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Last week after service, I was talking to

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various people, and there was so much excitement

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that we're in the book of James,

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Janet c arcadia. And we have to goes,

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I can't believe we're in this book of

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James She says, this is my favorite book

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of all the bible books. You know? And

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it's a favorite of many people. And if

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it's not your favorite... It's probably near the

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top of your list. Because it's such a

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powerful book.

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It's

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from the get go, it's very, very powerful,

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and I'm so encouraged

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because I believe that James is such an

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important book for the times in which we

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are living.

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When there's more

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persecution in the church here in the United

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States of America, on the horizon than there's

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ever been.

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Because you see the the Woke mafia rising,

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you know? And the anti Christian sentiments not

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only in our country, but around the world

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where it comes from islam,

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but it comes from liberal wisdom. Did you

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see the opening act of the Olympics?

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I mean, mind blowing stuff going on right

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now, guys? And the writing is on the

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wall, but more than the writing that we

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see on the wall is the writing in

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scripture is the word of God warns that

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these times would come.

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And this letter when you look at James

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chapter 1 verse 1 is addressed. James, a

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bond servant of God, and of the Lord

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Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes who are

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dispersed or scattered broad greetings.

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He's writing to believers who have been scattered

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or dispersed.

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Throughout

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Throughout Sam different parts of the Roman empire

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because of persecution, we're gonna get in that

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context a little bit today. Because we've looked

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about what it meant beans to be a

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servant already. We looked at a question who

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James is. We talked about some of the

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evidence is, the main evidence. I believe the

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best evidence is that people have that he's

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the brother of Jesus. Today we'll be looking

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at the best evidence as that he's the

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apostle

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apostle James. That Jesus picked in it's in

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a apostolic letter carrying the weight of an

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apostle. We'll look at that as well.

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But we also look at the idea of

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being scattered. So we'll get through verse 1

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And usually, if I start a book, if

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you go to my first time I went

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through Revelation, revelation 11I,

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like, Abc BCDEFG

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as parts of my verse 1 introductory.

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I mean, that's why it took gears to

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get through that 1. And the second time

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we went through it. But we're just gonna

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do 2 in

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James chapter 1 verse 1. And we'll talk

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about what it means to be scattered. So

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I love the idea when we look at

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who who wrote this, we're talk about, you

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know, who what where when and why as

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we go through this. And and when are

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we talking about who would have written it,

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and does the fact that they've been scattered,

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and they're being persecuted some of them to

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a degree.

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Relate to who the author might be. I

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believe it very likely does.

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At the end of the day,

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I I do believe it's 1 of the

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2 James,

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James the apostle

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or James, the brother of Jesus.

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We're not told specifically. It's not some... This

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is would be a silly thing the world

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to divide over. That'd be super mature to

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divide over who you think it is and

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make a big issue of it. But we

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shouldn't look at it because if I'm going

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through a letter, I wanna look at the

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evidence of who it might be, that wrote

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to me even though I know ultimately it's

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Learn. But so we're gonna check that out.

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I have a leading,

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you know, a lot of times if you

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asked me who wrote it Out say I'm

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actually in between. And even right now, I

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am in between.

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You know? But when I'm looking at James,

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you know, the son of the brother of

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Jesus, and I'm looking at the evidence that.

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I, yeah, Looks like it could be him.

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Then when I look at James apostle I'm

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like,

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whoa, really looks like could be him, you

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know. So because there's there's good there's good

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suggestive evidence for both of them, but it

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was probably written by 1 unless we get

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to heaven and they... They their health... They're

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they're hanging out together smiling that. We wrote

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it together.

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Know if anybody's had that theory. It popped

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in my head. I thought. Not probably not

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because it's really interesting when you look at

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this book.

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I'm excited about the book of James. Can

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you tell

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You know? You're you're... If you if you

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go to a church anywhere, the pastor should

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be excited about the word of god, Amen.

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Should it be this boring thing, you know?

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Because the word of God is not boring.

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It's a sin to make the word of

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God boring. You know? It's an it's the

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word of God. It's living in it's active,

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and it's interesting because when we look at

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James,

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of,

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James, But the reason I believe

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this is such a per... It's pertinent no

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matter when you live in church history.

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But because he's addressing

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the believers who had been. It's definitely addressed

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to believers. So we talking about the 12

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tribes of Israel that have been scattered. He's

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talking about the earliest Christians.

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The Jewish believers, early church was Jewish before

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gentile inclusion.

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And they're scattered we'll see pretty soon because

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of persecution.

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that really pertains to 1 what's happened in

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the world today.

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is going to be happening to believers here

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in our country before who knows how long,

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especially if the

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end of the end of day come in

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our lifetime, but we could see as I

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said, the writing not just on the wall,

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but in holy scripture. Amen. Now it's interesting.

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We're gonna look again at the author who

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offered it. And if I take too much

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rehearsing what I said last time about the

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evidence that it was Jesus brother, James that

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wrote it. I'll take up the space I

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need to give to the other James, but

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I would do wanna reiterate, so you recognize

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that you... So you don't get the in

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his message and say, oh, it's a slam

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dunk. Of course, it's the apostle James

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because you might have missed that message.

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fair.

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fair shake.

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We know it's 1 of the

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prominent James. Why? Because the James that wrote

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it expect to be understood because you wouldn't

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you wouldn't give any credit to a letter

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that just showed up you didn't know who

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it was.

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Whoever's

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identifying Elf has James, the serve of God

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and the

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end of the Lord Jesus Christ to the

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12 tribes who are dispersed abroad. Greetings, whoever's

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writing those first words.

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Understands that is understood have credibility, But he's

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also understood to be, yes who?

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James, a James that they would know.

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What makes it confusing is, well if it's

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a James they would know how can we're

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deciding whether it's 1 or 2 because in

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the time that it was written

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was more prominent than the other James.

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of acts,

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which James was the prominent James.

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James the apostle. I mean, he was he

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was the only James following Jesus for the...

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Jesus ministry. Right?

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The other James they get saved until he

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saw. Jesus risen from the dead, and Jesus

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appeared to him.

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And you see him in acts chapter 1

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though.

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That James. But you don't see his name.

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It just says, you know, it mentions the

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other apostles by name, but he is... It

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mentioned mentions anne Mary and his brothers.

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That trip, Mary and all the brothers get

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saved when they see Jesus risen from the

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dead. And they're there. But James, His brother

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isn't even mention by name for the first

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11 chapters of bug acts. He's nowhere to

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be found by name.

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Because he's not prominent.

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So if James wrote his... This this is

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important. If James wrote his letter in the

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early chapters the book of acts,

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not even just early. The first 10 chapters

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the book or so.

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I believe the I believe that would be

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almost pretty much a slam dunk that we're

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talking about the apostle, James. Because they understand

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all this is from James Apostle.

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However, if it was written after he was

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marty, which happens in acts chapter 12,

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I think it's pretty much a slam dunk.

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It's James the brother of Jesus.

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Because this other 1 is dead, and we

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don't believe that he's communicating from this spirit

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world. Right man?

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And that's why I kinda chuckle when I

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I have a ton of kilometers. I love

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to read what everybody's is saying. I think

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that's wise. Wisdom a multitude of counselors Amen.

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I love I love commentaries and so forth.

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But I chuck went inside and I get

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a little ticked off you. They, oh, this

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was written by James, the brother of of,

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of, jeez. I'm like, wait a minute.

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How do you know that?

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How do you know the data? You don't

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know for sure when the date

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what's the indicators of when it was written

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and so forth.

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And that's not because I'm, like, James Apostle

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wrote it.

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No It's because, you know what? Don't just

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currently repeat things that you read in commentaries

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guys.

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Or that are popular in the church.

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If that was the case, we'd all be

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pre.

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We all believe that once were saying we

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could just live like hell because that's so

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popular in the teach. No. We don't just

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believe what's popular out there.

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Okay? Although, I will say this when a

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when the prep proponents of scholars agree on

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something

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it it should get your attention though. So

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okay. Why?

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And I believe that the evidence that James

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wrote, and he's a son of he's a

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brother of Jesus.

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I believe the evidence is pretty interesting.

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I believe that,

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but it's not as even

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1 of the top scholars who holds that

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view

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Douglas Moo,

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acknowledges. It's not proof. You know, We don't

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know for sure. He acknowledges that. But the

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word greetings I went through, and I gotta

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be careful I'm already spending too much time

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on this, but... And I talked about this

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last time, so I'll just say this. The

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word they use is for greetings is the

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same. Words that James

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the brother, Jesus uses in acts chapter

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15

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after the other James dead, and he writes

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to the Gentile.

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Same Greek word. However, some will say, yeah.

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This

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this is like a unique word is not.

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I show another... I show it's not german

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just to that James, even the book of

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acts. Chapter 15, we see a pagan writer.

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We see his letter, and it starts with

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a same word for greetings.

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So it's not like unique stamp of James.

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Okay? And it wasn't as only James, the

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brother of Jesus could use that word. Although

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it is interesting and potentially at least suggested

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that it could have been him.

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But when I see that

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listen to this. When I see that as

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the main proof...

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It's kinda weak

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compared to what you're gonna see with the

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apostle James. Just late, this my opinion, you

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know.

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So you're saying the Apostle James wrote it.

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I don't know for sure.

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I hate to be wrong about anything. I

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wanna be right before God. That's why Hate

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to be wrong. That's me loud I'm preaching

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for the pulpit. You know?

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So

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I wanna be careful.

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So you talked to me 6 months to

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James. I might say, oh, yeah. Maybe it

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was.

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James the brother of Jesus.

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You talk to me right now? Mh. I'd

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say 50 50

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last week, baby.

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Let say 64

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70, maybe, James Apostle right now. I don't

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know for sure, but I'm check this out.

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Okay.

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Check this out. 1 thing I know is

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when I talk to people about who wrote

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Luke of James, they just say the book

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of James, They say James Brother Jesus, and

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I ask for... If they've seen the evidence

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about the apostle paul or the apostle James.

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And I know they haven't seen the evidence

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that I have to show, you know?

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Because some of it is stuff that I

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haven't seen.

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I memorized the first chapter of the book

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of James

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preparing this year for the book of James.

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And in memorizing it, some things really struck

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me. That's interesting,

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but we'll get into that now.

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So we can agree that it's a James

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that they... The people the audience knows,

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and we could agree that early on the

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book of acts. The other James isn't even

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mentioned by name for 11 chapters.

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So the apostle James,

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is is

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prominent

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as far as when you see what happens

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in the church persecuted and who hair a

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grip a singles out.

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However,

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later,

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of course,

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James, the Brother of Jesus is incredibly prominent

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just to give you a few more things

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about that brother because I wanna say give

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him a fair shake.

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James a brother Jesus in acts. He's the

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1 that writes the letter for the apostles.

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Not Peter.

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Interesting.

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I think that's significant.

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We read first Corinthians 15 that the apostle

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Paul appeared to not change just james the

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apostle appeared to him, but he also appeared

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to his brother.

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Do you know that?

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It's important to understand. He appeared to his

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brother?

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Like he was gonna be significant.

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When you read the book of Jude, the

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book of Jude, I memorized that book last

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year, and that's an amazing book and Jude

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tells us that he is the brother of

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James, a bond of Jesus Christ. Brother what

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James. Jude was a brother of James, who's

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a brother of Jesus.

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So James was a known commodity known person

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when Jude wrote his book, which was much

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later than this, Of course, but still he

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was a known person. So... And then when

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James is marty

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in chapters 12.

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He's marty.

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They're told to go... And then Peter's arrested.

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And that Peter gets out of prison,

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says go tell James.

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And the brethren,

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which James is talking about then.

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James the brother, Jesus

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because the other... Don't go tell James the

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apostle. He was just killed.

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Right?

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Otherwise, be confusing. Right? Rachel James Which 1?

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Well, he's got killed. Obviously he's not him.

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But it shows you that that James had

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some prominence at least in those last years.

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Or at last at least a short time,

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he rei to prominence prior to the James

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Marty. This has very, very interesting

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stuff. That's why I say, it's not an

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easy decision. But I love it because when

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we look at it, we get to know

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the book of James better. In this message,

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you'd be like, wasn't it just about who

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the author is.

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It's about what's going on in this church,

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and it's powerful.

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Now,

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Here's some of the evidence I want to

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talk about.

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This is interesting.

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The the evidence is... What's interesting is the

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oldest Latin manuscript.

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And some are most people are under in

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the assumption that the new testament, the scripture

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was were in to Greek and then translated

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right to Latin first. It wasn't translated to

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Latin first.

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It was translated

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Listen, it was translated to Syria

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first. But the Latin witness translated Latin pretty

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quick. The Oldest Latin manuscript we have of

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James is attributed to James the son of

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Z.

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Think that's interesting.

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That's what they believed

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in the transcription of that manuscript,

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but listen to this, not just Latin, another

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language.

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The oldest copy version we have of the

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Siri

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k,

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which was a,

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a form of Ara,

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which was spoken in by the chief center

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of, are you guys listening? The chief center

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of Christianity

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in the Middle East,

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Turkey and so forth.

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Syria was used, and the scriptures were read

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early on,

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checked this out.

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The early church,

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Syria.

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First

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version we have of James

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in Syria,

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which was 1 of the main languages that

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scriptures was translate to is it's attributed to

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guess who again.

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James, the son, James the apostle.

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So the earliest versions we have of James

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in the in the new... In ancient history,

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in ancient...

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Latin and in, or just say Latin. Because

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it's still the agent latin if you're learning

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Latin. And and Syria

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is

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they're both attributed

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jane... Attributing James to the apostle, James. In

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fact,

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the P

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Syria has it's known,

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is

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dates way back to

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the the earliest parts of this, and it

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said translation the bible. You see it right

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up there. K?

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Listen to this. This is the P Ser

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version. It says the 3 epi of the

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3 apostles. This is what So if you

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open this translation, Right? Which began to be

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written in the latter part of the second

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century. Right? And it's interesting. We even have

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an attribution from Eu cbs,

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mentioning this,

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talking about how it was written between, at

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least the gospel portions of it, written between

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01:60 and 1 80 80. That's a blessing

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to us because a lot of the critics

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of Christianity, which say, the gospel came much

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later And right there it shows that the

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gospel it has all 4 gospel in it.

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We're written quite early.

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And they have copies, and the copies are

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copies and copies back to the original manuscript,

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which is quite interesting.

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But what's interesting in the early 4 hundreds,

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guess what you had.

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A copy of the new testament.

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It was could called the Pas

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Siri,

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Siri. And this copy of the new testament

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contained all the books new testament

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except second and third John,

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Jude,

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second Peter in the book revelation.

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K? They're still trying to bring the the

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cannon together and some had the moratorium text.

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That's a whole other thing. I don't get

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too deep because I'm battling with time, which

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I always do.

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But I wanna say this to you guys.

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Is

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at the beginning

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before you get to

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right in front of James.

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Second, Peter.

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And first, John. You know what you read?

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Read it up there.

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The... It's the 3 epi of the 3

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what.

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Apostles.

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Before whose eyes, our Lord was what.

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Himself.

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That is James and Peter and John.

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Was j was James, the son of the

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was James the brother, Jesus there the trans

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creation. Was wanna... Was he is that James?

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No it was James Who, the apostle. So

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I'm just letting you know that it's not

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like... And but what, I noticed this when

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I reached a commentary as I'll mention, well,

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It's not a testament to who wrote it

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in the earliest church fathers, but later on,

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it's a tradition that James, the brother Jesus

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wrote it. I'm like, you guys. How come

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you're not talking about the actual manuscripts in

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in whose name? They believed it was, you

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know? So it's important to understand or at

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least see this, it's quite interesting, I think.

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So

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they attribute it to James the apostle.

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Okay?

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Now next,

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the letters of James Peter and John Now.

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It's interesting

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in the Bae,

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when you think of these ancient manuscripts, you...

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I'm just letting you know. So if you're

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Syria speaker in the Middle East and there's

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all kinds of churches and denomination that

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spared from them. You're all understanding this to

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be for the most part. Why would they

546
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understand this was written by James the apostle.

547
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That's good questions. You know?

548
00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:08,249
It's a good question.

549
00:18:08,885 --> 00:18:11,191
They believe it was the apostle. James. Why.

550
00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:12,941
Let's start looking at some of that. First

551
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of all, look at Matthew chapter 10 verse

552
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2, If you don't have your bible, you

553
00:18:16,059 --> 00:18:17,099
can look up there. You can look up

554
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there anyway. But we see that Jesus is

555
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the appointed 12 apostles.

556
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And the first one's mentioned are Peter and

557
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Andrew, and then

558
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Peter and Andrew his brother, then James, the

559
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son of Z and John his brother. Was

560
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John and Peter and James

561
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important in the early church. Absolutely. You're gonna

562
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see that Jesus had an inner circle folks.

