Bible Book: James

James the Lord’s Brother

Date: April 24th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 1:1  |  Topics: Conversion, Israel, James, Jews, Promise

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.


This Is Real Religion

Date: May 8th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 1:27  |  Topics: Gospel, Prayer, Religion, Visitation, Witnessing

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.


The Trial of Our Faith

Date: May 15th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 1:1-4  |  Topics: Job, Manna, Problems, Purpose, Strength, Trials, Trust, endurance

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.


The Seven Tests of Faith

Date: May 15th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 1:1-3  |  Topics: Faith, Healing, Language, Missionaries, Poor, Prayer, Riches, Speech, Walk

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.


Paul’s Faith and James’ Works

Date: May 22nd, 1960  |  Scripture: James 2:14-26  |  Topics: Debt, Faith, Justifiecation, Righteousness, works

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I willContinue Reading


The Orthodoxy of the Devil

Date: May 22nd, 1960  |  Scripture: James 2:19  |  Topics: Confession, Devil, Faith, Justification, Repentance, Salvation, Satan

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.


The Untamed Tongue

Date: May 29th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 3:1-12  |  Topics: Discipline, Gossip, Hurt, Lying, Pain, Sin, Suffering, Tongue

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. EvenContinue Reading


Faith and Works

Date: May 29th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 3:13-18  |  Topics: Depravity, Faith, Priority, Sin Nature, works

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good frContinue Reading


Getting Things from God

Date: June 5th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 4:1-3  |  Topics: Intercession, Petition, Prayer, Request

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.


What Is Your Life?

Date: June 5th, 1960  |  Scripture: James 4:13-17  |  Topics: Death, Eternity, Life, Salvation

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him itContinue Reading