Sunday Notes: James 1:1
- (Jas 1:1 ESV) ____________, a servant of God and of the ____________ Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: ____________.
- Who wrote it?
- James the ____________ brother of Christ
- Their mother was ____________
- And ____________ was the biological father of James, Jude, etc.
- Jesus, of course, was not Joseph’s biological child.
- There are four men named ____________ mentioned in the NT
- Two of them would have the position to write a letter
- That would be included in the canon of Scripture
- James the ____________
- James the ____________
- The son of Zebedee
- Who’s brother was ____________
- Matthew 20:20-23
- He died however in 44 AD
- He was the first of the apostles to be martyred
- ____________ for his faith.
- Acts 12:1-3 – Killed by ____________
- When was this written?
- This book was written in most likely after 44 AD and before ____________ AD
- Acts 15 contains the letter James wrote regarding ____________ and the church
- This event happened in 49 AD
- There is no mention in the book of James about his event, the outcome, or the Gentiles
- Who was the audience?
- James, a devout ____________
- Wrote this to a Jewish audience
- To the ____________ tribes in the Dispersion
- The twelve tribes are the ____________ descendants
- Genesis 35:23-26
- The Jewish audience was not just Jewish
- They were Jews who had converted to ____________.
- Christian Jews
- Who were under ____________
- What was going on at the time?
- ____________ has come and ____________ to heaven
- The early church is formed and operational
- James, the brother of ____________
- Has assumed the role of senior ____________ more or less
- Herod has begun his attacks on ____________
- Trying to earn favor with the ____________
- Acts 12 (whole chapter)
- What are the concerns?
- Many scholars question which James wrote this
- The ____________ church teaches that Jesus had no siblings at all
- That ____________ was always a virgin
- Never having relations with Joseph
- So Jesus was an only child
- If that is the case then James could not exist
- Or Joseph had another wife before or after Mary
- And had some other kids with this other woman
- Which we have absolutely no ____________ of.
- The fact is that ____________ and Joseph did go on to have other children – supported by Scripture
- Matthew 12:46, Mark 3:31-32, Luke 8:19-20, Matthew 13:53-56, Mark 6:1-4, John 2:11-12, John 7:1-4, Acts 1:13-14, 1 Corinthians 9:5 Paul writing, Galatians 1:18-19 James, apostle, the Lord’s brother
- The early church affirmed ____________ as the author
- He was certainly the top leader in the church at ____________
- Why is this significant?
- James was a leader in the early church with the ____________ to speak to these matters
- He was also a ____________ from his origin.
- And this work comes as something of a sermon
- He was not writing a book to be included in the ____________ for all time
- He was writing a ____________ to people he knew
- With a closing of personal regard
- ____________ his fellow believers
- Both in these ____________ wishes
- And also in the encouragement to ____________
- Even in their current state of trouble.
