So over the last few months I have been falling out of touch with God. I know that it’s time to get down to my roots with him again. He is the one and only that knows me best. So I decided that I wanted to do a bible study for myself over the book of James. I am not sure how long it’s going to take to go thru the whole book but I know that it’s something that I want to do. I might even get some resources from on line so that I can completely understand what’s going on in this book. I know that James talks about the way people should act toward one another and how to be a better Christian. Looking thru the web I have found some questions that will help with this study. I want to make sure that I am getting in deep with this study.
There are a lot of places in the bible that talk about James. There was several different James mentioned thru out the bible so it’s hard to say witch James wrote this letter but they believe it to be the James that was brother to Jesus. They also say that he was at one time a non believer. Like most letters it starts out with his addressing who he is, and who he is writing too.
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. James 1:1
When James wrote this letter it was to go out and travel the land so that all the people that believed would learn something from it. James talks about Tribes when he introduces the letter to people. The tribes that James is talking about aren’t really tribes but groups of people spread across the Jewish Christians. I personally think that this letter was to be read to all new Christians to help them understand how to act like a Christian.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds James 1:2
What are trials you might ask? The dictionary has lots of different meaning for Trials but the one that I think can be applied here. The act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof is what I think trial means (dictionary.com). Without having these trials how can we become stronger as a person? In everything that we do we will be test at how well we do in it.
Because you know that testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 1:3
Testing or Trials with our faith can bring us closer to God or farther away. It helps us to prove to ourselves that what God does for us is the right way to live our lives. I think thru experience makes us stronger to deal with it better the next time it would happen. James tells us in 1:4 what it means to have trials. Which states Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4
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