Sunday Notes: James 1:13-18
- (Jas 1:13 ESV) Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
- We are quick to blame for our failures – humans have been since the beginning
- Genesis 3:9-13
- Why is it so hard to own our failures?
- We are quick to blame for our failures – humans have been since the beginning
- (Jas 1:14 ESV) But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
- Matthew 7:20-23
- That desire is rooted in sin
- Those inside yearnings for things against God
- The challenge is not how to get away with these things
- The challenge is how to overcome these things.
- That desire is rooted in sin
- Matthew 7:20-23
- (Jas 1:15 ESV) Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
- They develop
- We get better and better at being worse and worse
- Gives birth to sin
- We want to
- Then we do – we execute on the plans
- We want to
- And sin when it is grown brings forth death
- So our sin separates us from God
- Which is the very definition of eternal death
- So our sin separates us from God
- They develop
- (Jas 1:16 ESV) Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
- Remember, James is writing to the church scattered
- Galatians 6:6-9
- Our minds are the fertile fields
- This Word is the seed
- The fruit of this crop is our action in righteousness
- What will you do with that?
- Our minds are the fertile fields
- Galatians 6:6-9
- Remember, James is writing to the church scattered
- (Jas 1:17 ESV) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- Every good gift
- Good gift is one word in the original
- Translates to good thing, useful things
- In the context here God gives us all useful things
- To aid us in our journey
- Not hinder us
- To build a relationship with Him
- Not tear it down
- To grow us in faith and righteousness
- Not to break us apart.
- To aid us in our journey
- Good gift is one word in the original
- Perfect gift
- Two words in the original
- Perfect – Teleios – tel’-i-os – This means it is lacking in nothing to be completed
- Gift -Dōrēma – do’-ray-mah – A gift, something given to you without merit, a bestowment.
- Romans 5:12-17
- See we serve a good God
- Who is pleased with caring for His people
- And we serve a great God
- Who is absolute in His power
- Two words in the original
- Every good gift
- (Jas 1:18 ESV) Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth
- Because this pleased God
- See God is sovereign
- Completely and totally sovereign over all
- And by His sovereign will
- Because He determined to do this
- He brought us forth
- John 3:26-31, Ephesians 2:8-9
- Firstfruits – This is the idea of something or someone called apart from the rest and rolled into the rest to have an effect on it
- Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth
Genesis 6:1-8, Romans 8