James

Theme: If we will humble ourselves before God, He will lift us up.

Theme: If we will humble ourselves before God, He will lift us up.

Theme: God gives a greater grace toward sinners who humble themselves before Him.

Theme: The cause of conflicts without is the presence of inordinate passions within.

Theme: In this passage, James distinguishes ‘worldly wisdom’ from ‘wisdom from above’.

Theme: In this passage, James reminds us that God cannot use tongues that are not pure.

Theme: Pastor James helps us acknowledge our own frail weakness and inability – and our need to trust in God for His help in bringing the terrible potential of our tongues under His control.

Theme: James’s emphasis on the dangers of the tongue is a signal to us from the Holy Spirit of how crucial it is that we be on our guard against it.

Theme: We are to cease practicing the faith in Jesus Christ with a spirit of worldly favoritism

Theme: James teaches about “pure and undefiled” religion in terms of what it isn’t and what it is.