PERFECT AND COMPLETE
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James 1:2–4 (ESV) — 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
I. THINKING BIBLICALLY
I. THINKING BIBLICALLY
James 1:2 (ESV) — 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds…
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
James is commending the conscious embrace of a Christian understanding of life which brings joy into the trials that come because of our Christianity. James says, “Considerit pure joy,” which means to make a deliberate and careful decision to experience joy even in times of trouble. [1]
Sinclair Ferguson says, “Biblical accounting means we see the parts in the light of the whole.”
II. BIBLICAL REASONS TO COUNT IT ALL JOY
II. BIBLICAL REASONS TO COUNT IT ALL JOY
James 1:3–4 (ESV) — 3 …for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
[1]Hughes, R. K. (1991). James: faith that works (p. 18). Crossway Books.