Heb. 3:12

Acts 20:29-31

1. THE SITUATION DESCRIBED

James 5:19

Titus 3:3

Matt. 22:23-29

1 Pt. 2:25

James 5:19

1 Jn. 2:18-22

Jude 3-4

Jn. 8:31

James 2:14-21

James 5:20

Prov. 11:31

Prov. 13:6

Prov. 13:22

Ps. 1:1

Ps. 1:5

Rom. 5:8

Ps. 51:13

Ps. 51:13

Lk. 18:13

Mark 8:36

James 5:20

Ps. 5:10

Jer. 5:6

Isa. 59:12

Rom. 2:5

1 Jn. 3:7-10

2. THE SOLUTION DETERMINED

James 5:20

James 5:19-20

Lk. 1:16

Acts 14:15

James 5:20

Rom. 11:14

3. THE SALVATION DESIRED

James 5:20

Rev. 20:11-15

Rev. 21:8

James 5:20

James 5:16

James 5:17-18

2. THE EXAMPLE OF PRAYER

James 5:17

James 5:17

1 Kings 18:1-19

1 Kings 18:41-46

Lk. 11:5-10

2 Kings 1:1-17

3. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRAYER

James 5:17-18

James 5:16

1 Cor. 12:4-19

1 Cor. 12:16

1 Cor. 12:15

1 Cor. 12:20-27

Eph. 4:14-16

Eph. 4:11-13

2. A LESSON ABOUT TRANSPARENCY & HUMILITY

James 5:16

- Mutual Confession of Sin

Acts 19:14-20

2 Cor 2:4-11

Lk. 17:4

Matt. 5:24

2 Sam. 12:9-13

Prov. 28:13

Josh. 7:19-26

- Mutual Ministry of Prayer

James 5:16

Matt. 13:15

Heb. 12:12-13

3. A LESSON ABOUT POWERFUL PRAYER

James 5:16

James 5:17

James 5:16

   We have to do away with every superficial assessment of the Christian life.

   2 Cor. 6:1-10

   2 Cor 11:21-30

   Acts 14:21-22

   2 Cor. 7:5-6

   James 5:13

   We’ve got to learn to use our present situation for spiritual good.

   James 5:13

2. A RESPONSE COMMANDED

   The essence of praise

   Eph. 5:18-21

   Col. 3:16

   The explanation of praise

   Eph. 5:18-21

   Col. 3:16

   The expression of praise

   James 5:13

- v. 14 - “call for the elders of the church & they are to pray over him”

- v. 15 - “and the prayer offered in faith will restore the 1 who is sick”

- v. 16 - “therefore, confess your sins to 1 another, & pray for 1 another”

- v. 16 - “the effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much”

- v. 17 - “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly”

- v. 18 - “then he prayed again”

