Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
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Openness
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Extraversion
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Background
4 James mentioned in the Bible
Lord’s younger brother.
Jesus had
Did not believe in Jesus initially
- Lord’s personal appearance to his brother
One of the pillars of the early church
James the just
Martyred for his faith
Jewish leaders threw him off the top of the temple and then beaten to death
General epistle - not to a particular church, cyclical epistle (meant to be circulated), no personal references to anyone (unlike Paul’s letters)
Written to dispersed Jewish believers
108 verses (54 imperatives!!)
Very good Greek - James was a Galilean, did business in Greek
Content: references to OT (>40x), >80x allusions, >21 OT books
brethren (15x)
Lord (14x) - 2x Jesus (1st verse, 1st verse of 2nd chapter), indirectly, 1:12; 5th chapter coming of the Lord, other references - could be to the Father - ask of the Lord - not receive anything - double-minded man
Fully of imagery (>23x refs to nature).
1:6, 1:10, 1:11.
Preaching is very similar to John the Baptist
; (doers); (demons also believe, Luke “Abraham”)
judgment - (judge is standing at the door); - share,
Sermon on the mount (>20x) - Matthew 5-7
some commentators say that James is a commentary on the sermon on the mount
“poor in spirit” -
“gentle” -
“merciful”
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perhaps not at the mount, but Jesus’ teachings had become very common
Similar to 1 Peter
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James and Peter were very close - part of the inner circle
Some similarity to Romans and Malachi
use of questions
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10-12 questions.
Typical rabbinical style of teaching.
Paul: Shall we sin that grace may abound?
No mention of incarnation, death, resurrection etc.
What is the theme of James?
Martin Luther - “epistle of straw” in his first commentary - later he himself removed it
paranesis - series of exhortations with no theme
ethical scrap book
pearls dropped
Theme verse:
1:1-12 - faith in the midst of trials
1:13-20 - faith in the midst of temptations
1:21-27 - faith obedient to the word
2:1-13 - faith that shows no favoritism
2:14-26 - faith that works
3:1-12 - faith that controls the tongue
3:13-18 - faith that has wisdom from above
4:1-12 - faith that avoids worldliness
4:13-17 - faith that does not boast
5:1-6 - faith that does not misuse riches
5:7-12 - faith that perseveres
5:13-18 - faith that prays
5:19-20 faith that restores a sinner
Test yourselves
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