Summary Of James Chapter 3
“ As you go through life you will have many opportunities to keep your mouth shut. Take advantage of them all” (quoted by James Dent, Reader's Digest [12/82]). James chapter 3 sheds light knowing Christ as your savior and at times you will be engaged in the ongoing battle of tamming the tongue. As a teacher James had to not only teach but control his every being while teaching others the word of Christ. The author in the new testement identifies himself as James (brother of Jesus), a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. The book of James was written in Rome before AD 62, the year James' was murdered. James chapter 3 was written with vivid illustrations to open eyes to how serious
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James had a strict notion about when teaching to someone, you should always keep in mind the serious fact that you will stand before the Lord to give an account to what you have said. He knew no one was perfect and he placed emphasizes on how no one should be viewed as a sinner, but rather as saints who occassionaly sin. James gets depper with his teaching by saying, “If anyone does not stumble in what he say, he is considered a perfect man”. Perfect does not mean sinlessly perfect but, rather spiritually mature. James uses two analogies in the bible to make a point about the tongue being small but mighty. The analogies were example of how to control something small with the tongue before it turns into something big. James taught and spoke that you must always be on guard against the tongue and what it says. James never said the tongue could not be tamed but, it could only be tamed by God. Inorder to tame the tongue you must walk in the spirit daily, taking every though into obedience of Christ. James though was that an evil tongue is the fool of an evil heart. The churches of today models James teaching in different aspects. The same way James tried to encourage his audience to move and speak in the right direction is the same model of todays teaching in the Chirst like setting churches. By doing so faith is activatd and words that have been …show more content…
When I become frustrated I just stop and think about my resources that are available to me. Two days ago I came across a movie on Netflix titled “Life of a King”. The film tells a story of Eugene Brown who is a
James had a strict notion about when teaching to someone, you should always keep in mind the serious fact that you will stand before the Lord to give an account to what you have said. He knew no one was perfect and he placed emphasizes on how no one should be viewed as a sinner, but rather as saints who occassionaly sin. James gets depper with his teaching by saying, “If anyone does not stumble in what he say, he is considered a perfect man”. Perfect does not mean sinlessly perfect but, rather spiritually mature. James uses two analogies in the bible to make a point about the tongue being small but mighty. The analogies were example of how to control something small with the tongue before it turns into something big. James taught and spoke that you must always be on guard against the tongue and what it says. James never said the tongue could not be tamed but, it could only be tamed by God. Inorder to tame the tongue you must walk in the spirit daily, taking every though into obedience of Christ. James though was that an evil tongue is the fool of an evil heart. The churches of today models James teaching in different aspects. The same way James tried to encourage his audience to move and speak in the right direction is the same model of todays teaching in the Chirst like setting churches. By doing so faith is activatd and words that have been …show more content…
When I become frustrated I just stop and think about my resources that are available to me. Two days ago I came across a movie on Netflix titled “Life of a King”. The film tells a story of Eugene Brown who is a