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James 1:
Rejoice in trials, hardship,
and difficult times because God tests your faith to enhance the spirit of
perseverance. Perseverance is a requirement for Christians to be mature
and complete in their faith in Jesus Christ. So having no issue or
setback due to your integrity in your faith in Jesus that affects your actions,
words, and deed, means you are actually for the world and not Jesus. Always
ask God for wisdom and expect an answer by faith. The contented
person is elevated in God, but he that lives for money is relegated in God
because he will pass away like grass. The rich will fade away like
dried weeds even while in lives in pursuit of money (anxiety, stress,
frustration, distrust, & many enemies from cheating them). Those who
persevere always receive a crown of life that is promised to those in Christ.
God tempts no one, but rather, we are tempted by worldly desires. Worldly
desires lead to sin and sin to death. Every good gift is from God. Be
quick to listen, but be low to speak and be angry. Keep God's word in
your heart and abide by them. A godly person controls the tongue.
The faith that God accepts is to care for the defenseless, vulnerable and
oppressed under human law - orphans, widows, immigrants, women, and Blacks.
James 2:
Show no favoritism or judge
between people with evil thought based on worldly possession. It even
appears that the poor and unflavored by worldly standard tend to be the most
faithful In Jesus and God's kingdom. Yet, you insult the poor and praise
the rich that exploits and oppresses you in court based on the unjust laws their
politicians have made to favor them against you. Loving all neighbors as
yourself is right, but favoritism is a sin. You break one law, you
break all the laws. So always show mercy over judgment. Faith without good
deed is dead. You deeds justifies your faith because even demons know the one
true God. Abraham was considered faithful and God's friend by God because
he acted on his faith in God and obeyed by deed. Rahab the prostitute
believed in what the spies of God said and housed them, so she was saved by her
deeds. Faith without deeds is as dead as a body without a spirit.
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James 3:
Many should not want to
become teachers because teachers are judged harshly. The tongue is a
small part of the body, but can set the whole body and life with the fire of
condemnation. Man can tame anything, except his tongue, which is a
restless evil filled with poison. The tongue that praises God should not
curse the man made in God's image because both saltwater and freshwater cannot
come the same source. Those with wisdom and understanding should show good
deed and humility. Where there is envy and selfish ambition is where
disorder and evil practice reside. The wisdom from heaven is pure,
peaceful, loving, considerate, humble, sincere, merciful, and impartial.
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