563
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He had the 12 apostles, but you know

564
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who the 3

565
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closest the apostles were to him that he

566
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picked to be the 3 main leaders,

567
00:18:44,464 --> 00:18:45,184
it was Peter.

568
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It was James, and it was John.

569
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And it's interesting because,

570
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usually, you'll see James name before you'll see

571
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John's name even. And John wrote 5

572
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works of the new testament first a segment

573
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third John,

574
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the Gospel John and the book of revelation.

575
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So it would not shock me if John

576
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the Apostle had at least 1 book.

577
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Being the older brother. I'd hope you get

578
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won, maybe, but I don't know. You know?

579
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So it's interesting.

580
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They were part of the big 3,

581
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being groomed by Jesus to be leaders

582
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look at Matthew chapter 3 3 verse 13

583
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because liquid Jesus nickname these apostles.

584
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Matthew chapter

585
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can you go now? I'm sorry. To Mark

586
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chapter 3 verse 13.

587
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Mark chapter 3 verse 13. Is that up

588
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there next after Matthew?

589
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Mark chapter 3 verse 13.

590
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Okay If you don't have that, that's okay.

591
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James says the son of Z

592
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And John, the brother of James. So James

593
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and John or brothers are... What's their occupation?

594
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They're both white. Do remember?

595
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Fishermen.

596
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Pan picked by Jesus. Says in Mark 03:13,

597
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Jesus a son of Z,

598
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and John the brother you can read up

599
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there. Of James, I might have the attribution

600
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run. To whom he gave what, The name's

601
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what.

602
00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:07,579
Okay? Bow energies. K? Bow energies, that is

603
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sons of what.

604
00:20:08,954 --> 00:20:10,312
Thunder. So Peter,

605
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you know, these 2 are nicknamed Sons of

606
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Thunder.

607
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K? They're leaders in the early church.

608
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Why do you think they were given the

609
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name sons

610
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of Thunder

611
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because they were tempt because

612
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They had some,

613
00:20:27,343 --> 00:20:29,661
you know, they had to get control of

614
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their outburst.

615
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You know, Peter had some problems too. Aren't

616
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you glad god's patient with us?

617
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Look at what happens, they're going through Sam,

618
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and they're gonna state at a village and

619
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they're rejected and Jesus is told he can't

620
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stay there because they find out he's going

621
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to Jerusalem. And the Samaritan did not like

622
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the dealings with the Jews and and and...

623
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And and Jerusalem, and they tell them you

624
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can't stay here. So guess what? James and

625
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John get really ticked off. And look what

626
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we read about in chapter 9 of Luke

627
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09:24.

628
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Not Luke 09:54.

629
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We read this. When his disciples, James and

630
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John saw this?

631
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They said, Lord, do you want us to

632
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command fire to come down from heaven and

633
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consume them?

634
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He checked that out.

635
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Jesus said he came to seek and say

636
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that which lost. Right? And they're like, they're

637
00:21:16,078 --> 00:21:17,752
rejecting my Jesus. You know?

638
00:21:18,804 --> 00:21:20,565
Jesus is a son of god that rejecting

639
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him.

640
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Jesus.

641
00:21:22,804 --> 00:21:25,684
James has this idea, John. They've probably talked

642
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about because they come together.

643
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Why us to just call heaven down is

644
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wipe them out for you. You know?

645
00:21:32,793 --> 00:21:34,624
And it goes on to say that Jesus

646
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rebuked them.

647
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Some manuscripts have Jesus saying. You do not

648
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know what spirit you're of.

649
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You know? So it's very interesting

650
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they're giving this named sons of Thunder was

651
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not a compliment.

652
00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,394
Okay? Wasn't like, oh, Jesus was starting the

653
00:21:49,394 --> 00:21:51,070
motorcycle gang. You know, the sons of thunder.

654
00:21:51,404 --> 00:21:53,398
You know, and this is cool. No. It

655
00:21:53,398 --> 00:21:55,073
it's something that they need to grow past,

656
00:21:55,791 --> 00:21:59,061
and it's important because guess what. Sometimes we

657
00:21:59,061 --> 00:22:00,975
get upset when our Jesus has talked about.

658
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Or mocked.

659
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In fact, look at this next slide.

660
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This was the op from the opening ceremonies

661
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of the Olympics.

662
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Okay?

663
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Well, there's a vinci painted in the last

664
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supper butt above it. You have these these

665
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trans,

666
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people,

667
00:22:17,311 --> 00:22:17,811
mocking

668
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in the opening ceremony, bla,

669
00:22:20,990 --> 00:22:23,461
mocking the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay?

670
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And

671
00:22:27,461 --> 00:22:29,452
when I see that stuff, it just... In

672
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fact, let's... There's a little kid there by

673
00:22:30,965 --> 00:22:32,558
the way, you know, because the trans people

674
00:22:32,558 --> 00:22:34,709
are after the boys. Right? And they got,

675
00:22:34,789 --> 00:22:37,036
you that, you know, gay trans hour or

676
00:22:37,036 --> 00:22:39,189
whatever it is, you know, in the school

677
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story time. And thereafter our children, we've proven

678
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that over and over again that so many

679
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of those in that community

680
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in in the homosexual community,

681
00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:50,618
by their own admission, you know,

682
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they wanna ind our children and so forth.

683
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And and they put a little boy in

684
00:22:55,261 --> 00:22:57,885
there. It's just... And they're bla and Jesus

685
00:22:57,885 --> 00:22:59,634
there. Let's let's get off that slide.

686
00:23:00,668 --> 00:23:02,179
But that gal in the middle, you saw,

687
00:23:02,337 --> 00:23:03,212
the heavy set yeah.

688
00:23:04,263 --> 00:23:06,419
But then guess what? We can react in

689
00:23:06,419 --> 00:23:07,776
an un godly way.

690
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And that's the effect satan once. He wants

691
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to create mock

692
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and galvanized

693
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those who are quote unquote woke against us,

694
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but he wants us to retaliate

695
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in a violent way. That's what Satan wants.

696
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He wants to create warfare

697
00:23:25,739 --> 00:23:28,376
and eventually the mass ladder of Christians. We

698
00:23:28,376 --> 00:23:29,195
have to be careful

699
00:23:29,748 --> 00:23:32,700
James audience, who he's writing to have been

700
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scattered

701
00:23:33,736 --> 00:23:35,970
throughout the Roman empire, or different parts of...

702
00:23:36,289 --> 00:23:38,682
It was Jude, Same even beyond that as

703
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we'll read later,

704
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And a lot of them have lost their

705
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homes.

706
00:23:42,606 --> 00:23:44,043
Similar situation to Hebrews,

707
00:23:44,602 --> 00:23:46,916
chapter 10. Remember where many of them were

708
00:23:46,916 --> 00:23:48,767
been prison many of them are had lost

709
00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:51,161
their homes it says, but they have... They

710
00:23:51,161 --> 00:23:52,917
rejoice because they have an abiding home in

711
00:23:52,917 --> 00:23:55,811
heaven it says. Could you imagine mass believers

712
00:23:56,522 --> 00:23:58,828
being scattered and losing your homes and so

713
00:23:58,828 --> 00:24:01,372
forth, and you're being spit upon you're being

714
00:24:01,372 --> 00:24:03,042
rejected. You're being hated depending on where you

715
00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:05,189
go, accepted more in some areas rejected more

716
00:24:05,189 --> 00:24:07,279
in others James is right into those folks.

717
00:24:08,319 --> 00:24:09,839
It's important to keep the context in mind.

718
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:11,839
You could imagine that you you would be

719
00:24:11,839 --> 00:24:12,720
pre upset. Amen.

720
00:24:13,454 --> 00:24:15,372
You got booted out of your home and

721
00:24:15,372 --> 00:24:17,230
persecuted by wicked people

722
00:24:17,768 --> 00:24:19,526
who love power who love money who hated

723
00:24:19,605 --> 00:24:19,925
Jesus.

724
00:24:21,692 --> 00:24:23,442
Remember Paul was going house to house according

725
00:24:23,442 --> 00:24:24,317
x 28 he said,

726
00:24:25,271 --> 00:24:26,782
causing people to bla Christ.

727
00:24:27,434 --> 00:24:28,954
Threatening them with death, dragging them out of

728
00:24:28,954 --> 00:24:30,394
their homes. He was 1 of the bad

729
00:24:30,394 --> 00:24:30,634
guys.

730
00:24:33,754 --> 00:24:35,355
If they would have brought fire down from

731
00:24:35,355 --> 00:24:36,154
heaven on Some area,

732
00:24:36,890 --> 00:24:37,929
would it happen to the woman at the

733
00:24:37,929 --> 00:24:38,970
well and all the people that came in

734
00:24:39,049 --> 00:24:39,369
Jesus.

735
00:24:39,849 --> 00:24:40,490
They'd be torch.

736
00:24:41,690 --> 00:24:42,890
That wasn't Jesus plan.

737
00:24:44,023 --> 00:24:45,299
He came to seek and save that which

738
00:24:45,299 --> 00:24:45,777
was lost.

739
00:24:46,972 --> 00:24:49,146
Now keep keep all this in mind because

740
00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:50,797
it's this is all very pertinent.

741
00:24:52,087 --> 00:24:54,316
Because I looked at what people were saying,

742
00:24:55,511 --> 00:24:56,011
and,

743
00:24:56,466 --> 00:24:58,457
you know, Ryan Garcia, 1 of the most

744
00:24:58,457 --> 00:24:59,571
well known boxer right now.

745
00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:01,343
Profess Christian,

746
00:25:02,062 --> 00:25:03,361
although he needs to

747
00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:05,098
clean up his mouth and a lot of

748
00:25:05,098 --> 00:25:06,856
other things and get right and right with

749
00:25:07,016 --> 00:25:08,943
God, you know? But and I hope he

750
00:25:08,943 --> 00:25:11,565
does because... But in his passion, he says,

751
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,902
I... You know, I I hate these people

752
00:25:14,902 --> 00:25:15,402
and

753
00:25:16,094 --> 00:25:16,412
you know,

754
00:25:17,064 --> 00:25:18,978
He said some very strong statements. I don't

755
00:25:18,978 --> 00:25:19,935
wanna mis quote him because,

756
00:25:21,132 --> 00:25:22,009
but it was interesting.

757
00:25:22,886 --> 00:25:23,285
He said,

758
00:25:24,402 --> 00:25:27,129
burn in hell, trans people, you know, and

759
00:25:27,129 --> 00:25:30,162
so forth. And and another Christian leader, I

760
00:25:30,162 --> 00:25:33,274
shouldn't say another a Christian leader said, looked

761
00:25:33,274 --> 00:25:34,711
at her and started mocking the lady in

762
00:25:34,711 --> 00:25:36,633
the middle who's pretending to be Jesus with

763
00:25:36,633 --> 00:25:38,851
the heart. It's disgusting what she's doing. And

764
00:25:38,851 --> 00:25:40,673
he said, look at this 400 pound girl

765
00:25:40,673 --> 00:25:42,630
lady, you know? You... She looks like a

766
00:25:42,749 --> 00:25:44,740
a grease pig, you know, being ready to

767
00:25:44,740 --> 00:25:46,412
be put on the spit and roasted, you

768
00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:48,164
know? And I'm like, don't go to there.

769
00:25:48,642 --> 00:25:50,553
That's what the enemy wants to be careful

770
00:25:50,553 --> 00:25:50,792
now.

771
00:25:51,523 --> 00:25:53,511
You know? He had said everything but put

772
00:25:53,511 --> 00:25:54,942
a map... An apple in her mouth, and

773
00:25:55,101 --> 00:25:57,485
I'm like, yeah. These are people... I was

774
00:25:57,485 --> 00:25:58,916
anti antichrist before I came to Jesus.

775
00:25:59,488 --> 00:26:01,241
I'm so thankful. He was patient with me.

776
00:26:01,719 --> 00:26:03,312
I'm so thankful. He was patient with the

777
00:26:03,312 --> 00:26:05,463
apostle Paul. Yet. We're supposed to hate evil.

778
00:26:06,433 --> 00:26:07,942
And there's the other extreme is really the

779
00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:09,529
worst extreme in the church because I mean,

780
00:26:09,608 --> 00:26:12,466
there's 2 horrific extremes. Anybody that would go

781
00:26:12,466 --> 00:26:13,022
toward violence.

782
00:26:13,657 --> 00:26:14,689
Would be the worst extreme.

783
00:26:15,339 --> 00:26:16,612
But there worst extreme on the other side

784
00:26:16,612 --> 00:26:18,521
is people that are passive toward evil. They

785
00:26:18,521 --> 00:26:20,589
tolerate evil they don't speak against it because

786
00:26:20,589 --> 00:26:22,260
they're being coward in the pulpit pit. We

787
00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:23,771
have to speak, this is damn.

788
00:26:24,503 --> 00:26:26,099
And God's judgment is coming. They need to

789
00:26:26,099 --> 00:26:26,259
repent.

790
00:26:27,456 --> 00:26:30,408
Amen? So we need to walk that straight

791
00:26:30,408 --> 00:26:31,765
narrow a line where we walk in love,

792
00:26:32,892 --> 00:26:34,558
We remember from once we came,

793
00:26:35,271 --> 00:26:37,175
but we also condemned that, which is wicked,

794
00:26:37,255 --> 00:26:38,682
which is destroying souls. Amen.

795
00:26:39,334 --> 00:26:41,168
Lord give us strength. In fact,

796
00:26:42,444 --> 00:26:44,300
that Olympic opening ceremony

797
00:26:45,475 --> 00:26:46,932
took place the day after

798
00:26:47,310 --> 00:26:48,767
our next potential president

799
00:26:49,159 --> 00:26:50,057
Come kamala Harris

800
00:26:50,910 --> 00:26:53,138
appeared on... Let's go the next slide. Ru

801
00:26:53,138 --> 00:26:55,047
paul's drag queen show, you know?

802
00:26:55,843 --> 00:26:56,957
There she is and

803
00:26:57,355 --> 00:27:00,238
so forth and and, you know, that's... I

804
00:27:00,238 --> 00:27:01,433
mean, this is the woman and it's gotta

805
00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:03,506
be honest with you. She slept her way

806
00:27:03,506 --> 00:27:03,984
to power.

807
00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:06,238
When she was in California.

808
00:27:06,948 --> 00:27:09,333
At 30 years old, she started sleeping with.

809
00:27:09,969 --> 00:27:11,559
There's pictures and then together and there's no

810
00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:13,547
denial that they were to a thing with

811
00:27:13,547 --> 00:27:14,183
a married man.

812
00:27:15,074 --> 00:27:16,988
Who became mayor... Willie Brown,

813
00:27:17,786 --> 00:27:19,620
and he was 60 years old at the

814
00:27:19,620 --> 00:27:21,135
time, and married,

815
00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:24,007
and she was just 30.

816
00:27:25,776 --> 00:27:27,769
I think she was just overwhelmed by his

817
00:27:27,769 --> 00:27:28,407
awesome looks.

818
00:27:29,125 --> 00:27:29,364
No.

819
00:27:30,002 --> 00:27:31,517
Yeah. And then before you knew it, eventually

820
00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:33,510
she become Da and so forth.

821
00:27:34,164 --> 00:27:36,662
This is crazy stuff, man. So

822
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,278
I'm not telling you to vote for, but

823
00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:40,556
I'm definitely not voting for her.

824
00:27:41,435 --> 00:27:41,595
Okay?

825
00:27:42,809 --> 00:27:44,326
This is just sad. You know?

826
00:27:45,125 --> 00:27:46,883
What kind of church am I at? That's

827
00:27:46,883 --> 00:27:47,922
a church that speaks of truth.

828
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,965
Okay? Which speaks the truth and stands on

829
00:27:50,965 --> 00:27:53,270
the gospel of Jesus Christ team amen. That's

830
00:27:53,270 --> 00:27:54,803
what we wanna be wanna be,

831
00:27:56,289 --> 00:27:59,006
you know, at here Totally and holy to

832
00:27:59,006 --> 00:28:01,386
our Lord, Jesus Christ. Now,

833
00:28:02,418 --> 00:28:04,243
I'm not gonna start calling her names and

834
00:28:04,243 --> 00:28:06,322
everything else. I'm gonna speak the truth. You

835
00:28:06,322 --> 00:28:08,392
know? Yeah. She slept her way to power

836
00:28:08,392 --> 00:28:10,700
and and she carried... She's with the the...

837
00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:12,792
On the trans thing. And and

838
00:28:13,406 --> 00:28:15,690
when her office was common unless something's happened

839
00:28:15,809 --> 00:28:18,042
sense about what happened at the Olympics, there

840
00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:20,116
was crickets, you know, unless there's something that's

841
00:28:20,116 --> 00:28:21,951
happened since if somebody read that was she

842
00:28:21,951 --> 00:28:23,785
condemned it. It's just... We can see, you

843
00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:25,221
know, worse they're at, You know?

