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James ~ Iakōbos – Jacob
JAMES• ½ brother of Jesus
• Leader of the Jerusalem church
• “James the Just” and “Old Camel Knees”
• After that He was seen by James, then by all theapostles.
1Corinthians 15.7
Jewish in nature
JAMES• Addressed to the “12 tribes” (1.1)
• Sounds like an Old Testament prophet
• Over 40 quotes, references and allusions to the Old Testament
"Few books of the Bible have been more maligned than the little Book of James. Controversy has waged over its authorship, its date, its recipients, its canonicity, and its unity."It is well known that MartinLuther had problems with thisbook. He called it a ‘rightstrawy epistle.’ But it is only‘strawy’ to the degree it is‘sticky.’ There are enoughneedles in this haystack to
JAMES
BKC, Introduction to James
prick the conscience of every dull, defeated, and degenerated Christian in the world. Here is a ‘right stirring epistle’ designed to exhort and encourage, to challenge andconvict, to rebuke and revive,to describe practical holinessand drive believers toward thegoal of a faith that works."
JAMES
Contrasts between Paul and James
Paul James
Concern
Emphasis
Perspective
Result
Legalists
Justification with God by
faith
Faith as a gift
Eternal position in
Christ
Libertines
Justification before men
by works
Faith as genuine
Daily proof by behaving like
Christ
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