by MJR | Feb 24, 2021 | James
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. – James 2:19 Last week I spent some time with a man who is reading through John’s gospel and as we discussed Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus and the need to believe in...
by MJR | Feb 23, 2021 | James
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the...
by MJR | Feb 19, 2021 | James
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you...
by MJR | Feb 18, 2021 | James
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. – James 2: 8-9 Nearly every day for...
by MJR | Feb 17, 2021 | James
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself...
by MJR | Feb 16, 2021 | James
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was...