844
00:28:25,873 --> 00:28:27,324
Is very, very heartbreaking.

845
00:28:27,933 --> 00:28:29,598
So when we look at this, we have

846
00:28:29,598 --> 00:28:31,975
to think of the fact that the sons

847
00:28:31,975 --> 00:28:32,713
of thunder

848
00:28:33,339 --> 00:28:34,717
they got really upset

849
00:28:35,494 --> 00:28:36,691
with the Samaritan amen,

850
00:28:37,410 --> 00:28:39,405
and a lot of profess believers can get

851
00:28:39,405 --> 00:28:41,581
really upset. And we have be careful

852
00:28:41,974 --> 00:28:43,673
that we are in the word

853
00:28:44,132 --> 00:28:45,970
that we're filled with the spirit that we're

854
00:28:45,970 --> 00:28:48,048
not controlled by the circumstances and that we

855
00:28:48,048 --> 00:28:50,365
also recognize the Lord said beforehand that this

856
00:28:50,365 --> 00:28:52,853
would happen. So we're not shocked. Peter says

857
00:28:52,853 --> 00:28:55,405
arm yourselves to suffer. Amen. Jesus just says

858
00:28:55,484 --> 00:28:56,681
I told you these things ahead of time

859
00:28:56,681 --> 00:28:58,275
if they spoke of me and called me

860
00:28:58,275 --> 00:28:59,392
be above things like that.

861
00:29:00,442 --> 00:29:01,717
Said how much more are they're gonna speak

862
00:29:01,717 --> 00:29:03,469
evil of you. Right. You know?

863
00:29:04,265 --> 00:29:05,540
He said they're gonna put to death thinking

864
00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:07,212
that they're doing God servers. That's how diluted

865
00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:08,327
some of them will be.

866
00:29:09,059 --> 00:29:10,335
Basis I'm telling you these things ahead of

867
00:29:10,335 --> 00:29:12,009
time, so you will not fall away.

868
00:29:12,966 --> 00:29:14,480
Doesn't want us fall away. That's where we're

869
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:15,995
ahead of time. That's why churches that are

870
00:29:15,995 --> 00:29:17,724
not warning people ahead of time are actually

871
00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:20,306
part of grooming the great falling away. I'm

872
00:29:20,306 --> 00:29:23,325
sorry, That's what's happening. It's heartbreaking indeed. Now,

873
00:29:24,913 --> 00:29:26,740
it's also important to keep in mind this.

874
00:29:28,107 --> 00:29:29,302
And I'm gonna get a little bit ahead

875
00:29:29,302 --> 00:29:31,235
of myself, but I'll pick it up later

876
00:29:31,532 --> 00:29:34,262
is the James that wrote this was incredibly

877
00:29:34,638 --> 00:29:35,992
impacted by the sermon on the mountain.

878
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:38,315
Radically impacted.

879
00:29:38,951 --> 00:29:40,145
Not just a spatter in here is his

880
00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:42,953
spatter in there. His entire letter is p

881
00:29:43,169 --> 00:29:44,465
by 35

882
00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:45,658
illusions

883
00:29:46,127 --> 00:29:47,318
to the sermon on the mount.

884
00:29:48,746 --> 00:29:51,682
In fact, most of chapter 1, there's 13

885
00:29:51,682 --> 00:29:53,111
references to the certain of the amount in

886
00:29:53,111 --> 00:29:53,825
just chapter 1.

887
00:29:54,873 --> 00:29:57,101
Would which James heard Jesus give the sermon

888
00:29:57,101 --> 00:29:57,499
on the mountain.

889
00:29:59,010 --> 00:29:59,806
James, the apostle.

890
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,689
Okay? Well, that doesn't it mean the other

891
00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:04,047
James went have heard about her or heard

892
00:30:04,047 --> 00:30:05,884
what Jesus said or what have you, but

893
00:30:05,884 --> 00:30:08,541
there's no evidence and nobody really believes that

894
00:30:10,134 --> 00:30:12,775
the gospel were written before g James has

895
00:30:12,775 --> 00:30:13,174
marty him.

896
00:30:13,815 --> 00:30:15,174
So James would have had to be an

897
00:30:15,174 --> 00:30:17,505
eye witness of the sermon on the mount

898
00:30:17,505 --> 00:30:19,255
this guy keeps coming after me. I mentioned

899
00:30:19,335 --> 00:30:21,881
Bee a fly starts attacking me You know?

900
00:30:22,915 --> 00:30:23,415
So

901
00:30:26,275 --> 00:30:27,474
As long as not in my nose. I've

902
00:30:27,474 --> 00:30:29,394
done that before, but I'm older now, You

903
00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:31,654
know, asking. So anyway, it's interesting

904
00:30:32,115 --> 00:30:32,355
because,

905
00:30:34,445 --> 00:30:36,033
Just give you some hints in James chapter

906
00:30:36,033 --> 00:30:37,700
1 because I'm not gonna have... I was.

907
00:30:37,859 --> 00:30:38,891
You know what I gonna do today, but

908
00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:40,637
I'm not gonna do. I was gonna go

909
00:30:40,637 --> 00:30:42,225
through to you all the parallels from James

910
00:30:42,225 --> 00:30:44,553
chapter 1. And the sermon in the mount.

911
00:30:45,032 --> 00:30:47,350
But that's like, 3 pages long. And I'm

912
00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:49,188
like, Lord, I'm already played with a clock.

913
00:30:49,347 --> 00:30:50,866
So I'm went say like cutting off a

914
00:30:50,866 --> 00:30:52,717
finger. It was hard. I'm like, Lord, How

915
00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:53,991
do I do this? You know? And I

916
00:30:53,991 --> 00:30:55,424
always battle with the clock and battle with

917
00:30:55,424 --> 00:30:57,017
my message. But and if you've ever noticed,

918
00:30:57,256 --> 00:30:58,131
I always put the word to god in

919
00:30:58,131 --> 00:30:59,246
the message. I believe god's burned in my

920
00:30:59,246 --> 00:31:01,333
heart above the clock though. I'll never put

921
00:31:01,333 --> 00:31:03,486
the clock above the message I believe that

922
00:31:03,566 --> 00:31:05,161
God's burning him my heart. But I come

923
00:31:05,161 --> 00:31:07,713
really close at times, you know? And so...

924
00:31:07,873 --> 00:31:09,627
But I cut out things I'm Constantly editing

925
00:31:09,627 --> 00:31:11,955
even as I preach. But I've worked really

926
00:31:11,955 --> 00:31:13,867
hard on this message to try to get

927
00:31:13,867 --> 00:31:15,701
the stuff in that I want to get

928
00:31:15,701 --> 00:31:18,172
in that I feel you need to see

929
00:31:18,172 --> 00:31:20,984
that gives the best case on this James

930
00:31:20,984 --> 00:31:22,105
as well. Now,

931
00:31:22,904 --> 00:31:24,585
and by the way, I could make make

932
00:31:24,585 --> 00:31:27,065
this message with evidence that lean toward that

933
00:31:27,224 --> 00:31:27,724
James

934
00:31:28,039 --> 00:31:30,432
3 messages along. But let me say this

935
00:31:30,432 --> 00:31:31,729
you guys is

936
00:31:32,106 --> 00:31:32,984
in the sermon of the mount.

937
00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:37,131
Jesus says to rejoice when you're persecuted for

938
00:31:37,131 --> 00:31:37,291
what.

939
00:31:38,103 --> 00:31:40,335
Righteousness is a sake. What's the first command

940
00:31:40,494 --> 00:31:40,973
James gives?

941
00:31:41,690 --> 00:31:44,400
Considered all joy my brother. Right? When you

942
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,277
endure. Right?

943
00:31:46,889 --> 00:31:50,005
Tribulation, various tribulation. Said Join my brother when

944
00:31:50,005 --> 00:31:53,201
you encounter various tribulation. Oh, and Jesus dealt

945
00:31:53,201 --> 00:31:54,720
a lot with anger in the sermon amount.

946
00:31:55,610 --> 00:31:57,199
And guess what? James had an angry problem,

947
00:31:57,437 --> 00:31:57,675
Didn't he.

948
00:31:58,549 --> 00:32:00,058
Right? I mean, a son of thunder.

949
00:32:00,773 --> 00:32:02,123
Would you agree it would be kind of

950
00:32:02,123 --> 00:32:03,473
an an ag problem where you just wanna

951
00:32:03,473 --> 00:32:05,079
destroy everybody with fire as bit of an

952
00:32:05,079 --> 00:32:08,192
anger problem. Right? But guess what? Jesus is

953
00:32:08,192 --> 00:32:10,268
correcting him. Sort amount has his great impact

954
00:32:10,268 --> 00:32:11,784
on him if he indeed is the author

955
00:32:11,784 --> 00:32:13,620
of this book. And what does he say?

956
00:32:14,352 --> 00:32:16,019
Be so to speak slow to anger. Right?

957
00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:18,797
For the anger of man does not achieve

958
00:32:18,797 --> 00:32:19,670
the righteousness of God.

959
00:32:20,543 --> 00:32:22,210
What did James learned that? If it's the

960
00:32:22,210 --> 00:32:24,050
apostle James, from Jesus on the sermon of

961
00:32:24,050 --> 00:32:26,747
the mount and from Jesus him personally.

962
00:32:27,540 --> 00:32:29,126
So when I look at that, this is

963
00:32:29,126 --> 00:32:31,054
why I think it's really, really, really heavy

964
00:32:31,204 --> 00:32:33,114
If it's the apostle James because the book

965
00:32:33,114 --> 00:32:35,501
has so much more layers than. Then you're

966
00:32:35,501 --> 00:32:36,854
like, whoa, and that's what's been happening to

967
00:32:36,854 --> 00:32:38,779
me. I'm like, whoa, this was James. We

968
00:32:38,779 --> 00:32:40,135
don't know a lot about James the Son

969
00:32:40,135 --> 00:32:42,368
is Eb. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. The we

970
00:32:42,368 --> 00:32:44,282
do know John's... James son Deputy, the apostle.

971
00:32:44,522 --> 00:32:45,798
We do know a lot about him. We

972
00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:47,154
don't know a lot a lot about James,

973
00:32:47,313 --> 00:32:48,191
the brother of Jesus.

974
00:32:49,565 --> 00:32:50,924
You just know he's brother of Jesus. You

975
00:32:50,924 --> 00:32:52,524
know he got converted all the resurrection, a

976
00:32:52,524 --> 00:32:54,125
couple verses here and there and mentioned him

977
00:32:54,125 --> 00:32:55,644
throughout the epi, and then you see him

978
00:32:55,644 --> 00:32:57,244
in James chapter 15. There's not a whole

979
00:32:57,244 --> 00:32:59,500
lot. Else and acts after 12 Go tell

980
00:32:59,579 --> 00:33:01,259
James too after the other James has killed.

981
00:33:02,140 --> 00:33:03,500
But you know a whole lot about James

982
00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:05,180
the apostle, and you know realized, wow. Look

983
00:33:05,180 --> 00:33:06,674
at All jesus teaching, he was there for

984
00:33:06,873 --> 00:33:09,020
pretty much most all of it. And then

985
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:10,531
when you go through James, it's like, wow.

986
00:33:11,008 --> 00:33:12,939
You could see James the apostle

987
00:33:13,393 --> 00:33:15,794
could relate to them being angry when they're

988
00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:18,262
scattered by un believers, Aye amen, and you

989
00:33:18,262 --> 00:33:20,331
could relate to him saying, count all join

990
00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,763
my brother when you count various trials. You

991
00:33:21,763 --> 00:33:23,371
relate to him saying, you know, be quick

992
00:33:23,371 --> 00:33:24,883
to hear so to speak slow to anger

993
00:33:24,883 --> 00:33:26,237
for Anger man isn't she the registered Scott,

994
00:33:26,396 --> 00:33:28,466
because he would have learned. And you see

995
00:33:28,466 --> 00:33:30,059
that this James, this is what I love

996
00:33:30,059 --> 00:33:31,981
about James guys. And why I'm so excited

997
00:33:31,981 --> 00:33:34,124
that we're going through it is James mind,

998
00:33:34,442 --> 00:33:35,632
whether it's James the apostle,

999
00:33:36,187 --> 00:33:37,933
the son of Z, or whether it's James,

1000
00:33:38,251 --> 00:33:40,973
the the brother of Jesus. Their mind is

1001
00:33:40,973 --> 00:33:42,811
permitted with the sermon of the mount,

1002
00:33:43,690 --> 00:33:45,128
which is the sermon that Jesus gave and

1003
00:33:45,128 --> 00:33:46,327
at the end of it, the most popular

1004
00:33:46,327 --> 00:33:48,005
message ever preached on earth by the way.

1005
00:33:48,499 --> 00:33:50,009
And at the end of it, warns that

1006
00:33:50,009 --> 00:33:51,837
you need to build your life on the

1007
00:33:51,837 --> 00:33:54,460
rock of his words, Amen or when the

1008
00:33:54,460 --> 00:33:55,970
trials come. And if you're built in the

1009
00:33:55,970 --> 00:33:57,242
sand, great where your destruction be.

1010
00:33:57,973 --> 00:34:00,362
So James got it, whichever James it is,

1011
00:34:01,158 --> 00:34:03,229
but which James would be more likely to

1012
00:34:03,229 --> 00:34:05,481
be the 1 that's radically impacted by the

1013
00:34:05,538 --> 00:34:06,016
certain amount.

1014
00:34:06,830 --> 00:34:07,230
Which 1?

1015
00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:08,750
James the apostle.

1016
00:34:09,469 --> 00:34:11,150
And this is what blows me away. When

1017
00:34:11,309 --> 00:34:12,989
I read James and it hit me so

1018
00:34:12,989 --> 00:34:15,805
hard Makes you wanna cry sometimes. When I

1019
00:34:15,805 --> 00:34:17,324
memorize the book of James, I'm working through

1020
00:34:17,324 --> 00:34:19,085
it right now. But when I go... I

1021
00:34:19,085 --> 00:34:19,885
memorized first chapter,

1022
00:34:20,605 --> 00:34:21,724
and I think about it, I'm like,

1023
00:34:22,617 --> 00:34:23,493
This guy's mind,

1024
00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:26,914
he is confronting the situations that the church

1025
00:34:26,914 --> 00:34:27,652
is facing

1026
00:34:28,346 --> 00:34:30,733
purely through the mind of Christ by the

1027
00:34:30,733 --> 00:34:33,137
holy spirit through the prism of the most

1028
00:34:33,137 --> 00:34:34,491
amazing teacher you to ever taught the sermon

1029
00:34:34,491 --> 00:34:36,323
of the mount. He has the mind of

1030
00:34:36,323 --> 00:34:36,641
christ.

1031
00:34:38,394 --> 00:34:40,487
His mind has been transformed. He's no longer

1032
00:34:41,354 --> 00:34:43,978
I wanna destroy everybody. He's like, man, God

1033
00:34:43,978 --> 00:34:45,966
had marissa at me. And he writes in

1034
00:34:45,966 --> 00:34:48,056
that way, and he rep packages

1035
00:34:48,908 --> 00:34:49,703
the sermon the mount.

1036
00:34:50,434 --> 00:34:52,535
In such a way that's applied to their

1037
00:34:52,675 --> 00:34:55,155
situations. I thought Lord give us that heart.

1038
00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:58,035
Give us that mind to where we look

1039
00:34:58,035 --> 00:35:01,007
at our problems and we apply Jesus teaching

1040
00:35:01,007 --> 00:35:02,705
in the sermon mount and elsewhere

1041
00:35:03,084 --> 00:35:05,561
throughout scripture to the things that we face,

1042
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:06,040
amen.

1043
00:35:06,933 --> 00:35:09,189
That's the beautiful beautiful practical

1044
00:35:09,646 --> 00:35:11,801
application of this if it's written by James

1045
00:35:11,801 --> 00:35:13,956
the apostle. If it's written by James brother,

1046
00:35:14,115 --> 00:35:16,124
Jesus, It still applies. This as much though.

1047
00:35:16,443 --> 00:35:17,957
Right? We just don't have all the texture

1048
00:35:17,957 --> 00:35:19,711
and all the the the stories that would

1049
00:35:19,711 --> 00:35:21,168
relate to how he would have learned

1050
00:35:21,704 --> 00:35:23,034
by experience some of these

1051
00:35:23,793 --> 00:35:24,932
these teachings

1052
00:35:25,631 --> 00:35:26,670
and how we would apply them.

1053
00:35:28,507 --> 00:35:28,747
Now,

1054
00:35:29,386 --> 00:35:30,685
I need to pick it up

1055
00:35:31,557 --> 00:35:32,913
I need to pick it. I literally whittled

1056
00:35:32,913 --> 00:35:35,545
my message in almost half. Finally before I

1057
00:35:35,545 --> 00:35:37,858
got here. So let's check this out. Who

1058
00:35:37,858 --> 00:35:39,294
did Jesus take up with him to the

1059
00:35:39,294 --> 00:35:39,932
mount of olives?