James 5:12

James 5:13

1. PRAYER & SUFFERING

James 5:13

James 5:10

2 Tim. 2:9

2 Tim. 4:5

A. The Ultimate Source of Comfort is God

2 Cor. 1:3-4

B. This Comfort is a Supernatural Comfort

2 Cor. 1:5

1 Pt. 4:12-14

1 Pt. 5:6-7

Jer. 12:1-3

Ps. 6:1-10

Ps. 7:1-13

C. This Comfort is a Correcting Comfort

Ps. 73:3-4, 13-24

Rom. 8:18

Job 42:10

D. This Comfort is a Pursued Comfort

James 5:13

Lk. 18:1-8

Eph. 6:18

E. This Comfort is an Exhorted Comfort

James 5:13

F. Prayers of Comfort

Ps. 78:5-8

Ps. 34:4-11

Ps. 42:1-11

Ps. 77:1-20

a. What This Sin Does Not Mean

James 5:12

Gen. 21:29-31

Ex. 22:9-12

Gal. 1:15-20

Jer. 11:1-5

Heb. 6:13

b. What This Sin Does Mean

Matt 5:33-37

Matt 23:16-22

Ex. 20:7

Matt 5:33-36

2. THE SIN’S CHARACTERISTICS

James 5:12

1 Pt. 4:8

Prov. 20:25

Mal. 1:14

Jn. 8:44

James 5:12

Rev. 21:5-8

James 5:7

James 5:8

2. THE LORD'S JUDGMENT

James 5:9

3. THE LORD’S EXAMPLES

James 5:10

Matt. 13:20

Jer. 1:4-10

Jer. 9:1

Jer. 13:15-17

Jer. 20:7-13

Jer. 20:2

Jer. 32:2

Jer. 38:6

Jer. 38:13-18

Jer. 39:1-8

Heb. 11:32-40

4. THE LORD'S BLESSING

James 5:11

Job 42:10-17

James 5:11

- James 5:7-11

1. We Must Remember the Lord’s Coming

- James 5:7: “Therefore be patient,...”

a. The Meaning of Patience

   - 1 Pt. 4:19

b. The Means of Patience

   - James 5:7: “Therefore be patient,...”

   - James 5:4

   - James 5:7

c. The Illustrations of Patience

   - James 5:7

   - James 5:8: "You too be patient..."

   - James 5:7

   - Lk. 9:51

   - James 5:8

2. We Must Remember the Lord’s Judgment

- James 5:9

- James 5:10

- James 5:9

2. The Sin Illustrated 

3. The Sin Judged 

1. The Subjects of the Warning 

2. The Substance of the Warning 

a. The Sin of Hoarding 

b. The Sin of Unjust Gain 

c. The Sin of Indulgent Living 

i. A Life of Luxury 

ii. A life of Unrestraint 

2. The Substance of the Warning 

A. The Sin of Hoarding 

B. The Sin of Unjust Gain 

C. The Sin of Indulgent Living 

2. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WARNING

James 5:1-3

James 5:3

James 5:4

Matt. 20:1-7

James 5:4

Lev. 19:13

Jer. 22:13

James 5:4

Jer. 22:13

Mal. 3:5

Deut. 15:7-18

Deut. 15:7

Deut. 15:9

Deut. 15:10

Deut. 15:15

Deut. 15:12

Middle of Deut. 15:12-13

Deut. 15:14-15a

Deut. 15:16-17

Deut. 15:18

Prov. 14:31

James 5:4

Deut. 24:14-15

Ps. 68:5

Ps. 10:14

Ps. 146:9

Deut. 10:18

James 5:1

James 4:13

2. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WARNING

James 5:2-3

James 5:2

Lk. 12:13-23

Lk. 12:15

Lk. 12:15, 23

Lk. 12:18-20

Lk. 12:21

Heb. 13:5-6

1 Tim. 6:10

1 Tim. 3:3

Lk. 16:13

Lk. 12:22

Heb. 13:6

James 5:2

James 5:3

Deut. 8:18

1 Tim. 6:17-19

1 Tim. 6:17

1 Tim. 6:18

1 Tim. 6:19

Lk. 16:11

1 Tim. 6:18

Acts 4:34-35

1 Tim. 6:19

1 Tim. 6:19

1 Tim. 5:3-4, 8

Phil. 4:14-17

Lk. 16:9

Gal. 2:10

Jn. 13:35

1 Cor. 9:3-14

Mk. 3:35

Matt. 7:21

1 Pt. 4:2

Eph. 6:6

1 Jn. 2:17

1. A CALL TO CONSIDERATION

Ps. 19:12-13

James 4:13

James 4:14

2. A CALL TO CORRECTION

James 4:15

Heb. 9:27

Ps. 90:10-12

James 4:15

2 Cor. 5:9

James 4:16

3. A CALL TO CHANGE

James 4:17

James 4:11

2 Cor. 5:9

Matt. 25:31-46

Acts 9:4

1 Pt. 3:7

Acts 20:28

Matt. 10:35-42

Jn. 13:35

1 Jn. 5:1-2

James 4:11

Gal. 5:15

Eph. 5:28-30

2. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GOD’S WORD?

James 4:11

Rom. 13:8

Gal. 5:14

Matt. 22:36-40

3. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GOD?

James 4:12

4. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?

James 4:12: "But who are you who judge your neighbor?”

James 4:11: “Do not speak against one another, brethren.”

1. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH SUBMISSION

James 4:7

1 Pt. 4:17

1 Pt. 1:1-2

Heb. 5:8-9

2 Thess. 1:8

Jn. 3:36

2. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH RESISTANCE

“Resist the devil & he will flee from you.”

