Title: Perfect Your Perseverance/James 1:2-4,12
How precious and beautiful patience is in the life of faith of the saints
Whether or not it is true is evident in the figure of the Lord who endured the cross
can be found “Patience” in the text is “Hipomone”.
'In the face of all the pains and difficulties that are pressed down,
means 'to endure'. A person of patience is a person of strength. Pillar
It refers to a person who is strong and has the ability to support a heavy house.
It can be said that he is a person of patience. Jesus also endured the cross
(Hebrews 12:2). The world is not worthy of a person of patience (Hebrews 11:38). this
People who run are called 'people of faith'. full of patience
Lou is
1. Because it fulfills God's will for the saints (verse 3).
(1) Perfecting patience makes the saints perfect and
It is to be prepared so that there is no shortage of things, and for this purpose
God gives the saints various trials.
(2) These trials are trials of faith that make the saints
make a person The trial of faith is a gold treasure that will disappear even if it is tried with fire
All are precious (1 Peter 1:7). When the Lord appears, praise and glory
Because you get respect.
(3) The blacksmith puts useless rusty iron in a hot furnace.
What is the purpose of the labor of putting and hammering? God is
It is the same with the trials of the masters. The saints have perfect patience
Hierum is in fulfilling God's will. (Prayer in Gethsemane)
2. It is because the saints are in their own spiritual maturity (verse 4).
(1) Through the trial of faith, being perfected as a man of perseverance
It is the will of God and the blessing of making ourselves whole. blessings of sanctification.
(2) (Job 23:10) “After he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Lira" This is pure gold without impurities. Personality and life like pure gold
Because it is created through the trial of faith, the trial itself is a blessing.
3. Because there is a promise from God to the saints (12).
(1) The promise of the crown of life when one is acknowledged as right (Hebrews 10:36).
(2) Patience and loyalty are inseparable - the same crown (Rev 2:10).
(3) If you perfect your patience, you will receive praise, glory, and honor at the Second Coming of the Lord.
The promise of giving (1 Peter 1:7). Patience in doing the will of God
Necessary (Hebrews 10:36). In patience there is certain faith; without faith there is
I can't stand this Perseverance has eyes of hope for the future.
is open A living hope bears all tribulation and persecution (Hebrews 11:24-26).
conclusion ; The life of a saint is a life of perseverance. for all difficult trials
What is your religious attitude? God is the one who perfects patience
to fulfill the will of God, as well as his spiritual maturity and God's
I must lead a life that is convinced that it is because there is a promise.