1060
00:35:41,143 --> 00:35:42,518
Mark chapter 13

1061
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:43,611
verse 2.

1062
00:35:44,168 --> 00:35:44,646
It says,

1063
00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:46,876
he was sitting on the mount of olives.

1064
00:35:47,194 --> 00:35:50,073
Opposite at the temple, Peter James and john

1065
00:35:50,152 --> 00:35:54,278
John and Andrew, we're questioned him privately. So

1066
00:35:54,358 --> 00:35:55,706
Andrew, there Andrew andrew's is the brother of

1067
00:35:55,706 --> 00:35:58,976
who. Neither Peter. K? Steve gave, pastor Steve

1068
00:35:58,976 --> 00:36:01,278
gave an incredible message on Andrew at the

1069
00:36:01,278 --> 00:36:02,548
men's retreat. You don't wanna miss a treats.

1070
00:36:02,707 --> 00:36:04,549
You get all these good messages and It

1071
00:36:04,549 --> 00:36:06,228
was it was great. So, Andrew happens to

1072
00:36:06,228 --> 00:36:07,746
be there. He's probably like, well, I'm with

1073
00:36:07,746 --> 00:36:09,584
the inner circle. Maybe Joking. Hey, peter I

1074
00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:10,863
gotta hang out with you guys. You know,

1075
00:36:11,023 --> 00:36:12,621
we don't know exactly what went down. But

1076
00:36:12,621 --> 00:36:13,420
it's pretty interesting.

1077
00:36:14,234 --> 00:36:16,494
Who was it that was with? Now Jesus

1078
00:36:16,954 --> 00:36:18,174
plan and he was trans

1079
00:36:19,194 --> 00:36:20,234
before some of his apostles.

1080
00:36:21,367 --> 00:36:23,037
Trans on the amount of configuration.

1081
00:36:23,911 --> 00:36:25,581
Who was it that he was before? Who

1082
00:36:25,581 --> 00:36:27,092
was it that he brought with him? Look

1083
00:36:27,092 --> 00:36:28,762
at Mark chapter 9 versus 2 and 3.

1084
00:36:29,413 --> 00:36:31,395
And after 6 days, Jesus took him with

1085
00:36:31,554 --> 00:36:31,871
Peter,

1086
00:36:33,139 --> 00:36:36,311
took with him, Peter and who, James and

1087
00:36:36,469 --> 00:36:39,440
John, James is always almost always again, mentioned

1088
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,280
before John. John's an a incredible leader in

1089
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,599
the early church. Okay? I found a couple

1090
00:36:43,599 --> 00:36:45,440
places at least 1 where John has mentioned

1091
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:45,840
before him.

1092
00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:48,901
So... And 6 days, Jesus took him

1093
00:36:49,276 --> 00:36:51,662
with him, Peter and James and John, and

1094
00:36:51,662 --> 00:36:53,829
led them up a high mountain by themselves,

1095
00:36:54,068 --> 00:36:55,128
and he was trans

1096
00:36:55,666 --> 00:36:58,223
before them, picture of a second coming. And

1097
00:36:58,223 --> 00:37:01,360
his clothes became radiant intensely whites

1098
00:37:01,992 --> 00:37:02,389
As

1099
00:37:02,865 --> 00:37:04,692
as no 1 on Earth could bleach them.

1100
00:37:04,851 --> 00:37:07,552
It was like just radiant weight, and they're

1101
00:37:07,552 --> 00:37:08,109
tripping out.

1102
00:37:08,918 --> 00:37:11,067
And the corner, second Peter chapter 1, this

1103
00:37:11,067 --> 00:37:12,522
was a pre configuration

1104
00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:16,001
of Jesus second coming, and it certainly was

1105
00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:17,512
because we look at everyone when Jesus taught

1106
00:37:17,512 --> 00:37:20,066
about it. He goes into how, you know,

1107
00:37:20,145 --> 00:37:21,969
he's right before they basically let them know

1108
00:37:21,969 --> 00:37:23,713
they're gonna see a picture of his return.

1109
00:37:24,030 --> 00:37:25,323
But he brings James

1110
00:37:25,948 --> 00:37:28,330
you know, Peter James and John with him.

1111
00:37:28,806 --> 00:37:30,950
In his greatest time of crisis before he

1112
00:37:30,950 --> 00:37:32,776
went to the cross. When he went into

1113
00:37:32,776 --> 00:37:34,204
the garden of Yosemite, who did he bring

1114
00:37:34,204 --> 00:37:34,522
with him?

1115
00:37:35,413 --> 00:37:37,885
Well, he brought his inner circle again. Look

1116
00:37:37,885 --> 00:37:39,501
at Matthew chapter 26

1117
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:40,915
verse 36.

1118
00:37:42,032 --> 00:37:42,271
Says,

1119
00:37:42,988 --> 00:37:43,865
then Jesus.

1120
00:37:44,518 --> 00:37:46,427
Went with them to the place called Geth

1121
00:37:46,427 --> 00:37:48,416
70. And he said he was disciples sit

1122
00:37:48,416 --> 00:37:50,588
here while I go over there and pray

1123
00:37:50,644 --> 00:37:52,099
and taking with him

1124
00:37:52,713 --> 00:37:53,191
the what?

1125
00:37:53,924 --> 00:37:55,681
The 2 sons of Z, that would be

1126
00:37:55,762 --> 00:37:58,099
James and John. He began to be powerful

1127
00:37:58,478 --> 00:37:59,117
and troubled.

1128
00:38:00,969 --> 00:38:03,050
They were definitely known to be leaders. In

1129
00:38:03,050 --> 00:38:05,390
fact, they were such leaders among the apostles

1130
00:38:06,650 --> 00:38:07,150
that

1131
00:38:07,864 --> 00:38:10,492
their mom, Sal made an end around Peter,

1132
00:38:11,369 --> 00:38:11,767
you know,

1133
00:38:12,484 --> 00:38:13,679
and confronted Jesus,

1134
00:38:14,157 --> 00:38:15,830
and she had a request regarding her 2

1135
00:38:15,830 --> 00:38:16,786
sons, James and John.

1136
00:38:17,358 --> 00:38:19,663
And what did she request? Let's look at

1137
00:38:19,663 --> 00:38:22,366
acts or Matthew chapter 20, Matthew chapter 20

1138
00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:22,866
verse

1139
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:24,512
21.

1140
00:38:25,562 --> 00:38:27,952
Grant that 1 of these 2 sons of

1141
00:38:27,952 --> 00:38:30,741
mine, Change and John may sit at your

1142
00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:32,972
right hand, right? Or at your right and

1143
00:38:32,972 --> 00:38:34,486
on on the other at what?

1144
00:38:35,297 --> 00:38:37,208
You're left in your kingdom. Meaning when you

1145
00:38:37,208 --> 00:38:37,447
come,

1146
00:38:39,199 --> 00:38:40,791
I want James and John to be at

1147
00:38:40,791 --> 00:38:41,746
your left and right hand Jesus.

1148
00:38:43,671 --> 00:38:45,420
You know how sometimes mothers could be really

1149
00:38:45,420 --> 00:38:46,135
ambitious for their kids.

1150
00:38:46,771 --> 00:38:47,168
You know?

1151
00:38:49,871 --> 00:38:51,635
You know, some others want Jewish sense to

1152
00:38:51,635 --> 00:38:53,224
be lawyers someone want them to be doctors.

1153
00:38:53,463 --> 00:38:54,655
She wants them at the right hand and

1154
00:38:54,655 --> 00:38:55,371
left handed of Jesus.

1155
00:38:56,245 --> 00:38:57,596
Okay? You keep thinking get better than that.

1156
00:38:57,914 --> 00:38:59,447
You know? She's definitely.

1157
00:39:00,394 --> 00:39:01,753
It's kind of a trip when you think

1158
00:39:01,753 --> 00:39:03,431
about it? And Jesus says, do you know

1159
00:39:03,431 --> 00:39:04,710
what cup, I'm gonna treat and they come

1160
00:39:04,710 --> 00:39:05,908
in and they talk to Jesus with her?

1161
00:39:06,307 --> 00:39:07,586
You know, when we compare the gospel accounts

1162
00:39:07,586 --> 00:39:08,146
it's kind of trip.

1163
00:39:09,039 --> 00:39:10,159
And he says, are you able to drink

1164
00:39:10,159 --> 00:39:11,119
the cup that I'm gonna drink?

1165
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:12,480
You know what they say?

1166
00:39:13,199 --> 00:39:13,440
Yeah.

1167
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,159
Well, they don't realize what kind of cup

1168
00:39:16,159 --> 00:39:17,852
he's gonna drink? And he he affirm that.

1169
00:39:18,012 --> 00:39:19,709
Yeah, You will be able to, but not

1170
00:39:20,087 --> 00:39:21,364
exactly what he's going to do. He's gonna

1171
00:39:21,364 --> 00:39:22,242
die for the sins the world.

1172
00:39:23,359 --> 00:39:23,519
Okay?

1173
00:39:24,476 --> 00:39:24,716
And,

1174
00:39:25,609 --> 00:39:27,125
they will go through some suffering as well.

1175
00:39:28,083 --> 00:39:28,961
So it's interesting.

1176
00:39:29,839 --> 00:39:31,775
Then we see James mentioned

1177
00:39:32,233 --> 00:39:34,242
with the other apostles in act, when the

1178
00:39:34,242 --> 00:39:35,753
book of acts gets going in chapter 1.

1179
00:39:35,991 --> 00:39:37,502
It sets up, letting us know the leaders

1180
00:39:37,502 --> 00:39:40,308
of the church were. Acts chapter 1 verse

1181
00:39:40,365 --> 00:39:40,603
13.

1182
00:39:41,478 --> 00:39:43,387
When they had entered the city,

1183
00:39:44,276 --> 00:39:46,103
They went up to the upstairs upper room

1184
00:39:46,103 --> 00:39:47,295
for the day of panic get prepared for

1185
00:39:47,295 --> 00:39:47,930
the day of Cost.

1186
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,266
They went up... They entered the city. They

1187
00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:53,514
went up to the upstairs room and

1188
00:39:53,982 --> 00:39:56,207
They were there... And were staying there. That

1189
00:39:56,207 --> 00:39:57,422
is who. Peter

1190
00:39:58,035 --> 00:39:59,783
John James, and it goes on a wrench

1191
00:39:59,783 --> 00:40:01,389
and the rest of the apostles. Set for

1192
00:40:01,468 --> 00:40:03,223
J and he's replaced in chapter 1 by.

1193
00:40:03,941 --> 00:40:05,775
But then it goes on to say, all

1194
00:40:05,775 --> 00:40:07,929
these were continually dev voting themselves with 1

1195
00:40:07,929 --> 00:40:09,125
mind to prayer,

1196
00:40:09,763 --> 00:40:10,822
along with the women

1197
00:40:11,134 --> 00:40:13,757
and Mary, the mother of Jesus and with

1198
00:40:13,757 --> 00:40:14,551
his brothers.

1199
00:40:15,664 --> 00:40:17,731
So the brothers, which are mentioned last and

1200
00:40:17,731 --> 00:40:19,979
not even named, would include James

1201
00:40:20,844 --> 00:40:23,936
the son of the, Mary oldest son after

1202
00:40:24,015 --> 00:40:24,808
Jesus that would be,

1203
00:40:25,838 --> 00:40:27,424
the oldest of the sons besides Jesus.

1204
00:40:28,553 --> 00:40:29,909
But he's just 1 of the brothers at

1205
00:40:29,909 --> 00:40:30,307
that point.

1206
00:40:31,105 --> 00:40:32,860
And through the first 11 chapters the book

1207
00:40:32,860 --> 00:40:34,774
of acts, you don't see him mention 1

1208
00:40:34,774 --> 00:40:36,529
time. You don't see any acts that he

1209
00:40:36,529 --> 00:40:37,486
did, what he's doing.

1210
00:40:39,802 --> 00:40:41,864
But, well, gets even more interesting.

1211
00:40:43,211 --> 00:40:43,449
Now,

1212
00:40:44,242 --> 00:40:45,035
Christianity is spreading.

1213
00:40:45,844 --> 00:40:48,324
Hero Ag grip wants to make a statement

1214
00:40:48,324 --> 00:40:49,605
against the church as it grows.

1215
00:40:51,364 --> 00:40:53,684
So guess what he does. He attacks the

1216
00:40:53,684 --> 00:40:55,045
leaders of the church.

1217
00:40:55,938 --> 00:40:58,171
Look at acts chapter 12. Now we're deep

1218
00:40:58,171 --> 00:40:59,926
in the book of acts now. Acts chapter

1219
00:40:59,926 --> 00:41:00,165
12.

1220
00:41:01,043 --> 00:41:01,601
Verse 1.

1221
00:41:03,356 --> 00:41:03,834
It says,

1222
00:41:05,604 --> 00:41:08,019
It was about this time that King hero

1223
00:41:08,398 --> 00:41:10,952
arrested some who belonged to the church, intending

1224
00:41:10,952 --> 00:41:11,909
to per them.

1225
00:41:12,547 --> 00:41:13,186
He had who.

1226
00:41:14,157 --> 00:41:15,586
James, which James.

1227
00:41:16,459 --> 00:41:17,809
The brother John, the apostle.

1228
00:41:18,364 --> 00:41:20,905
James brother, John put to death with the

1229
00:41:20,905 --> 00:41:21,143
sword.

1230
00:41:21,953 --> 00:41:23,466
Who does he go after first and who

1231
00:41:23,466 --> 00:41:25,059
does the holy spirit emphasize that he put

1232
00:41:25,059 --> 00:41:25,457
the death?

1233
00:41:26,412 --> 00:41:27,549
The first marty

1234
00:41:28,164 --> 00:41:29,518
when he says, yeah, we can treat your

1235
00:41:29,518 --> 00:41:30,076
cup. Jesus.

1236
00:41:31,204 --> 00:41:32,873
Did he, not in the way that Jesus

1237
00:41:32,873 --> 00:41:34,463
drank it for our sins, but he became

1238
00:41:34,463 --> 00:41:36,689
the first apostle who was marty, and that's

1239
00:41:36,689 --> 00:41:38,853
highlighted in scripture for us. I believe it's

1240
00:41:38,853 --> 00:41:41,726
for reason to show his rank his who

1241
00:41:41,726 --> 00:41:43,483
he was. And then it goes on to

1242
00:41:43,483 --> 00:41:46,356
say, when he saw that this met... What

1243
00:41:46,356 --> 00:41:48,524
this met with approval among the Jews. He

1244
00:41:48,524 --> 00:41:49,719
saw the jews. We're like, happy about it.

1245
00:41:50,436 --> 00:41:52,109
Believe in jews that would be. Even though

1246
00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:54,420
your jews are being killed. Right? He proceeded

1247
00:41:54,420 --> 00:41:55,057
to sees who.

1248
00:41:55,774 --> 00:41:56,411
Peter also.

1249
00:41:57,619 --> 00:41:59,681
Now let me go after Peter. Well, who's

1250
00:41:59,761 --> 00:42:00,554
Jesus inner circle?

1251
00:42:01,585 --> 00:42:03,172
Peter James and John.

1252
00:42:04,940 --> 00:42:06,940
Now, if James did now come out if

1253
00:42:06,940 --> 00:42:09,260
be honest. If James us, the the brother

1254
00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:11,512
of Jesus is really prominent right now, Why

1255
00:42:11,512 --> 00:42:13,419
does he just not kill him? Because this

1256
00:42:13,419 --> 00:42:14,929
is a James that's most prominent at this

1257
00:42:14,929 --> 00:42:15,167
time?

1258
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,107
Now guess who becomes more prominent among the

1259
00:42:18,107 --> 00:42:19,140
changes after he's marty.

1260
00:42:20,268 --> 00:42:20,427
Well,

1261
00:42:21,223 --> 00:42:22,735
only 1 other guy could. I mean, there

1262
00:42:22,735 --> 00:42:24,328
was James the son of Alt, which was

1263
00:42:24,328 --> 00:42:25,840
another James who was an apostle, but he's

1264
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:26,955
not mentioned. He's not part of the inner.

1265
00:42:27,035 --> 00:42:28,483
He's not part of the big 3 He's

1266
00:42:28,483 --> 00:42:30,872
not mentioned as there's not anything really much

1267
00:42:30,872 --> 00:42:34,058
said about him. So some do believe because

1268
00:42:34,058 --> 00:42:35,492
right after he says, go tell his brother,

1269
00:42:35,651 --> 00:42:37,899
go tell the brothers after Peter, was arrested

1270
00:42:37,899 --> 00:42:39,018
and, you know, and so forth.

1271
00:42:39,737 --> 00:42:41,575
Go tell his brothers and James.

