God Resists the Proud
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But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6, NKJV God Resists the Proud James 4:6 begins with, "But He gives more grace." We, as humans, are a very proud people. At every turn we are encouraged to believe that we can do anything we hope to do. Truthfully, nothing could be farther from the truth. That really is the essence of James 4:6. God gives grace to the humble. Our strength comes from the Lord and not from ourselves. In humility we understand that we stand helpless before God. So, what is the key? The key is that God giv ..read more
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Taming the Tongue
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See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made ..read more
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How Faith Works
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21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them ..read more
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Even the Demons Believe
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18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:18-20 & 26, NKJV Even the Demons Believe We could call this post, "Faith without Works is Dead - Part 2." James continues to compare the dif ..read more
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Faith without Works is Dead
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14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:14-17, NKJV Faith without Works is Dead What is faith? What is true faith? What does faith do? Can works save us? Four question ..read more
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Mercy Triumphs over Judgment
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be ju ..read more
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Rich Man, Poor Man
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My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? James 2:1-4, ESV Rich Man, Poor Man As we b ..read more
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26 If anyone thinks he is religious and...
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26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:26-27, ESV Pure Religion is This What does it mean to have pure religion? Everyone has some kind of religion but it does not necessarily have anything to do with God. Who or what do we worship? Do we worship money, sports, politics, fame, power ..read more
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Doers of the Word
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22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. James 1:22-25, NKJV Doers of the Word After a brief diversion to the study of Mary the Mot ..read more
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Mary at the Cross
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25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. John 19:25-27, NKJV Mary at the Cross In this, our last devotional on Mary the Mother of Jesus, we find Mary at the cross. As mothers can we imagine any day m ..read more
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