James 4 : 5 Represents One Of The Most Difficult Verses

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and

Verse 17." But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”

3. The Lord threatens the Egyptian people that he will smite or whip there fist-born child until they are dead unless they free the Israelites. The Israelites represent the hebrew slaves.

The rest of his verse is about religion and personal opinion. This is related back to the argument “power comes from belief” because it asks is religion only powerful and broad since God is powerful and God is a part of

Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution to avoid anything that would give an advantage to their enemies, there could be no interferance with worldly concerns or even the appearance of selfishness and evil at all measures. Christ foretold troubles, so that the troubles would not be a surprise, to His disciples, but that they might "affirm and bring to light their faith!"

While this verse is about handling anger, the greater truth that it brings to light is that our thoughts and actions can be responsible for giving the devil a foothold. In this case, if we handle anger wrongly we give the devil a foothold. For our purposes, we want to use this verse to focus on the issue of footholds and what it says they mean in the life of a believer.

The understand importance of this section is help people understand the issues behind this verse and how it is important to look at it from the idea of Biblical Hatred. The argument is, since Jesus said to turn the other cheek, he did not want people to stand up against those who have been abused, but to submit to the abuser

“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” (Matthew 5:23 NIV).

It takes a lot of creativity and effort to reach MY level of slackage. TO give you a glimpse of the magnitude of my loafing:

Vs 11 Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those that hear." Ephesians 4:29

Christians often seem to be satisfied with living in the flesh, believing that one day they will be set free from the flesh and no longer be sinful. This passage, however, paints a picture that would suggest there can only be one or the other, flesh or spirit. Through much repetition, Paul continues to contrast the two, even going so far as to say that anyone who is a believer, is no longer in the flesh.

The book of James has created disputations amongst its readers for years. Like almost all of the New Testament writings, contemporary readers have questions about it origin, composition, and content. Also like most New Testament writings, there are multiple hypotheses that have been presented to answer each of these enquiries. For example, many scholars have suggested that it is the least Christian amongst all of the New Testament writings due to the fact that it only references the name of Jesus twice. This a particular point that I feel needs to be addressed when trying to understand James, and it is a point I will answer further while also trying to present information regarding other possible questions an individual may have while reading

This verse is a favorite of those commonly known as skeptics [non-believers] concerning the Deity of Jesus Christ. They view it as a flaw in the Lord’s character; however, He was not being unkind, intolerant, or making racial slurs.