James
Lesson 9: Faith’s law of love
Lesson 9: Faith’s law of love James 2:8-13 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the…
Lesson 10: Faith that is real
Lesson 10: Faith that is real James 2:14-17 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,16 and one of you says…
Lesson 11: Faith that works
Lesson 11: Faith that works James 2:18-26 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons bel…
Lesson 12: Directed Faith
Lesson 12: Directed FaithJames 3:1-5 1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he…
Lesson 13: Destructive Faith
Lesson 13: Destructive FaithJames 3:6-12 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.7 For every kind of bea…
Lesson 14: Discerning Faith
Lesson 14: Discerning FaithJames 3:13-18 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be fal…
Lesson 15: Faith of true peace
Lesson 15: Faith of true peaceJames 4:1-10 1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and…
Lesson 16: Faith of true priorities
Lesson 16: Faith of true prioritiesJames 4:11-17 11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a…
Lesson 17: Faith’s true wealth
Lesson 17: Faith’s true wealthJames 5:1-6 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evid…