JAMES – THE NEW TESTAMENT

WISDOM BOOK

I. WISDOM NUGGETS
• OUR CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN HEAVEN BY CHRIST JESUS
• WE ARE AMBASSADORS AND OWE ALLEGIANCE
TO OUR HOME LAND
• OUR HOMELAND CREATED, SENT AND ASSURED OUR VICTORY
• WE ARE MISSIONS ON ASSIGNMENT
• RULERSHIP HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO US
• OUR HOMELAND IS OBLIGATED TO US
• CHILD-LIKE FAITH IN GOD’S WORD COMPELS THE PRESENCE AND STRENGTH OF GOD
• FAITH IS OUR MECHANISM FOR BATTLE
• PRAISE AND CONFIDENCE ARE OUR ATTIRE
• PERSEVERANCE IS THE KEY!
NUGGET: GOD HAS PRE-ORDAINED TO OUR LIVES THE ABILITY TO EXIST IN THE DIVINE PERSPECTIVE OF GOD AND TO FUNCTION WITH, IN AND THROUGH THE TRIAL.
II. TODAY’S FOCUS
THOUGHT: FAITH AND DOUBT CANNOT CO-EXIST
JAMES 1:5-11 (KJV)
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
NOTE: THE TERM "DOUBLE-MINDED" COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD: "DIPSUCHOS" MEANING "TWO-SPIRITED"– "DOUBLE-SOULED" – VACILLATING IN OPINION, CONFLICTING THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS ABOUT AN ISSUE.
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!
AMEN!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE TODAY
THE KEY SCRIPTURES
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
WISDOM BOOK
PROVERBS 4:7-13 (NIV)
7 Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head and present you with a crown of splendor."
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.