16 - James Flashcards
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authorship 2
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- James/Jacob is a common name in Jewish tradn and several otehr James in nt
- early church says Jesus’ brother
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dates
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one of earliest docs in the NT, bc james died in 62 ad, so 10-62 ad
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written to
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to circulate among the 12 tribes in the dispersion
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who was james brother of Jesus 9
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- probs became a believer towards or soon after Jesus’ death
- experienced an appearence of the risen Christ
- probs among those in Jerusalem with the Holy Spirit at Pentacost
- later became the leading figure in the Jerusalem church
- remained strict observance of Torah
- for most part supportive of Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles
- travelled in Judea and beyond preaching the gospel
- righteous and holy life earned him title of James the Just
- martyred for his faith
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1st chapter
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introduces a series of 5 main topic or themes which are discussed in greater detail later in the letter
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5 main topics
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faith, wisdom, poverty and wealth, testing and suffering, speech: human and divine
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faith 3
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- faith -> endurance -> maturity -> more and more completed
- eschatological joy - joy in the confidence that God will vindicate his people
- perseverance, fortitude
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faith by works
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- not what Paul’s talking ab (torah obervance)
- faith must be lived out if it is true at all
- paul agrees, faith lived out in love as a function of our creation and salvation and as enabled by God
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wisdom 3
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- don’t be double-minded - leads to wavering and unstable faith, making it more difficult for them to recieve what they need from God
- wisdom is life faith, integral to a mature Christian life
- Holy Spirit presupposes wisdom, all from Spirit working in your life
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poverty and wealth 3
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- poor being raised up
- rich are fading, may perish with their own rusting wealth
- area in which faith and wisdom are tested
11
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testing and temptation 2
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- in this context, basically synonymous
- you are blessed with having withstood a test by showing yourself to be faithful
12
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3 causes of testing
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- God
- Satan
- us, testing a condition we bring upon ourselves
13
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speech 2
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- look to gospel instead of rash and angry words
- uncontrolled human speech indicates the absence of God and a religion that is worthless, in contrast to the worthwhile religion seen in the lives of those who do – live out - the divine word.