1272
00:42:42,774 --> 00:42:45,092
Now that can't mean James the Marty that

1273
00:42:45,092 --> 00:42:47,424
was just the apostle. Right? Obviously, That means

1274
00:42:47,424 --> 00:42:49,741
as I mentioned, James, the brother of Jesus.

1275
00:42:49,981 --> 00:42:51,259
Now I will say this because I have

1276
00:42:51,259 --> 00:42:53,256
to let you be straight with you is

1277
00:42:53,256 --> 00:42:55,343
some believe that the James there and who's

1278
00:42:55,343 --> 00:42:56,693
mentioning mentioned it acts chapter 15 is still

1279
00:42:56,693 --> 00:42:57,566
not the brother of Jesus.

1280
00:42:58,201 --> 00:43:00,265
That is is James, the son of A

1281
00:43:00,265 --> 00:43:01,853
the other James the apostle. K?

1282
00:43:02,504 --> 00:43:04,418
Different scholars I believe that through the centuries

1283
00:43:04,418 --> 00:43:07,289
and so forth. I personally believe based on

1284
00:43:07,289 --> 00:43:09,761
paul's letters, based on Jesus making a special

1285
00:43:09,761 --> 00:43:11,776
appearance to James his brother

1286
00:43:12,088 --> 00:43:14,338
based on Paul mentioning him

1287
00:43:14,713 --> 00:43:16,304
elsewhere as as as a pillar of the

1288
00:43:16,304 --> 00:43:17,895
church that this is James the brother of

1289
00:43:17,974 --> 00:43:19,248
Jesus. I have no doubt on my mind

1290
00:43:19,248 --> 00:43:20,202
that. The second James.

1291
00:43:21,494 --> 00:43:22,932
After the apostle James is marty.

1292
00:43:23,971 --> 00:43:24,131
Okay?

1293
00:43:24,930 --> 00:43:25,430
So

1294
00:43:26,369 --> 00:43:27,348
did you ever think

1295
00:43:27,887 --> 00:43:29,086
looking at the author of who wrote a

1296
00:43:29,086 --> 00:43:29,965
book would be so interesting?

1297
00:43:30,938 --> 00:43:32,614
I love this kind of stuff. You know,

1298
00:43:32,933 --> 00:43:34,450
I just think it's so awesome. Now,

1299
00:43:36,365 --> 00:43:38,121
this is... It gets crazier though. Okay?

1300
00:43:39,333 --> 00:43:42,842
Go tell James. Okay. I love that. So

1301
00:43:43,798 --> 00:43:46,670
now, check this out. When you say, who

1302
00:43:46,670 --> 00:43:47,866
wrote the letter of James,

1303
00:43:49,157 --> 00:43:49,874
Which James,

1304
00:43:50,751 --> 00:43:52,665
do you understand there's only 2 that are

1305
00:43:52,665 --> 00:43:53,064
prominent?

1306
00:43:54,659 --> 00:43:57,471
And the question is best answered as to

1307
00:43:58,023 --> 00:43:59,616
when was it written? Do you understand that?

1308
00:44:00,492 --> 00:44:02,188
Because the James that's

1309
00:44:02,644 --> 00:44:04,317
writing would be known at the time?

1310
00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:06,563
And if it's early acts, that would be

1311
00:44:06,643 --> 00:44:09,113
James the apostle. If it's later acts, that

1312
00:44:09,113 --> 00:44:09,932
would be James

1313
00:44:10,627 --> 00:44:11,902
brother of Jesus. Are you with me?

1314
00:44:12,872 --> 00:44:14,144
That's why you just can't say, oh, I

1315
00:44:14,144 --> 00:44:16,690
know it was James, the apostle for sure,

1316
00:44:16,849 --> 00:44:18,599
or I know. You know what? It was

1317
00:44:18,599 --> 00:44:20,428
obviously James, the brother Jesus really. How do

1318
00:44:20,428 --> 00:44:21,873
you know that? Hi do you know when

1319
00:44:21,873 --> 00:44:22,191
was written?

1320
00:44:23,382 --> 00:44:24,812
That's why I'm saying. We gotta be careful

1321
00:44:24,812 --> 00:44:26,003
not to be super dogma...

1322
00:44:27,115 --> 00:44:29,045
Well, I believe God's showing me. Well

1323
00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:31,507
Lot of people believe that God shown them

1324
00:44:31,507 --> 00:44:33,261
something that doesn't really get you very far,

1325
00:44:33,979 --> 00:44:34,298
you know?

1326
00:44:35,175 --> 00:44:35,414
So...

1327
00:44:36,211 --> 00:44:37,647
And I did pray Lord Show we make

1328
00:44:37,647 --> 00:44:39,340
it clear to me. But not a mystical

1329
00:44:39,340 --> 00:44:41,340
way Just show me through scripture. And I'm

1330
00:44:41,340 --> 00:44:42,860
not saying he answered that prayer because I

1331
00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:43,739
don't wanna be

1332
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,668
dogma and and and believe that that prayer

1333
00:44:47,668 --> 00:44:48,785
was answered in that way. I didn't get

1334
00:44:48,785 --> 00:44:51,017
a dream or a vision, Joe, it was,

1335
00:44:51,655 --> 00:44:51,974
James,

1336
00:44:52,532 --> 00:44:54,765
the brother of Jesus or James, the apostle.

1337
00:44:55,257 --> 00:44:56,767
You know? And if that happened, I would

1338
00:44:56,767 --> 00:44:58,833
not even share that with you. Okay that

1339
00:44:58,833 --> 00:45:01,240
would be wrong, I believe. So,

1340
00:45:02,504 --> 00:45:05,130
but give you an example. Let's say that

1341
00:45:05,210 --> 00:45:07,359
I wrote a letter to...

1342
00:45:08,075 --> 00:45:09,928
No. Not I wrote. Let's say

1343
00:45:10,718 --> 00:45:12,473
There was a letter that was dug up

1344
00:45:12,473 --> 00:45:12,973
later

1345
00:45:14,307 --> 00:45:15,344
that it was from Joe,

1346
00:45:16,939 --> 00:45:18,215
from Blessed Valley,

1347
00:45:18,774 --> 00:45:19,992
a server of the Lord

1348
00:45:20,545 --> 00:45:21,664
to our live streamers.

1349
00:45:22,625 --> 00:45:22,864
Right?

1350
00:45:25,025 --> 00:45:27,757
Now follow this, man, this gets interesting. So

1351
00:45:27,757 --> 00:45:29,426
I wanted to illustrate this to you. And

1352
00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:31,413
you get years later, it's a a hundred

1353
00:45:31,413 --> 00:45:33,956
years after the, you know, lesson right right

1354
00:45:33,956 --> 00:45:34,114
now.

1355
00:45:35,005 --> 00:45:36,764
And like, oh, wow. Check this out. Some

1356
00:45:36,764 --> 00:45:38,045
of these churches have this letter that Joe

1357
00:45:38,045 --> 00:45:40,284
wrote by hand because Internet was down. You

1358
00:45:40,284 --> 00:45:41,724
know, Christians were not to using him or

1359
00:45:41,724 --> 00:45:44,457
whatever. Right? And as as Joe, a servant

1360
00:45:44,457 --> 00:45:45,674
at blessed Hope Chapel

1361
00:45:46,050 --> 00:45:47,882
to the blessed hope live streams in the

1362
00:45:47,882 --> 00:45:49,235
blessed hope churches. Right?

1363
00:45:50,908 --> 00:45:51,784
Who would you think wrote it?

1364
00:45:53,153 --> 00:45:55,544
A, but what if I died in so

1365
00:45:55,544 --> 00:45:55,943
many years,

1366
00:45:56,660 --> 00:45:58,572
and another joe becomes the pastor.

1367
00:45:59,848 --> 00:46:02,016
And there is the continues to grow. We

1368
00:46:02,016 --> 00:46:02,973
continue to reach other people.

1369
00:46:03,770 --> 00:46:05,684
And now that path that guy's been passed

1370
00:46:05,684 --> 00:46:08,635
for 30 plus years, and then over 40

1371
00:46:08,635 --> 00:46:09,034
plus years,

1372
00:46:09,832 --> 00:46:10,470
and he dies.

1373
00:46:12,875 --> 00:46:13,990
Now you can't be sure.

1374
00:46:15,026 --> 00:46:16,380
A, but what would you look for?

1375
00:46:17,177 --> 00:46:19,328
What are the circumstances in the letter?

1376
00:46:20,299 --> 00:46:22,537
Now if the letter is addressed to live

1377
00:46:22,537 --> 00:46:23,836
streams and fellowship,

1378
00:46:24,295 --> 00:46:25,414
you know, in, you know,

1379
00:46:27,013 --> 00:46:27,513
Idaho,

1380
00:46:28,451 --> 00:46:31,744
in Mexico and you know, Costa Rica and

1381
00:46:31,744 --> 00:46:34,144
then live streams in various areas that we

1382
00:46:34,144 --> 00:46:35,184
have our live groups.

1383
00:46:37,264 --> 00:46:37,984
The what would you think?

1384
00:46:38,958 --> 00:46:41,271
Think this Joe. Right? Oh, but what if

1385
00:46:41,271 --> 00:46:43,186
you continue to read and said to those

1386
00:46:43,186 --> 00:46:45,341
live stream groups and the live groups we

1387
00:46:45,341 --> 00:46:47,502
have throughout China, and the fellowship that are

1388
00:46:47,502 --> 00:46:49,487
throughout China now. And and the churches that

1389
00:46:49,487 --> 00:46:52,029
are throughout, you know, New Zealand and and

1390
00:46:52,029 --> 00:46:54,094
and in Russia and in a iraq that

1391
00:46:54,094 --> 00:46:55,229
are that are growing

1392
00:46:55,936 --> 00:46:56,254
churches.

1393
00:46:56,890 --> 00:46:58,242
Well, that's not happening right now.

1394
00:46:59,276 --> 00:47:00,627
But it was... Let's say that was happening

1395
00:47:00,627 --> 00:47:03,410
under the second Joe. Right? It grew. Then

1396
00:47:03,410 --> 00:47:05,573
you think it was that? Which Joe? The

1397
00:47:05,573 --> 00:47:08,285
second Joe. Are you with me? So let's

1398
00:47:08,285 --> 00:47:10,359
look at who this is addressed to and

1399
00:47:10,359 --> 00:47:13,070
what the circumstances were during the time when

1400
00:47:13,070 --> 00:47:15,720
this was probably a written. Okay? Think that

1401
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:16,760
is very interesting.

1402
00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:18,200
James 1 1 again.

1403
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:19,400
Okay?

1404
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:21,000
James 1 1.

1405
00:47:21,720 --> 00:47:23,320
James, a servant of God and in the

1406
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,807
lord Jesus Christ. To the 12 tribes were

1407
00:47:25,807 --> 00:47:29,227
scattered among the nation's, greetings or dispersed among

1408
00:47:29,227 --> 00:47:29,943
the nations.

1409
00:47:31,628 --> 00:47:33,459
It's writing when it's writing to who.

1410
00:47:34,414 --> 00:47:37,359
To Jews and gentile believers or just Jewish

1411
00:47:37,359 --> 00:47:38,552
believers. Just Jewish believers?

1412
00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:40,557
That's important to understand.

1413
00:47:42,706 --> 00:47:44,696
Because the early church, during the time of

1414
00:47:44,696 --> 00:47:47,562
the apostle James was exclusively Jewish.

1415
00:47:49,408 --> 00:47:49,568
Okay?

1416
00:47:50,445 --> 00:47:51,801
And by the way, it's like, well, why

1417
00:47:51,801 --> 00:47:54,992
isn't he just right? The apostle James? Just

1418
00:47:54,992 --> 00:47:57,384
we're we we're possible there? Why isn't... If

1419
00:47:57,384 --> 00:47:58,954
it's the other James doesn't he to say

1420
00:47:59,154 --> 00:48:01,309
James, the brother of Jesus or at least

1421
00:48:01,309 --> 00:48:02,587
what Jude did and say the brother of

1422
00:48:02,666 --> 00:48:04,582
Jude, give us a hint. You know?

1423
00:48:05,380 --> 00:48:07,456
The both of those arguments are arguments from

1424
00:48:07,456 --> 00:48:07,775
silence.

1425
00:48:08,428 --> 00:48:10,657
It'll don't get you far. But if James

1426
00:48:10,657 --> 00:48:12,250
was an apostle and he wrote went all

1427
00:48:12,250 --> 00:48:13,842
he's an apostle, they would all know who

1428
00:48:13,842 --> 00:48:15,514
he was, they would know it's he has

1429
00:48:15,514 --> 00:48:16,151
apostolic authority.

1430
00:48:16,803 --> 00:48:18,557
Where after his death, if it's James the

1431
00:48:18,557 --> 00:48:20,947
son is Eb, he doesn't... He's not a

1432
00:48:20,947 --> 00:48:22,701
quote quote apostle, but he would still have

1433
00:48:22,701 --> 00:48:25,026
authority because he's the leader or the pastor

1434
00:48:25,026 --> 00:48:26,536
or at least a senior pass we could

1435
00:48:26,536 --> 00:48:27,968
call them my guess at the church in

1436
00:48:28,127 --> 00:48:28,445
Jerusalem.

1437
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:29,558
So...

1438
00:48:30,671 --> 00:48:33,057
But notice who it's addressed to, the jews

1439
00:48:33,057 --> 00:48:34,193
who are dispersed

1440
00:48:35,061 --> 00:48:35,858
they're dispersed.

1441
00:48:36,416 --> 00:48:37,133
They're scattered.

1442
00:48:38,169 --> 00:48:38,965
It's to Jews.

1443
00:48:39,762 --> 00:48:40,001
Okay?

1444
00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:40,878
Now,

1445
00:48:42,007 --> 00:48:44,313
When did the scatter take place? This gets

1446
00:48:44,313 --> 00:48:46,618
really interesting. Get to know our bibles better,

1447
00:48:46,856 --> 00:48:48,208
get to know what's going on in church

1448
00:48:48,208 --> 00:48:48,605
history?

1449
00:48:49,241 --> 00:48:50,831
When did the scatter take place?

1450
00:48:52,043 --> 00:48:54,440
Not long after the day of Pent cost

1451
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:54,760
actually.

1452
00:48:56,358 --> 00:48:58,376
Most scholars believe it was 34

1453
00:48:58,769 --> 00:48:59,827
or 35

1454
00:48:59,886 --> 00:49:01,162
ad d. Okay?

1455
00:49:02,438 --> 00:49:04,352
Some believe it was even earlier than that.

1456
00:49:04,831 --> 00:49:07,702
But let's go with 34, 35 ad d

1457
00:49:07,702 --> 00:49:09,254
because that's when Stephen

1458
00:49:09,709 --> 00:49:10,266
was marty.

1459
00:49:11,619 --> 00:49:13,530
I said James was the first apostle that

1460
00:49:13,530 --> 00:49:15,440
was marty. He wasn't the first 1 marty

1461
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:15,918
in the church.

1462
00:49:17,130 --> 00:49:19,050
John the Baptist was marty as he's was

1463
00:49:19,050 --> 00:49:21,630
starting the church, but Stephen, the Dea

1464
00:49:22,090 --> 00:49:24,250
was the first marty in the book of

1465
00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:25,530
acts in acts chapter 7.

1466
00:49:26,103 --> 00:49:26,979
Guess what happened.

1467
00:49:27,775 --> 00:49:30,560
Paul is a leader among this hand he,

1468
00:49:30,799 --> 00:49:32,311
and he's going house to house. He's going

1469
00:49:32,311 --> 00:49:33,187
to promise to promise.

1470
00:49:33,919 --> 00:49:35,595
Right? And before he's converted on the road

1471
00:49:35,595 --> 00:49:39,186
to Damascus. Right? He's going everywhere. Dragging Krishna

1472
00:49:39,186 --> 00:49:40,623
out of the homes is causing the blast

1473
00:49:40,703 --> 00:49:42,060
Christ. He imagine the guilty dealt with.

1474
00:49:42,872 --> 00:49:44,863
He had tormented him he praise God. He

1475
00:49:44,863 --> 00:49:46,296
was called himself the chief of sinner,

1476
00:49:47,650 --> 00:49:50,199
and causing them to blast team and threatening

1477
00:49:50,199 --> 00:49:53,260
them with death. He oversaw Steven's death

1478
00:49:54,270 --> 00:49:55,065
in acts 7.

1479
00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:57,927
That's powerful The whole chapter which his about

1480
00:49:58,086 --> 00:49:58,801
Steven's death,

1481
00:49:59,452 --> 00:50:01,439
But what happens as result of Stephen's death.

1482
00:50:02,234 --> 00:50:04,460
Look at acts chapter 8, the very next

1483
00:50:04,460 --> 00:50:06,447
chapter, and what do we read?

