Title: Trials/James 1:1-4
If the book of Hebrews is the epistle of faith, James is the epistle of works. fulfilled
It is not an act to gain salvation, but the saved people become children of God.
It is a strong message on how to live.
This epistle is not a letter to any one region, one person, or one church, but one.
The letter has the character of being circulated for reading by various churches or people.
There is.
The content of this letter is the terrible persecution and tribulation that every sincere Christian is faced with.
This is to ensure that each person can faithfully fulfill his/her duties in the midst of this.
The author is James, the younger brother of Jesus. At first he didn't believe in Jesus
But later he believed and became the leader of the Jerusalem church and led the general assembly.
He was a godly and insightful apostle.
1) 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ - If they are the same, they
Even to show off, he did not say that he was James, the real brother of Jesus, but spiritually.
to be more proud of the glorious status of a servant in Christ's
There is.
He is the older brother physically, and because he saw the older brother Jesus up close, he
I would have found a flaw and was disappointed. But Jesus found no flaws.
and serve Him as Lord, and confess that He is the Son of God, God
And he is too dreary to call him a brother, and is called the servant of the Lord.
It is an honor to receive.
==The same thought as John the Baptist confessing that he was not worthy to untie his sandals.
is.
If you cannot become the Lord's servant, you are not worthy to serve God as your Father.
2) "To the twelve scattered tribes (1)
I was scattered by the mercy of God. When Holy Spirit comes upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judah and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
When the delivery man receives a letter from the post office, he disperses all over the town to spread the good news.
Just as we have to share, the saved saints spread the good news of salvation to the whole world.
I have a mission to spread and preach.
But did the Jerusalem church only rejoice in the grace it received, but did not tell it
All. So there was a great persecution in Jerusalem. A young man named Saul appears.
Then, he stoned butler Stevan to death, and if he saw Christians, he captured them, imprisoned them and killed them.
I did. Many of the saints who are victims of this great persecution go to North Africa to Cyprus
Sia has now moved to Europe, Turkey, Greece, and Rome to live. There
They built a Korean church and worshiped God.
At first, they gathered there alone, and then they did missionary work to the people of that country.
Later, he even went on a mission to foreigners who came to live there. so scattered
The merciful Jews are so important that I am writing to them.
Dias-Pora = Scattered seeds are scattered and must be sold to each farmhouse, and the farmer
Just as a seed must grow in a paddy field or a field, those who have received life from the Lord are
must be passed on to all the people. Woe to you if you do not preach the gospel.
North Korea, Scotland-Puritan, Holland's Reformed Believers America, America's Under
We are saved because the Woodwa and Appensella missionaries have been scattered in Wei.
Likewise, we have a mission to send missionaries to all the world. Korean Church Revival Department
Many things and many servants of the Lord, the Lord has given them to work