Reservoir of Righteousness 18

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Reservoir of Righteousness 18

• James 1 and Resisting Temptation

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1 Corinthians 1013 (AMP

• For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing
  to sin), no matter how it comes or where it
  leads has overtaken you and laid hold on you
  that is not common to man But God is faithful to
  His Word and to His compassionate nature, and He
  can be trusted not to let you be tempted and
  tried and assayed beyond your ability and
  strength of resistance and power to endure, but
  with the temptation He will always also provide
  the way out that you may be capable and strong
  and powerful to bear up under it patiently.

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Job 18-22 (AMP)

• And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered
  My servant Job, that there is none like him on
  the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who
  reverently fears God and abstains from and
  shuns evil because it is wrong?
• 9 Then Satan answered the Lord, Does Job
  reverently fear God for nothing?
• 10 Have You not put a hedge about him and his
  house and all that he has, on every side? You
  have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him
  in the work of his hands, and his possessions
  have increased in the land.
• 11 But put forth Your hand now and touch all that
  he has, and he will curse You to Your face.
• 12 And the Lord said to Satan (the adversary and
  the accuser), Behold, all that he has is in your
  power, only upon the man himself put not forth
  your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence
  of the Lord.

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Job 23-10 (AMP)

• And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered
  My servant Job, that there is none like him on
  the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who
  reverently fears God and abstains from and
  shuns all evil because it is wrong? And still
  he holds fast his integrity, although you moved
  Me against him to destroy him without cause.
• 4 Then Satan answered the Lord, Skin for skin!
  Yes, all that a man has will he give for his
  life.
• 5 But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone
  and his flesh, and he will curse and renounce You
  to Your face.
• 6 And the Lord said to Satan, Behold, he is in
  your hand only spare his life.
• 7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the
  Lord and smote Job with loathsome and painful
  sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of
  his head.

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James 112-15

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him. Let no one say when he is
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he
  is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then
  when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin
  and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth
  death

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Introduction

• While some respected authors and Bible teachers
  list Rebound (what I refer to as Recovery)
  as the first Problem Solving Device or spiritual
  skill, it is my contention that both
  chronologically and in importance, Resistance is
  truly the first.

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Introduction

• Chronologically
• Since we are immediately filled with the Holy
  Spirit at the moment of salvation, our first
  priority, chronologically, should be to remain in
  fellowship with the Father through the filling of
  the Holy Spirit.
• Additionally, since the spiritual life can only
  be lived in the filling of the Spirit, it is
  chronologically more significant to remain in the
  state of fellowship, than to recover that status.
• Therefore, resistance is chronologically the No.
  1 spiritual skill.

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Introduction

• Among some in recent time who have taught the
  Spiritual Life, such as Col. Thieme and Bob
  McLaughlin, a phrase that you may have heard from
  their teachings is, a position of strength, and
  another phrase, a position of weakness.
• The position of strength they refer to is the
  filling of the Spirit, and the position of
  weakness is walking by means of the flesh.

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Introduction

• The scriptural basis for the identification of
  the filling the Spirit as a position of strength
  comes from
• Philippians 213 for it is God who is at work in
  you, both to will and to work for His good
  pleasure., and
• 1 John 17 but if we walk in the Light as He
  Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with
  one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son
  cleanses us from all sin.

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Introduction

• Importance
• It is far more important to be able to maintain
  the filling of the Holy Spirit than it is to
  continually be forced to Recover the status of
  fellowship.
• In oversimplified analogy, I would much rather
  learn to keep my automobile engine running by
  learning how to properly use the clutch and
  accelerator, than to be forced to put it in
  neutral and restart it all of the time. I will
  travel much further, in a shorter period of time,
  and with much less aggravation.

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Introduction

• It would be far more advantageous to maintain
  momentum in the Spiritual Life, than to
  constantly be returning to the Spiritual walk
  through the skill of Rebound or Recovery.

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Introduction

• And from a spiritual common sense perspective,
  it is much easier to maintain the filling of the
  Spirit (from the position of strength) than it is
  to recover it again (from the position of
  weakness)

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Introduction

• There are 3 components necessary to this
  Spiritual Skill
• Understanding temptation.
• Recognizing incidences of temptation.
• The Volitional Orientation to resist.

