Last week fully I was completely going through the book of James in the Bible, where there are five whole chapters written by James, a servant of God, whose teachings were fully concentrated on how we should lead our life as true Christians. I found it really very useful for the growth of my spiritual life as well as I felt that it guided me perfectly how to have my life in this world. So, just thought of sharing with everybody and I've started this spiritual post as 'part 1' dividing my posts into five parts, each explaining the five individual chapters of James. Hope it would be useful for you too...:-)
FAITH AND WISDOM (James 1:2-8)
First of all, the first thing that James speaks about is 'Faith'. What is faith? Faith is actually the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing. So, as Christians, first and foremost we have to place our complete trust and faith in the Almighty that He'll deliver us from all kinds of troubles and tribulations of this world. It simply implies that we should always be filled with joy and happiness inspite of the tough times we may go through in our journey of life, having strong faith in the Lord because these difficulties test our faith and patience and we should prove ourselves to God, our Savior. The next thing is about wisdom which is an important trait that we ought to pursue for withstanding in this deceiving world. So, we need to ask God for gifting us wisdom and when we ask, we should not doubt. Verses 6-8 clearly states about the doubters.
TRUE RICHES (James 1:8-11)
These four verses clearly depict that a person is said to be rich before God's eyes only if he's 'spiritually' rich and not the earthly riches. True riches and pride lies only with the person who's spiritual enough, pleasing God.
TEMPTATION IS NOT FROM GOD (James 1:14-18)
This is a very important area that we have to focus on..... Even in our personal lives, we have the habit of blaming God saying,"God is tempting me" when we're facing tough challenges in life. No...Never...my dear friend...The Word of God clearly states that, "Every good action and every perfect gift is from God."(James 1:17). It is we, sinners, who are to be blamed for our own temptation and evil desires that trap us, leading to sin and consequently death.(James 1:13-15). So, hereafter, when we are facing temptation or trials or tribulations or whatever worse may be, when we stand strong in the faith and continue to be happy, God will reward us with a good life forever.... Let us stop rebuking Him for our own mistakes!
LISTENING AND OBEYING (James 1:19-25)
In all these verses, James teaches us how we should be....I mean...how should our character be. The main thing that is emphasised is that we should be willing to listen and slow to speak. (which is actually very tought for us...isn't it??). Also, 'anger' is also to be controlled by us, since the Bible clearly says that, if its present, it will not leave us to live the right kind of life that God wants. (James 1:20). When I was reading this verse, I really got a guilty feeling and felt that I should atleast try to control the feelings of anger step-by-step, in the future. Its clearly stated that, so we should leave all these evil things and characters aside and in 'GENTLENESS' accept God's teachings which is powerful to save us.
All of us listen to the sermons and messages through church services, television programmes and so on. But, How many of us obey, follow and live accordingly? A matter to think over and over....Am I right? Yes friends, the Word of God warns us saying that when you listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves. Instead, we have to OBEY the truth and follow it in our lives. (James 1:22-25)
THE TRUE WAY TO WORSHIP GOD (James 1:26-27)
Finally, this chapter conveys a simple message in these two verses. People who say that they are religious and do evil actions and deeds are just fools....tats it! Their so-called 'Religion' is an utter waste. The true religion and worship that God accepts is, being pure, keeping ourselves free from this world's evil influences. (James 1:27)
My beloved friends in Christ, what I've posted is just a brief explanation of the first chapter of James in a nutshell. If you had gone through my post, side-by-side referring the Scripture, it would have been more useful for you...I guess! So, let us all strive to live as true worthy Christians in this fake world... I'll come up with the facts of the second chapter of James soooon..............................!
FAITH AND WISDOM (James 1:2-8)
First of all, the first thing that James speaks about is 'Faith'. What is faith? Faith is actually the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing. So, as Christians, first and foremost we have to place our complete trust and faith in the Almighty that He'll deliver us from all kinds of troubles and tribulations of this world. It simply implies that we should always be filled with joy and happiness inspite of the tough times we may go through in our journey of life, having strong faith in the Lord because these difficulties test our faith and patience and we should prove ourselves to God, our Savior. The next thing is about wisdom which is an important trait that we ought to pursue for withstanding in this deceiving world. So, we need to ask God for gifting us wisdom and when we ask, we should not doubt. Verses 6-8 clearly states about the doubters.
TRUE RICHES (James 1:8-11)
These four verses clearly depict that a person is said to be rich before God's eyes only if he's 'spiritually' rich and not the earthly riches. True riches and pride lies only with the person who's spiritual enough, pleasing God.
TEMPTATION IS NOT FROM GOD (James 1:14-18)
This is a very important area that we have to focus on..... Even in our personal lives, we have the habit of blaming God saying,"God is tempting me" when we're facing tough challenges in life. No...Never...my dear friend...The Word of God clearly states that, "Every good action and every perfect gift is from God."(James 1:17). It is we, sinners, who are to be blamed for our own temptation and evil desires that trap us, leading to sin and consequently death.(James 1:13-15). So, hereafter, when we are facing temptation or trials or tribulations or whatever worse may be, when we stand strong in the faith and continue to be happy, God will reward us with a good life forever.... Let us stop rebuking Him for our own mistakes!
LISTENING AND OBEYING (James 1:19-25)
In all these verses, James teaches us how we should be....I mean...how should our character be. The main thing that is emphasised is that we should be willing to listen and slow to speak. (which is actually very tought for us...isn't it??). Also, 'anger' is also to be controlled by us, since the Bible clearly says that, if its present, it will not leave us to live the right kind of life that God wants. (James 1:20). When I was reading this verse, I really got a guilty feeling and felt that I should atleast try to control the feelings of anger step-by-step, in the future. Its clearly stated that, so we should leave all these evil things and characters aside and in 'GENTLENESS' accept God's teachings which is powerful to save us.
All of us listen to the sermons and messages through church services, television programmes and so on. But, How many of us obey, follow and live accordingly? A matter to think over and over....Am I right? Yes friends, the Word of God warns us saying that when you listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves. Instead, we have to OBEY the truth and follow it in our lives. (James 1:22-25)
THE TRUE WAY TO WORSHIP GOD (James 1:26-27)
Finally, this chapter conveys a simple message in these two verses. People who say that they are religious and do evil actions and deeds are just fools....tats it! Their so-called 'Religion' is an utter waste. The true religion and worship that God accepts is, being pure, keeping ourselves free from this world's evil influences. (James 1:27)
My beloved friends in Christ, what I've posted is just a brief explanation of the first chapter of James in a nutshell. If you had gone through my post, side-by-side referring the Scripture, it would have been more useful for you...I guess! So, let us all strive to live as true worthy Christians in this fake world... I'll come up with the facts of the second chapter of James soooon..............................!
James is always a book that reminds us of the burden of the brother of Jesus. The manner in which he shifts his tone from "brothers" to " you foolish people" signifies his heartcry for them..
ReplyDeleteloved the manner in which you went thru the splitting of the parts..
God bless
Thank you for having gone through my post and for ur compliments...God Bless You!
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