Series: The Book of James
Sunday am 3 April 2016 – Riaan Sinden
James 4:1-17; (John 3:16); Rev. 3:15-17, 20; (1 Pet. 2:9-10);
Gen 1:26; (Ps. 8:4); Ps. 139:1-5; (Heb. 3:15); (John 6:63);
Matt. 8:31; (Heb. 8:10-12); Prov. 3:5; (Luke 11:1-2)
James, the brother of Jesus, according to Bible scholars, writes his letters to Christians on the topics of perseverance, true faith, controlling one’s tongue, submitting to God and patience.
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think (more…)
Series: The Book of James
Sunday 27th March 2016 – Justus Swart
James 3:1-12; James 1:5; (Matt. 7:3); James 2:12-13;
2 Tim. 3:16-17; (Gal. 6:1); Matt. 15:15-20
What we occupy our mind with, the negative or the positive eventually filters through in our exchanges with other people. But we’ve heard it said that as His people, we need to be dispensers of His presence. Wherever you are and whatever you do, you are a dispenser of His presence. People do not need to come to church to feel His presence, all they need to do is tap into you and find out what is happening. (more…)
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Series: The Book of James
Sunday 28th February 2016 – Justus Swart
James 1:20; James 2:1-19, 26; Luke 18:18-25, 35-43; (1 Cor. 9:19, 22)
As we come into the Christian faith we are birthed from the word of truth. We draw our example for living from this book, drawing all our ways of life from this book. Our lifestyles need to be corrected as we come into this faith. We are birthed through the word of truth and thus need to show a practical demonstration of that life change. We cannot change by receiving information; we have to respond by actually changing the way we do things by what we have heard from the word of truth. In the book of James, lesser and smaller issues are put under a microscope. We are challenged not to ignore the issues, but to take active steps addressing them and addressing our behaviour to ourselves, towards God and all the people around us. (more…)
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Series: James – On Practical Righteousness
Sun am 14 February 2016 – Justus Swart
Luke 6:47-48; James 1:18-25; Prov. 29: 11 & 20;
Matt. 18:15-20; (Josh. 5:13-14); Deut. 6:4
The book of James has 108 verses, 54 of them are commands. He really does get to the point. Jesus said, ‘As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built’ (Luke 6:47-48). There are many Christians who accept the grace and continue to live in the house that is shaking all the time. We have to learn to put these things into practise in our lives. (more…)
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Series: The Book of James
Sun am 24 January 2016 – Justus Swart
James 1:1-18; Acts 14:22; (Matt. 6:21);
(Phil. 2:14-15); (Matt. 19:24)
James is different to all other New Testament writers. He was a very blunt person and told it like it is. His words make us feel uncomfortable and put the spotlight on us with no escape. He was writing to the Jewish converts, telling them to focus on doing and being Christians. There were Jewish people who converted to Christianity but they were still stuck in their Jewish way of life and the safety of their old ways. (more…)