#BibleStudy Thoughts on the Questions from James Ch 1 on 04-26-2020
For as many Sundays as needed, my Sunday school class will explore the context and content of the practical content of the Letter from James.
This is Wednesday. What follows are bits and pieces of the discussion in class on the questions posted two days ago.
If you miss getting the questions on Mondays, I invite you to go back. Copy, and paste the questions from those posts into a word.docx and fill in blanks or answer questions on your own. You can compare your thoughts to those of my class members each Wednesday. If your answers don’t match my class’s answers, that doesn’t make your answers wrong. If you like more information about what was said in class, email me at the address at the end of this post.
I hope you enjoy exploring this practical book along with us. Each Sunday's discussion ends at the last question in black print. Photos included are of the "whiteboard" list I generated during the discussion and are nothing but time savers for me.
Questions in this print, if visible, will be discussed in future weeks.
I invite you to check this blog site on Friday when my Expressions of Faith posts are from James. Here's last week's link's URL.
I also invite you back to these "Questions" blogs next week!
Chapter 1
Verses 13-18
What does it mean to “change like shifting shadows”?
- Variation in the amount of light (truth we live by).
- Shadow of turning.
- No change or shadow
- God does not change so His shadow doesn't change.
- “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Malachi 3:6.
- This describes the passing of time.
How did Jesus teach His disciples to deal with temptation?
- He was consistent in His preaching.
- "God delights in our temptations" - Martin Luther
- Don't give time for temptation.
- Jesus' temptation in the wilderness is a model of positive resistance to temptation.
- Jesus was tested on all points.
- Resist the Devil and he will flee from you.
- Adam and Eve stopped and listened to the serpent. Don't give credence to Satan's words.
Chapter 1
Verses 19-27
What are we told “to DO or CONTINUE” and what “NOT to DO or STOP” by James in these verses?
Do
Don't
Do
- Hear/Listen
- Be slow to speak
- Obey
- Speak little (v19)
- Engage your brain before engaging your mouth.
- Do good works.
- Get rid of moral filth.
- Get rid of all that's wrong.
- Be careful what you say.
- Look after orphans and widows.
Don't
- Anger isn't the answer.
- Listen only.
WE GOT THIS FAR THIS WEEK.
What should we be quick to listen to?
What two characteristics does James warn against that hinder a person from listening?
What is different about human anger compared to God's anger?
What does the Bible have to say about humility and meekness that is opposite to the usual "worldly" descriptions of those terms?
Humility
Meekness
How is a man who hears without doing like a man who looks at a mirror and then forgets?
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