#BibleStudy Thoughts on Study Questions from James Ch 5 on 10/18/2020
For one more Sunday, 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 were answered in previous 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.
You’re also invited back to these "Questions" blogs next week!
Chapter 5
VV12-16
What actually "heals" the sick person?
- Faith
- Prayer of Faith
- God
- The Holy Spirit
- There is “sickness unto death” where the glory to God is His eternal healing in heaven.
- The Greek term for “healing” in this verse does not refer to physical sickness. The term translates as “made whole and forgiven.”
What about 15b?
- It’s healing inside and outside
- Why is it so important to pray for each other's healing?
- God’s power.
- From the righteous, prayer is powerful and effective.
- Prayer is heartfelt, righteous, and persistent.
- Prayer is supplication, asking and/or begging, earnest and humble
Adam Clarke on v16: "The confession required here is that of one Christian to another...where persons have injured on another, have tempted one another to sin, or have consented in the same evil actions." Why is this particular admonition important for the Christian community?
- God makes our prayer effective
- We pray. God acts.
- Believe and present – that honor God
- Confession isolates events that have become sin.
- Without confession, there is no forgiveness.
- Prayer “allows God to act.”
Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work. We think of prayer as a commonsense exercise of our higher powers in order to prepare us for God’s work. In the teaching of Jesus Christ prayer is the working of the miracle of Redemption in me which produces the miracle of Redemption in others by the power of God. The way fruit remains is by prayer, but remember it is prayer based on the agony of Redemption, not on my agony. Only a child gets prayer answered; a wise man does not.
Oswald Chambers
in My Utmost for His Highest
Even if we are "righteous," what is the real source of the power behind our prayer?
- Jesus’s death
- Righteous living is the key
- The Holy Spirit is the source
- Righteous means right with God, close to God
Does 16b mean we have to be sinless for God to answer our prayers?
- NO!
- We are human, but God knows the heart.
- We need a clean heart and God’s forgiveness before these prayer are answered.
- The only pray God always answers for non-Christians is a prayer of confession and repentance.
WE GOT THIS FAR THIS WEEK.
Verses 17-20
VV17-18: See 1Kings 17:1. What was the real miracle in this passage?
V19-20: Who in the church is responsible for a "brother" who is "wandering from the truth"?
Ask for the King James Version. Why is the word "convert" used here? Doesn't God do the converting?
Next week will end the series on James. A new series on 13 Miracle of Jesus starts on November 1. If you’d like a copy of first five pages of questions, email me at the address in the signature below.
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