JAS

Read chapter 5

1. What will be a witness against the rich as they heaped up treasure?

Thought question:

What is the significance of it being corroded?

2. In the parable of the Rich Man (Lk 12:16-41),

a. How many times can you count words used to refer to the rich man himself? (e.g. I, mine, me, myself, himself, etc.)

b. Of what significance is this over preoccupation with self? (cf Jas. 2:14-17; Lk.12:20,21)

3. List abuses of some of the rich. (vss. 4-6).

4. After telling the brethren of those who have lived evil lives (5:1-6) he then tells them to be patient and faithful in the midst of all of this evil (vss.7-11). In which verses and how does James teach that the Lord could come at any time?

5. With the realization that the Lord could return at any time, James then tells them:

_____________ not one against another, brethren, lest ye be_________________: behold, the __________ ____________ _____________ ______ the ________. (vs.9)

6. How does verse 12 relate to the subject of sins of the tongue?

7. The sick should __________

8. The merry should _____________

9. Is any_________ among you? let him call for the________ ____ _____ ________; and let them _______ over him,___________ him with ________ in _______ ___________ ___ ___ ___________ And the________ of________ shall________ the sick, and the Lord shall ________ _______ ____; and if he have committed sins, they ________ be ____________ him. (14, 15)

This passage was applicable to the period of miraculous gifts in the church and limited to it. The sick were saved [made physically whole] by the praying of and laying on of the hands of the elders. These elders, of necessity, would have been men who received the gifts of healing by the laying on of the hands of an apostle (Acts 8:17, 18). If one assumes that the passage as stated is applicable today, and the elders did their duty, then no one in the church would ever die! Yet the writer of Hebrews taught:

"It is______________unto men ___________ to _____ . . ." (Heb. 9:27)

10. What is meant by the word "righteous"?

11. What statement in vs 16 is motivation for the Christian to live a righteous life?

12. Select the correct answer(s). James 5:19, 20 teach:

a. It is not possible for a saved person to be lost.

b. It is possible for the sinner to be converted from the error of his way.

c. The erring Christian's soul will be lost if he is not converted.

d. The one who converts this erring Christian from his error will save his soul from death

13. According to Galatians 6:1, who are the ones that must restore the sinner?

14. What was the newly converted Simon the sorcerer from Samaria told to do when he sinned (Acts 8:22)?

15. The apostle John is writing to Christians in His first epistle. At 1 John 1:9 what does this apostle say must be done by the Christian who sins?

16. Choose the correct answer. Combining the thoughts from questions 14 & 15

a. It is not possible for a Christian to sin.

b. Christians who sin are automatically forgiven.

c. Christians who repent, pray and confess their sins will be forgiven.

d. Once a person is saved, he can never be lost.

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