1484
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:07,878
Verse 1,

1485
00:50:09,166 --> 00:50:10,758
Acts 8 verse 1,

1486
00:50:12,510 --> 00:50:15,536
Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him

1487
00:50:15,536 --> 00:50:16,731
that is Steven to death.

1488
00:50:17,464 --> 00:50:18,424
And on that day,

1489
00:50:19,065 --> 00:50:21,065
a great. And by the word, the word

1490
00:50:21,065 --> 00:50:21,704
right there great,

1491
00:50:22,264 --> 00:50:24,184
for surface you like this is mega.

1492
00:50:24,758 --> 00:50:26,375
Okay? But it was a great

1493
00:50:26,832 --> 00:50:29,624
persecution began against the church in Jerusalem,

1494
00:50:30,262 --> 00:50:31,538
and they were all what,

1495
00:50:32,734 --> 00:50:33,234
scattered

1496
00:50:33,851 --> 00:50:35,460
throughout the regions of

1497
00:50:36,496 --> 00:50:37,394
And Sam.

1498
00:50:38,249 --> 00:50:39,205
Accept the apostles.

1499
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:41,038
What apostles?

1500
00:50:41,835 --> 00:50:43,667
Peter, James, John and the rest of the

1501
00:50:43,667 --> 00:50:43,985
apostles.

1502
00:50:44,478 --> 00:50:45,353
They stayed in Jerusalem.

1503
00:50:46,148 --> 00:50:48,533
God protected them because that was their base

1504
00:50:48,533 --> 00:50:51,077
at at that time. Some devout men buried

1505
00:50:51,237 --> 00:50:53,701
Stephen and made loud limitation over him.

1506
00:50:54,432 --> 00:50:56,498
But saw before he became the apostle paul,

1507
00:50:57,213 --> 00:51:00,868
began ra the church, began what? Ra the

1508
00:51:00,868 --> 00:51:01,106
church.

1509
00:51:01,838 --> 00:51:04,233
Entering house after house and dragging off men

1510
00:51:04,233 --> 00:51:06,548
and women. He would put them in prison.

1511
00:51:06,948 --> 00:51:08,065
So notice in the in the beginning of

1512
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:09,662
that text it says, there was a great

1513
00:51:09,662 --> 00:51:10,380
persecution and they were wet.

1514
00:51:11,672 --> 00:51:12,311
They were scattered.

1515
00:51:14,305 --> 00:51:17,176
That's long before James marty them, the apostle.

1516
00:51:17,974 --> 00:51:19,808
Churches is already scattered. Are you with me?

1517
00:51:21,179 --> 00:51:22,851
Also, we read in acts chapter 11.

1518
00:51:24,444 --> 00:51:27,072
Meanwhile, the believers verse 19, who had been

1519
00:51:27,072 --> 00:51:30,354
scattered during the persecution after Stephen's death travel

1520
00:51:30,354 --> 00:51:31,313
as far as Pho,

1521
00:51:31,873 --> 00:51:34,770
cypress and antioch of Syria

1522
00:51:35,149 --> 00:51:35,469
interesting.

1523
00:51:36,428 --> 00:51:37,707
Not it's gonna tie tit you meetings things

1524
00:51:37,707 --> 00:51:40,277
together, but I'm gonna resist a temptation. They

1525
00:51:40,277 --> 00:51:42,424
preach the word of God, but only to

1526
00:51:42,424 --> 00:51:42,924
who

1527
00:51:43,458 --> 00:51:45,128
jews. And then if you keep reading and

1528
00:51:45,128 --> 00:51:46,321
then it goes out, begins to go to

1529
00:51:46,321 --> 00:51:46,957
the gentile.

1530
00:51:47,672 --> 00:51:48,172
But

1531
00:51:49,279 --> 00:51:52,463
further down. After the scatter, the gospel will

1532
00:51:52,463 --> 00:51:54,214
still go mainly to the Jews, but now

1533
00:51:54,214 --> 00:51:55,647
in acts chapter 10 and 11,

1534
00:51:56,458 --> 00:51:56,696
Remember,

1535
00:51:57,888 --> 00:52:00,192
Cornelius get saved and the door begins to

1536
00:52:00,192 --> 00:52:01,861
open to the gentile towels. Not begins. It

1537
00:52:01,861 --> 00:52:03,291
does. It just open to the gentile towels.

1538
00:52:03,943 --> 00:52:06,336
Just before James is marty.

1539
00:52:06,974 --> 00:52:08,171
Isn't this interesting.

1540
00:52:09,287 --> 00:52:11,521
Now, let's look at a map of the

1541
00:52:11,521 --> 00:52:12,021
scatter

1542
00:52:12,478 --> 00:52:13,536
that took place

1543
00:52:14,088 --> 00:52:14,646
here you see,

1544
00:52:16,241 --> 00:52:17,517
you can see where all those arrows come

1545
00:52:17,517 --> 00:52:19,670
out from Jerusalem where they're scattered to Same

1546
00:52:19,670 --> 00:52:22,382
area, you know, and and throughout J and

1547
00:52:22,382 --> 00:52:25,337
so forth and actually even beyond those areas.

1548
00:52:25,734 --> 00:52:28,195
The church was actually scattered. And now you

1549
00:52:28,195 --> 00:52:29,012
have a problem

1550
00:52:29,386 --> 00:52:30,521
because all these Christians

1551
00:52:31,068 --> 00:52:32,655
who... By the way, many of these Christians

1552
00:52:32,655 --> 00:52:34,004
came from all these different regions of the

1553
00:52:34,004 --> 00:52:37,020
world. Right? For what celebration, the day of

1554
00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:37,179
what.

1555
00:52:38,131 --> 00:52:39,083
Pent. Day, amen.

1556
00:52:39,813 --> 00:52:41,108
That's a day of harvest.

1557
00:52:41,482 --> 00:52:44,026
Right? And on Harvest day, and the 7

1558
00:52:44,026 --> 00:52:46,093
feast are all fulfilled by Jesus. 4 of

1559
00:52:46,093 --> 00:52:48,414
these feasts are already fulfilled. Harvest feast is

1560
00:52:48,414 --> 00:52:49,607
1 of them That's when the great harvest

1561
00:52:49,607 --> 00:52:51,834
of souls would go out. Hey, man. All

1562
00:52:51,834 --> 00:52:53,425
kinds of believers are coming for the day

1563
00:52:53,425 --> 00:52:54,221
of Pent,

1564
00:52:54,635 --> 00:52:56,555
and they're hearing about the resurrected Christ by

1565
00:52:56,555 --> 00:52:58,555
the apostles. Many of them stay there.

1566
00:52:59,434 --> 00:53:01,675
Hell Jews that are having disputes with the

1567
00:53:01,675 --> 00:53:03,846
native Jewish Widows because they're not getting the

1568
00:53:03,846 --> 00:53:05,278
same treatment the widows are and all these

1569
00:53:05,278 --> 00:53:07,266
different things are going down. And but they're

1570
00:53:07,266 --> 00:53:08,699
settling there because they meet all their brothers

1571
00:53:08,699 --> 00:53:11,103
and sisters in Christ. You have all 3001

1572
00:53:11,103 --> 00:53:13,498
day, little right after that 4000 saved. And

1573
00:53:13,498 --> 00:53:14,695
all kinds of people can say the church

1574
00:53:14,695 --> 00:53:17,250
is growing, but now it's persecuted. They're being

1575
00:53:17,250 --> 00:53:19,619
hunted by Paul and others. And now they're

1576
00:53:20,058 --> 00:53:20,776
all over the place.

1577
00:53:21,733 --> 00:53:23,168
And in those days, the early church was

1578
00:53:23,168 --> 00:53:24,285
meeting wear. Do you remember where they're meeting

1579
00:53:24,285 --> 00:53:25,162
it at first in the book of acts?

1580
00:53:25,641 --> 00:53:26,199
Where would they go?

1581
00:53:27,554 --> 00:53:28,671
Houses, but also wear?

1582
00:53:29,723 --> 00:53:32,036
It starts the Synagogue. Amen. There... Did you

1583
00:53:32,036 --> 00:53:33,950
know the Jews and the gentile towels... Are,

1584
00:53:34,189 --> 00:53:36,343
I'm sorry. The Jews, the Jewish believers had

1585
00:53:36,343 --> 00:53:37,938
relations with the non jewish believers to degree

1586
00:53:37,938 --> 00:53:38,576
at the Synagogue?

1587
00:53:39,469 --> 00:53:41,547
And they were tolerated for a while. And

1588
00:53:41,547 --> 00:53:42,826
then throughout the book of x, you see

1589
00:53:42,826 --> 00:53:44,104
they get more and more persecuted.

1590
00:53:45,302 --> 00:53:47,380
So it's interesting. So these guys are settling

1591
00:53:47,380 --> 00:53:48,991
in In fact, it's interesting.

1592
00:53:50,426 --> 00:53:53,137
Look at James chapter 2 verse 2, very

1593
00:53:53,137 --> 00:53:53,536
interesting.

1594
00:53:55,289 --> 00:53:56,087
It says this,

1595
00:53:57,378 --> 00:53:59,448
For if a man comes to your assembly,

1596
00:54:01,679 --> 00:54:03,351
see the words assembly there, the Greek I

1597
00:54:03,351 --> 00:54:05,046
have the Greek up there. It's soon

1598
00:54:05,581 --> 00:54:05,820
gone.

1599
00:54:06,472 --> 00:54:07,686
Okay? Ci.

1600
00:54:08,536 --> 00:54:11,340
And I'm sorry. I got that run. Sun

1601
00:54:11,396 --> 00:54:13,779
go gain. K? Soon Go again. The Greek

1602
00:54:13,779 --> 00:54:15,209
word. That's the Greek word for Synagogue.

1603
00:54:16,098 --> 00:54:16,734
Synagogue game.

1604
00:54:17,766 --> 00:54:19,833
And that's the only time that's ever used

1605
00:54:19,833 --> 00:54:20,571
of a

1606
00:54:20,945 --> 00:54:22,137
a synagogue go gain was what,

1607
00:54:22,852 --> 00:54:24,655
says, for if a man comes

1608
00:54:25,015 --> 00:54:27,655
to your assembly of the believers, you're synagogue

1609
00:54:27,655 --> 00:54:30,695
go on or so On, sort a Go

1610
00:54:30,695 --> 00:54:33,414
gain. I'm used saying episode of Go. Okay?

1611
00:54:33,655 --> 00:54:34,190
Which is

1612
00:54:34,706 --> 00:54:36,559
another word for Gathering, which is related to

1613
00:54:36,695 --> 00:54:39,081
a synagogue, but here it's a sin go

1614
00:54:39,081 --> 00:54:40,831
gain. If they come to your synagogue,

1615
00:54:41,405 --> 00:54:43,244
with a gold ring James says and dress

1616
00:54:43,244 --> 00:54:44,765
and fine clothes and there also comes any

1617
00:54:44,765 --> 00:54:46,765
a poor man in dirty closing that tell

1618
00:54:46,765 --> 00:54:48,605
them how to treat each other. They were

1619
00:54:48,605 --> 00:54:50,045
meeting early on in the Synagogue.

1620
00:54:50,458 --> 00:54:51,805
Which fits with verse 1. That's to the

1621
00:54:51,805 --> 00:54:53,866
jews have been scattered. Right? It's not that

1622
00:54:53,866 --> 00:54:55,530
they weren't meeting the houses too. Sure a

1623
00:54:55,530 --> 00:54:56,719
lot of them were, but they were also

1624
00:54:56,719 --> 00:54:57,353
going to Synagogue.

1625
00:54:58,005 --> 00:55:00,325
Preaching the word and and and sharing sharing

1626
00:55:00,325 --> 00:55:02,405
the gospel and non believing Jews can hear

1627
00:55:02,405 --> 00:55:04,724
the gospel that way too. But it's interesting.

1628
00:55:06,818 --> 00:55:08,675
I think it's really interesting because

1629
00:55:09,851 --> 00:55:10,490
check this up.

1630
00:55:11,688 --> 00:55:14,561
Who does James in chapter 15, the second

1631
00:55:14,641 --> 00:55:14,880
James?

1632
00:55:15,850 --> 00:55:16,588
The son

1633
00:55:17,042 --> 00:55:19,108
or the brother of Jesus? Who does he

1634
00:55:19,108 --> 00:55:20,856
address in his letter in acts 15. Look

1635
00:55:20,856 --> 00:55:22,128
at acts 15 verse 23.

1636
00:55:22,858 --> 00:55:23,415
To the what?

1637
00:55:24,369 --> 00:55:25,188
To the gentile

1638
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:26,858
to the gentile,

1639
00:55:28,267 --> 00:55:30,733
believers in antioch Syria and Greetings.

1640
00:55:32,265 --> 00:55:34,585
When he writes his letter, the gospel will

1641
00:55:34,585 --> 00:55:36,265
spread to the gentile towels by then.

1642
00:55:37,065 --> 00:55:38,985
Okay? It just started the the door to

1643
00:55:38,985 --> 00:55:41,164
the Gentile was just opened not long before

1644
00:55:41,399 --> 00:55:44,036
the first James, the apostle death. He's writing

1645
00:55:44,036 --> 00:55:44,675
the gentile house.

1646
00:55:45,713 --> 00:55:48,450
This is 1 of the indications that James

1647
00:55:48,684 --> 00:55:51,405
was not written after this church council.

1648
00:55:52,204 --> 00:55:53,965
Because if James was written after the church

1649
00:55:54,125 --> 00:55:55,965
Council when... When Gentile towels were brought in,

1650
00:55:56,204 --> 00:55:58,213
and there was a dispute. You remember act

1651
00:55:58,213 --> 00:56:00,121
15, it was a dispute as to whether

1652
00:56:00,121 --> 00:56:01,869
or not Gentile towels had to be whacked...

1653
00:56:02,347 --> 00:56:03,777
I'm not let's just say, ci sized.

1654
00:56:04,413 --> 00:56:04,492
Okay?

1655
00:56:05,303 --> 00:56:06,576
There was a dispute where they had actually

1656
00:56:06,576 --> 00:56:08,565
be ci size or not to be... To

1657
00:56:08,565 --> 00:56:09,122
become Christians.

1658
00:56:09,679 --> 00:56:11,112
And James is saying do out the book

1659
00:56:11,112 --> 00:56:12,942
of Acts or in acts 15 and and

1660
00:56:13,101 --> 00:56:14,078
Paul and Peter

1661
00:56:14,469 --> 00:56:16,143
So for no. They don't have to become

1662
00:56:16,143 --> 00:56:18,136
jews. Our fathers couldn't keep the yoke law.

1663
00:56:18,296 --> 00:56:19,412
How could how can we put this on

1664
00:56:19,412 --> 00:56:21,166
the back of the gentile and so... And

1665
00:56:21,166 --> 00:56:22,840
he's writing the gentile towels. So guess what?

1666
00:56:23,253 --> 00:56:25,236
If you're writing, you're including gentile towels in

1667
00:56:25,236 --> 00:56:27,220
the gospel after this, or you think you're

1668
00:56:27,220 --> 00:56:28,965
gonna leave them out of your letter. When

1669
00:56:28,965 --> 00:56:30,631
you bring up the law which he does

1670
00:56:30,631 --> 00:56:32,474
more than once you're gonna not bring up

1671
00:56:32,474 --> 00:56:34,545
that dispute, so they have understanding that... No.

1672
00:56:34,784 --> 00:56:36,376
No that's brought up, which is why it's

1673
00:56:36,376 --> 00:56:38,366
so indicative and with this, I agree with

1674
00:56:38,366 --> 00:56:41,329
many modern scholars. That this James, whoever this

1675
00:56:41,409 --> 00:56:42,945
James is, he wrote

1676
00:56:43,641 --> 00:56:44,938
probably around 44

1677
00:56:44,996 --> 00:56:47,866
or probably or maybe before 44 80 d.

1678
00:56:48,517 --> 00:56:50,899
But even those who believe that many scholars

1679
00:56:50,899 --> 00:56:52,010
today, like Douglas Moo,

1680
00:56:53,122 --> 00:56:53,677
that James,

1681
00:56:54,472 --> 00:56:55,742
the brother of Jesus wrote this,

1682
00:56:56,632 --> 00:56:58,485
They don't believe he wrote it after this

1683
00:56:58,543 --> 00:56:59,897
after x 15, but before.

1684
00:57:00,852 --> 00:57:02,047
But now he's got thread the needle.

1685
00:57:02,922 --> 00:57:04,436
Because now he's got a thread the needle.

1686
00:57:05,087 --> 00:57:07,949
Before the council and after the death of

1687
00:57:08,108 --> 00:57:08,346
James.

1688
00:57:09,061 --> 00:57:10,412
That's why they'll say, oh 40 40 80.

1689
00:57:10,809 --> 00:57:12,002
But that's so arbitrary.