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Introduction

• After over a quarter century of ministry, I am
  convinced that spiritual immaturity is the number
  one problem in our churches. (Warren Weirsbe, Be
  Mature)
• Tom Constable. 2003 2003. Tom Constable's
  Expository Notes on the Bible. Galaxie Software

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James 12-4

• 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall
  into various temptations, 3 knowing that the
  proving of your faith works endurance. 4 But let
  endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be
  perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
• Darby, J. N. 1996. The Holy Scriptures A new
  translation from the original languages. Logos
  Research Systems Oak Harbor

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James 12

• Consider it Count it First aorist middle
  imperative of ??e?µa? hegeomai, add it all
  up!
• James is calling on believers to make a decisive
  personal choice about how they face their life
  situations.
• In the ancient world sets of numbers were totaled
  at the top, not the bottom, as in our culture.
• The noun form is ruler, and the verb also has
  this nuance, so let it rule you as is
  appropriate.

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James 12

• all joy All is placed first in the Greek text
  for emphasis.
• pasan charan). Whole joy, unmixed joy, as
  in Phil. 229. Not just some joy along with
  much grief.
• The trials are not joy, but their potential
  results are (cf. Matt. 51012 Luke 62223
  Acts 541 Rom, 53 I Thess. 516 I Pet. 16).

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James 12

• when (?ta? hotan). Whenever, indefinite
  temporal conjunction.
• Ye fall into (pe??pes?te peripesete). Second
  aorist active subjunctive from pe??p?pt?
  peripipto, literally to fall around (into the
  midst of), to fall among as in Luke 1030 (he
  fell among robbers). It is the picture of being
  surrounded (pe?? peri) by trials. The
  SUBJUNCTIVE speaks of possible future action, but
  with some degree of doubt.
• Trials and problems are common for believers in
  this fallen world (cf. I Pet. 41216 Rom. 817
  Phil. 129 II Tim. 312).

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James 12

• various This is literally many colored or
  rainbowed (cf. I Pet. 16). Assorted, diverse
  all kinds of (probably best).
• In I Peter 410 the same word is used to describe
  Gods grace.

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James 12

• trials Tempted (peirazo) is a PRESENT
  PASSIVE PARTICIPLE, literally continually being
  tempted, testing with a view toward
  destruction.
• In James 13a trials purify faith, in 13b they
  produce patience, and in 14 they produce
  maturity.
• Temptations happen! How believers face them is
  the crucial issue!

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• There are two Greek terms which have the idea of
  testing someone for a purpose
• 1.     Dokimazo, Dokimion, Dokimasia
• This term is a metalurgist term for testing the
  genuineness of something (i.e. metaphorically
  someone) by fire.
• The fire reveals the true metal and burning off
  (i.e. purifies) of the dross.

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• This physical process became a powerful idiom for
  God and/or Satan and/or humans testing others.
• This term is only used in a positive sense of
  testing with a view towards acceptance.
• It is used in the NT of testing
• a.     oxen - Luke 1419
• b.     ourselves - I Cor. 1128
• c.     our faith - James 13
• d.     even God - Heb. 39

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• The outcomes of these tests were assumed to be
  positive (cf. Rom. 128 1422 1610 II Cor.
  1018 133 Phil. 227 I Pet. 17).
• Therefore the term conveys the idea of someone
  examined and proved to be
• a.     worthwhile
• b.     good
• c.     genuine
• d.     valuable
• e.     honored

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• 2.     Peirazo, Peirasmus
• This term has the connotation of examination for
  the purpose of fault finding or rejection.

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• It is used in connection to Jesus temptation in
  the wilderness.
• a.     It conveys the attempt to trap Jesus (cf.
  Matt. 41 161 193 2218, 35 Mark 113 Luke
  438 Heb. 218).
• b.     This term (Peirazon) is used as a title
  for Satan in Matt. 43 I Thess. 35.
• c.     It is used by Jesus to not test God (cf.
  Matt. 147 Luke 412) on Christ cf. I Cor 109.

