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M A X T H I N K
Lesson 2 James 1:1-2.
Text
1 James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the
twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers
temptations;
What is a servant? 1401
He first identifies himself as a slave or servant, One who
gives himself up to anothers will. Some one who is in bondange
usally but in scripture it is a choice not a bondage.
In New Testament times people owned servants.
Every 7 years at year of Jubilee all debt was free and the
Servant was set free.
If you decided to stay after 7 years you were then marked with
a hole in the ear then they become a bond servant.
James had made a life long committment to the Lord.
He showed he was committed by saying he was a servant.
James only uses the term Jesus Christ twice in the Book of
James.
What is a tribe? 5443
There are two or three possiblities. It is all the Decendents
of Jacob. This was called a tribe.
Of people of a race or Nation, or habitation.
To the Jews who were being scattered.
To the Christians is the strongest possiblity who he was
addressing.
Describe the meaning of the word greeting. 5463
This is a traditional Gentile greeting not a Jewish greeting.
The Jewish was the word Shalom which means Made whole.
Paul usally used grace or peace in his greetings.
Means cheerful, happy, rejoice, Wish you well, God speed in
this greetings is what is represented.
Describe the word joy. 5479
Calls us brethern which means kinship.
The same blood has made us the same by Christ.
Count it all Joy. Consider it all joy.
Joy means: Cheerfulness, calm, delight, gladness.
Joy is associated with life, The experience of sorrow helps
you have the capicity of joy. Joy is the oppisite of sorrow.
Happiness and Joy is often mixed up and they are not related.
Happiness is a product of the soul, based on feelings, or
circumstances.
Happiness comes and goes.
Joy is not of the soul but of the spirit. Gal 5:22
Sorrow if when your spirit is sinking and joy is described
when your spirit is bursting forth.
This comes from the root word used for grace.
Neh 8:10, The joy of the Lord is your strength. Luke 15:7, Joy
in heaven over one sinner repenting.
Isa 12:3. With joy ye shall draw forth out of the waters of
salvation.
Psa 16:11, In thy prescence there is fullness of joy. In his
presence there is joy.
Joy is supernatural. It is very powerfull.
Count it joy when you fall in divers temptations. When you
fall into temptations count it as joy this releases joy into the
circumstance.
It does not equal pleasure. it is progress to become Christ
like.
Joy is the ability to expect God to move and Joy sustains you.
Explain the word fall. 4045
When you fall, to fall into something all around you.
Be surrounded with, be compassed with problems all around you.
You wake up and it seems it is all around you. This is what he
is talking about.
Like being in a snow storm or fog all around you. This shows
us we cannot always control things around us.
It takes joy to count yourself this way in the midst of
problems. We need to stop and let Joy come on the scene.
What is divers? 4164
Manifold is alternitive word, Various temptations is also ok.
Comes for the word pictures from the root links. Mixture of
colors in any picture.
Talking about all different kinds of circumstances.
We need joy to help us in all circumstances.
Count it joy.
Define the word temptations. 3986
Can be a experiment. To test it. to be tested or go through
trials, proving, adversity, affliction, provications.
Count it all joy when you fall into these different problems
or times of your life.
Can mean outward circumstances, and also inside on your morals.
Trials is outward tests.
Temptations as inwards tests this is in the English.
Both of these help you either go toward or away from God.
If you count it as joy it will draw you closer to God.
In a trial some people pull away from Church and Christian
people.
Trials come in varied form.
People often stumble over circumstances.
There is a testing of our faith.
Every trial builds character in us. We learn to be used in
eternity for the Lord.
React with joy from the Spirit Man not with the soul.
Lesson 3 James 1:3-4.
Text
2 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
3 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Explain the word knowing. 1097
Knowing is a weak word in the English word.
Reletive words means to understand completly, a defiteness, to
recognize , to come to know, absolutly percieve somthing.
The following words come from the same root word in Greek.
Prognosis to know beforehand.
Agnostic means ingnorance.
God wants us to know him. To come to a full revelation of Him.
To know him fully.
Trials help you to know.
Give other words that describe trying. 1383
Knowing this.
Means approving, atried, trustworthyness, To prove with the
expectation of geting an approval. We are going to go through
trying with a expected result of approval.
Our testing and trials will give us approval after going
through this there is a trustworthiness in our life.
I Peter 1:6-9
Our trial of our faith is more precious then gold.
The end of our faith is the saving of our souls.
Give a brief description of faith. 4102
This is what is going to be tied.
Faith is : A assuranse, or a strong conviction, a firm
persuasion, a confidence.
A bold strong Confidence.
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