1690
00:57:13,135 --> 00:57:14,815
But they have to to put it on

1691
00:57:14,974 --> 00:57:17,155
James the brother of Jesus

1692
00:57:17,695 --> 00:57:18,974
because they don't wanna to put it after

1693
00:57:18,974 --> 00:57:20,815
the acts 15 deal because the letter doesn't

1694
00:57:20,815 --> 00:57:21,695
make a lot of sense then.

1695
00:57:22,588 --> 00:57:24,582
They know it's earlier these scholars I'm talking

1696
00:57:24,582 --> 00:57:26,576
about, that believes it's the brother of James.

1697
00:57:27,453 --> 00:57:30,165
I'm sorry, The brother of Jesus. But they

1698
00:57:30,165 --> 00:57:31,760
don't wanna put too early because guess what?

1699
00:57:32,493 --> 00:57:33,768
Then it looks like it was by the

1700
00:57:33,768 --> 00:57:34,327
apostle James,

1701
00:57:35,761 --> 00:57:37,993
which I believe a lot of evidence does

1702
00:57:37,993 --> 00:57:39,826
indicate that because listen to this.

1703
00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:42,950
The day of harvest. The day of Pent

1704
00:57:42,950 --> 00:57:45,900
cost. All these Christians become all these Jews

1705
00:57:45,900 --> 00:57:47,814
become Christians. They're like, man, we wanna stay

1706
00:57:47,814 --> 00:57:50,143
here. They're Jews from different tribes, like Paul

1707
00:57:50,143 --> 00:57:51,422
was from the tribe of benjamin. He'd gets

1708
00:57:51,422 --> 00:57:53,340
saved later though. Right? There's there's

1709
00:57:53,740 --> 00:57:55,258
1 in the ut testament I mentioned from

1710
00:57:55,258 --> 00:57:57,016
the Tribe of Asher. Who's a believer. There's,

1711
00:57:57,097 --> 00:57:58,535
of course, those from the Tribe of Judah.

1712
00:57:59,989 --> 00:58:02,389
And so forth. But you have these believers

1713
00:58:02,389 --> 00:58:02,869
scattered.

1714
00:58:03,510 --> 00:58:04,549
Now this is interesting.

1715
00:58:05,429 --> 00:58:06,949
When you think it through on the day

1716
00:58:06,949 --> 00:58:07,429
of harvest.

1717
00:58:08,164 --> 00:58:09,203
They were the first believers.

1718
00:58:10,082 --> 00:58:11,760
They were the Jewish believers. They were the

1719
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:14,078
first fruits. Look at how James addresses them

1720
00:58:14,078 --> 00:58:15,916
and acts checked us out. I'm sorry, In

1721
00:58:16,076 --> 00:58:17,295
James chapter 1

1722
00:58:17,688 --> 00:58:18,724
verse 18.

1723
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:20,238
James,

1724
00:58:21,194 --> 00:58:21,933
we read

1725
00:58:22,548 --> 00:58:24,301
that's from verse 1. I jumped to verse

1726
00:58:24,301 --> 00:58:26,792
18 then to the 12 tribes scattered among

1727
00:58:26,792 --> 00:58:28,870
the nations that's from verse 1, greetings.

1728
00:58:29,590 --> 00:58:31,348
In the exercise of his will, now I'm

1729
00:58:31,348 --> 00:58:32,147
verse 08:18,

1730
00:58:32,626 --> 00:58:34,225
he brought us forth by the word of

1731
00:58:34,225 --> 00:58:36,073
truth, so that we would be a kinda

1732
00:58:36,073 --> 00:58:36,392
of what?

1733
00:58:37,507 --> 00:58:39,896
First fruits among his creatures. These are the

1734
00:58:39,896 --> 00:58:42,046
believers that first got saved out the day

1735
00:58:42,046 --> 00:58:44,452
of Pent and after that. And then we're

1736
00:58:44,452 --> 00:58:47,164
scattered abroad. When was a scattered about according

1737
00:58:47,164 --> 00:58:47,882
to many scholars?

1738
00:58:48,679 --> 00:58:49,498
34

1739
00:58:49,557 --> 00:58:50,376
35

1740
00:58:50,594 --> 00:58:52,508
ad. I'm just gonna tell you from a

1741
00:58:52,508 --> 00:58:55,150
pastor perspective. If blessed up here, got scattered

1742
00:58:55,150 --> 00:58:56,183
all over the place, and I didn't have

1743
00:58:56,183 --> 00:58:58,011
the internet. Didn't have... I couldn't text you,

1744
00:58:58,567 --> 00:58:59,362
email you or anything.

1745
00:58:59,998 --> 00:59:01,746
I'm not gonna sit around waiting 10 years

1746
00:59:01,746 --> 00:59:02,303
to write to you.

1747
00:59:03,755 --> 00:59:04,474
Do you understand that?

1748
00:59:06,074 --> 00:59:08,474
What's so hard? Oh, the pent weighs so

1749
00:59:08,474 --> 00:59:09,355
much? No.

1750
00:59:09,914 --> 00:59:11,765
I need to write to you. Okay. That

1751
00:59:11,765 --> 00:59:13,435
doesn't mean the lord didn't have reasons. His

1752
00:59:13,435 --> 00:59:15,106
ways are higher than our our ways. That

1753
00:59:15,106 --> 00:59:17,945
he didn't wait 09:10 years. But if if

1754
00:59:18,144 --> 00:59:19,902
Stephen was marty and the scattered had happened

1755
00:59:19,902 --> 00:59:22,380
at 34 30 5AD, and James his marty

1756
00:59:22,380 --> 00:59:24,777
in 40 4AD. That gives him almost 10

1757
00:59:24,777 --> 00:59:26,616
years to write this letter. Are you with

1758
00:59:26,616 --> 00:59:27,495
me? Amen.

1759
00:59:28,226 --> 00:59:30,288
K. Where you sound more than 65 percent

1760
00:59:30,288 --> 00:59:30,684
there, Joe.

1761
00:59:31,873 --> 00:59:33,697
Well, I'm that's because I'm halfway through the.

1762
00:59:33,855 --> 00:59:34,806
And I'm like, looking at and like, well,

1763
00:59:34,886 --> 00:59:36,331
this is quite interesting.

1764
00:59:36,968 --> 00:59:38,481
So they're going through all their trials. That's

1765
00:59:38,481 --> 00:59:40,074
why he's saying considered all joy, you know,

1766
00:59:40,472 --> 00:59:42,623
Don't be angry all these things. Right? He's

1767
00:59:42,623 --> 00:59:45,028
warning... He's concerned about people falling away. Be

1768
00:59:45,028 --> 00:59:46,226
concerned about people falling away if we all

1769
00:59:46,226 --> 00:59:46,704
got scattered.

1770
00:59:47,343 --> 00:59:49,099
That's why he enters the pistol brother if

1771
00:59:49,099 --> 00:59:51,015
any among you turn from the truth, and

1772
00:59:51,015 --> 00:59:52,292
1 brings him back I'll save a soul

1773
00:59:52,292 --> 00:59:53,744
from death the hide him all sense. He's

1774
00:59:53,744 --> 00:59:55,179
trying to make sure those who were scattered.

1775
00:59:56,056 --> 00:59:58,208
Don't commit apostasy. Amen.

1776
00:59:59,006 --> 01:00:00,042
Now this is interesting.

1777
01:00:00,680 --> 01:00:02,689
Because look at what Douglas move rights. And

1778
01:00:02,769 --> 01:00:05,265
I I respect a lot of his academic

1779
01:00:06,042 --> 01:00:07,798
research and and and him as a scholar

1780
01:00:07,798 --> 01:00:09,315
in many ways. He's reformed. I don't agree

1781
01:00:09,315 --> 01:00:11,630
with his calvin, but look what he states

1782
01:00:11,630 --> 01:00:11,870
here.

1783
01:00:12,843 --> 01:00:14,519
Doug sm says, but James was put to

1784
01:00:14,519 --> 01:00:15,557
death by Hero Grip.

1785
01:00:16,275 --> 01:00:18,271
And he just currently dismiss James by the

1786
01:00:18,271 --> 01:00:20,186
way, the apostle. Look this how he does

1787
01:00:20,186 --> 01:00:20,266
it.

1788
01:00:21,159 --> 01:00:22,674
But James was put to debt by hero

1789
01:00:22,674 --> 01:00:25,306
in Grip, the first, perhaps in about 80

1790
01:00:25,306 --> 01:00:25,944
44.

1791
01:00:26,662 --> 01:00:29,315
Most agree with that. And and we probably

1792
01:00:29,374 --> 01:00:31,460
ticked as 6 out. Okay? And we went?

1793
01:00:32,176 --> 01:00:34,583
Probably should not date the letter of James

1794
01:00:34,639 --> 01:00:35,355
quite this early.

1795
01:00:36,070 --> 01:00:36,388
Why?

1796
01:00:37,977 --> 01:00:38,795
We probably

1797
01:00:39,169 --> 01:00:39,567
why not?

1798
01:00:40,300 --> 01:00:41,980
I think it's biased his confirmation because he

1799
01:00:41,980 --> 01:00:43,099
doesn't wanna to be the other James.

1800
01:00:43,980 --> 01:00:45,900
Okay? Because he has his reasons for it

1801
01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:48,195
to be the brother of jesus. Okay? That's

1802
01:00:48,474 --> 01:00:49,994
But he... It doesn't know though.

1803
01:00:50,635 --> 01:00:52,155
Why not 43

1804
01:00:52,155 --> 01:00:54,315
before he's murdered. Why not 42.

1805
01:00:54,795 --> 01:00:56,474
Why not 41 went that 41 at 39

1806
01:00:56,474 --> 01:00:58,647
01:38 Went at 37 wednesday Thursday. I believe

1807
01:00:58,647 --> 01:01:00,561
personally, the letter could been written anywhere between

1808
01:01:00,561 --> 01:01:01,459
the mid thirties

1809
01:01:01,916 --> 01:01:02,793
and early forties.

1810
01:01:04,148 --> 01:01:04,786
Very likely,

1811
01:01:05,424 --> 01:01:05,902
Why not?

1812
01:01:07,112 --> 01:01:09,418
Could have been written later than that? Yeah

1813
01:01:09,418 --> 01:01:11,009
before the council, you're gonna have to pigeon

1814
01:01:11,009 --> 01:01:12,917
and hold it in about 44, though, 44,

1815
01:01:12,997 --> 01:01:13,792
45 or so.

1816
01:01:15,144 --> 01:01:16,177
But look what Moe says.

1817
01:01:16,908 --> 01:01:18,180
And I'm gonna just... I'm not even gonna

1818
01:01:18,180 --> 01:01:19,213
read the next, but you to the next

1819
01:01:19,213 --> 01:01:21,440
quote from me. Here he basically says, because

1820
01:01:21,519 --> 01:01:23,506
I'm wanna cover more important stuff. But here

1821
01:01:23,506 --> 01:01:25,255
points out in this quote I have from

1822
01:01:25,255 --> 01:01:27,602
his book. That the circumstances

1823
01:01:28,378 --> 01:01:30,851
in which James wrote does not indicate that

1824
01:01:30,851 --> 01:01:32,286
these guys were Christians for very long when

1825
01:01:32,286 --> 01:01:34,519
you read James, that it fits the idea

1826
01:01:34,519 --> 01:01:37,161
of them being newer Christians end danger falling

1827
01:01:37,161 --> 01:01:37,796
away and so forth.

1828
01:01:38,510 --> 01:01:40,494
Okay? Now I think it's interesting. Let's look

1829
01:01:40,494 --> 01:01:43,056
at the next slide, where move states. Now

1830
01:01:43,112 --> 01:01:44,064
states here in the next slide.

1831
01:01:45,114 --> 01:01:46,234
Doug Moo says James.

1832
01:01:46,795 --> 01:01:47,514
This is important.

1833
01:01:48,474 --> 01:01:49,114
Next slide.

1834
01:01:51,275 --> 01:01:53,594
James, he says, was probably written in the

1835
01:01:53,594 --> 01:01:53,755
what.

1836
01:01:54,886 --> 01:01:55,523
Middle forties.

1837
01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:57,911
Perhaps just before the apostolic council.

1838
01:01:58,787 --> 01:02:00,141
Why did you say that? Because he knows

1839
01:02:00,141 --> 01:02:02,052
that probably wasn't written after the episode council.

1840
01:02:02,704 --> 01:02:04,162
So he puts it just before

1841
01:02:04,540 --> 01:02:05,019
around web.

1842
01:02:05,977 --> 01:02:06,536
44,

1843
01:02:06,934 --> 01:02:08,052
45, 46.

1844
01:02:08,691 --> 01:02:10,766
You're getting really close to James the apostle

1845
01:02:10,766 --> 01:02:10,925
there,

1846
01:02:11,659 --> 01:02:12,699
but it's still arbitrary.

1847
01:02:14,619 --> 01:02:16,320
There's no reason he can't put it

1848
01:02:16,699 --> 01:02:18,940
44 or 43. But by saying the mid

1849
01:02:18,940 --> 01:02:20,719
40 guess what. That allows

1850
01:02:21,273 --> 01:02:23,108
Would you say mid forties would be 43

1851
01:02:23,108 --> 01:02:24,862
44 45 46 47, maybe?

1852
01:02:25,660 --> 01:02:27,813
That would... Insult encompass when James Apostle was

1853
01:02:27,813 --> 01:02:30,286
still the prominent possible in 43 44.

1854
01:02:30,939 --> 01:02:32,376
There's nothing to say it wasn't written in

1855
01:02:32,376 --> 01:02:33,573
35 36 37.

1856
01:02:34,690 --> 01:02:34,849
Okay?

1857
01:02:36,446 --> 01:02:38,122
I just think this is really interesting.

1858
01:02:39,494 --> 01:02:39,735
Now,

1859
01:02:41,014 --> 01:02:42,135
some internal evidence,

1860
01:02:43,414 --> 01:02:44,375
some internal evidence.

1861
01:02:45,335 --> 01:02:47,175
I think this is a crazy. Let's say

1862
01:02:47,175 --> 01:02:48,454
another analogy along these lines.

1863
01:02:49,187 --> 01:02:49,664
Let's say,

1864
01:02:50,458 --> 01:02:51,489
you come to blessed hope,

1865
01:02:52,284 --> 01:02:52,784
and

1866
01:02:53,792 --> 01:02:55,141
you find out there's a message that People

1867
01:02:55,141 --> 01:02:56,173
say it's a really good message you should

1868
01:02:56,173 --> 01:02:57,937
check it out. But nobody has a message

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on audio because remember the Internet was shut

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down and Joe's been arrested, and 1 of

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01:03:01,675 --> 01:03:02,470
the elders preached it.

1872
01:03:03,504 --> 01:03:04,856
And you don't know which Elder because you

1873
01:03:04,856 --> 01:03:06,390
just transcript of the message, but doesn't say,

1874
01:03:06,469 --> 01:03:08,309
who, says 1 of the elders. But then

1875
01:03:08,309 --> 01:03:11,369
you read it, and there's different analog

1876
01:03:12,724 --> 01:03:13,922
in the letter. Try to figure out whether

1877
01:03:13,922 --> 01:03:15,601
it was pastor Steve or whether there's was

1878
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:18,557
John or Chad. And there's 3 different illusions

1879
01:03:18,557 --> 01:03:19,675
to wrestling and stuff.

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01:03:20,329 --> 01:03:21,523
Who would you think it... Who would you

1881
01:03:21,523 --> 01:03:22,239
think wrote it probably?

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01:03:22,955 --> 01:03:23,193
Chad.

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01:03:23,910 --> 01:03:26,138
Well, guess what? This guy who writes the

1884
01:03:26,138 --> 01:03:28,684
book of James. Seems like he's really into

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01:03:28,684 --> 01:03:29,161
the sea.

1886
01:03:29,733 --> 01:03:31,324
He seems like a man of the sea.

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01:03:31,881 --> 01:03:34,029
Okay? In fact, it's interesting. I wish I

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01:03:34,029 --> 01:03:35,302
get deeper into this, but look at James

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01:03:35,302 --> 01:03:35,699
1 6.

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01:03:37,307 --> 01:03:37,546
Okay?

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01:03:38,264 --> 01:03:38,981
He says this.

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01:03:40,336 --> 01:03:42,967
Okay? He warned or he talks about, but

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01:03:42,967 --> 01:03:44,960
he must ask in faith being those who

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01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:46,965
ask from the lord without any doubting for

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01:03:46,965 --> 01:03:48,556
the 1 who doubts is like the what.

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01:03:48,715 --> 01:03:50,228
The surface the sea driven and tossed by

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01:03:50,228 --> 01:03:52,058
the wind. I don't see these many illusions

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01:03:52,058 --> 01:03:54,127
in this much space to fishing in the

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01:03:54,127 --> 01:03:55,496
sea. But in this book.

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Was James, the brother of Jesus the fisherman?

