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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – James 3:2 Keep a tight rein
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:2 2 Certainly, we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not keep stumbling in what he says, he is a fully mature man, able to keep a tight rein on his whole body as well. What is James teaching us in this passage? Is our coach raising the […]
God’s Word for You – James 3:1 a stricter judgement
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 3:1 Control Your Tongue In chapter 1, our coach James said, “Let everyone be quick to listen and slow to speak” (1:19). He explained the “quick to listen” part in the remainder of chapters 1 and 2 (being quick to listen to God’s word will keep us from favoritism and […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:25-26 Rahab’s righteousness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:25-26 25 In the same way, wasn’t even Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous by her works when she welcomed the spies and sent them off in another direction? 26 For just as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is dead. Rahab’s story is told […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:23-24 Works and faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:23-24 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” He was also called God’s friend. 24 You must recognize that a person is declared righteous by works and not by faith alone. Do we become righteous because of our […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:20-22 Faith and works
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:20-22 20 But do you need to be shown, you empty man, that such faith without works is barren? 21 Take Abraham our father: Wasn’t he shown to be righteous as a result of works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:19 Shuddering demons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:19 19 You believe that God is one. You do well! Even the demons believe that– and shudder! In this verse James describes what faith is not. Faith is not just a knowledge of history about what God has done. That kind of knowledge, even a good knowledge of the […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:18 I will show you my faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:18 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and by my works I will show you my faith. Our coach James has another good point to make. A hypothetical man thinks that his works are as good a way […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:14-17 Faith and works
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:14-17 Beware an Inactive Faith 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says that he has faith but has no works? Is that faith able to save him? There is a German word, Maulchristen, which means “mouth-Christian.” This is a person who says he is a Christian, who […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:12-13 Merciful and merciless
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:12-13 12 So speak and act as if you are about to be judged by the law of freedom. In the previous verses, James condemned us as having sinned against every part of the law of God, even if we thought we had broken just one part of it. Now […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:8-11 The whole law
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:8-11 8 However, if you are carrying out the royal law according to the Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you are committing a sin, since you are convicted by this law as transgressors. Verse 8 assures us […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:5-7 God chose you
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:5-7 5 My dear brothers, listen! Didn’t God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you dishonored the poor man. God does not bar the wealthy from entering his […]
God’s Word for You – James 2:1-4 Favoritism
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 2:1-4 Warning Against Partiality 2 My brothers, have faith in Jesus Christ our Lord of glory without any connection to favoritism. 2 For example, suppose a man enters your place of worship wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man also enters wearing tattered clothing. 3 If […]