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• It also denotes the attempt to do something that
  has failed (cf. Acts 920 2021 Heb. 1129).

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Greek Terms For Testing and Temptation

• It is used in connection with the temptations and
  trials of believers (cf. I Cor. 75 109, 13
  Gal. 61 I Thess. 35 Heb. 218 James. 12,
  13, 14 I Pet. 412 II Pet 29).

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Understanding Temptation

• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.
• I am being tempted by God God is not the source
  of evil!

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James 12

• my brethren The Greek term follows the Hebrew
  connotation of a blood relative, close kin,
  neighbor, or covenant partner.
• The Greek term is a combination of womb
  (delphys) and a (i.e. one from the same womb).
• The people of God are Gods children by Spiritual
  Genetics.
• This led to the use of many familial metaphors in
  the NT (1) child/children (2) born again/born
  from above (3) brother/brothers.

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James 13

• Knowing Present active participle of ????s??
  ginosko (experimental knowledge, the only way
  of getting this view of trials as all joy).

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James 13

• the testing of The Greek term dokimos was used
  of testing metals to prove their genuineness (cf.
  Prov. 2721 in the Septuagint).
• It developed the connotation of to test with a
  view toward approval (cf. 112 I Pet. 17).
• God tests His children (cf. Gen. 221 Ex. 164
  2020 Deut. 82, 16 Job 222 133 II Chr.
  3231 Matt. 41 I Pet. 41216), but it is
  always for strengthening, never for destruction.

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James 13

• faith The Greek term pistis may be translated
  in English as trust, believe, or faith.
• This term conveys two distinct aspects of our
  relationship with God (1) we put our trust in
  the trustworthiness of Gods promises and Jesus
  finished work and (2) The content of what is
  believed, the teachings of Gods Word.
• Hence, it can refer to the message or our trust
  in the message.

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Doctrine of Faith

• Definition and description.
• Faith is a system of thinking common to all
  mankind (Mt.39 "and do not think that you can
  say to yourselves, 'we have Abraham for our
  father'" the reversionistic unbeliever's faith
  is in an erroneous view of salvation, cp.
  Jn.539).
• Faith is one of three systems of perception,
  along with rationalism (Rom.23 Prov.1412
  "there is a way which seems right") and
  empiricism (2Cor.57 "for we walk by faith, not
  by sight" 2Cor.418).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Faith is the most basic system of perception
  (Mk.942 "these little ones who believe" cp.
  Mk.936).
• Faith is the only non-meritorious mode of
  thinking and is, therefore, chosen by God as the
  means of response to His plan, Phases 1 and 2
  (Rom.327 "where then is boasting? It is
  excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but
  by the law of faith di,a nomou. piste,wj, dia
  nomou pisteos" cp. Rom.414 Col.212 "through
  faith in the working of God" 1Tim.14).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Faith is the only system equally accessible to
  all men and compatible with grace (Rom.416 52
  Eph.28,9).
• The efficacy of faith resides in its object
  (1Cor.25 "that your faith should not rest on the
  wisdom of men human viewpoint rationalism, but
  on the power of God sanctifying power based on
  response to doctrine"
• 1Cor.1514 "and if Christ has not been raised,
  then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is
  vain"

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Doctrine of Faith

• Faith has a two-fold application in the
  experience of the individual.
• Inhale faith, or faith at the point of initial
  perception (Gal.32,5 "hearing with faith" cp.
  Rom.1017 "So faith comes from hearing and
  hearing by the word of Christ").
• Exhale faith, or faith at the point of applying
  what was initially believed, also called
  Faith-Rest (Mt.2122 "And everything you ask in
  prayer, believing, you shall receive" Heb.116
  "And without faith it is impossible to please
  Him, for He who comes to God must believe that He
  is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek
  Him").

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Doctrine of Faith

• Greek vocabulary of faith.
• pisteuo a transitive verb, having a subject
  (stated or implied) and an object (stated or
  implied), used 248X.
• pistis a fem. sing. noun, used for faith and as
  a synonym for Bible doctrine, used 244X.