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01:03:58,682 --> 01:04:01,390
No. No. We don't think he was. Here's

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01:04:01,390 --> 01:04:03,620
probably a craftsman carpenter like Jesus. And like,

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01:04:03,954 --> 01:04:04,835
his father, Joseph.

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01:04:05,635 --> 01:04:08,914
K? But guess what? He's comparing a weakness

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01:04:08,914 --> 01:04:11,807
of faith, doubting to being, like the waves

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01:04:11,807 --> 01:04:13,402
of the sea that are being shifted and

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01:04:13,402 --> 01:04:16,032
being driven by tossed by wins. Amen. Think

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01:04:16,032 --> 01:04:16,431
about that.

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01:04:17,228 --> 01:04:18,982
Did not James yet possible about that kind

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of experience? When he's being tossed around even

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01:04:21,230 --> 01:04:23,144
as a fishermen by the waves and he's

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01:04:23,144 --> 01:04:24,739
just about ready to go down, and he's

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01:04:24,739 --> 01:04:27,690
like, Jesus wake up. Right? The possibly wake

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01:04:27,690 --> 01:04:29,365
up and what did the diseases do? Rebuke

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01:04:29,445 --> 01:04:30,573
Simpson Oh, y of what?

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01:04:31,287 --> 01:04:33,748
Little faith. Whoa, man. It seems like this

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01:04:33,748 --> 01:04:35,018
is made a personal experience,

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01:04:35,891 --> 01:04:37,955
comparing a little faith to being tossed to

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and fro. Oh and then guess what. When

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he talks about the tongue in James chapter

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3. Look at the next verses. Look what

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01:04:44,340 --> 01:04:46,172
he says in James chapter 3, look at

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01:04:46,172 --> 01:04:47,867
the ships also. The ships

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01:04:48,259 --> 01:04:50,492
You know? He's always on the water before

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01:04:50,572 --> 01:04:52,407
Jesus comes, he's always checking up the ships

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01:04:52,407 --> 01:04:53,443
and the tossing into the sea,

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01:04:54,161 --> 01:04:55,836
although they are so great and are driven

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01:04:55,836 --> 01:04:58,483
by strong winds are still directed by very

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01:04:58,483 --> 01:05:00,878
small rudder, wherever the inclination of the pilot

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01:05:00,878 --> 01:05:01,197
desires.

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01:05:02,235 --> 01:05:03,751
So also the tongue is a small part

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01:05:03,751 --> 01:05:05,827
of the body. Yeah had it boasts great

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01:05:05,827 --> 01:05:06,225
things.

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01:05:06,879 --> 01:05:09,270
Oh, and what about fishing. Look at James

1935
01:05:09,270 --> 01:05:10,864
01:14. I wish Had time to get in

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01:05:10,864 --> 01:05:13,335
this more. But each 1 is tempted when

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01:05:13,335 --> 01:05:14,552
he is carried away

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01:05:15,579 --> 01:05:16,476
carried it away

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01:05:16,851 --> 01:05:19,473
or in carry way is x alcohol, which

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01:05:19,473 --> 01:05:20,665
is the mean means lured.

1941
01:05:21,380 --> 01:05:25,288
And ent, oh, ent is Del, which means

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01:05:25,288 --> 01:05:26,400
to catch by using bait.

1943
01:05:27,353 --> 01:05:28,489
He's using he's

1944
01:05:28,862 --> 01:05:31,403
showing pictures of temptation with bait and, you

1945
01:05:31,403 --> 01:05:31,563
know,

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01:05:32,357 --> 01:05:33,333
lure and

1947
01:05:33,644 --> 01:05:35,405
this guy's mind seems to be a little

1948
01:05:35,405 --> 01:05:37,085
bit influenced not just by the certain amount,

1949
01:05:37,405 --> 01:05:38,525
but at least a little bit a lot

1950
01:05:38,525 --> 01:05:40,605
by certain amount, but by fishing and the

1951
01:05:40,605 --> 01:05:43,497
sea. Okay? Could be a coincidence that this

1952
01:05:43,497 --> 01:05:45,575
carpenter just really loves you Allergies. I don't

1953
01:05:45,575 --> 01:05:47,972
know. You know? But it's just kinda interesting.

1954
01:05:48,612 --> 01:05:50,390
And by the way, the parallels

1955
01:05:50,863 --> 01:05:51,339
By the way,

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01:05:51,974 --> 01:05:53,085
when... And now I go back for a

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01:05:53,085 --> 01:05:54,116
moment to the sermon of the mountain.

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01:05:55,148 --> 01:05:56,735
Saturated, And I don't wanna go too deep

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01:05:56,735 --> 01:05:57,052
into that.

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01:05:58,178 --> 01:05:59,370
But when you think of the sermon them

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01:05:59,370 --> 01:06:01,300
out guys, this is important

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01:06:01,913 --> 01:06:02,413
is

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01:06:04,297 --> 01:06:06,942
no 1 pretty much virtually very few if

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01:06:06,942 --> 01:06:08,160
any scholars believe

1965
01:06:08,618 --> 01:06:10,635
that sermon the mount was written

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01:06:11,013 --> 01:06:12,769
before James the apostle died.

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01:06:13,887 --> 01:06:14,925
But guess when it was written.

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01:06:15,820 --> 01:06:17,019
Before the Apostle Paul died.

1969
01:06:18,460 --> 01:06:20,619
Okay? I personally believe there is a great

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01:06:20,619 --> 01:06:22,780
book out there called the Jesus Pap.

1971
01:06:23,193 --> 01:06:25,180
It's also known as a Mag manuscript. It's

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01:06:25,180 --> 01:06:27,349
a little part of Matthew. And the Jesus

1973
01:06:28,279 --> 01:06:30,369
think it was Carson feed that wrote this

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01:06:30,679 --> 01:06:33,226
a scholar that is a expert in pap,

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01:06:33,385 --> 01:06:36,170
you know, and paleo and and he took

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01:06:36,170 --> 01:06:36,329
a,

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01:06:37,126 --> 01:06:38,797
for instance, he looked at that little piece

1978
01:06:38,797 --> 01:06:39,514
of matthew.

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01:06:40,404 --> 01:06:42,402
The Jesus Pap and wrote a whole book

1980
01:06:42,402 --> 01:06:42,722
on it,

1981
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:45,119
and which causes quite a standout there's has

1982
01:06:45,119 --> 01:06:47,036
been that there was a television documentary made

1983
01:06:47,036 --> 01:06:48,969
on his findings, you know? Not that it's

1984
01:06:48,969 --> 01:06:50,670
not disputed, but he took

1985
01:06:51,289 --> 01:06:52,570
he... The script, and he said, look at

1986
01:06:52,570 --> 01:06:53,929
the script, this was the script they were

1987
01:06:53,929 --> 01:06:55,289
using the middle of the first century.

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01:06:56,730 --> 01:06:56,969
Right?

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01:06:58,501 --> 01:06:59,938
And this is also very interesting. You know

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01:06:59,938 --> 01:07:01,693
what else He says? He takes a... What

1991
01:07:01,693 --> 01:07:02,651
was it? It was ep,

1992
01:07:03,688 --> 01:07:04,746
fluorescent microscope.

1993
01:07:05,219 --> 01:07:07,057
And he looks at the threads, the the

1994
01:07:07,057 --> 01:07:08,496
the the he looks at the Pap.

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01:07:08,975 --> 01:07:10,754
And he dates it to, like, the middle

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01:07:11,293 --> 01:07:12,811
or and to or and to a little

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01:07:12,811 --> 01:07:14,010
bit later in the first century.

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01:07:14,504 --> 01:07:15,703
We don't even need that. You know why?

1999
01:07:16,182 --> 01:07:19,159
Because the apostle paul in second Timothy

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01:07:19,538 --> 01:07:21,295
writes this. Listen to this, and you can

2001
01:07:21,295 --> 01:07:23,379
look at the scripture. First timothy chapter 5

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01:07:23,379 --> 01:07:25,920
verse 18. For the scripture says,

2003
01:07:26,396 --> 01:07:28,539
the scripture, that's the written word. You shall

2004
01:07:28,539 --> 01:07:30,047
not muzzle the ox quoted the old testament

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01:07:30,047 --> 01:07:30,762
while it's t.

2006
01:07:31,335 --> 01:07:32,855
And now he quotes Jesus from the new

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01:07:32,855 --> 01:07:34,695
testament. The labor is worthy of his what.

2008
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Wages.

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01:07:37,094 --> 01:07:38,750
He's calling Jesus, words

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01:07:39,268 --> 01:07:42,379
scripture, which is written word, and he's quoting

2011
01:07:42,379 --> 01:07:45,011
from luke 10 7 or Matthew 10:10.

2012
01:07:45,649 --> 01:07:47,802
And Luke was written after Matthew. Almost all

2013
01:07:47,802 --> 01:07:49,494
scholars agree with that. What's going on there?

2014
01:07:50,053 --> 01:07:51,891
Paul has the written word of God? He

2015
01:07:51,891 --> 01:07:53,569
has all the discourse. In fact, when you

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01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:54,709
read first and second thessalonians,

2017
01:07:55,088 --> 01:07:57,325
I believe person that Paul had matthew open

2018
01:07:57,325 --> 01:07:59,650
to him and the holy spirit led him

2019
01:07:59,650 --> 01:08:01,161
as he wrote from there. But did James

2020
01:08:01,161 --> 01:08:02,752
the apostle have that ability?

2021
01:08:04,184 --> 01:08:06,513
Probably not. But guess why he had. He

2022
01:08:06,513 --> 01:08:08,510
was what, an Eye witness of the sermon

2023
01:08:08,510 --> 01:08:08,830
the mount.

2024
01:08:09,869 --> 01:08:11,946
And Jesus out him what he was taught

2025
01:08:11,946 --> 01:08:12,905
to teach others Amen.

2026
01:08:13,956 --> 01:08:16,264
So what I'm saying is the author of

2027
01:08:16,422 --> 01:08:16,922
James

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01:08:17,536 --> 01:08:20,240
being an early book did not have, I

2029
01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:22,071
don't believe the gospel matthew yet.

2030
01:08:23,123 --> 01:08:25,681
Scholars don't believe that Matthew, the gospel is

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01:08:25,681 --> 01:08:26,181
written

2032
01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:29,197
when many scholars today put the book of

2033
01:08:29,357 --> 01:08:29,596
James.

2034
01:08:31,928 --> 01:08:33,203
But guess who was there and was a

2035
01:08:33,203 --> 01:08:35,275
witness to it. James the apostle. Are you

2036
01:08:35,275 --> 01:08:37,746
with me? So it makes sense that this

2037
01:08:37,746 --> 01:08:38,941
would be James the apostle.

2038
01:08:39,513 --> 01:08:41,741
In that regard. By the way, look at

2039
01:08:41,741 --> 01:08:43,253
the scripture Look what Jesus said in the

2040
01:08:43,253 --> 01:08:45,401
sermon mount, Matthew chapter 5 verse 34.

2041
01:08:46,847 --> 01:08:48,674
But I tell you, you shall not... Do

2042
01:08:48,674 --> 01:08:50,579
not swear an oath at all, either by

2043
01:08:50,658 --> 01:08:52,802
Heaven for his God's throne or by the

2044
01:08:52,882 --> 01:08:55,662
Earth for his his foot or by Jerusalem.

2045
01:08:56,074 --> 01:08:57,112
For it is a city of the Great

2046
01:08:57,112 --> 01:08:59,108
king. He goes on say, a little bit

2047
01:08:59,108 --> 01:08:59,587
further down.

2048
01:09:00,465 --> 01:09:02,641
All you need to say is simply yes

2049
01:09:02,699 --> 01:09:04,536
or no. Anything beyond this comes from the

2050
01:09:04,536 --> 01:09:06,384
evil 1. Look what James writes in James

2051
01:09:06,384 --> 01:09:06,862
05:12.

2052
01:09:07,419 --> 01:09:09,251
But above all my brother do not swear

2053
01:09:09,251 --> 01:09:11,104
either by heaven or by Earth

2054
01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:14,685
or with any other oath, but Your yes

2055
01:09:14,685 --> 01:09:16,524
is to be yes, and your no and

2056
01:09:16,524 --> 01:09:19,244
no so that you may not fall under

2057
01:09:19,244 --> 01:09:20,604
judgment. Sound familiar.

2058
01:09:21,260 --> 01:09:23,417
This change was radically impacted by disturbing them

2059
01:09:23,417 --> 01:09:23,816
out, guys.

2060
01:09:25,333 --> 01:09:26,452
And when it was written as early as

2061
01:09:26,452 --> 01:09:28,863
it was written, it wasn't written yet. James

2062
01:09:28,863 --> 01:09:30,537
his brother was nowhere to be seen and

2063
01:09:30,617 --> 01:09:31,654
I didn't believe in him when the sort

2064
01:09:31,654 --> 01:09:33,408
of not was given. James the apostle,

2065
01:09:34,046 --> 01:09:37,018
I believe was radically impacted by that

2066
01:09:38,127 --> 01:09:38,447
Sermon.

2067
01:09:39,482 --> 01:09:40,996
So you know who wrote for sure,

2068
01:09:41,713 --> 01:09:44,364
for sure. Absolutely sure. I'm convinced

2069
01:09:44,820 --> 01:09:46,732
without a shadow doubt. The book of James.

2070
01:09:48,262 --> 01:09:50,495
Not I'm not gonna... I'm not convinced be

2071
01:09:50,495 --> 01:09:52,091
honest shout out what was James the possible.

2072
01:09:52,569 --> 01:09:54,085
Although sure looks like him when you look

2073
01:09:54,085 --> 01:09:56,398
at him in this thing. I'm not convinced

2074
01:09:56,398 --> 01:09:57,136
as James

2075
01:09:57,529 --> 01:09:59,596
brother Jesus. Although there's some convincing things that

2076
01:09:59,596 --> 01:10:01,267
I might be think very well could be

2077
01:10:01,267 --> 01:10:01,665
him too.

2078
01:10:02,301 --> 01:10:03,971
I'm convinced and I have no doubt. It's

2079
01:10:03,971 --> 01:10:06,606
written the holy spirit name amen. The God

2080
01:10:06,606 --> 01:10:08,988
wrote it impacted the church radically. And that's

2081
01:10:08,988 --> 01:10:10,416
where I will stand. I'm dogma on that.

2082
01:10:10,574 --> 01:10:12,637
I'm not dogma. I'm script sc on that.

2083
01:10:13,208 --> 01:10:15,301
So I wanna encourage you guys by way

2084
01:10:15,358 --> 01:10:15,858
of

2085
01:10:16,234 --> 01:10:16,734
just

2086
01:10:18,384 --> 01:10:18,942
considering this.

2087
01:10:19,738 --> 01:10:21,193
I'm excited with you

2088
01:10:21,584 --> 01:10:23,655
to get into the book of James. Amen

2089
01:10:23,814 --> 01:10:24,314
And

2090
01:10:24,850 --> 01:10:27,240
I wanna encourage you to keep in mind,

2091
01:10:27,639 --> 01:10:29,471
when you look at the circumstances which you

2092
01:10:29,471 --> 01:10:30,666
studying now that James has written,

2093
01:10:31,320 --> 01:10:33,239
and now the church was not just per

2094
01:10:33,239 --> 01:10:34,860
believers or are other believers in other areas

2095
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:36,840
of these provinces that were not as persecuted.

2096
01:10:37,399 --> 01:10:38,920
But you see how wonderful this book is

2097
01:10:38,920 --> 01:10:39,479
for all of us.

2098
01:10:40,213 --> 01:10:42,127
Whether you're dealing with persecution or whether you're

2099
01:10:42,127 --> 01:10:44,280
just dealing with trials in general. It's an

2100
01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:44,917
amazing book.

2101
01:10:45,715 --> 01:10:48,266
So I've seen that my time is gone.

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01:10:48,920 --> 01:10:50,277
We're gonna stand up and pass out the

2103
01:10:50,277 --> 01:10:51,314
cup in the bread. Amen.

2104
01:10:59,234 --> 01:11:00,835
It's something to think about Right? A lot

2105
01:11:00,835 --> 01:11:02,034
of things think about is exciting.

2106
01:11:02,675 --> 01:11:03,795
I wanna say to you guys, though.

2107
01:11:04,435 --> 01:11:06,444
If by way of application, because you get...

2108
01:11:06,603 --> 01:11:08,187
Guess what I want you listen carefully as

2109
01:11:08,187 --> 01:11:09,375
we're passing out the cup of the bread.

2110
01:11:09,850 --> 01:11:10,247
You guys.

2111
01:11:11,053 --> 01:11:12,401
There's gonna things that Gonna gotta really tick

2112
01:11:12,401 --> 01:11:14,462
you off. The more you love Jesus, the

2113
01:11:14,462 --> 01:11:15,809
more prone you're gonna be to become upset

2114
01:11:15,809 --> 01:11:16,443
over these things.