We're back in gear with James (chapter 3) this week! Don't forget to bring your booklets with you this Saturday (booklets still available for those who have yet to pick theirs up!), and of course whatever questions you may have for discussion.
Something to help get you started...
When does "talk" turn into gossip?
How is gossip, similar to, or different from cursing one another?
Can we control our tongues?
What is wisdom?
"But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity." James 3:17
God is taking us to perfection. His clear purpose is that we become His fully mature children, fully able to participate in a relationship of love in and with Him. All that we go through, all of our struggles here in our broken world are to lead to a future so much more glorious than our present. James wants to encourage his struggling readers in the midst of a variety of trials. One of the ways he does this throughout his letter is to flesh out some of what this perfection God is working in us looks like.
James indicates that one aspect of the perfection or completeness that God is leading us to is the ability to never err in what we say. God intends to transform us so that what comes out of our mouths is always a reflection of the goodness, the peace, the presence of our living heavenly Father. He tells his readers that how they use their tongues has a huge impact on how they live their lives.
Wisdom is the knowledge we need to live in this life and to interact with our circumstances and with those around us. James compares the two basic sources for wisdom--from God or from the world around us.
God is taking us to perfection. His clear purpose is that we become His fully mature children, fully able to participate in a relationship of love in and with Him. All that we go through, all of our struggles here in our broken world are to lead to a future so much more glorious than our present. James wants to encourage his struggling readers in the midst of a variety of trials. One of the ways he does this throughout his letter is to flesh out some of what this perfection God is working in us looks like.
James indicates that one aspect of the perfection or completeness that God is leading us to is the ability to never err in what we say. God intends to transform us so that what comes out of our mouths is always a reflection of the goodness, the peace, the presence of our living heavenly Father. He tells his readers that how they use their tongues has a huge impact on how they live their lives.
Wisdom is the knowledge we need to live in this life and to interact with our circumstances and with those around us. James compares the two basic sources for wisdom--from God or from the world around us.
- Trinity Study Center
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