James Class Schedule

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James Class Schedule
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Chapter 5 Overview

• Condemnation of materialism
• Strong words for the rich
• Your wealth is a witness against you
• Godly patience and endurance
• Be patient until the coming of the Lord
• Do not complain
• God is the Judge
• Blessed are those who endured
• Let your yes be yes and no be no
• Suffering and prayer
• Pray if you are suffering
• Sing praises if cheerful
• Call for elders if sick
• Prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much
• Additional words from James
• Straying from the truth
• Turning back to the truth

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Condemnation of materialism
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your
miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches
have rotted and your garments have become
moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have
rusted and their rust will be a witness against
you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is
in the last days that you have stored up your
treasure! 4 Behold, the pay of the laborers who
mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by
you, cries out against you and the outcry of
those who did the harvesting has reached the ears
of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 You have lived
luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton
pleasure you have fattened your hearts in a day
of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and put
to death the righteous man he does not resist
you.

1. Who are the rich in verse 1 ?
2. What does rotted and moth-eaten imply in verse 2
   ?
3. What does gold and silver rusting imply in verse
   2 ?
4. What does it mean that the cries have reached the
   Lord of Sabaoth ?
5. What does the day of slaughter imply ?
6. Who does the righteous man represent ?

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Godly patience and endurance part 1
7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the
coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the
precious produce of the soil, being patient about
it, until it gets the early and late rains. 8
You too be patient strengthen your hearts, for
the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Do not
complain, brethren, against one another, so that
you yourselves may not be judged behold, the
Judge is standing right at the door.

1. What changes when we start verse 7 ?
2. What does it mean to be patient ?
3. Why is it important to remember the coming of the
   Lord is near ?
4. What does it mean to complain ?
5. Why should we not complain against a brother ?

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Godly patience and endurance part 2
10 As an example, brethren, of suffering and
patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name
of the Lord. 11 We count those blessed who
endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job
and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings,
that the Lord is full of compassion and is
merciful. 12 But above all, my brethren, do not
swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any
other oath but your yes is to be yes, and your
no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

1. Why do suffering and patience go together for the
   believer ?
2. Who were the prophets who spoke in the name of
   the Lord ?
3. What does endurance mean ?
4. How are we to endure ?
5. How did Job endure ?
6. What does it mean not to swear ?
7. What kind of oath is spoken of here ?

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Suffering and prayer part 1
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must
pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call
for the elders of the church and they are to pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord 15 and the prayer offered in faith
will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord
will raise him up, and if he has committed sins,
they will be forgiven him.

• What is Gods instruction for suffering ?
• What is Gods instruction for cheerfulness ?
• What kind of sickness is spoken of in verse 14 ?
• Who is to call for the elders ?
• What is the primary help that is given to one who
  is sick ?
• What is the purpose of the oil ?
• What will restore the one who is sick ?
• What is the basis of forgiveness of sins ?

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Suffering and prayer part 2
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another,
and pray for one another so that you may be
healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man
can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was a man with a
nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it
would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth
for three years and six months. 18 Then he
prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the
earth produced its fruit.

1. What is being talked about here-public or
   private confession ?
2. In these verses who should we be confessing our
   sins to ?
3. What kind of healing is being spoken of in verse
   16 ?
4. What will accomplish the healing according to
   verse 16 ?
5. What do we learn from Elijahs example about
   prayer ?

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Additional words from James
19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the
truth and one turns him back, 20 let him know
that he who turns a sinner from the error of his
way will save his soul from death and will cover
a multitude of sins.

1. What does my brethren indicate in verse 19 ?
2. Who is being addressed in these verses ?
3. What is the condition for this instruction ?
4. What does it mean to stray from the truth ?
5. What does it mean to turn him back ?
6. Who is a sinner in this context ?
7. What does it mean to save his soul from death ?
8. What does it mean to cover a multitude of sins ?