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Doctrine of Faith

• Five uses of faith in the Bible.
• A. Misplaced faith, as in 2Thess.211 1Jn.41.
• B. Saving faith (Jn.315-18,36 1Jn.51).
• C. Inhale faith (Heb.42).
• D. Exhale faith (Mk.924 "I do believe help my
  unbelief" Lk.850 "Do not be afraid any longer
  only believe").
• E. Bible Doctrine as the object of faith in Phase
  2 (Eph.45 "one faith" 2Thess.32 "not all have
  faith" 1Tim.12 "child in the faith" 1Tim.41
  "depart from the faith").

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Doctrine of Faith

• Faith is classified as a basic doctrine (Heb.61
  "Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about
  Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying
  again a foundation of repentance from dead works
  and of faith toward God").
• Observations on saving faith.
• Christ is the object (Jn.112 "But as many as
  received Him, to them He gave the right to become
  children of God, even to those who believe in His
  name"

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Doctrine of Faith

• It is called obedience in Jn.336 Acts.67
  Rom.15.
• The amount necessary is compared to a grain of
  mustard seed in Mt.1720.
• It always results in the imputation of
  righteousness (Ph1 justification, Rom.325-31
  43 51 Gal.216 36,8).
• It results in the imputation of eternal life
  (Jn.315-18,36 524 647 2031 1Tim.116).
• It is totally apart from works, but by grace
  (Rom.327,28 932 Acts.1511).
• The gospel supplies the content (Acts.157
  Mk.115 Rom.116).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Abraham is the pattern (Rom.49,12 Gal.39,
  quoting Gen.156).
• Old Testament salvation was the same (Gen.156
  cp. Rom.43 Gal.36 Isa.2816 cp. Rom.933
  1011 1Pet.26).
• It results in sonship (Jn.112 Gal.37,26).
• It is the basis for our victory over the cosmos
  (1Jn.51,4,5).

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Doctrine of Faith

• It knows no cultural or racial barriers (Mt.2l32
  the religious crowd rejected Him there was a
  greater response from the immoral crowd Jn.439
  Samaritans Acts.141 Jews and Greeks
  Rom.330 930-32 1Cor.1213 Gal.328
  Acts.138,12 proconsul Sergius Paulus).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Eternal life in a resurrection body is secured by
  saving faith alone (Jn.639,40 1Thess.414ff).
• It will not eventuate in disappointment
  (Isa.2816 cp. Rom.1011 1Pet.26).
• The negative volition of "the many" cannot
  neutralize the positive volition of "the few"
  (Rom.33,4).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Observations on Phase 2 faith.
• Bible Doctrine is the object (Heb.42 "the word
  they heard did not profit them, because it was
  not mixed together with faith in those who
  heard"
• Eph.317 "so that Christ cp. 420 might dwell
  in your hearts through faith"
• Col.123 "if indeed you continue in the faith").
• The body of doctrine is, therefore, called "the
  faith" (Eph.45 "one faith" Eph.413 616 "the
  shield of faith" 1Tim.12,19 39,13 "the faith
  that is in Christ Jesus" cp. 2Tim.113 "the
  faith...in Christ"), or doctrine as the mind of
  Christ (2Tim.41,6 58,12 610,21 2Tim.38
  47 Ti.14,13 22 Philm.6 Jd.3,20).

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Doctrine of Faith

• We are expected to grow in faith (2Cor.124 57
  1015 Col.123 25,7 2Thess.13).
• Jesus praised or rebuked the presence or absence
  of faith.
• Praise Mt.810 - the centurion Mt.1528 - the
  Canaanite woman.
• Rebuke Mk.440 Lk.2425 "O foolish men and slow
  of heart to believe in all that the prophets have
  spoken".

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Doctrine of Faith

• God's righteousness is known by faith (Rom.117
  "the righteousness of God is revealed from faith
  saving to faith Phase 2 as it is written,
  'But the righteous man shall live by faith'").
• Our faith is tested (Jam.13 1Pet.17).
• It is rewarded (Heb.622 1Pet.19).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Faith and love.
• Faith to move mountains, minus love, is worthless
  (1Cor.132).
• Faith operates through love (Gal.56).
• Those who are stronger in faith should not cause
  the weak to stumble (Rom.141,22,23).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Faith and production.
• Faith minus production is vain (Jam.214-26).
• God evaluates the local church in this regard
  (1Thess.13 2Thess.111 Rev.213,19).

