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David Guzik commentary on James 1 talks about how the believer can make it through trials, and how he can receive wisdom from God.
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - James 1:19-27. In this part of the chapter we are required, I. To restrain the workings of passion. This lesson we should learn under afflictions; and this we shall learn if we are indeed begotten again by the word of truth.
James 1:19-20. Wherefore — As if he had said, Since you are regenerated, and that by the word of God, therefore let every man be swift to hear — That word; let him be willing and desirous to receive instruction from it, and therefore diligent in embracing all opportunities of hearing it; slow to speak — To deliver his opinion in matters ...
16 cze 2020 · Ultimately the key both to responding to trials and resisting temptation is to be found in one’s reaction to God’s Word. Receptivity to the Word, responsiveness to the Word, and resignation to the Word are essential to spiritual growth. One must accept God’s Word, act on it, and abide by it.
James encourages and admonishes the church in the dispersion. She is tempted and tested, both from within and from without. James points to God the Father, who calls them through the Word of truth and continues to sustain them with the proclamation of that Word.
True Christianity will lead believers to care for the most needy people; those who cannot care for themselves as completely as necessary; those who suffer various troubles; those who can give nothing but thanks in return; those most vulnerable to abuse and neglect, especially widows and orphans.
5 sie 2020 · We are studying James 1:19-27 for Sunday, August 9. This is the second in a series of five lessons on James, the immediate continuation of the text we began last week, and the source of the quotable quote: “be doers of the word and not hearers only.”