1 Jn. 3:8

Rom. 6:17-18

3. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH PURSUIT

James 4:8: “Draw near to God & He will draw near to you.”

1 Jn. 1:3-4

Eph. 2:13

Isa. 29:13

Zeph. 3:1-2

Heb. 7:25

4. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH CLEANSING

James 4:8: “Cleanse your hands, you sinners;...”

Rom. 5:8

Ex. 30:18-21

Isa. 1:15-16

James 4:8: “Cleanse your hands, you sinners.”

5. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH PURIFICATION

James 4:8: “And purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

Ps. 24:3-6

Jer. 4:14

6. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH MISERY

James 4:9: “Be miserable...”

Lk. 18:13

7. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH MOURNING

James 4:9: “Be miserable & mourn...”

Rom. 7:9

Matt. 5:4

Matt. 5:3

Matt. 5:6

8. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH WEEPING

James 4:9: “And weep;...”

9. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH SERIOUSNESS

James 4:9: “Let your laughter be turned into mourning & your joy to gloom.”

Lk. 6:25

Lam. 5:15-16

Zech. 12:10

10. A SINNER MUST RESPOND TO GOD WITH HUMILITY

James 4:10

Isa. 57:15

James 4:2

James 4:4

James 4:5

1 Jn. 3:10-13

Gen. 37:11

Acts 7:9

Matt. 27:17-18

Mk. 15:9-10

Mk. 7:20-23

Jer. 17:9

Gen. 6:5

Titus 3:3

1 Tim. 6:3-5

Rom. 1:28-32

1. THEY LOVE THE WORLD

2. THEY DON'T LISTEN TO THE SCRIPTURE

James 4:5

Gal. 5:19-21

1 Cor. 6:9-11

Rom. 2:1-13

3. THEY ARE FULL OF PRIDE

James 4:6

Rom. 5:20-21

Rom. 3:23-24

Jer. 3:8-17

Ps. 73:27

Ezek. 16:32-42

Matt. 12:38-42

Matt. 16:1-4

Mk. 8:34-38

Lk. 11:29

James 4:1-3

James 4:4

Jn. 5:20

Jn. 11:3

Jn. 16:27

Rev. 3:19

Jn. 15:13-17

James 4:4

1 Jn. 2:15-17

James 3:2

James 2:23

James 3:14

James 4:2

Mal. 2:16

James 4:1

Eph. 4:22

Rom. 13:12

2. CONFLICT WITH YOURSELF

James 4:1

James 4:2

3. CONFLICT WITH GOD

James 4:3

2 Cor. 12:15

2 Tim. 4:6

Phil. 2:17

Phil. 3:8

Gal. 2:20

[reading vv. 17 & 18]

James 3:13

James 3:14

James 3:17

1. THE MEANING OF HYPOCRISY

1 Pt. 2:1

2 Cor. 6:6

1 Tim. 1:5

2 Tim. 1:5

Phil. 1:9-10

Jn. 1:47

2. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF HYPOCRISY

Matt. 23

v. 13: “But woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites...”

v. 14: “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites,...”

v. 15: “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites...”

v. 23: “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites...”

v. 25: “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites...”

v. 27: “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites...”

v. 28: “So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy & lawlessness.”

v. 29: “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites!”

