Teaching a Passage

James

James 1:19-27

Important

So then

Trial and Temptations

God is trying to grow people through His Word

Repeated Words

Hearer (or hear) x4, v.19, 22, 23, 25

Receive (v.21)?

Doer x3 22, 23, 25x2

implanted word (v.21) word (v.22, 23) perfect law of liberty (v.25)

Definition (explanation)

Hearer

Doer

law of liberty

Religion

keep onself unspotted from the world

Find Commands

swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath

lay aside all filthiness, receive meekness

But be doers of the Word and not hears only

Comparisons/Contrasts

Hearer and Doer

thinks he is religious and true religion

Imagery

man observes himself in a mirror

Theology

Word (what is it?)

Religion (reading what is later in the book)

righteousness of God

blessing

Know the book

Chapter 2:1-13

v.8 “If you really fulfill the royal Law,”

Chapter 2:14-26

Faith without works is dead

Chapter 3: