James 1:1-19

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James 11-19

• Trials and Temptations

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James - What Real Faith Looks Like

• James 2 14-26 - Faith and Deeds
• How REAL faith is inevitably visible in what we
  do - in changed lives
• James 1 2-19 - Trials and Temptations
• How REAL faith deals with Trials and Temptations

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James - the author

• Brother of Jesus (probably eldest)
• Matthew 1355
• Leader of the Council of Jerusalem
• Acts 1513
• Paul and Peter both hold him in high esteem
• Gal 29, Ac 2118, Ac 1217
• One of the select individuals that Christ
  appeared to after the ressurection
• 1 Corinthians 157
• So well Known that Jude, in his letter introduces
  himself, simply as the brother of James
• He Was Martyred in AD 62

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James 11

• So he writes
• James, Head of Christs church on earth one
  down from the Lord himself. Even the great Paul
  defers to me. Brother of the Lord, so you lot
  ought to listen!

Acutally he writes James, a servant of God and
of the Lord Jesus Christ. To the twelve tribes
scattered among the nations
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Trials - verse 2

• Consider that God has abandoned you whenever you
  face trials of many kinds
• Consider it not all bad whenever you face trials
  of many kinds
• Consider If whenever you face trials of many
  kinds
• Be Joyful, Happy and Cheerful whenever you face
  trials of many kinds

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Consider it Pure Joy...
Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you
face trials of many kinds
Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you
face trials of many kinds
Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you
face trials of many kinds
Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you
face trials of many kinds
Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you
face trials of many kinds
Why should we consider it PURE joy? v 3-4, 12 How
can we consider it PURE joy? v 5-8
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Temptations - verses 13-18

• Verses 13-15
• How temptation works
• v13 not from God
• v14 own evil desires contrasted with Gods
  holiness
• v15 Temptation sin death
• Verses 16-18
• Exhortation and focus on God

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James 11-19

• Trials and Temptations

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Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart, Be all
else but naught to me, save that Thou art Be
Thou my best thought in the day and the
night, Both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my
light. Be Thou my wisdom, be Thou my true
word Be Thou ever with me, and I with Thee,
Lord Be Thou my great Father, and I Thy true
son Be Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
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Be Thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight
Be Thou my whole armour, be Thou my true might
Be Thou my souls shelter, be Thou my strong
tower, O raise Thou me heavenward,
great power of my power. Riches I heed
not, nor mans empty praise, Be Thou mine
inheritance now and always Be Thou and Thou
only the first in my heart O sovereign of
heaven, my treasure Thou art.
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High King of heaven, Thou heavens bright sun,
O grant me its joys, after victory is won
Great heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be Thou my vision, O ruler of all.