Matt. 23:13

Matt. 23:14

2 Cor. 12:14

Matt. 23:14

Lk. 18:11

Matt. 23:15

Matt. 23:16-22

Matt. 23:23-24

Matt. 23:25-28

Ps. 19:14

Matt. 23:29-36

Jn. 8:42-45

Lk. 12:1-5

3. THE DELIVERANCE FROM HYPOCRISY

1 Pt. 1:22

Rom. 13:12

Eph. 4:22

Heb. 12:1

1 Pt. 2:1

Matt. 11:18-19

Acts 10:38

Gal. 6:9

2 Thess. 3:13

Heb. 13:16

2. UNWAVERING

Eph. 4:11-14

Matt. 11:7-11

Matt. 7:24-27

2. THE TRUTH OF HUMAN WISDOM

James 3:15

1 Cor. 2:14

1 Jn. 5:18-20

1 Cor. 1:26-31

James 3:15

1 Tim. 4:1

1 Jn. 4:5

Matt. 24:24

2 Thess. 2:7-14

James 3:16

1 Cor. 14:33

James 3:17

Matt. 13:28-30

1. THE TEST OF GENUINE WISDOM

Jn. 12:1-6

Num. 16:1-35

Ps. 51:1-4

Eph. 5: 10

1. THE TONGUE IS A SMALL MEMBER THAT HAS A LARGE EFFECT

James 3:3-4

James 3:5

2. THE TONGUE IS A STRATEGIC MEMBER THAT HAS A BROAD EFFECT

James 3:6

Prov. 26:20

Prov. 22:10

3. THE TONGUE IS AN UNTAMABLE MEMBER THAT HAS A DEADLY EFFECT

James 3:7

James 3:8

Ps. 141:3

Ps. 34:13

Ps. 39:1

Prov. 13:3

4. THE TONGUE IS AN EXPRESSIVE MEMBER THAT HAS AN IMPROPER EFFECT

James 3:9-11

James 3:12

1. THE CENTRAL PLACE OF THE TONGUE

Eph. 5:10

Titus 2:11-12

Gal. 6:1-3

Eph. 4:29

2 Tim. 4:2

Eph. 5:3-4

Col. 3:8

James 5:9

1 Thess. 2:5

Jude 16

Rom. 16:18

Eph. 4.29

Titus 2:7-8

1 Tim. 4:12

James 3:2

1. SAVING FAITH CAN NOT BE SEPARATED FROM GOOD WORKS

Rom. 14:28b

Rom. 11:5-6

2. SAVING FAITH IS MORE THAN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD

Deut. 6:4

Mk. 3:11-12

Lk. 8:30-31

Mk. 5:1-13

3. SAVING FAITH IS UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE WHO POSSESS IT

4. SAVING FAITH IS DEMONSTRATED IN OUR LIVING

Rom. 4:1-16

Gen. 15:4-6

5. SAVING FAITH OPERATES THE SAME WAY IN EVERY LIFE

Eph. 2:8-9

Eph. 2:10

James 2:21

James 2:24-25

1. THE INSTRUCTION

James 2:14

Eph. 2:8-10

1 Jn. 2:29

Jn. 3:7-8

2. THE ILLUSTRATION

James 2:15-16

Lk. 6:46

Jn. 14:15

3. THE IMPORTANCE

James 2:17

James 2:18

James 2:5-6

1. OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD INCLUDES OUR MOTIVES

James 2:5

James 2:6

James 2:7

James 2:8

James 2:9

2. OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD IS GIVEN TO YOUR MASTER

Ps. 119:160

1 Kings 13:1-26

3. OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD IS LOVING GOD

1 Jn. 5:3

• James 2:5-7

• Matt. 5:44-45

• Lk. 6:27-28

• Lk. 6:35

• 1 Sam. 15:9-15

• Lk. 4:1-12

• Heb. 4:12

• Gal. 5:14

• Matt. 22:37-40

• Ps. 19:8

• James 2:12

James 2:1

1. Question #1: “Did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?" (v. 5)

1 Tim. 6:17-19

1 Cor. 1:26-31

Rev. 3:17-18

Lk. 12:20

2. Question #2: "Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?" (v. 6)

3. Question #3: "Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?"

Ps. 15:1-4

Rom. 11:36

Heb. 12:28-29

1 Tim. 5:3

Rom. 14:17-18

2. THE CHARACTER OF GENUINE RELIGION

Lk. 1:68

