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- Welcome to The Rapid Pull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. James is written by the half -brother of Jesus, obviously, because they share the same mother,
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- Mary, but Jesus didn't have a human father. So, James became the pastor in the church in Jerusalem, and as persecution came, the
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- Jerusalem believers spread throughout and scattered around. And as James says, he's writing to the twelve tribes scattered abroad.
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- And as he's writing, he has a pastor's heart. He's concerned for them.
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- And because of that, he's writing several things to encourage them, to help them.
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- And so, this book is really a test of genuine faith. There's many tests that you're going to see of how to evaluate whether you have genuine faith.
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- The test of perseverance in suffering. The test of temptation.
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- The test of responding to the Word of God. The test of impartiality.
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- The test of having the works that a believer would have. The test of the use of your tongue.
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- The test of humility, worldly indulgences, dependence upon God, patient endurance, truthfulness, prayerfulness, and faith.
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- Basically, what you see in the book of James is a series of tests that you can evaluate yourself.
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- There's actually thirteen of them that you can look at to say, is the faith that I have genuine?
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- Which is very important if you want to know the difference between a true and false convert.
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- This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.