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Doctrine of Faith

• Hab.24 "Behold, as for the proud one, his soul
  is not right within him but the righteous will
  live by his faith."
• Heb.116 "And without faith it is impossible to
  please Him, for he who comes to God must believe
  that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those
  who seek Him."

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Break Time

• Many Christians want to serve God, but only as
  advisers

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James 13

• produces This is a PRESENT MIDDLE (deponent)
  INDICATIVE. Notice that an ongoing process, not
  an instantaneous result, is being emphasized.
• A similar chain of growth stages is seen in Rom.
  534 Col. 11112 I Pet. 167.
• Salvation is a gift and a process.

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James 13

• patience or endurance This Greek word means a
  voluntary, active, steadfast, patient endurance
  (cf. v. 12 Luke 2119). This is a recurrent
  theme in James (cf. 13, 4, 12 511).
• Patience (?p?µ???? hupomonen). Old and common
  word for remaining under (?p?µe?? hupomeno),
  staying power (Ropes), as in Col. 111.

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James 11-4

• And let patience have This is a PRESENT ACTIVE
  IMPERATIVE. Of the 108 verses in the book of
  James there are 54 IMPERATIVES. It is a book of
  exhortation to practical living.

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James 11-4

• its perfect results, so that you may be perfect
  and complete The Greek word perfect (telos)
  means fully equipped, mature, or ripe.
• It is often linked to love (cf. Rom. 122 I Cor.
  13913 I John 418).

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James 11-4

• perfect It has the connotation of a mature
  faith which issues in faithful, loving service.
• It does not imply or suggest sinlessness or
  without fear.

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James 11-4

• The second term complete (holokleria) is used
  of the health and wholeness of the physical body
  (cf. Acts 316) and metaphorically of the
  well-being of all mankind, both physically and
  spiritually (cf. I Thess. 523).

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James 11-4

• lacking in nothing Notice that a mature
  Christian is described in three ways
• (1) perfect (telos)
• (2) with integrity or complete (holokleros cf. I
  Thess. 523) and
• (3) lacking in nothing (NJB not deficient in any
  way).
• Trials are Gods means of producing maturity (cf.
  Heb. 589).
• Maturity is not theological insight only, but
  daily faithful endurance!

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James 12-4
whenever you fall into the midst of various
trials which surround you
OR
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knowing experientially that the approving of
your faith produces a patience which bears up
and does not lose heart or courage under trials
OR
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Consider it a matter for unadulterated joy
OR
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But be allowing the aforementioned patience to
be having its complete work
OR
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in order that you may be spiritually mature and
complete in every detail, lacking in nothing.
OR
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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• Blessed This reflects Hebrew usage (cf. Ps.
  11 Prov. 313 834 Job 517 Isa. 562 Jer.
  177).
• This can be translated happy (cf. TEV). This is
  the same term used in the Beatitudes of the
  Sermon on the Mount (cf. Matt. 5117).

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• the man who perseveres under trial This is a
  PRESENT TENSE which means continuance under trial
  (cf. v. 3).
• We are not blessed by the trial, but by what our
  perseverance and faith in God do for us.

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• under Present active indicative of ?p?µe??
  hupomeno.
• trial Temptation (pe??asµ?? peirasmon). Real
  temptation here.

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• for once he has been approved Test is the
  Greek word dokimos (as seen in v. 3).
• to test with a view toward approval.
• This approval comes only through testing.
• It was used in Greek for medical doctors taking a
  final practical test before graduation.

