What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things neededContinue reading “1 James 2: 14-19…..’faith compared to work’”
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1 James 2: 8-13…The royal law.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of allContinue reading “1 James 2: 8-13…The royal law.”
James 2: 1-6….Whom should we honour?
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears theContinue reading “James 2: 1-6….Whom should we honour?”
James 1: 19-27….Look in a mirror, see and act.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. – listen well, remember anger can be very counter-productive! Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, whichContinue reading “James 1: 19-27….Look in a mirror, see and act.”
James 1: 9-18….Three situations common to all.
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midstContinue reading “James 1: 9-18….Three situations common to all.”
James 1: 1-8….Where to find wisdom.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:Greetings.Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lackingContinue reading “James 1: 1-8….Where to find wisdom.”
1 Samuel 7: 8-14….The Philistines commence war again.
And the people of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. And Samuel cried out to theContinue reading “1 Samuel 7: 8-14….The Philistines commence war again.”
1 Samuel 7: 3-7…. Samuel becomes the Judge.
And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”Continue reading “1 Samuel 7: 3-7…. Samuel becomes the Judge.”
1 Samuel 6: 19-7: 2….Standards for the chosen
And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the LORD. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great blow. Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holyContinue reading “1 Samuel 6: 19-7: 2….Standards for the chosen”
1 Samuel 6: 10-18…. The Ark is returned.
Following on from yesterday’s reading….The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. And they put the ark of the LORD on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumours. And the cows went straightContinue reading “1 Samuel 6: 10-18…. The Ark is returned.”
As I read it! 