Heb. 2:6

1 Jn. 3:18

James 2:1-4

Ps. 68:5

Ex. 22:22

Deut. 14:28-29

Jer. 7:5-7

Matt. 6:4, 6, 18

2 Cor. 5:14

1 Tim. 4:16

Rev. 14:1-5

Prov. 4:23

Rom. 12:2

2 Cor. 5:9-11

2. THE SIN DEPICTED

Rom. 3:12-14

1 Tim. 3:8

1 Jn. 3:22

Matt. 12:33-37

Ps. 141:3

Ps. 39:1

Ps. 19:14

3. THE SENTENCE DECLARED

2. THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTION

John 14:15

Matt. 23:23

Ps. 119:105

1 Jn. 5:1-3

3. THE DESTINY OF THE DOER

1. THE CONTRAST

1 Jn. 2:3-4

Jn. 8:31

Eph. 5:8-10

Phil. 4:13

Eph. 3:20

2. THE CHARACTER

3. THE COMMAND

Neh. 8:2-12

Neh. 10:28-30

2. THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE

Col. 3:8-11

Rom. 13:11-14

Heb. 12:1-3

1 Pt. 2:1-3

1 Pt. 5:5

Jn. 8:37

1 Cor. 2:14

1 Thess. 2:13

Ps. 1:2

James 2:21-23

James 1:3

Ps. 119:97, 113, 163, 165, 111-112, 10-12, 14-15, 155, 33-34, 133, 136, 158

1 Pt. 1:23

1 Thess. 2:13

James 3:1

Gal. 1:6-10; 4:8-16

Jn. 1:12-13

Jn. 3:5-8

Eph. 2:1

Matt. 16:13-17

2. WHAT IS IT?

1 Jn. 3:1-10

1 Jn 3:10-15

2 Cor. 5:17

1 Jn. 3:16-19

Jn. 17:1-3

Gal. 2:20

3. HOW WAS IT GIVEN?

1 Cor. 4:15

Philemon 10

4. WHY WAS IT GIVEN?

Deut. 26:1-11

Deut. 26:1-11

Rom. 12:1

1 Jn. 1:5

1 Cor. 12:3

2. THE STEPS

Gal. 6:1

1 Cor. 10:13

Gen. 3:6

Prov. 7:8-21

1 Jn. 3:9

Prov. 7:14

Matt. 7:21

Prov. 7:15-23

3. THE SOLUTION

1 Cor. 10:12

Deut. 8:7-14, 17-18

Deut. 6:10-12

Ex. 14:12

Num. 14:3

2. SIN HAS WARPED OUR VIEW OF RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING SIN SIN

Gen. 3:12

Ex. 32:22-24

1 Sam. 15:13-15

Ps. 106:32-33

Matt. 15:14

Ezek. 3:18

1 Sam. 15:23

Gen. 3:12

Prov. 19:3

Ps. 50:21

Prov. 21:27

2. The Measure of This Blessedness

3. The Means of This Blessedness

1 Pt. 1:6

Ps. 73:1-3, 14

Rom. 8:28

Prov. 30:9

James 5:11

Job 1:22

Job 2:10

3. The Manifestation of This Blessedness

Acts 13:50-52

Rom. 15:13

Rom. 15:30-32

2 Cor. 7:4

2 Cor. 1:24

Phil. 1:4

2 Cor. 8:1-2

Phil. 2:2

1 Thess. 2:19

Heb. 13:17

Jude 24

2. The Measure of This Blessedness

1 Cor. 16:22

Jn. 14:23-24

Rom. 8:9

Rom. 5:5

1 Pt. 1:3-9

James 1:2

Rom. 8:28

1 Pt. 4:12

Col. 1:21-23

Lk. 8:11-15

Rom. 2:4-8

James 1:3

1 Jn. 5:4

1 Cor. 11:17-19

2 Tim. 2:15

2 Cor. 10:18

Rom. 8:16

Rom. 5:1-4

Rev. 2:10

Lk. 22:20-34

Jn. 15:16-17

2. Our Circumstances Are Used By God To Help Us Remember Things From God's Perspective

Prov. 18:11

3. Our Circumstances Present Certain Temptations We Have To Resist

Ps. 20:7

Prov. 21:31

4. Our Circumstances Are An Opportunity To Show We Are God's People

Prov. 30:8-9

5. Our Circumstances Are An Opportunity To Be Purified By God

Matt. 6:19-21

2. When You Dont Know What To Do, You Must Believe God.

James 4:1-3

Jer. 29:13

Prov. 3:5-6

Prov. 24:6

Prov. 13:20

Prov. 3:5,6

Prov. 2:2-5

2. The Challenge 

3. The Comfort 

4. The Concession 

5. The Construction 

2. The Challenge