Jesus said?

1615
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Hey, amen?

1616
00:55:14,768 --> 00:55:16,362
If you're parent and you're not be the

1617
00:55:16,362 --> 00:55:17,717
best example that you could beat to your

1618
00:55:17,717 --> 00:55:19,311
children trying to bring them up in the

1619
00:55:19,311 --> 00:55:21,144
nurture and admission the Lord? Are you really

1620
00:55:21,144 --> 00:55:22,021
a servant of Jesus?

1621
00:55:22,594 --> 00:55:24,826
He said you can't serve 2 masters. You

1622
00:55:24,826 --> 00:55:25,862
can't serve your flesh.

1623
00:55:27,776 --> 00:55:29,211
You can't serve the devil.

1624
00:55:29,769 --> 00:55:30,886
You have to serve Jesus.

1625
00:55:31,459 --> 00:55:33,530
So I encourage you right now, make sure

1626
00:55:33,530 --> 00:55:35,920
you know the Lord Jesus Christ. And by

1627
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:37,832
the way, you can have a heart to

1628
00:55:37,832 --> 00:55:39,106
do these things. But if you're sitting here,

1629
00:55:39,266 --> 00:55:40,063
you're not born again,

1630
00:55:40,875 --> 00:55:43,114
you're gonna be just falling flat on your

1631
00:55:43,114 --> 00:55:43,614
face

1632
00:55:43,994 --> 00:55:44,974
because you cannot

1633
00:55:45,355 --> 00:55:47,934
obey his moral law, the law of Christ

1634
00:55:48,074 --> 00:55:50,088
unless you're empowered by the holy spirit. And

1635
00:55:50,088 --> 00:55:51,520
you can't be empowered by the holy spirit.

1636
00:55:51,759 --> 00:55:53,429
If you're just trying to follow rules because

1637
00:55:53,429 --> 00:55:55,418
you wanna be a good, but you're not

1638
00:55:55,418 --> 00:55:56,134
truly born again.

1639
00:55:56,944 --> 00:55:58,779
Jesus said you must be born again to

1640
00:55:58,779 --> 00:56:00,854
enter the king of God, amen. That means

1641
00:56:00,854 --> 00:56:03,508
you must recognize that your sinner that's under

1642
00:56:03,726 --> 00:56:03,966
condemnation.

1643
00:56:04,938 --> 00:56:07,014
And that Jesus bore, the penalty of your

1644
00:56:07,014 --> 00:56:09,728
sin, your condemnation on the cross and died

1645
00:56:09,728 --> 00:56:10,366
in your place.

1646
00:56:11,404 --> 00:56:12,601
And when he died in the cross, he

1647
00:56:12,601 --> 00:56:15,175
took the weight the wrath that you deserved

1648
00:56:15,175 --> 00:56:17,655
upon himself so that you would be able

1649
00:56:17,655 --> 00:56:18,295
to be pardoned.

1650
00:56:18,934 --> 00:56:21,494
And Jesus says whoever calls God's word says

1651
00:56:21,574 --> 00:56:23,903
Paul says Romans chapter. 10. Whoever calls upon

1652
00:56:23,903 --> 00:56:25,335
the name of Lord, Shelby be saved amen.

1653
00:56:26,210 --> 00:56:27,722
So make sure as we get in the

1654
00:56:27,722 --> 00:56:29,155
book of James. Don't, yeah I wanna give

1655
00:56:29,155 --> 00:56:30,587
me James, but I'm not really sold out

1656
00:56:30,666 --> 00:56:31,621
I'm really following Jesus.

1657
00:56:32,194 --> 00:56:34,109
Being born again. Well, you're not gonna have

1658
00:56:34,109 --> 00:56:36,024
the power to obey what he said? And

1659
00:56:36,024 --> 00:56:38,279
you're still gonna be obedient to the flesh

1660
00:56:38,657 --> 00:56:41,704
the world. The devil and subjected to hell

1661
00:56:41,704 --> 00:56:43,700
and sin and final judgment.

1662
00:56:44,418 --> 00:56:46,972
He sets us free pi love and death.

1663
00:56:48,901 --> 00:56:49,401
By

1664
00:56:49,936 --> 00:56:51,369
his precious blood that was shed in the

1665
00:56:51,369 --> 00:56:52,961
cross. Jesus said that the sunset you free,

1666
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:55,212
you shall be free indeed, a, amen? Amen.

1667
00:56:55,746 --> 00:56:56,861
And you shall know the truth and the

1668
00:56:56,861 --> 00:56:58,943
truth shall set you free. The irony is

1669
00:56:58,943 --> 00:57:00,371
that when we're servants to the Lord were

1670
00:57:00,371 --> 00:57:01,878
set free from all these wicked things, man.

1671
00:57:02,513 --> 00:57:03,703
But we say, no, I don't wanna be

1672
00:57:03,703 --> 00:57:05,766
a servant, you're a servant of sin.

1673
00:57:06,734 --> 00:57:07,712
Of death

1674
00:57:08,088 --> 00:57:11,138
of the flesh of the world of Satan

1675
00:57:11,195 --> 00:57:13,108
of hell. Jesus sets it's free from all

1676
00:57:13,108 --> 00:57:15,668
that, Amen. So make sure you choose Jesus

1677
00:57:15,668 --> 00:57:17,338
as your lord and savior. So you can

1678
00:57:17,338 --> 00:57:19,563
be obedient to what's called the law of

1679
00:57:19,722 --> 00:57:22,123
Christ or James calls the royal law. Or

1680
00:57:22,123 --> 00:57:24,359
the law of liberty. It's not the mosaic

1681
00:57:24,359 --> 00:57:26,434
glass lot of liberty. It's worth set free

1682
00:57:26,434 --> 00:57:28,828
by his truth, which sets us free to

1683
00:57:28,828 --> 00:57:31,079
walk in obedience and it righteousness on the

1684
00:57:31,079 --> 00:57:32,597
straight narrow path at least the life. Amen.

1685
00:57:33,236 --> 00:57:34,994
Make sure you make that decision to turn

1686
00:57:35,074 --> 00:57:36,672
Jesus as if you have not, and embrace

1687
00:57:36,672 --> 00:57:37,951
him as your lord to savior now, and

1688
00:57:37,951 --> 00:57:40,358
you'll pass from death, to eternal life. Amen.

1689
00:57:40,994 --> 00:57:42,108
Are you guys excited about James?

1690
00:57:43,062 --> 00:57:44,733
Praise guy. Let us all stand. Give him

1691
00:57:44,733 --> 00:57:46,897
glory Amen, we love you Lord. We praise

1692
00:57:46,897 --> 00:57:48,971
you for your word. We praise you for

1693
00:57:48,971 --> 00:57:50,965
your great goodness. We praise you for your

1694
00:57:50,965 --> 00:57:53,857
great love. We love you Lord Jesus. Hallelujah.