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July 08, 2012

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James 5:14. “Anointing with oil” was not always a literal action.
James 5:19 - Everyone is capable of straying from the faith, so we must always guard against it.
James 5:20- Salvation is from spiritual death.
- Romans 4:6-8 - Sins are covered when they are forgiven.
- Galatians 6:1
Highlights from the book of James
- James 1
  - Count it joy when encountering trials (James 1:2.
  - Be doers of the word and not hearers only (James 1:20.
  - Keep unspotted from the world (James 1:27.
- James 2
  - Do not be a respecter of persons (James 2:1.
  - Faith alone is dead (James 2:17.
- James 3
  - This is not an injunction against teaching. It is an injunction against teaching when you have not studied and prepared and so end up teaching error (James 3:1.
  - Be aware that the toungue can be very dangerous (James 3:6.
  - Wisdom of God vs. earthly wisdom (James 3:13-18
- James 4
  - James 4:3-4 - We cannot be friends of the world and of God.
  - James 4:7-8 - We must resist the devil and draw near to God.
- James 5
  - God’s judgment on those who misused their riches (James 5:1-6 - we are to give to every man his due.

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July 04, 2012

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Ezra 1
Ezra 1:3 - Cyrus gave all the Jews an open opportunity to go back and rebuild the city.
Ezra 1:4 - The plunder from Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of the temple would return with the exiles. This was a great blessing from God to help the operation get started.
Nehemiah 2:5-9 - God blesses Nehemiah in his return to Jerusalem as well.
Many times in the Old Testament, we have examples of God presenting people with big opportunities, but still requiring people to seize that opportunity.
- Noah, the Israelites taking the promised land, the fall of Jericho (Johua 6:2,16,3-4,20)
If people do not seize the opportunities that God gives them, it is their own fault!
Ezra 1:11 - God made it possible for the materials to go back to Jerusalem, but Sheshbazzar was the agent that actually carried it out.
Haggai 1:12-15
God’s plan of salvation works in a similar way. He gives us the opportunity, but we must seize it! (Acts 2:38-41 God calls us through His gospel, but we have to answer that call. God does not call us in some miraculous way - the call comes through hearing God’s word recorded in the Bible.

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July 01, 2012

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Some praised Jesus because they knew Him to be true.
- John 12:12-19
- John 20:28-31 - Thomas sees the wounds of Jesus and believes.
- I Peter 1:8-9 - We must believe in Jesus and love Him without seeing Him.
Some were mad at Jesus because they didn’t want to surrender to Him.
- Luke 19:39-40
- Luke 9:23 - We must deny ourselves to follow Jesus.
Some changed their minds within a week.
- Mark 11:8-10 - The crowd goes from cheering to jeering.
- John 6:59-60 - Some of Jesus’ disciples fall away.

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July 01, 2012

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James 5:1-6 - Warnings against misuse of riches and abuse of power gained through wealth.
James 5:9 - Do not grudge one another. Put others before yourself.
James 5:10 - We have many examples of prophets who endured, such as Elijah, Jeremiah, and Paul.
James 5:12. It is simply saying that we should keep our word without others feeling the need to require an oath from us.
James 5:13-15.
- Being weak is not necessarily a sin.
- Being weary is not necessarily a sin.
- So here, sin is something other than being weak or weary.
- So, if any suffer hardships, let him pray.
- Is any weak, let him call for the elders.
- The prayer of faith will save the weary.
- If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.