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• crown of life This is the Greek term stephanos,
  which was a wreath worn on the head as a symbol
  of military or athletic victory.
• It is the genitive of apposition, life itself
  being the crown as in I Pet. 54.
• Robertson, A. 1997. Word Pictures in the New
  Testament. Vol.V c1932, Vol.VI c1933 by Sunday
  School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
  Logos Research Systems Oak Harbor

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• There are 3 crowns referred to in the NT which
  faithful believers will receive from God
• (1) the crown of righteousness (cf. II Tim.
  48)
• (2) the crown of life (cf. Rev. 210 311)
• (3) the crown of glory (cf. I Pet. 54) and

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• Also notice this crown (1) is promised by God,
  but (2) comes through the believers victory over
  trials and temptations.
• As always God deals with mankind through covenant
  if then categories.
• God provides, initiates, and empowers, but we
  must respond faith, obedience, and perseverance.

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• which the Lord has promised This is an AORIST
  MIDDLE (deponent) INDICATIVE with an unexpressed
  subject. which has been promised
• The NASB, NKJV, NRSV, and NJB supply the Lord,
  while TEV and NIV supply God.
• This is typical of many later scribal changes to
  the original Greek texts.
• The scribes tried to make the text as specific as
  possible to remove ambiguity or supposed
  heretical interpretation.

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James 112

• Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial for
  once he has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• to those who love Him Love is shown by
  obedience (cf. 25 Ex. 2056 Deut. 510, 32
  66 79).
• There is no excuse for disobedience (cf. Luke
  646).

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Understanding Temptation

• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.

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Understanding Temptation

• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.
• Let no one say This is a PRESENT ACTIVE
  IMPERATIVE with the NEGATIVE PARTICLE which means
  stop saying.
• The implication is that some believers were
  saying this.
• This reflects the literary technique called
  diatribe

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Understanding Temptation

• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.
• when he is tempted The context implies that one
  saying that he is tempted by God is attempting to
  make his sin Gods fault.
• The word tempted (peirasmois) is used in v. 2 in
  the sense of outward trials, but here the VERBAL
  form is used of temptation.
• Tempted (peirazo) is a PRESENT PASSIVE
  PARTICIPLE, literally continually being
  tempted, testing with a view toward
  destruction.

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Understanding Temptation

• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.
• for God cannot be tempted by evil This means
  untemptable.

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• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.
• He Himself does not tempt anyone However, the
  Bible records several of Gods tests Abraham,
  Gen. 221 Israel, Deut, 82 Jesus, Matt. 41
  and believers, Matt. 613.
• This statement seems to be caught up in the
  differing connotations between the terms tempt
  (peirazo, cf. 113), and test (dokimazo, cf.
  13, 12). God does not tempt so as to destroy,
  but He does test so as to strengthen.

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Understanding Temptation

• James 113 Let no one say when he is being
  tempted, I am being tempted by God for God
  cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does
  not tempt anyone.
• Corrected
• Not even one person (medeis), when he is being
  solicited to do evil, should say that it is from
  the ultimate source of God that he is tempted,
  because the God is untemptable by evil, and does
  not tempt any person (oudeis) with evil.

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Understanding Temptation James 114

• The Mechanics of Temptation
• James 114 But each one is tempted when he is
  carried away by his own lust and enticed.
• but each one hekastos each individual
• is tempted peirazo (Pres Pass. Ind.)
  receives a solicitation to do evil

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Understanding Temptation

• Temptation arises from one of three sources
• Satan
• World
• Sin Nature

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• when he is carried away ezelko taken in
  tow, pulled
• by hupo under the authority of
• his own idios his personal or his individual
• lust epithumia lust pattern
• and enticed deleazo baited

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Understanding Temptation

• The Temptation Equation
• Temptation
• ____________ ____________

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Imputation of Righteousness
Imparted
Imputed
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Dichotomous Slavery (Old Man)
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Trichotomous Freedom (New Man)
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The Sequence of Temptation
Lust Pattern
Bait
Temptation
OR
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The Appraisal Filters
Physical
Emotional
Results in a Representation
Values
Self Esteem
Affect
Cognition
Behavior
Self Image
Script
Frame
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The Event
Appraisal Filter
Representation
The Volitional Interlude
Spirituality
Carnality
Perception
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The Sequence of Temptation
Bait
Lust Pattern
Temptation
OR
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Understanding Temptation

• How you think during the appraisal process will
  determine whether you will be tempted or not