Be Mature by Warren W. Wiersbe

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Be Matureby Warren W. Wiersbe

• Chapter 1
• Time to Grow Up
• Book of James

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• Who was James?
• James 11 James , a servant of God and of the
  Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are
  scattered abroad, greeting.
• James as a form of Old Testament name, Jacob
• Son of Zebedee brother of John
• Son of Alphaeus
• Father of Judas the disciple, not Iscariot
• Brother of the Lord (Mark 63)
• Unbeliever (John 7 1-5)
• In Upper Room (Acts 114)
• Jesus appeared unto him (1 Cor.157)
• Paul described Him as a pillar (Gal 29)
• Moderator in a council (Acts 15)
• Married man (1 Cor. 95)
• Received love offering from Gentiles (Acts 21
  18-19)
• Tradition
• Was martyred in 62 A.D.
• Man of prayer his knees were as hard as camels

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• Pharisees casted him out and beat him to death.
  He prayed for his murderers like Jesus Father,
  forgive for they know not what they do
• Jew
• To whom did James write?
• James 11b to the twelve tribes which are
  scattered abroad,
• Christian Jews
• James 116 Of his own will beloved begat he us
  with the word of truth, that we should be a kind
  of firstfruits of his creatures.
• Jews rejected by Gentiles and Christian Jews
  rejected by their own countrymen
• Why did James write?
• Problems Christian Jews faced difficult
  testings, temptations, competitions, attention to
  or being robbed by the rich, tongue, lack of
  practice to what one says, worldiness.
  Disobedience to Gods Word

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• Churches are playpens for babies or workshops for
  adults
• Characteristics of little children (immature)
• Impatience in difficulties (James 11-4)
• Talking, but not living the truth (214ff)
• No control of the tongue (31f)
• Fighting coveting (41ff)
• Collecting material toys (51ff)
• Perfect mature, complete
• Perfect man not sinless man, but rather mature,
  Theme Spiritual Maturity in Hebrews Spiritual
  Perfection
• balanced, grown up man
• (Hebrews 61 let us go unto perfection)
• Build on perfect salvation grow into maturity
• Five marks of the mature Christian
• He is patient in testing. Chapter 1
• Trials on the outside 1 1-12
• Trials on the inside 1 13-27

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• He practices the truth Chapter 2
• Faith love 21-13
• Faith works 214-26
• He has power over tongue Chapter 3
• Exhortation 31-2
• Illustrations 33-12
• 6 images of tongue
• Application 313-18
• He is a peacemaker Chapter 4
• Three wars 41-3
• Three enemies 44-7
• Three admonitions 48-17
• He is prayerful in troubles Chapter 5
• Economic trouble 51-9
• Physical troubles 510-16
• National troubles 517-18
• Church troubles 519-20

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• How do we get out of the study?
• 5 Essentials
• Spiritual Birth (James 118)
• No spiritual birth, no spiritual maturity
• As human baby has 2 parents, a spiritual baby has
  2 parents Word of God and Spirit of God
• We must examine our life in the light of Gods
  Word
• Gods Word as a mirror
• We must obey what god teaches us no matter the
  cost
• James 122
• We be prepared for extra trials temptaions
• Tribulation worketh patience Romans 53
• We must measure our spiritual growth by the Word
  of God, not by others Christians (II Cor. 1012)
• Not everyone who grows old grow up.
• Difference between age maturity